Monthly Archives: August 2011
LETTERKENNY TO HOST UNIQUE WEB MARKETING SEMINAR FOR SMALL BUSINESSES
A unique opportunity for businesses to grasp and market their products and services through the internet is to take place in Letterkenny.
The local Chamber has joined forces with Donegal County Enterprise Board to host The Digital Leadership Road show.
This free workshop...more
GOLDEN EAGLE PROJECTS CONTINUES TO SOAR DESPITE GORSE FIRES AND SOAKING SUMMER
The project to breed majestic golden eagles across Ireland received another shot in the arm with the news that TWO more chicks have been born in Donegal this summer.
The project has now seen a total of EIGHT Irish-bred birds released into the wilds around Glenveagh National...more
MCCONALOGUE SLAMS MINISTER’S REFUSAL TO EXTEND RURAL BROADBAND SCHEME
Donegal TD Charlie McConalogue has expressed his disappointment with Minister for Communication’s refusal to extend the deadline of the Rural Broadband Scheme.
Deputy McConalogue said the Minister is completely underestimating the importance of broadband for counties like...more
OBITUARY NOTICES FOR WEDNESDAY AUGUST 31ST, 2011
SKALACKI
The death has been announced of Gregorz Piotr Skalacki of 2 Drumbaron, Ardara, a native of Poland. At Letterkenny General Hospital. Reposing at Shovlin's Funeral Home, Sandfield, Ardara. Private cremation to take place later at Mount Jerome Crematorium Dublin. Deeply...more
FRESH SEARCHES START FOR ARLENE ARKINSON
Police have pledged to do everything they can to find a murdered schoolgirl as fresh searches for her remains began 17 years after her disappearance.
Arlene Arkinson, 15, from Castlederg, Co Tyrone, went missing after a night out in Bundoran. Police believe she was abducted...more
WIN AFTERNOON TEA WITH DANIEL O’DONNELL
Fancy having afternoon tea alone with just Daniel O’Donnell for company?
Well that’s one of many prizes up for auction in aid of a campaign aimed at the revival of Ballyshannon’s once famous Allingham Arts and Literary Festival.
The auction takes place at Dicey...more
DONEGAL SCHOOLS TO TAKE PART IN UNIQUE PROJECT TO PUT ENGLISH LANGUAGE ‘ON HOLD’
Three Donegal primary schools are taking part in a unique project aimed at immersing junior infants in the Irish language.
The schools, which are all located in the Gaeltacht region, all plan to delay the teaching of the English language for a year until the children enter...more
COUNCIL TO UPGRADE WEATHER PLANS AS ANOTHER FREEZING WINTER FORECAST
Donegal is to brace itself for a repeat of last year’s freezing winter temperatures including huge falls of snow.
That’s according to the latest long-range winter weather forecast which is predicting more of the same for the coming months.
Both Donegal County Council...more
THE LOTTO WINNER THEY NEVER THOUGHT THEY’D TRACK DOWN!
They sought him here and they sought him there but they eventually found the Letterkenny Gaels lotto winner known only as 'Brendan'.
The story of the missing €6,250 lotto winner swept across Donegal and even further.
All the hype began when Brendan rote only his first...more
