Gardaí investigating the murder of Andrew Allen on the 9th of February 2012 at Links View Park, Buncrana, Co Donegal, have arrested a man. The man who is in his 50s and from Northern Ireland, was arrested this morning in Co Donegal and is detained under Section 50 of the Criminal Justice Act 2007 [...]
Donegal Fianna Fail Senator Brian Ó Domhnaill has received confirmation from the Head of Communications at Eircom that a number of Broadband exchanges in the County have been upgraded to the Next Generation Broadband Core Network. Senator Ó Domhnaill said: “The upgrade works aim to build on top of the National Fibre Network, acting as [...]
Independent Donegal TD Thomas Pringle today opened a constituency branch office in Dungloe to help serve the needs of the people of the Glenties electoral area. ‘It is with great pleasure that I open this office today. The office will be open every Thursday from 10am to help provide a constituency service for the people [...]
Finn Harps from Donegal will be hoping to record their second home win in succession when they welcome Wexford Youths to Finn Park on Saturday evening (kick-off 7.45pm) Once again, Harps will have to plan without the injured Keith Cowan, while Stephen O’Donnell is also a doubt having limped off in each of the last [...]
A convicted garda killer has been sentenced to four month jail in the north, after he escaped from a low security prison just across the border in the south last week. Martin McDermott (26) escaped from the low security Loughan House prison in Blacklion, Co. Cavan last Thursday. He was arrested by PSNI officers in [...]
Thirty five years on, one of the original investigating gardai involved in the disappearance of six year old Mary Boyle near Ballyshannon is convinced there are people who know what happened. “There are people out there who know what happened to Mary Boyle. And I would ask them at this late stage, after 35 years, to [...]
Donegal Senator Brian Ó Domhnaill has slammed the Government for deliberately misleading the public on the cuts facing disadvantaged and small schools from September. Senator Ó Domhnaill was speaking ahead of a major protest rally in Letterkenny today, with thousands of parents, teachers and community groups expected to voice their anger about education cuts. [...]
Sinn Féin County Councillor Jack Murray has said that Donegal County Council must review the approved list of newspapers that notifications of planning applications for wind turbines and other large structures can be placed. Cllr Murray said the review must take place after an application for wind turbines in Inishowen went through the five week [...]
Key services at Letterkenny Hospital are under threat as a result of further budget cuts revealed in the HSE West Service Plan, according to Donegal North East TD Charlie McConalogue. The Fianna Fáil Deputy has said he is gravely concerned about the impact on patients of the cuts to Donegal health service this year. “Letterkenny [...]
Two men in their 30s are due to appear at Letterkenny District Court at 10.30 am on the 20th of February charged in relation to an assault on a 41 year old man in the town on Friday the 17th. The incident happened at Glenard Park, Letterkenny at about 11.30 pm and the man received [...]
Donegal Sinn Féin TD, Pádraig Mac Lochlainn has welcomed SIPTU’s decision to oppose the household charge. Speaking after SIPTU’s NEC voted unanimously to oppose the charge, Deputy Mac Lochlainn said: “SIPTU’s decision to come out against the household charge is a significant blow to the government’s plans to impose this unjust tax. SIPTU is the [...]
Donegal Senator Brian Ó Domhaill has said he is gravely concerned by confirmation today that the Health Service Executive has earmarked Lifford Community Hospital for closure. Senator Ó Domhnaill was commenting on the publication today of the HSE West Service Plan 2012, which reveals that funding for the health services in this region will be [...]
Former Armagh All-Ireland winning manager and current Ulster GAA team boss Joe Kernan has hit out at the way that Jim McGuinness was cornered on TG4 after last Sunday NFL clash between Donegal and Laois in Letterkenny’s O’Donnell Park. “My disgust was replicated on Sunday when I witnessed the insensitive manner in which Donegal manager [...]
The Minister for Children Frances Fitzgerald has admitted to Fianna Fáil’s Charlie McConalogue that she has no plan on achieving a certain level of front-line social workers within the health service this year. Deputy McConalgoue, Fianna Fáil Spokesperson on Children, questioned Minister Fitzgerald in the Dáil today about the impending crisis in the social work [...]
Fine Gael TD for Donegal North East, Joe McHugh, has today (Tuesday) welcomed the announcement that £330m will be spent over the next four years on upgrading sections of the A5 from Newbuildings to Strabane, and from Omagh to Ballygawley. The Irish Government is contributing £50 million to this project. “Today’s announcement shows how far [...]
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