Last night saw the AGM of Letterkenny Town Council, and the end of my term as Mayor. Councillor Ciaran Brogan was elected to the position, and Cllr Dessie Larkin was elected Deputy Mayor.
I’ve had a fantastic year as Mayor; I’ve been able to represent the town across the country (and abroad), and have been in [...]
Last week, in one of my last official acts as Mayor, I officially launched the environmental improvements at the Cathedral Car Park, the centre-piece of which is the new Celtic Cross (which was the source of much controversy earlier this year, more info here).
More photos here
The cross is an absolutely stunning piece of work, towering [...]
This is a post about a local issue regarding the festival. For details on the actual festival iteslf, please see this piece
When I was elected Mayor of Letterkenny, in June of last year, I made the decision that I would try to avoid having to use my casting vote (as Chairman of the Council, you [...]
It hasn’t been officially announced, but I have just found through the County Council website that the planning applications for the Letterkenny Town Council area are now available online, through the E-Plan system.
You can access the Letterkenny Applications here: http://www.donegal.ie/letterkenny_eplan/internetenquiry/rpt_querybysurforrecloc.asp
This is long overdue, I’m sure it will be of great service. Donegal County Council’s online [...]
Artist’s Impression of the new Letterkenny Leisure Complex, currently under construction at Ballymacool
Earlier this week, I visited the site of the new Sports Complex, currently under construction at Sallaghagraine (beside St Eunan’s GAA Club’s O’Donnell Park). I’ve put some photos up at this page.
The Sports Complex, which should be finished construction later this year and [...]
Yesterday, Minister for Health Mary Harney TD visited Letterkenny. The main focus of her visit was a meeting with HSE staff, Oireachtas Members and members of Donegal Action for Cancer Care to discuss the provision of Cancer services in Letterkenny.
I was very surprised to hear that Mary Harney was coming to Donegal (apparently, she was [...]
Just back from the official opening of the new Business Park Road, which will link the new roundabout at Pramerica / Windy Hall on the Kilmacrennan Road with the IDA Business Park at Lisenenan and through to the Kiltoy/Gortlee area. The road will be a great relief for traffic in the area, and will take [...]
Yesterday’s Donegal Action for Cancer Care rally/demo in Letterkenny was a huge success. There is a slight dispute over numbers, with national media saying there were 6,000 participants (RTE and Irish Examiner) and the DACC group and local media (Highland Radio) saying there were 15,000. Either way, a huge amount of people took to the [...]
Most of you in Donegal will be aware of this, but I post here in case anyone has missed it.
The Donegal Action for Cancer Care group (DACC) are hosting a major rally and demonstration here in Letterkenny on Sunday, May 14th at 2pm. The march is going from the Market Square to the Town Park, [...]
We’re still waiting on the final details, but just to get the word out, plans are almost finalised for the first Letterkenny Comedy Fesitval, which takes place at the end of July (weekend of the 29th and 30th).
Daithi Ramsay (in An Grianan Theatre) has been working on this for a good few months now, and [...]