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The HSE says Letterkenny University Hospital has identified the need for a stand alone facility on the hospital campus to provide non in-patient care. The hospital is working on a business case for the centre, which would include theatres to facilitate the additional capacity being created in surgical hubs being developed elsewhere. In a statement this

It appears a surgical hub that is set to be established in the North West will be based in Sligo as opposed to Donegal. During a recent visit to Letterkenny University Hospital, Health Minister Jennifer Carroll MacNeill stated that no decision had yet been made. However, during a meeting in recent days, the HSE West

  A West Donegal Councillor says despite numerous discussions, consultations, and reports, there are still no by-laws governing the use of campervans in Donegal. Cllr Michael Cholm McGiolla Easbuig says that the recent spell of good weather saw a large number of campervans in Donegal, with many of them gravitating towards the west of the

Tory Island is still waiting for a new ferry despite a commitment from the government eight years ago. The Dáil heard yesterday that it was supposed to be delivered within three years. Donegal Deputy Pearse Doherty was addressing the Minister for Rural and Community Development, when he said that the proposal is yet to even

The latest deadline for completing the National Children’s Hospital will be missed by a further 3 months. Construction work was due to finish next month, but it will now be September at the earliest. The delay is the fifteenth time in the last four years that a promised completion date has not been met. The

The House of Commons has heard calls for clarity on a commitment to provide £1 million for the Northlands Addiction Centre and addiction treatment provision in Derry under the New Decade New Approach Agreement. It was announced last month that the core funding for the centre was being withdrawn. It’s understood that the Northern Ireland

A Donegal Deputy has warned that Ireland can no longer stand back and allow what is happening in Gaza to continue. It comes as the Tanaiste has confirmed he will bring a memo to the Government on the Occupied Territories Bill next week. It will be a revised version of the original bill, which was

A Donegal County Councillor believes there’s merit in calls for holiday-home owners to be boycotted. Tom Gilligan, a Director of Services at Mayo County Council, has written to councillors, suggesting an immediate boycott as a way of potentially boosting housing supply, given the number of holiday homes that lie vacant for much of the year.

The price of homes in Donegal increased by 7% in the year to March. According to latest figures from the CSO, the median price for a property in the county as of March this year is €190,000, up from €177,000 during the same period in 2023. Nationally, house prices rose 7.5% in the 12 months

Retired Consultant Dr Peter O’Rourke is warning that increasing the number of consultant and outpatient services at Letterkenny University Hospital without more resources elsewhere in the facility runs the risk of putting further pressure on services right across the board. He told the Nine til Noon Show this morning that even though Sligo has a

The Dail has been told that the Pay and Numbers strategy is preventing the recruitment of home care workers in Donegal, and that’s  putting a serious strain on Letterkenny University Hospital. The issue was raised by Deputy Padraig Mac Lochlainn during a discussion on an Independent Ireland motion calling for a fairer funding model for

A senior local authority official is urging people to ‘boycott’ the owners of holiday homes this summer. The director of services for housing and roads at Mayo County Council emailed members of his local authority committee last week urging the community to boycott holiday home owners. Tom Gilligan, the founder of vacanthomes.ie  says the properties

A member of the Regional Health Forum West says the latest figures he’s been given show the need for a review of haematology services at Letterkenny University Hospital. along with the immediate appointment of at least one more haematologist. Cllr Declan Meehan sought details of the wait times at various hospitals across the region, and