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Over €600,000 allocated to Comhar Naíonraí na Gaeltachta in Donegal

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

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Heritage funding announced for 13 projects in Donegal

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

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Outdoor Classroom opened at Glebe House and Gallery

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

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‘Discrimination in the State’s funding of nursing homes in Donegal escalating’ – NHI

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

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Flood relief schemes set to get underway in Letterkenny and Donegal Town

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

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Carndonagh house targeted by thieves twice in matter of days

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

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Motorists urged to make dash cam footage available after Bridgend crash

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

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€76.3m in compensation claims paid out by Saolta in 2022

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

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Tanaiste urged to act on positive words on Derry to Dublin air link and A5

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

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Only 30% of complaints to GSOC investigated on time in 2022

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

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‘Green Party Climate Policies ripping heart and soul out of Rural Ireland’ – Rural Independents

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

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Government hopes latest initiative will alleviate housing crisis

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

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Letterkenny Cllr fears lack of housing could hamper further development of town

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

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New funding for elderly and disabled home adaption worth over €2.5m for Donegal

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

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Penalty shoot-out drama in Comórtas Peile na Gaeltachta Thír Chonaill

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

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Hundreds turn out to Strabane vigil for family members killed in Aughnacloy collision

A vigil has been held in Strabane for three family members who were killed in a County Tyrone road collision. The victims – named locally as brother and sister Dan and Christine McKane and their aunt Julia McSorely – died when the minivan they were travelling in collided with a lorry on Thursday morning near

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Donegal Senator called for Sports Capital Programme to open to allow new applications avail of funding.

A Donegal Senator has called for the Sports Capital Programme to open to allow new applications avail of funding. Senator Niall Blaney told the Seanad that people have been waiting since November for the latest round to open for applications to the fund which he says provides much value to communities across the country. Senator

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€1.3 million awarded to Donegal primary and special schools under the Minor Works Grant

€1.3 million has been awarded to primary and special schools in Donegal under the Minor Works Grant. The Education Minister announced the funding today. The funding will be available for schools to carry out maintenance work and small scale improvements. It comes as part of a national payment of €29 million. Minister Norma Foley says

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15 NW families and 40 dependent children accessed emergency accommodation in the last week of March

The number of people homeless in Ireland has reached a new record high. The latest figures published by the Department of Housing for March show 11,998 people are homeless across the country. It includes 8,526 adults, 3,472 children, and a total of 1,639 families. The majority of homeless adults are in Dublin at 8,516 people,

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