The Nine Til Noon Show is broadcast live weekdays 9am til 12noon! If you missed Wednesday’s live show, you can listen to the podcast bellow! We begin, as is the norm, with a look at what’s making the front pages and then we hear some reservations over yesterday’s announcement of flood prevention measures for Donegal …
A public information day on the preferred option for the Downings flood relief scheme is due to take place next week. Members of the project team from Donegal County Council, the OPW and consultants, RPS will be available to present the Preferred Option and outline how public consultation submissions have been considered. The preferred option …
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The manager of the Donegal Domestic Violence Centre believes there needs to be an overhaul of the current court structure. It comes as a report from the Department of Justice and National Women’s Council, found the Irish legal system is traumatizing and revictimizing those who’ve suffered domestic abuse. It also found some victims feel belittled, …
Donegal Domestic Violence Centre manager says court structure needs overhaul Read More »
A West Donegal Councillor believes people should register on the social housing waiting list as soon as they turn 18. Councillor Micheal Choilm Mac Giolla Easbuig says with the lengthy waiting lists facing people in need of housing, the sooner a person is on the waiting list, the more of a chance they stand. He …
Cllr believes people should register for social housing as soon as they turn 18 Read More »
Donegal County Council is being urged to keep the pressure on to ensure the flood relief schemes announced yesterday are delivered as soon as possible. Minister for the OPW Patrick O’Donovan confirmed that a new pilot delivery model for flood relief schemes in Letterkenny and Donegal Town is to commence shortly. Councillor Noel Jordan says …
Council urged to keep pressure on to deliver flood relief schemes in Donegal Read More »
1,300 pupils from Ukraine are currently enrolled in schools in Donegal. 833 are attending primary schools and 467 post primary. Nationally, over 15,000 Ukrainian children are in school in Ireland. The Department of Education says that at the end of April 15,458 Ukrainian children and teens were enrolled in schools across the country. 9,987 are …
1,300 Ukrainian children enrolled in Donegal schools Read More »
There are calls for Revenue to change its policy on using the rent tax credit to pay off tax bills. It’s emerged some renters have had their €500 payment withheld – in order to pay off liabilities accrued as a result of the Temporary Wage Subsidy Scheme in 2020. Revenue says it can claim any …
The number of text and investment scams, targeting older people, is soaring. The Banking and Payments Federation says it’s the reason behind its FraudSMART awareness event, taking place in Dún Laoghaire in Dublin later this morning. Older people are invited to go along to learn more about how to spot and defend themselves against fraudsters. …
Text and investment scams targeting older people on the rise Read More »
Sinn Féin is calling on the government to impose a three-month price cap on energy. In a motion coming before the Dáil later, the party will also call for the Environment Minister’s new windfall tax on the super-profits of companies to be back-dated to the price peak in 2022. Sinn Féin’s Environment Spokesperson, Darren O’Rourke …
Calls for Government to impose temporary energy price cap Read More »
Nurses are demanding urgent action on hospital overcrowding. Latest figures from the INMO show just over 10,000 patients, including 297 children, were admitted to hospital without a bed last month. Yesterday there were over 700 patients left on trolleys. Members of the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation will gather in Killarney today for the union’s …
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As meetings to discuss the draft County Development Plan take place at all five of the county’s municipal districts over the coming days, a North Inishowen councillor has again repeated his belief that water from the Eddie Fullerton Dam should not be sent to other areas of the county until the peninsula’s needs are met …
“Irish Water are the elephant in the room, but they’re not even in the room” – McDermott Read More »
The OPW is being urged to work with Donegal County Council to boost the number of people visiting the Newmills Corn and Flax Mill on the outskirts of Letterkenny. Local Cllr Jimmy Kavanagh raised the issue with OPW Minister Patrick O’Donovan and his officials while they were in Donegal yesterday. After meeting them at a …
OPW urged to do more to boost Newmills visitor numbers Read More »
People in Donegal are being asked to take part in a consultation on a new draft plan that aims to tackle the significant challenges associated with waste in Ireland. The draft National Waste Management Plan for a Circular Economy is Ireland’s framework for the prevention and management of waste and will cover the years 2023 …
Consultation opens on new National Waste Management Plan Read More »
Funding worth just over €600,000 has been announced by Minister of State Patrick O’Donovan for Comhar Naíonraí na Gaeltachta in Donegal. During his visit to the county today, Minister O’Donovan announced the funding to allow the organisation implement an agreed programme in support of the language planning processes and the policy on Gaeltacht Education. In …
Over €600,000 allocated to Comhar Naíonraí na Gaeltachta in Donegal Read More »
13 organisations in Donegal are to benefit from €207,550 in heritage funding. The funding under the Heritage Council’s Community Heritage Grant Scheme will help conserve and restore built, cultural and natural heritage. Those benefitting include; the Donegal Railway Heritage Museum, Clonleigh Parish Church, Lifford Courthouse and the Kilcar Heritage Committee. Full details – Heritage …
Heritage funding announced for 13 projects in Donegal Read More »
OPW Minister Patrick O’Donovan today performed the official opening of the new outdoor classroom at the Glebe House and Gallery in Gartan. The special guests were pupils from Gartan NS. He described the structure as is an excellent example of the OPW’s Biodiversity Action Strategy in action, showing how biodiversity awareness can inform the management …
Outdoor Classroom opened at Glebe House and Gallery Read More »
A woman’s body has been discovered at a house in Sligo. The discovery was made in Sligo town shortly after 8.30pm last night, and the scene has been preserved for a technical exam. The body remains at the scene and the office of the State Pathologist has been notified. A post-mortem exam will be carried …
Nursing Homes Ireland says the level of discrimination in Donegal in the State’s funding of nursing homes is escalating. It comes as latest figures show an 85% difference in the funding of HSE and private/ voluntary nursing homes in Donegal. The average fee payable for a HSE run nursing home resident is €831 more than …
‘Discrimination in the State’s funding of nursing homes in Donegal escalating’ – NHI Read More »
The Nine Til Noon Show with Greg Hughes is broadcast, live Weekdays from 9am to 12noon – the podcast is below. In Part One, after a look at the papers, heart nurse Kathy Farrell is in studio to talk about Heart Failure and later we hear concerns over the location of, and signage to, the …
Gardai are investigating an early morning attack on a house in Convoy on Saturday last. At around 1am, a resident at the Green woke to the sound of smashing glass. They subsequently discovered that a rock had been thrown through the downstairs front window. No one was injured in the incident. Gardai however, are appealing …
Gardaí are investigating the theft of a racing bike from the side of a house on the Gortlee Road, Letterkenny. The theft occurred in the early hours of Saturday last, April 29th between 00.05am and 9.30am. The Panet X bike is blue and white in colour. Gardai are appealing to anyone with information in relation …
A new pilot delivery model for flood relief schemes in Letterkenny and Donegal Town is to be rolled out. The Minister of State for the Office of Public Works, Patrick O’Donovan announced that the flood relief schemes in the two towns are now commencing with funding also provided for three additional engineering and project management …
Flood relief schemes set to get underway in Letterkenny and Donegal Town Read More »
Investigations are continuing after a property in Carndonagh was targeted by thieves on two separate occasions. At sometime between 10pm on Sunday April 23rd and 4pm on Monday April 24th, a quantity of copper wire and lead was stolen from outside the property in Churchlandquarters. Meanwhile, on Tuesday last between 12:30pm and 3:30pm a number …
Carndonagh house targeted by thieves twice in matter of days Read More »
A sum of cash has been stolen from a vacant house in Killybegs. The front door of the property in Meengilcarry was forced open between Thursday April 20th and Wednesday last. The kitchen window of the house was smashed and a small amount of cash taken. The shed door at the property was also forced …
Gardai are appealing for information after a car stolen from Milford was discovered in the Strabane area. A house in Grey Rocks was entered through an unlocked door between 6:40am and 9:30am on Thursday last and the keys of a black Audi A6 stolen from a hall table. The vehicle with a registration of ‘161 …
Motorists travelling in the Bridgend area on Tuesday evening last are being asked to make their dash cam footage available to Gardai following a crash at Manorstown Crossroads. At around 7:30pm last Tuesday evening, a car described as small and black in colour travelling from Burt towards Derry failed to yield at the crossroads and …
Motorists urged to make dash cam footage available after Bridgend crash Read More »
A car was considerably damaged in a hit and run in Letterkenny on Saturday April 22nd. Gardai are appealing to the driver of a black Vauxhall with a partial registration of ‘152 DL’ believed to be involved in the incident at Port View Business Park to come forward. Garda Claire Rafferty says the investigation is …
A Village Plan is being prepared for the Creeslough community following the tragic death of 10 people last year. A number of public consultations are taking place in the coming days which will outline opportunities for project development, village renewal, regeneration and healing. The Village Plan is being developed by Donegal County Council, the Creeslough …
The amount of medical negligence compensation pay outs within the Saolta Healthcare Group trebled last year. According to figures from the State Claims Agency, compensation claims cost Saolta €76.3m in 2022. That’s up from €25.2m the previous year. Donegal Aontú representative, Mary T Sweeney claims there is a link between rising stress levels among hospital …
€76.3m in compensation claims paid out by Saolta in 2022 Read More »
A public meeting regarding the A5 is being held in Omagh next week. The ‘A5 Enough is Enough’ campaign group is hosting the meeting ahead of a public inquiry into the road improvement project. The group was set up by the Tyrone GAA County Committee in November 2022 and since then has received almost 9,000 …
A5 pre inquiry public meeting to take place in Omagh Read More »
The Tanaiste is being urged to act on his positive words on reinstating the Derry to Dublin air link and upgrading the A5. Donegal Deputy Padraig MacLochlainn says people in Donegal and the wider North West region need more than just words. The Irish Government previously funded the Derry to Dublin air route. Deputy MacLochlainn …
Tanaiste urged to act on positive words on Derry to Dublin air link and A5 Read More »
Only 30 per cent of complaints received by the Garda Siochana Ombudsman Commission last year were investigated on time. However that figure could be lower, as 410 of the 485 investigations assigned to Gardaí were carried over to this year. GSOC is the independent body that handles complaints relating to Garda misconduct. The figures are …
Only 30% of complaints to GSOC investigated on time in 2022 Read More »
Green Party Climate Policies are ripping the heart and soul out of Rural Ireland. That’s according to the Rural Independent Group of TD’s who claim the Green’s climate change policies are ‘reckless’ and are destroying jobs and damaging the environment. Group leader Mattie Mc Grath says it’s absurd that Bord na Mona’s Edenderry plant is …
The Government hopes its latest initiative to alleviate the housing crisis, could free up as many as 28,000. It involves extending the rent-a-room scheme to council tenants. The rent-a-room scheme was first introduced in the mid 2000’s, and sees homeowners allowed to earn up to €14,000 a year, tax free, for renting out a spare …
Government hopes latest initiative will alleviate housing crisis Read More »
A Donegal County Councillor has warned the Council that it is the here and now that needs to be dealt with in terms of the housing crisis. At the recent sitting of the local authority’s Housing and Corporate SPC, plans for social housing across the county over the coming years were revealed. However, Councillor Gerry …
Letterkenny Cllr fears lack of housing could hamper further development of town Read More »
Letterkenny Cathedral Quarter are inviting people to come along to a meeting discussing the Annual Literary Festival. This year is the eight year of the flagship festival and is set to take place in late October. The meeting will take place in the Kitchen room in Blake’s Bar next Monday at 8pm. This will be …
Letterkenny Cathedral Quarter to hold Literary Festival meeting Read More »
Hundreds of mourners gathered in Co Tyrone today for the joint funeral mass of Dan and Christine McKane. The siblings were killed when the minibus they were travelling in was in a collision with a lorry near Aughnacloy last Thursday. They were laid to rest after their Requiem Mass in Strabane Cemetery. Fr. Declan Boland …
Strabane siblings laid to rest after tragic RTC in Tyrone Read More »
Over 2.5 million euro funding will be awarded to the elderly and disabled people of Donegal. Minister for Housing Darragh O Brien along with Minister for Planning Kieran O Donnell yesterday announced €83.125m in national funding for Housing Adaption Grants for Older and Disabled people for this year. A sum of €2,517507 has been allocated …
New funding for elderly and disabled home adaption worth over €2.5m for Donegal Read More »
A man in Derry has been charged with a number of offences following an incident in the Carranbane Walk area yesterday. The 18 year old is charged with wounding with intent, assault on police and resisting police among others offences. He will come before Derry Magistrates Court Today.
A hiker lost in the fog on top of Slieve league cliffs has been rescued. A joint effort between Coast Guards and Mountain Rescue lead to a four hour search at heights of over 500 meters. The casualty was located and after being assessed for injuries led off the mountain.
The fundraising event which took off from Shipquay Street Derry yesterday sees super cars driving around popular spots in Donegal before they cross the finish line on Port Road at 6pm evening. All proceeds are going to the Bumbleance the Children’s Ambulance service and First Housing Aid and Support Services.
The Donegal Mountain Rescue Team were called yesterday to assist a casualty in Malin Head. A walker had sustained an injury to their lower leg after slipping on wet ground and falling on Soldier’s Hill. Whilst en route the team were contacted by the Aero Medical desk to say the casualty had been helped to …
DMRT called to assist injured walker in Malin Head Read More »
Police in Derry are appealing for information regarding a reported arson at a business premises on Ferryquay Street yesterday. Shortly before 6.55 pm a fire was reported to have started in a shop. Fire damage was caused to the toiletries section and everyone was evacuated while the Fire & Rescue Service dealt with the fire. …
The Killybegs Coast Guard crew yesterday rescued a boat with engine failure between Muckross Head and Teelin Pier . The call came in at around 4:30pm and after a short time the coastguard towed the boat back to Teelin Pier. The Coast Guard would like to remind people if you see someone in trouble in …
Police in Derry have arrested a man following an assault on a number of police officers last night. The incident occurred in the Carranbane Walk Area shortly before 9.15pm yesterday. Officers were responding to a domestic related report at a property when the assault took place. A female officer approached an 18 year old man in the …
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More than 1,000 people are expected to take part in this year’s North West Charity 10k which takes place on Bank Holiday Monday in Letterkenny, with a 11 am start. On Saturday Sport, Race Director Brendan McDaid spoke to Chris Ashmore about the final ways that you can still register, the nature or the route, …
Over 1,000 expected at North-West Charity 10k – you can still sign on Read More »
There was high drama as St Michael’s defeated Gaoth Dobhair 5-4 on penalties to win their Comórtas Peile na Gaeltachta Thír Chonaill first senior semi-final after extra-time failed to separate the sides. In a pulsating encourter St. Michael’s led by 1-5 to 0-5 at half-time, but at the end of normal time in was 1-11 …
Penalty shoot-out drama in Comórtas Peile na Gaeltachta Thír Chonaill Read More »
Derry were narrowly 1-21 to 1-19 by Meath in their Christy Ring Cup clash at Owenbeg. Meath lead by four points at half time, 0-14 to 0-10. Despite being reduced to 14 men, the Leinster side continued to hold the upper as they held on for victory in a game that saw veteran Meath player …
Meath player makes 198th appearance in win over Derry in Christy Ring Cup Read More »
The Raphoe men’s first team have been promoted once again to the Ulster Premier Division. During the week they defeated Portrush to win the Ulster Intermediate title with a game to spare. On Saturday Sport, Raphoe captain Evan Lyttle spoke with Chris Ashmore about the season which saw them go through the league without losing …
Captain reflects on season after promotion for Raphoe Read More »
It was a case of so near and yet so far for the battling Donegal Underage League side who lost out against their Galway counterparts in the FAI Inter-League Cup Semi-Final at Eamonn Deacy Park. The Galway League won 2-0. They now face the winners of the Mayo-Cork second semi-final.
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