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Picture special: Hospital receptionist John Hegarty retires after 40 years

written by Chris McNulty October 24, 2019
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THAT a ‘small gathering’ at St Conal’s Hospital turned into something way beyond that yesterday showed the esteem that John Hegarty was held.

After 40 years of service, the Bomany native has hung up the phone for the last time.

Pictures by Geraldine Diver

As a receptionist who served as St Conal’s Hospital and then Letterkenny General Hospital, which would later become the Letterkenny University Hospital we now know, a large percentage of people in Donegal have been in contact with John without perhaps knowing him.

His own health scare last year, which required a bypass operation at St James’ Hospital in Dublin, got John thinking and he decided, aged 64, to retire.

Working at the front desk, John was a popular figure in the hospitals.

A huge volume of people from various sectors of the HSE turned up yesterday as John clocked out for the final time.

Picture special: Hospital receptionist John Hegarty retires after 40 years was last modified: October 24th, 2019 by Chris McNulty
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Chris McNulty

Author of 'Boxing In Donegal: A History (2021)' - the definitive history of the sport in County Donegal - and 'Relentless: A Race Through Time', the 2019 memoir of former Irish Athletics Team Manager Patsy McGonagle. From St Johnston and now based in Letterkenny, Chris was a nominee for NUJ Sports Journalist of the Year in 2010. Honoured by the Donegal Boxing Board in 2016 for his coverage on the sport.

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