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Another contender for the Seanad By-election is seeking legal advice this afternoon concerning John McNulty’s bid for election to the upper house. The Kilcar man is mired in controversy after his short lived involvement on the board of the Irish Museum of Modern Art, which allowed him to seek the nomination. Gerard Craughwell – a former

Calls have been made for Donegal Co Council to hold a public inquiry into a right of way to a beach being obstructed at a beach in Carrigart. Work is ongoing at a 180-acre beach resort and golf course at Aughadahor Beach in Carrigart. T&G Properties Limited has erected two gates at the building site

The Tánaiste says she spoke at length with the Taoiseach this morning over the Seanad by-election and State Board’s appointment controversy. Kilcar man John McNulty’s candidacy to fill a seat in the upper house for Fine Gael has been causing controversy for a week now after his short-lived appointment to the board of the Irish

A Donegal County Cllr has said that people in the county should be given the option whether or not to take out their back boilers or cookers. Currently under the Better Energy Homes Scheme being implemented by Donegal County Council people must take out their back boilers and replace it with oil heating. The key

A Donegal Co Cllr is meeting with Junior Minister for Gaeltacth Affairs today. Cllr Micheál Cholm Mac GiollaEasbuig is meeting with Joe McHugh today, and he says he’ll be raising a number of issues affecting the Gaeltacth area. Cllr Mac GiollaEasbuig says he will also have no problem telling Minister McHugh that he is not

Mountaineering Ireland has called on Donegal County Council to halt remedial work at Slieve League. The all-island representative body for climbers and walkers says it has serious concerns about the quality of the path work put in place there. The council has put in place a remedial works project on the cliff-top path as part

A Donegal councillor says the authority’s policy of advance preparation and planning for road projects is paying dividends. Cllr Barry O’Neill says in recent years, the council has not only spent all its initial roads allocations, it has also been in a position to fund extra projects when money becamwe available at short notice, because

The volunteer crew of Bundoran RNLI Lifeboat were called out twice over the weekend to two different incidents, both of which ended well. On Saturday afternoon just after 1.40pm, the crew received a report that a boat’s propeller had become entangled in the rope of an old lobster pot just off Mountcharles. And just after

It’s been confirmed that Relay for Life Donegal raised just over 150,000 euro this year, bringing total monies raised since the first Relay in 2012 to over 800,000. At a function this weekend to announce the final figure, the organising committee and Irish Cancer Society said that’s a significant achievement, given that the focus of

Taoiseach Enda Kenny is being accused of alienating Fine Gael’s core vote with his handling of the John McNulty debacle. Mr McNulty was nominated as Fine Gael’s candidate for the Seanad by election, having cited his appointment as a board member of the Irish Museum of Modern Art. The Kilcar man had been appointed to

Letterkenny Institute of Technology has been ranked 16th out of 21 third level colleges in the annual Sunday Times University Guide. That’s a fall of two places on its position last year. Out of a possible 750 points, the Sunday Time awards Letterkenny IT 440, placing it 16th in the college league table. The college

Police in Derry are investigating the burning of a car on Strabane Old Road in the early hours of yesterday morning. The fire was reported at 4.25am yesterday morning, the the Fire Service confirming  the Ford Focus was deliberately set alight.Officers are working to establish a motive and are keen to hear from witnesses. 

  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

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

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,

Gardai investigating the death of a 22 month boy in the Bomany area of Letterkenny say they are treating it as a tragic accident. It’s understood the toddler, named locally as Joshua Coyle was playing in the driveway of his home at Creeve Glebe at 6.45 last night when he was struck by a van.

Police in Derry are no linger treating the death of a 19 year old woman in the city yesterday as suspicious, and a man arrested yesterday morning has been released. in a statement issued this evening, the PSNI say – “As a result of enquiries, and after studying the results of a post mortem examination,

Donegal County Council have voted to keep the property tax valuation in the county as it is. Cllrs voted in favour of a freeze by 20-9. The FG and FF groupings voted in favour along with Independent Cllrs Tom Connaghan, Ian McGarvey, Nicholas Crossan and Niamh Kennedy. Sinn Fein and Cllr Frank McBrearty voted against.

    The Chief Executive of Donegal County Council has told members that any reduction in property tax would mean a reduction in services. The Council has collected €8.7m to the middle of this year. A 15% reduction, which has been would mean the local authority losing €1.65m. Sinn Fein are calling for a 15% cut,

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

A dissident grouping styling itself the ‘IRA’ has said it was behind the shooting of a man in Strabane last month. 27-year-old Michael Neeson was shot four times in broad daylight in the Ballycolman Estate area. The organisation said it targeted 27-year-old Michael Neeson because he was “a major drug dealer” who had been warned

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