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Cllr Noel Jordan has called for the Office of Public Works to increase flood risk mitigation funding so emergency works can be carried out at a meeting. At a meeting of Donegal County Council, he criticised the Office of Public Works for the speed at which flood mitigation schemes have taken place. Some works that […]

Donegal County Council has again passed a motion calling for a public inquiry into the Creeslough tragedy three years ago, with Cllr Frank McBrearty urging families to begin confronting Justice Minister Jim O’Callaghan.   Cllr McBrearty, backed by Cllr Thomas Sean Devine, moved the motion, hitting out at the minister for taking 10 months to

A Donegal born nun is urging people with power to do what they can to reunite over 250 abducted school pupils and staff with their families. Over 300 were abducted from a secondary school in Nigeria, 50 of them have escaped from their captors. They were taken from St Mary’s Catholic School in Papiri. Manorcunningham

Donegal County Council is being asked to provide details of how much money each Municipal District is spending to maintain social housing units suspected of being affected by defective concrete. The question is being asked at today’s plenary council meeting by Cllr Brian Carr, who says it’s unfair that money to do this is coming from

All elected representatives should be trained in how to properly support victims of domestic abuse. That’s the call from Fianna Fáil senator Teresa Costello, who undertook training during her time on South Dublin County Council. She wants to see a nationwide programme rolled out. Senator Costello says most public reps want to help, but don’t

Two young people in Donegal were honoured yesterday afternoon in Dublin at the National Garda Youth Awards. Rhianna Reynolds was recognised for her work in helping others with ADHD and behavioural issues. Using her own lived experience, Rhianna developed a tool designed to help young people with ADHD identify and express emotions, activate coping strategies,

The Taoiseach says he has no concerns about the workload the new Finance Minister will face, and he says it will not prohibit him from doing a good job. Simon Harris, who is also the Tánaiste, was announced as Paschal Donohoe’s replacement last week. He will be the first Minister in modern history to hold

Donegal is under two status yellow weather warnings for wind and rain. Donegal, Leitrim, Sligo and Mayo are set to experience heavy or thundery rain with the threat of hail until 9 o’clock tonight. The wind warning will expire at 4pm. Cathal Nolan, founder of Ireland’s Weather Channel, says extra care is needed when driving:

There’s been an increase in the number of people applying to Donegal County Council for funding to develop new wells to supply their homes with water. That’s one of the headlines in a report on the council’s Rural Water Policy presented to a recent meeting of the authority’s Climate Action and Strategic Policy Committee. The committee’s

The Cathaoirleach of Donegal County Council says adjourning the authority’s budget meeting was the right thing to do. After an impasse was reached between members and officials at yesterday’s initial meeting, Fianna Fail proposed the adjournment, saying they had asked a number of questions that officials couldn’t answer. After some debate, punctuated by claims from

Donegal County Council’s budget meeting has been adjourned to allow for further discussions between members and officials. Cathaoirleach Cllr Paul Canning sought to adjourn the meeting to allow the various political groupings to meet with the executive and discuss potential changes to the draft budget. It followed a 90-minute meeting between Fianna Fáil and members

Donegal County Council’s annual budget meeting is underway at County House in Lifford, with members being asked to approve a 5% commercial rates increase in order to allow the council spend an estimated €224,034,793 next year. Introducing the document at the meeting, Chief Executive John McLaughlin said the Draft Budget will cover the basic and

Donegal Councillor Michael McBride has been appointed as Chairperson of ICBAN, the Irish Central Border Area Network. His election was confirmed at a meeting this week in Lifford. Cllr McBride, who was Deputy Chair for the past 12 months, says here is a substantial number of infrastructure projects being progressed by the network, and he

The Tánaiste and Finance Minister has been urged to ensure that 43 families who may be excluded from the revised Defective Blocks Scheme because they were early starters are not left behind. Donegal Deputy Charles Ward criticised the government’s decision to waive pre-legislative scrutiny of the Defective Concrete Bill, saying there are issues that mneed

The Dail is hearing calls to tackle rising energy costs before the height of winter. Sinn Fein says the growing number of households in arrears on their energy bills is ‘a flashing warning light’. It follows an Oireachtas Committee on Housing earlier this week, which revealed over 550,000 households are living in fuel poverty. Sinn

A Midlands-North-West MEP says an investigation from the Irish Farmers Journal and the Irish Farmers’ Association into the reported illegal sale of antibiotics in Brazil has raised serious concerns. The investigation revealed prescription-only antibiotics were sold over the counter without any prescription, ID or herd number. It also documented the use of banned growth promoters

There have been renewed calls to see the Donegal Animal Rehabilitation building in Ballyare restored. The centre closed in September after the ISPCA said it has faced a number of serious financial challenges over recent years due to the need to meet an overwhelming crisis in animal cruelty cases and pressure on facilities. The building