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Galway TD calls for more Garda overtime as survey show 63% have few fears about crime

There are calls for extra overtime funding for Gardai across all regions. Government recently announced a plan to boost the overtime budget by 10 million euro in Dublin after a series of high-profile attacks and assaults. However it’s being pointed out that crime is an issue for the entire country. Independent TD for Galway East […]

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‘Electoral Commission wrong in its approach to European boundaries’ – Markey

Midlands North West MEP Colm Markey has criticised the decision of the Electoral Commission not to factor the proposed extra European Parliament seat for Ireland into its review of constituency boundaries. The Department of Local Government has confirmed that the report, due out tomorrow, will be based on the existing 13-seat allocation, rather than the

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Peader Toibin TD to address Aontu meeting on sex education concerns

Aontu are inviting parents, grandparents, guardians, teachers and all those concerned to a meeting in Letterkenny tonight to discuss the new sex education content to be taught in school Curriculums. Local Aontu representative Mary T Sweeney says they believe in a teaching model based on fact, but the changes being planned at the moment are

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Night time road works to partially close Letterkenny’s Ramelton Road this week

One of Letterkenny’s busiest stretches of road will be closed for the next four nights to facilitate road resurfacing. Donegal County Council says  the R229 Ramelton Rd in Letterkenny will be closed between the Station Roundabout and the Oatfield Roundabout between 7pm and 7am from tonight until Friday night / Saturday morning. Meanwhile. the Ramelton

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O’Fearraigh repeats call for an emergency meeting with UE to discuss Meenacladdy pipes

A West Donegal councillor says at a time when regular pipe bursts at Meenacladdy threaten to flood a local house, it’s not acceptable for Uisce Eireann to say it cannot address the situation because other areas need to be prioritised. Repeating his call for an emergency meeting between Uisce Eireann and local representatives this week,

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Ours to Protect – Retrofitting with Andrew Moore 28/08/23

Highland Radio are delighted to partner with Coimisiún na Meán in launching a new series dealing with various topics on sustainability. Donna-Marie Doherty of Highland Radio will have a weekly feature on Tuesdays at 12:30 covering a real mix of different topics and interviews with businesses and experts who have a common interest on expertise

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New information campaign encourages applications to Local Authority Home Loan scheme

The Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage, Darragh O’Brien launched an information campaign today which encourages people who wish to purchase a new or second-hand home to build their own home. The Minister encourages people to consider applying for a Local Authority Home Loan. Over 3,000 households have been helped to get on the

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Chair of Raphoe Community Action says vandalism incident undermines regeneration work

The chair of Raphoe Community Action has hit out an incident of vandalism in the town on Saturday night. The destruction, which included broken branches and de-potted flower beds, has been reported to Gardaí. On today’s Nine til Noon, Mary Harte told Greg Hughes that at a time when a lot of regeneration money is

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Update – water works scheduled to take place until 2pm today in Carndonagh

Donegal County Council has issued a water outage notice in the Carrowreagh Road and surrounding areas of Carndonagh. Repairs to a burst water main may cause supply disruptions to Moville Road, Carrowreagh Road and surrounding areas . Works are scheduled to take place until 2pm today. The council recommends that you allow 2-3 hours after

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Louth TD concerned that family of Pte Sean Rooney will not get justice

A Dundalk based TD says he has concerns that the family of Sean Rooney, the UN peacekeeper killed in Lebanon late last year, will not get justice. The 23 year old army private was a native of Dundalk, but lived in Newtowncunningham for a number of years and attended St Eunan’s College, Letterkenny. On today’s

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Donegal County Council has come sixth in new analysis on electric vehicle transition

Donegal County Council has come sixth in electric vehicle transition among local authorities across the country. New analysis has today been unveiled by Geotab, a global leader in connected transportation solutions. Donegal County Council has electrified 6% of its fleet. Despite the government’s ambition of having 945,000 EV’s on the road by 2030, the analysis

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Price decrease announced for Pinergy customers

Pinergy, energy supplier and solutions company, has today announced a second decrease this year to its standard residential electricity prices effective from the beginning of next month. Electricity bills for customers will drop by 9-and-a-half percent – the second time the company has dropped it’s prices this year. Business journalist Jonathan Healy says there will

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Bundoran and Killybegs ‘moderately littered’ according to IBAL

Most beaches and coastal areas across the country are not clean, according to the latest report issued this morning by IBAL, Irish Business Against Litter. Both Bundoran and Killybegs Harbour are deemed to be moderately littered. There’s been a 50 per cent rise in clean sites overall, but coastal areas are more littered than towns.

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15% increase in queries to national helpline for one-parent families

One Family, Ireland’s national organisation for one-parent families, has launched it’s Annual Report for last year. A 15% increase in queries to the national helpline was revealed from the report. This statistic relates to families who struggled with tightening energy, food and housing prices. Karen Kiernan, Chief Executive Officer for One Family organisation says that

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Calls for Minister of Justice to reduce immigration fees related to Irish Residence Permit (IRP) card

Today the Fair Fees Campaign Group has written to Minister for Justice Helen McEntee calling on her to reduce the extortionate immigration fees related to the Irish Residence Permit (IRP) card as part of the upcoming budget. With many anticipating measures in Budget 2024 to ease the burden of the cost-of-living crisis, migrants are calling

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Department of Children accused of misleading the public amid creche closures

The Federation of Early Childhood Providers is accusing the Department of Children of misleading the public. The Department stated recently there were 46 net closures of creches around the country in the first seven months of this year. Elaine Dunne is Chair of the Federation of Early Childhood Providers. She says the figures on the

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Burst water main due to cause disruptions to Malin Head and surrounding areas today

Donegal County Council has issued a water outage notice for Malin Head today. Repairs to a burst water main may cause supply disruptions to Keenagh, Bree, Malin Head and surrounding areas in Donegal. Works are scheduled to take place until 3pm today. The council recommends that you allow 2 to 3 hours after the estimates

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Revealed: Draws for the FAI Junior Cup, FAI U17 Cup and FAI Youth Cup

The draws have been made for the opening rounds of the FAI Junior Cup, FAI U17 Cup and FAI Youth Cup. The action is set to get underway in the FAI Youth Cup on the week ending Sunday, September 10 whilst the preliminary round of the FAI U17 Cup starts on Tuesday, September 19 and the FAI Junior Cup gets underway on the week ending Sunday, September

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Many pubs won’t survive if excise of alcohol remains high – Padraig Cribben, Vintners’ Federation of Ireland

It’s the last weekend the hospitality sector and its customers will benefit from the lower VAT rate. Its due to rise from 9 to 13 and a half percent next Friday. That’s despite the sector appealing for the low rate to be extended again, warning that jobs and entire businesses are at risk. Padraig Cribben

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Response awaited from former RTÉ Director General Dee Forbes on alleged role in payments scandal

A member of the Oireachtas Public Accounts says his colleagues are still waiting for explanations from former RTÉ Director General Dee Forbes about her alleged role in the payments scandal. He was reacting following the publication of the 24-page Mazars interim Report on RTÉ which was published yesterday. According to Media Minister Catherine Martin, the

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Calls for more student accommodation around the country

The Irish Second-Level Students is calling on the Government to construct more student accommodation around the country. The call comes after 62,000 Leaving Cert results were published yesterday. The wait for CAO places and the demand for third-level accommodation places will intensify in the coming weeks with little on offer as it is. Shari Irfan

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Works to deliver further phase of Burtonport redevelopment goes out to tender

Works to deliver a further phase of the redevelopment of Burtonport have gone out to tender. A number of buildings have been demolished at the port to make way for the construction of two new buildings which will house a Harbour Master’s office, a viewing area as well as office space for ferries and recreational

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Review of RTÉ’s barter accounts finds inadequate controls were in place when it came to spending

A review of RTÉ’s barter accounts has found inadequate controls were in place when it came to spending. The Mazars report says there was a lack of signed contracts between RTÉ and barter media agencies. It also says there were absences in budgetary reporting of purchases through the barter account, and there was no formal

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Long-awaited safety works to commence in Newtowncunningham next week

Long-awaited safety works are to commence in Newtowncunningham next week. Just under €1m in funding has been allocated to develop the village’s Main Street and install traffic calming measures. The works are the coming to fruition of a Masterplan developed by the Newtowncunningham Focus Group. Councillor Paul Canning says the safety of the pupils of

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