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The Northern Ireland Executive has been urged to invest more in the Community and Voluntary Sector. Foyle MLA Ciara Ferguson told the Assembly this week that such funding enables people make decisions in their own communities and shape their own future. The loss of community funding she said does not just lead to the loss

Students going to Technological Universities say they’re being treated unfairly compared to those in other universities. They staged a walkout from lectures today, to highlight a number of issues affecting the sector. Conor Southby (pron: Soth-bee), Vice President for Welfare at ATU Students’ Union, says students want to have their voices heard………….

The EU Commissioner with responsibility for EU industrial strategy, construction product standards will visit Ireland early next year to see at first-hand the devastation caused by the defective concrete blocks scandal in several locations and to advance the EU’s infringement proceedings. It follows discussions with Midlands North West MEP Ciaran Mullooly. Mr Mullooly says the

The Northern Ireland Assembly has passed a motion calling on the UK government to fully replace lost EU funding. The Sinn Fein motion, which received cross-party support, also calls on the British government to provide urgent clarity on the Local Growth Fund, which is expected to be introduced next year. Closing the debate, Foyle MLA

A meeting of Inishowen Municipal District has backed a proposal for the development of an Events and Conference Centre on the peninsula. At a meeting this week, John Farren of Ballyliffin Golf Club presented the outline of a feasibility study into the project, which it’s estimated would cost in the region of €20 million. Mr

The Taoiseach has said he believes legislation to provide for the remediation of apartments affected by defective clocks and concrete will come before the Dail. He was responding to Doneqal Deputy Charles Ward, who criticised the government for excluding apartments from the current scheme, even though apartments and multi-unit developments were expressly eligible in the

The Irish Nurses’ and Midwives’ Organisation says there isn’t enough staff to meet the demand placed on hospitals nationwide. The union says the recruitment process for nurses working in the HSE needs to be accelerated in order to fulfil pledges made to open more wards and tackle overcrowding. Cork University and Tipperary University Hospitals are

A Letterkenny Councillor says he feels like a broken record in his call for Council-owned roads to be maintained to a road worthy standard. Councillor Michael McBride says many of the less travelled rural roads are in a state of disrepair. Donegal County Council, upon request of Councillor McBride reviewed a number of routes but

A Donegal Deputy says workers and families “abandoned” in this year’s Budget are being hit hard by unsustainable hikes in the prices of groceries. It’s as new research found the rate of grocery inflation is at its fastest level in almost two years, standing at 6.5 per cent in the 12 months to October. Sinn

The blistering attacks between the two remaining Presidential candidates have continued today. Independent deputy Catherine Connolly who’s on the campaign trail in County Galway has called comments made by Heather Humphreys about her work for UK banks ‘a new low’. However at a doorstep in County Roscommon this lunchtime, the Fine Gael candidate has hit

Cat owners are being urged to neuter their pets, as Donegal faces a crisis of unwanted kittens. It’s after a kitten was found suffocated in a plastic bag that had been dumped on the Convent Road in Falcarragh on Friday. Since the ISPCA withdrew services last month, Animnals in Need Donegal remains the only charity

An animal charity in Donegal have expressed their shock and anger after the remains of a kitten were found in a plastic bag that had been dumped on the side of the road. A member of the public made the discovery on the Convent Road in Falcarragh. In a social media post, Animals in Need

  A Donegal Councillor says considerations are being made for the introduction of Sunflower Parking around Donegal Town. This is where parking places are marked with a sunflower or another specific symbol, which saves the spot for people with hidden disabilities, including autism, mental health disorders, chronic illnesses as well as people with mobility, speech,

Sinn Fein thinks it would be a “huge missed opportunity” if citizens in the North aren’t allowed vote for the Presidency here. The party’s Donegal TD Padraig Mac Lochlainn wants it to happen before the next Presidential election. The North’s Deputy First Minister is rejecting calls for people north of the border to be able