Author: LEN Editor

Over 170 senior doctors from Letterkenny University Hospital (LUH) and local GPs are urgently requesting a meeting with the Minister for Health to discuss the exclusion of LUH from the Surgical Hub plan. The recent decision confirmed that the new surgical facility for the north west region will be located at Sligo University Hospital (SUH). The doctors are requesting a meeting with Minister Jennifer Carroll MacNeill to address what they believe is a significant threat to patient care and equitable healthcare access in the north west. They are also urging an independent review of the HSE’s reasoning for choosing SUH…

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A former personal assistant who says she was raped by Sean “Diddy” Combs has told a court she continued sending him loving text messages for years after her job ended in 2017 because she was “brainwashed”. The woman, giving evidence for a third day under the pseudonym Mia at the music mogul’s federal sex trafficking trial, used the word as defence lawyer Brian Steel confronted her with scepticism and even suggested she fabricated her claims. Combs, 55, denies sex trafficking and racketeering charges. His lawyers concede he could be violent, but he denies using threats or his powerful position in…

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The history of some of Ireland’s best-loved songs is recounted in the second season of this fascinating documentary series. The second instalment has Cork band The Frank and Walters talking about the enduring popularity of their 1992 indie hit, ‘After All’. Stick, Apple TV +, June 4 Owen Wilson returns to comedy playing a former champion golfer whose career fell apart after he had a very public meltdown during a tournament. Twenty years later he’s living his worst life, after losing his job at a sporting goods store and with his wife having left him. But then he discovers a…

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WEST Cork’s Rosscarbery has a hot new show on the road — the man behind one of West Cork’s highest-rated fish and chips businesses has taken over the former Landmark restaurant and cafe premises on the N71 at Tanyard Lane. The Landmark, now Nighhawks, is on the N71 in Rosscarbery, West Cork The one-time Calnan’s bar on the main West Cork N71 strip, later Landmark, closed after covid around 2020, having also previously traded as Longfellas. Taking over now at the 4.300 sq ft roadside eatery for year-round service at particularly family-friendly pricing is local entrepreneur Roy Hawkins, wife Olwen,…

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A well-known shop in east Donegal, which served the community for nearly 70 years, is slated for conversion into residential housing. William Doherty and Sons, a prominent business on Convoy’s Main Street, had been a local landmark since its establishment in 1959. Ownership of the business transitioned from the Doherty family in the past year. Shauni Holian is now seeking approval from Donegal County Council to repurpose the property, with plans to transform it into two semi-detached houses. In 1959, William Doherty acquired the original corrugated iron shop (below) and the adjacent residence from David McCrabbe, a resident of Raphoe.…

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Termon experienced a heartbreaking defeat in today’s Comórtas Peile na Gaeltachta senior final, squandering a commanding 13-point advantage. Bhulf Tón ultimately secured victory by three points in Rath Chairn, located in the Meath Gaeltacht. Bhulf Tón 2-18 An Tearmann 3-12 The Donegal champions held a significant lead of 2-8 to 0-6 at halftime, fueled by two goals from Padraig Ó Fágain and five points from Dáire Mac Daibhe. Mac Daibhe further extended Termon’s lead with a penalty goal, putting them ahead 3-12 to 0-8 after 47 minutes of play. However, a dramatic shift saw them outscored 2-10 to 0-0 in…

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