Knights of St Columbanus with Bishop Donal McKeown. Photos: Geraldine Diver
Search
22 Oct 2025
Search
22 Oct 2025
Please allow ads as they help fund our trusted local news content.
Kindly add us to your ad blocker whitelist.
If you want further access to Ireland's best local journalism, consider contributing and/or subscribing to our free daily Newsletter .
Support our mission and join our community now.
To continue reading this article, you can subscribe for as little as €0.50 per week which will also give you access to all of our premium content and archived articles!
Alternatively, you can pay €0.50 per article, capped at €1 per day.
Thank you for supporting Ireland's best local journalism!
€900,000 has been allocated to upgrade x-ray equipment at four Donegal Community Hospitals.
The new equipment will be installed in Dungloe, Killybegs, Donegal Town and Carndonagh. X-ray facilities have also been added at the Ballyshannon Health Campus.
The grants, approved by Minister Simon Harris, has been welcomed by Donegal TD Joe McHugh. The HSE has confirmed the funding today following a submission to the Department of Health last year. The funding which has now been released," Deputy McHugh stated.
Killybegs Community Hospital will be the first hospital to have the new digital x-ray equipment installed. The space in the hospital for x-ray is being refurbished and reconfigured to accommodate the new equipment. A period of time is then required to remove the old equipment, install the new equipment and carry out its commissioning, testing and training. Therefore the X-Ray Department at Killybegs will be temporarily closed from 15th June 2017 until 15th August 2017 approximately.
During this time period patients for x-ray will be referred to Donegal Town Community Hospital where the full normal service for Killybegs area will be provided. Subsequently the X-ray equipment at Donegal Town Community Hospital will be updated after Killybegs is completed and up and running.
The community x-ray service was first developed over 30 years ago as part of a strategy to provide timely and accessible services to rural populations. The existing community x-ray facilities will now be upgraded with modern digital x-ray equipment which will be linked with Letterkenny and Sligo University Hospitals.
Deputy McHugh added: “This new equipment will mean these rural communities will have access to the very latest x-ray equipment which will mean they don’t have to travel to Letterkenny or Sligo for x-ray. The x-rays will be sent electronically to the hospitals where they will be read and reported on by Consultant Radiologists, the reports will then be sent back to the patient’s GP.”
Anyone who knows of Seamus Quinn's whereabouts (inset) or have seen his red Renault Kadjar vehicle, is urged to contact Police on 999 quoting serial 1476 of 21/10/2025
Emmerdale's Vicar Charles Anderson wearing his clerical shirt from Moville Clothing & Uniforms on the popular ITV soap.
The Milford Events Committee is gearing up for the festive season
Subscribe or register today to discover more from DonegalLive.ie
Buy the e-paper of the Donegal Democrat, Donegal People's Press, Donegal Post and Inish Times here for instant access to Donegal's premier news titles.
Keep up with the latest news from Donegal with our daily newsletter featuring the most important stories of the day delivered to your inbox every evening at 5pm.
This publication supports the work of the Press Council of Ireland and Office of the Press Ombudsman, and our staff operate within the Code of Practice of the Press Council. You can obtain a copy of the Code, or contact the Council, at www.presscouncil.ie, Lo-call 1800 208 080 or email: info@presscouncil.ie.
