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Arts Minister refuses to answer questions on Mc Nulty Seanad candidacy

  The Arts Minister has refused to answer any further questions about John McNulty. Heather Humphreys attended an event at The National Gallery in Dublin this morning where she blanked waiting reporters. Yesterday the Taoiseach admitted he was responsible for the controversy surrounding the Donegal man’s candidacy for the Seanad bye-election, and his appointment to

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Councillors can reasonably expect more capital funding for Donegal – Neely

Members of Donegal County Council can reasonably expect the government to increase capital finding to the county in the months ahead. That’s according to County Manager Seamus Neely, who was speaking to Highland Radio News after members voted yesterday to maintain Property Tax in Donegal at its current level. Members voted by 20 votes to

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Sinn Fein “more interested in Gaza than Donegal” – Mc Gowan

Donegal County Council has agreed to widen the road leading to Glenfinn Bridge, with funding identified for that locally. However, Cllr Patrick Mc Gowan says that would not have been possible had the property tax been cut. At yesterday’s council meeting, Sinn Fein called for as 15% cut, prompting Cllr Mc Gowan to hit out at Sinn Fein,

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Mc Hugh says Mc Nulty is “a good man caught in a situation not of his own making”

A Labour minister says she cannot say whether John McNulty is a suitable candidate for the Seanad. Education minister Jan O’Sullivan says she knows nothing about the Fine Gael candidate, other than what she has read in the papers. The minister admits that the furore over McNulty’s appointment to the board of the Irish Museum of Modern

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Ryder Cup: Day 1 Fourballs

The Ryder Cup is underway with the fourballs first up. Justin Rose and Henrik Stenson face Bubba Watson and Webb Simpson, Thomas Bjorn and Martin Kaymer play Rickie Fowler and Jimmy Walker , Stephen Gallacher and Ian Poulter face Patrick Reed and Jordan Spieth while Rory McIlroy and Sergio Garcia meet Phil Mickelson and Keegan

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Post-mortem to be carried out on 19-year-old woman found dead in Derry

A post-mortem examination will be held today to determine the cause of death of a young woman who died in Derry early yesterday morning. The 19-year-old died after being taken to Altnagelvin Hospital, and detectives are appealing for information to trace her last movements. A man remains in custody in relation to her death. The

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Donegal company wins best new company at Ploughing Championships

A Donegal based company has been named best new company at the Innovation Awards at the National Ploughing Championships. Farmflo, which is based at the Co-Lab incubation centre at Letterkenny Institute of Technology has developed Farm Management software designed to make compliance with regulations easier. At present, the firm employs eight people, with hopes to

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Derry/Strabane Supercouncil calls for increased investment in northwest

The Derry and Strabane District Council, which is operating in “shadow” form until next April has backed calls for increased investment in critical infrastructural projects in the North West. The four key projects identified at the meeting were the Derry Belfast rail line, the Derry rail station, the A6 and the A5. The issue was

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Sinn Fein calls on Arts Minister to clarify in Dail John McNultys appointment to IMMA board

Sinn Féin is calling on the Arts Minister to make a statement to the Dáil clarifying the appointment of John McNulty to the IMMA board. McNulty – who is Fine Gael’s Seanad by-election candidate – resigned from the museum’s board yesterday just 13 days after his appointment. Last night the by-election’s organiser was asked to

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Connelly and Holmes ratified as Mayo joint managers

Noel Connelly and Pat Holmes were ratified as joint Mayo Senior Football Managers following a County Board meeting last night. The vote was taken after the Chairman Paddy McNicholas addressed the meeting with a statement on the handling of the management appointment. Although some disquiet was expressed over the process, which unsuccessful candidate Kevin McStay

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Oireachtas Committee urged to support a renewed on A5 upgrade

Donegal Councillor Paul Canning has made a presentation to the Joint Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement as part of its discussion on economic development in the North West. Cllr Canning is chair of the North West Region Cross Border Group, which is made up by the councils Donegal, Derry, Limavady, Magherafelt

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Referees to meet on club championship withdrawal

Referees in the county will meet tonight in Letterkenny to discuss the possibility of withdrawing their services from this weekend’s 17 club championships matches. The dispute is centred on the referee’s All Ireland ticket allocation where they received one each. Donegal Referee’s Administrator Pat Walsh has told today’s Donegal Democrat, that the matter has already

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Thousands of pounds worth of damage caused to Strabane bridge work site

Thousands of pounds of damage has been caused to the work site of the new pedestrian bridge in Strabane. Toilets have been burned, lights, mirrors and flashing beacons have been smashed, and machinery has been tampered with. Fox’s building and engineering, who are building the new bridge, have now warned that the works could be

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John McNulty to meet with senior Labour politicians today

John McNulty is expected to meet with senior Labour members today, after he addressed Fine Gael’s parliamentary party meeting last night. His appointment to the board of IMMA, just days before his Seanad election bid, was the major topic at last night’s meetings of both the Fine Gael and Labour parliamentary parties. Mr McNulty himself

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HSE Forum backs call for independent probe into hospital flooding, but has no power to order it

A Donegal member of the HSE West Regional Forum says it’s frustrating that the members of the body don’t have the power to hold the HSE to account. Cllr Gerry Mc Monagle was speaking after the forum backed a motion he moved yesterday calling for an independent probe into the cause of flooding at Letterkenny

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Doctor sacked from LGH for being unable to take pulse struck off medical register

A doctor who was sacked for being unable to take the pulse of a patient has been struck off the medical register. Dr Asia Ndaga is originally from Romania but was living in Northern Ireland when she was recruited as a junior doctor at Letterkenny General Hospital in 2010. Dr Asia Ndaga was sacked within

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