Bundoran Town Council this week barred the public and the press from a meeting this week because a woman was wearing a T-Shirt with a graphic equaliser, leading members to believe she was recording the proceedings. Fianna Fail, Fine Gael and Sinn Fein councillors all agreed that the meeting be held in committee. The woman [...]
Martin McGuinness has revealed he made a Donegal deathbed visit to the priest suspected of the 1972 Claudy bombing, but that the priest neither indicated that he was responsible for it and that he had no idea if the Catholic priest had been a member of the IRA.
Independent Cllr Thomas Pringle – a candidate at the next Donegal south west bye election has criticised Taoiseach Brian Cowan’s comments on the cost of Irish borrowing. ”That the Taoiseach flippantly comments that the cost of Irish government borrowing is part of the ‘ebbs and flows’ of the bond markets is another insult to the [...]
Shocking figures revealed today (Monday) by the National Adult Literacy Agency (NALA) which show that 40% of Irish adults have difficulty with basic maths calculations is a clear indication that the current Irish Government is failing to deliver its many promises to create a smart or knowledge economy. That is, according to Fine Gael Spokesperson [...]
The Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills, Mary Coughlan TD has welcomed news that funding has been made available for upgrading works in schools in Glenties and Burtonport.
Speaking at a protest outside Leinster House today, Sinn Féin Senator Pearse Doherty said the Government must instruct the ESB to stop disconnecting customers who are making genuine efforts to pay their bills and end the exploitative disconnection and call out charges.
Draft Planning Guidelines have the potential to end development in Rural Donegal with the extension of National Roads Authority objections to rural planning to Regional Roads says Independent Cllr Thomas Pringle.
The loss of 20 jobs at BWG Foods in Ballyshannon has been described as another body blow for employment in south Donegal. Fine Gael Donegal South West TD Dinny McGinley said: “BWG Foods has announced that it will cease trading from October 1st, with the loss of 20 jobs. This announcement is a major loss [...]
Responding to the latest figures from the Central Statistics Office that have shown a significant increase in the number of deaths by suicide in the North West as in the rest of Ireland, Senator Cecilia Keaveney has expressed a wish that there be an awareness within communities of the strength and value of people supporting, [...]
Enda Kenny, the Fine Gael leader has paid tribute to Olwyn Enright TD, who has decided that she will not contest a seat for Fine Gael at the next General election. She is the wife of Donegal North East TD, Joe McHugh and is a young mother.She was also one of the front bench rebels that [...]
The Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills, Mary Coughlan TD, turned the sod for the development of a new classroom at St Francis National School, Barnesmore outside Donegal town last evening, (Thursday, August 26th). There has been a 34 per cent increase in enrolments at St Francis National School over the past five years, [...]
Funding has been allocated for works at St. Garvan’s N.S., Drumhalla, Rathmullan, according to local Fianna Fáil TD Niall Blaney. The news was confirmed to Deputy Blaney by his colleague, the Minister for Education and Skills, Tánaiste Mary Coughlan TD. “I’m delighted that funding has been allocated for St. Garvan’s N.S. It will be used [...]
Gardai and the family of murdered Republican double agent Denis Donaldson today clashed in front of a coroner over when the inquest will take place more than four years after his death. Solicitor Ciaran Shields, for the Donaldson family, accused the gardai of hiding behind the cover of the Coroner’s Act when, despite their claim [...]
The Donegal Road Safety Working Group is reminding road users of the ‘Tough Love’ road safety service, which can be used when you witness dangerous driving or are concerned about the way a family member or friend drives. The campaign was launched last year and was the first of its kind in Ireland. The campaign [...]
There has been a huge reaction to today’s report on the Claudy bombing which implicates a Catholic priest in the murder of innocent cvivilians. Not only that, but a follow on cover up involving the RUC, British government and Catholic Church. Northern Ireland Police Ombudsman Al Hutchinson said the RUC investigation was wound down after [...]
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