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The North West Simon Community say finding emergency accommodation for homeless people is becoming extremely difficult, after record homeless figures were recorded for the month of October. Almost 11,400 people were accessing emergency accommodation nationwide, with 101 of those being adults in the North West. Noel Daly from the North West Simon Community says that …

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Mica campaigners are hosting a major demonstration outside the offices of Donegal County Council later this morning, to demand action on the mica crisis. The gathering comes as long waits and pauses on applications for grants have driven affected homeowners to the streets once again. The demonstration gets underway at 10am this morning outside the …

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Members of the public are being advised to get flu jabs. A recent statement from the HSE said that only two thirds of people over 65 have received injections. The Irish Examiner newspaper reported during the week that the number of flu cases in the Country is also on the increase. Doctor Ilona Duffy says …

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The Government must ensure empty social homes around the country are brought back into use. That’s the call from Social Democrats TD Cian O’Callaghan, who says that the amount of vacant homes in the state is a slap in the face to those struggling to put a roof over their head. New record homeless figures …

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There’s further calls for the public to have their say in the election of representatives onto the board of Udaras na Gaeltachta. An election by Donegal County Councillors will take place on Monday. However, Councillor Micheál Choilm Mac Giolla Easbuig believes a decision to scrap a public vote over 10 years ago should be reversed. …

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A Ballybofey Councillor has called on the Council not to charge electric car owners for parking at charging points. Cllr Martin Harley believes parking at charging points should be free as an incentive for people to purchase electric cars. Two new charging points are being installed in the county, one of them in Ballybofey. Cllr …

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The former British soldier David Holden has been convicted of manslaughter of Aidan McAnespie in 1988 in Northern Ireland. Mr. McAnespie, who was 23 years old and un-armed, was shot after passing a military checkpoint in County Tyrone. James Gould reports:  

Junior Health Minister Frank Feighan is in Donegal today for the launch of the the Sláintecare Healthy Communities Initiative. The launch is in two stages, with an event in Gweedore this morning, and another in Buncrana this afternoon.   The programme is a collaboration between the Department of Health, Donegal County Council, the HSE and …

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Mica Action Group is urging all defective concrete block homeowners to make their presence felt at a gathering in Lifford on Monday. A peaceful gathering of defective concrete homeowners and supporters is being held in Lifford at the County Offices on Monday at 10am to concide with the last Donegal County Council meeting of the …

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Ryan Tubridy spoke with Lee Gooch on the Naughty Alarm Clock this morning ahead of the biggest show of the year – The Late Late Toy show….  Listen here now to hear Ryan make a special promise to Lee to have the book ‘See Me’ featuring 56 members from Donegal Down Syndrome Association and surrounding …

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Local authorities failed to monitor over a quarter of small private water supplies for E. coli last year. The Environmental Protection Agency’s annual report says continuing risks to public health in private drinking water supplies are not being tackled. The 1,700 small private supplies serve food businesses, nursing homes, crèches and B&Bs. Programme manager with …

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The Health Minister is being urged to engage with a consultant urologist at Letterkenny University Hospital who resigned from public practice earlier this week. Mr Asadulla Aslam stood down after what he says is ‘impossible working conditions’. He has blamed a lack of resources, reactive policies and onerous and impracticable on-call demands for his decision. …

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One in every five low paid workers in Ireland is aged over 50. A new report by researchers at UCD has found that of the 420,000 low paid workers in the country, around 80,000 are aged over 50. It says older low paid workers are more likely to be employed in admin and caring roles …

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The theme of this year’s Late Late Toy Show has been revealed. Host Ryan Tubridy will be following the yellow brick road, as the night is expected to be filled with music and magic from ‘The Wizard of Oz’. It’s the 14th year Tubridy will be hosting the event. He says there will be no …

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