On Wednesday night, the Ogra FF grouping in Letterkenny IT held their first meeting. I was delighted to attend, and to help Sean and Ronan get things underway.
As a research student at LYIT, I am also a member of the Ogra cumann out there. I chaired the first meeting, introducing the idea behind Ogra and [...]

UPDATE: Congratulations to St. Eunans’s, who were victorious today.
A few quick updates:

It’s County Final day again. St Eunan’s are taking part in their third final in a row, against a Glenswilly side which has only been playing senior football for a few years. The atmosphere around town has been electric. Highland Radio will have full [...]

Congratulations to the Gallagher clan, who have today set a new Guinness World Record for the largest gathering of people with the same surname. More than 1,500 Gallaghers gathered at Letterkenny IT this afternoon, beating the record set by the Joneses in Wales last year.
The event took place as part of the Gallagher Clan reunion, [...]

The Gallagher Clan are currently holding an International reunion, based in Letterkenny. As part of the event, they are trying to set a World Record for the largest gathering of people with the same surname this Sunday (September 9th).
The event takes place from 1:30 to 5:30 at LYIT on the Port Road in Letterkenny. If [...]

A few quick updates.
RTE is reporting that the Galway Water Situation has been resolved. The boil notice has been lifted, and water has been deemed safe to drink. As the article notes, 240 people officially suffered from Cryptosporidiosis, although the official figure is likely to be in the region of 5,000. The official figures were [...]

I’m just out of the monthly meeting of Letterkenny Town Council.
Towards the end of the meeting Cllr Jean Crossan presented the rest of the councillors with details of the new Letterkenny Town Bus service. The service is due to start soon, and will see two separate routes running from 7am to 7pm covering most areas [...]

A few quick updates.
The inquest for the car crash in Monaghan which killed 5 back back in October reported last week. You can read the a report from the Independent here. There has been much talk about it online, in particular from Sarah Carey and Dan Sullivan on their blogs. What we need at [...]

It’s been announced today that Letterkenny IT has been given the go-ahead to acquire land for the development of future buildings. The announcement was on Highland Radio news, but their news section hasn’t been updated yet.
This is another massive investment in LYIT, the engine of the economy for County Donegal. Credit is due to IT [...]

I was on Highland Radio’s Shaun Doherty show earlier today, contributing to a discussion on E-Voting. You can listen to my contribution by clicking play on the box below:
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The discussion was started by Fine Gael election candidate Terence Slowey, who was out to attack the Government over e-voting. He was joined [...]

September has been a very busy month here in Letterkenny! Here’s a quick update on just some of what’s been going on.
Fleadh Cheoil: The Fleadh was a huge success, and this has been reflected by Letterkenny being offered the Fleadh for 2006. We’ve got a few things to learn, but on the whole the Fleadh [...]