Plans afoot for over 140 additional hospital beds in North West
Plans are afoot to provide over 140 additional beds across Sligo and Letterkenny University Hospitals. Sligo is set to receive 69 extra beds while there are plans to provide 72 at Letterkenny. The Department of Health announced that almost 3 thousand beds will be delivered nationally by 2031,…
Cautious welcome for new Letterkenny beds
Confirmation that Letterkenny University Hospital will receive 72 new acute beds has been met with a cautious welcome locally. The increase was announced this afternoon by Minister for Health, Stephen Donnelly under the Acute Inpatient Hospital Bed Expansion Plan. Local Fianna Fáil election candidate Claudia Kennedy says while…
Ciara Grant to leave Hearts
Donegal’s Ciara Grant has left Hearts following the expiration of her contract. She is one of a number of players leaving the club at the end of this season. The Letterkenny native has previously featured for Rangers, Shelbourne and Sion Swifts and was part of the Republic of Ireland squad…
Strandhill Surf Folk photo exhibition taking place this evening
A special surfing event is taking place in Strandhill this evening. The Strandhill Surf Folk photo exhibition is getting underway in the National Surf Centre on the beach front at 6.30 this evening. The portrait exhibition features the community of Sligo surfers, from people who surfed in Sligo in the…
Let’s keep a regional MEP – Walsh
Outgoing Fine Gael MEP Maria Walsh on why she’s best placed to represent the people of the North West for five more years in Europe
Calls for more youth-centred facilities in North West
There are calls for more youth-centred facilities in the North West amid a recent study showing young teens have fewer close friends today than they did ten years ago. The Growing Up In Ireland report by the ESRI, also showed that 13 year olds have a closer relationship with…
Three men sentenced over major cross-border kidnapping incident
Three men have been sentenced at Newry Crown Court for their part in a major cross-border incident between Donegal and Derry. A man was kidnapped and wounded more than three years ago. On 4th October, 2020, police received a report from An Garda Síochána that a man had…