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HSE must tackle overcrowding and staffing crisis – Sligo doctor

Thousands of extra acute hospital beds are needed to deal with overcrowding. That’s the view of Dr Fergal Hickey, a consultant in emergency medicine at Sligo University Hospital, who says the trolley crisis will ‘deteriorate’ in the coming months. The HSE has warned that it is expecting a difficult winter in the health service. Dr

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A potential United Ireland may have separate parliaments – Varadkar

The Tánaiste has suggested Northern Ireland would keep a separate parliament, courts, police and health service under a United Ireland. Leo Varadkar was speaking at the Ireland’s Future conference at the Three Arena yesterday which saw speakers discuss what reunification might look like. Fianna Fáil TD Jim O’Callaghan also said the north may keep a

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Gardaí investigating “violent” Letterkenny assault

Gardaí say they’re investigating all the circumstances of an attack that took place in Letterkenny earlier this week. They say they responded to a “violent disturbance” involving a number of men, at approximately 4:30pm on Thursday afternoon in the Lower Main Street area. A man in his mid-20s was arrested and later released pending further

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Dessie Gallagher & Darren Curran reflect on Dungloe’s Donegal Intermediate Football Championship success

Dungloe got their hands on the Donegal Intermediate Football Championship title on Saturday afternoon in O’Donnell Park thanks to a victory over Naomh Columba. 1-08 too 0-04 was how it finished in favour of last year’s beaten finalists with their goal coming from Darren Curran. After the game Tom Comack spoke with goalscorer Darren Curran…

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Dungloe’s Daire Gallagher and Connor O’Donnell give their reaction after Intermediate Final win

Dungloe are the new Michael Murphy Sports and Leisure Donegal Intermediate Football champions. They proved to be too strong for Naomh Columba in the final at O’Donnell Park. Leading by 0-4 to 0-1 at half-time, they eventually won by 1-8 to 0-4 with Darren Curran getting the goal. Man of the match Daire Gallagher gave

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Richard Kerr wins second race of the season at British Superbike Championships

Kilmacrennan’s Richard Kerr took his 2nd win of the season in the British superbike championships in the superstock  class today at Donington park. Kerr started on row two and got a good start and was circulating in fourth  but as the race went on found the pace to challenge the championship  contenders Davy Todd and

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Taoiseach defends not bringing back eviction ban despite record homelessness

The Taoiseach says there are legal difficulties stopping the Government from reintroducing an eviction ban this winter. It follows another month of record homelessness figures in the Republic of Ireland with over 10,800 people accessing emergency accommodation as of the latest figures. Despite that Micheál Martin says they don’t plan to bring back an eviction

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Eviction ban needed after another record high homeless figure – Ó Broin

Sinn Féin is calling for a winter ban on evictions, due to the number of people homeless. Figures released yesterday show over 10,800 people accessed emergency accommodation last month. Dublin accounts for around 70 per cent of all people experiencing homelessness in Ireland. Sinn Féin’s housing spokesperson Eoin Ó Broin says the housing minister needs

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New Carndonagh Garda station must be a priority – Cllr Doherty

The Assistant Garda Commissioner for the North West region has been told that a new Garda station for Carndonagh needs to be a priority. Carndonagh Garda Station has been clsoed for some time as it was deemed not fit for purpose. Councillor Albert Doherty has written to the Assistant Commissioner Michael Mc Elgunn to ensure

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Call for sporting weekend to be held to invite Ukrainians into clubs

A call has been made for a dedicated sporting weekend to be held in the county to encourage Ukrainian refugees to become more involved in their communities. Former Sergeant and member of Donegal County Council’s Joint Policing Committee James Trearty has suggested that sports clubs across the county should hold an event for Ukrainian refugees

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Funding approved for three major cross border projects

Three new projects under the North West City Region initative have been awarded funding. Donegal County Council and Derry City and Strabane District Council will be working collaboratively on a cross-border basis to bring to forward a number of exciting and innovative new projects through feasibility or pre-planning stages. Members of the North West Regional

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EU Energy Ministers have agreed on a windfall tax on the profits of energy companies

EU Energy Ministers have agreed on a windfall tax on the profits of energy companies. Ireland is expected to benefit by around two billion euro from the bloc-wide fund. The Government has opted to follow the EU model as it will allow them to tap into profits of big companies across the continent who don’t

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Irish unity a ‘top priority’ for Fianna Fáil

An internal review of Fianna Fáil’s identity has put pushing for Irish unity as a top priority. The document produced for the party’s Ard Fheis also says Ireland should become a renewable energy superpower. A review commissioned after Fianna Fáil’s poor election in 2020 found many election candidates complaining the party didn’t have a clear

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Letterkenny was the fifth most overcrowded hospital in September

A healthcare union is warning of a Catastrophic winter ahead in our hospitals as 10,515 patients were on trolleys in September. Letterkenny was the fifth most overcrowded hospitals in September 2022 with 666 patients. This is the second worst September for overcrowding in Irish hospitals when 10,641 patients were without a bed in 2019. The

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Donegal Deputy says it appears some are capitalising on housing of Ukranian refugees

A Donegal Deputy says it appears the Department is willing to go along with what appears to be people capitalising on the housing of Ukrainian refugees. Concerns have been raised across the country over where those fleeing the war in Ukraine are being housed and the conditions of such properties. Deputy Thomas Pringle says such

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‘Threatening legal action over turf cutting sours relations’ – TD Fitzmaurice

Threatening Ireland with legal action over turf cutting is a “step in the wrong direction”, according to one independent TD. The European Commission said unless action is taken to half the cutting of peat within Special Areas of Conservation, the state could be brought before the European Court of Justice. It noted Ireland’s efforts so

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Priest urges council to spell out how LPT money is spent in Donegal

A Donegal priest is urging Donegal County Council to outline, in a very clear and visible way, how money raised through the Local Property Tax is spent. This week, the council voted to retain LPT at current levels, a decision which has led to some debate. Supporters say the LPT has not increased, opponents say

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Government using ‘every legal avenue’ to chase suppliers of defective concrete products

The Housing Minister says the state is using every legal avenue available to go after those responsible for defective building blocks. The government introduced a 10% levy on concrete in Tuesday’s Budget to help fund the mica and pyrite remediation scheme. Tánaiste Leo Varadkar earlier this week said he’s frustrated there have been no prosecutions

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Donegal teenager on Irish under-17 team that drew in Portugal

Jodie Loughrey of Buncrana was on the Irish under-17 side that drew 3-3 with Portugal yesterday. This was the first of two International Friendly games that Ireland arranged to help them with their final preparations for their upcoming UEFA WU17 European Championship Qualifiers in October. These games will stand to Ireland going into their European

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Concrete levy will turn people against Mica homeowners – Diver

The government’s being accused of trying to turn people against Mica homeowners as opposition grows to the new levy on concrete products announced in the Budget to fund the Defective Blocks Redress Schemes. Campaigner Paddy Diver says while the state is determining how to raise money, there’s no urgency from government to help people who

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