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Donegal County Council's Bridge Engineer is to carry out an inspection at Carrygawley Bridge in the Lismonaghan area of Letterkenny, after the parapet was recently hit and dislodged. Cllr Donal Coyle told Letterkenny and Milford Municipal District this week that while the road is only 3 metres wide at the bridge, there is an increasing amount of traffic using the route. Officials say the bridge will be considered for widening or complete replacement. Cllr Coyle agrees such work is necessary:

The Cathaoirleach of the Letterkenny Milford Municipal District has issued an appeal for information following an incident of criminal damage at Ballymacool Park in Letterkenny over the weekend. An area of the park was set on fire at around 8:20pm on Saturday evening with damage caused to fencing and surrounding vegetation and hedges as a result. No arrests have been made but Gardai say investigations are ongoing. Councillor Donal Coyle says such activity is not welcome in the town:

The Mayor of the Letterkenny/ Milford Municipal District is calling for the Winter Maintenance Programme to be updated. Councillor Donal Coyle, has called for a workshop to be held in order to highlight additional routes that he believes should be added to the gritting programme. Speaking in the Council Chamber he says as a recently elected representative he has yet to be given the opportunity to discuss adding additional routes to the programme: Meanwhile Cllr Michael Cholm MacGiolla Easbuig has called for Donegal County Council to leave access gritt along back roads in the Glenties Municipa...

The €6,000 raised through the 2020 Virtual Donegal Half Marathon will go towards the purchase of equipment for the Acute Stroke Unit at Letterkenny University Hospital. And in a marvellous act of generosity, the event’s main sponsors, the Kernan Retail Group, covered the full cost of the purchase of a life-saving defibrillator at Kernan’s, Tullygay, through its partnership with Community Recycling Initiative. Speaking at the cheque presentation, Donegal Half Marathon Ambassador, Danny McDaid, said that while staging a virtual event for the first time this year was challenging, ...