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The Assembly at Stormont has passed a motion calling on the UK government to properly regulate social media platforms and to implement proportionate sanctions on those who fail to remove illegal and harmful content or prevent it being posted. A Sinn Fein amendment was passed after the SDLP motion called for work to begin on

Changes to the rental system, including allowing landlords to reset rents to market rates, are set to begin next month. It’s after the Dail passed the Residential Tenancies Bill by a vote of 73 for and 68 against last night. It will go to the Seanad today with the overall measures set to come into

The chair of the Oireachtas Health Committee is calling on the Health Minister to sue BAM over the National Children’s Hospital. The long awaited and overbudget project is delayed again with Minister Jennifer Carroll MacNeill not confident the April 30th deadline will be met. She has written to the company to express her dissatisfaction and

The Taoiseach has named the former British agent Stakeknife as Freddie Scappaticci in the Dáil. The Kenova Inquiry linked the former high-ranking British army agent to murders, kidnap and torture during the Troubles, but could not name him. Scappaticci died in 2023 aged 77. Families of victims have called on the British government to officially

Letterkenny Milford Municipal District has been told 31 families are in need of housing in Milford, while 17 houses at Lough Fern Heights are lying empty. Cllr Declan Meehan told members the houses were to have been acquired by an Approved Housing Body, but that hasn’t been done because of a disagreement over price. A previous

A Joint Oireachtas Committee has been told that the downgrading of dozens of remediation applications in Donegal is flawed, because it is based on an unproven scientific assumption that Mica is the cause of the deterioration. Marti McElhinney, one of those affected, told the committee that research proves the cause is actually pyrrhotite, but that is not factored

A Donegal Deputy has criticised the Government’s approach to asylum seekers. Deputy Padraig Mac Lochlainn was speaking during the second stage of the International Protection Bill. He said that asylum seekers were placed in communities that did not have adequate resources. Deputy Mac Lochlainn added that Donegal, in particular, has been unable to keep up

Officials at Donegal County Council have been praised after they began emergency works last week at the Rockhill Road outside Letterkenny. A number of members had submitted motions at a Letterkenny Milford Municipal District meeting after the road was badly damaged due to weather and ongoing construction work in the area. Officials acknowledged the section

Donegal has Ireland’s most active motor market, with almost one in three drivers buying their car brand new according to a recent report. The new research, from Carzone’s 2026 Motoring report, showed that Donegal has been buying and changing cars much more often than other parts of Ireland. Nearly three quarters of drivers saying that

A West Donegal Councillor says it is ‘unfair’ the Government has blamed homeowners whose properties were built on floodplains. The OPW Minister Kevin Boxer Moran yesterday issued a warning to local authorities that building on land prone to flooding will no longer be tolerated. He recently visited Elm Park in Buncrana, where homeowners are dealing

Works are set to commence on the Drumboe Woods walkway next Monday. The scenic path has been closed to the public for 13 years now, and councillors were told last year that it should be reopened once works at Finn Valley College were complete. The news has been welcomed by Councillor Martin Harley. He says

The number of homes impacted by defective blocks has risen to 9,500, an Oireachtas Housing Committee has heard. This relates to more than 6,000 properties in County Donegal, as well as houses in Counties Mayo, Clare, Limerick and Sligo. Sinn Féin TD Eoin O’Broin says a redress scheme to support homeowners impacted by the defective

The Department of Transport have been heavily criticised for their decision to proceed with the signing of the new Donegal–Dublin Public Service Obligation (PSO) contract. This would mean the afternoon flights would end next month. Donegal Deputy Pat the Cope Gallagher has condemned the decision to sign off on the contract, despite widespread concern from

The INMO is calling on the Government to de-escalate what it calls the “chronic level” of overcrowding in hospitals in the west and north-west, with a union official saying industrial action in the region can’t be ruled out. Its data shows of the 711 admitted patients awaiting beds across the country this morning, nearly 60%

Students at St Eunan’s College in Letterkenny say there must be progress on the campaign for a new extension after they were excluded from the ca[ital programme investment announced last month, despite being on the priority list and having planning permission in place. An online petition has over 3,600 signatures, with paper petitions also being

People in Donegal are being encouraged to donate blood this week, as stocks hit a low. The Irish Blood Transfusion Service are holding clinics in Buncrana and Carndonagh this week. Paul McKinney, Director of Services and Logistics at ITBS, says recent bad weather has caused clinical attendance to plummet. He added that the process is

A Donegal TD says the government must follow through on promises made by OPW Minister Kevin Boxer Moran at the weekend to reduce the red tape surrounding flood mitigation works, and in particular, make it easier to carry out smaller local projects to address specific problems. Deputy Pearse Doherty was speaking he and Deputy Pat