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A Donegal Councillor says the experience with Housing Association apartments in Dungloe has cemented his belief that Donegal County Council should be taking the lead in building social housing. Cllr Michael Cholm Mac Giolla Easbuig says the Cluid and Respond Housing Associations have developed apartments in Dungloe, but in both cases, there are apartments which

The latest round of HIQA reports includes two inspections into Donegal care facilities, at Lifford Community Hospital and Buncrana Community Hospital. While Buncrana Community Hospital was found to be compliant or substantially compliant in all areas of inspection, a series of non-compliances were reported at Lifford Community Hospital, including the failure not to carry out

A book of condolences has opened in Derry in memory of Pat Hume. It was unveiled by the Mayor of Derry Alderman Graham Warke in the Guildhall, with a facility available to siogn the book online. Meanwhile, the Bishop of Derry, Donal McKeown, has also been paying tribute, saying Pat Hume exemplified the history of

Restricted visiting in Residential Long Term Care facilities in Inishowen is being eased on a phased basis. Restrictions had been implemented due to the ongoing high levels of COVID-19 in the peninsula, and the potential high risk to residents, service users and staff. The HSE says decisions regarding visiting levels in facilities will continue to

Minister Charlie McConalogue has defended the Government’s new “Housing For All” policy, that was launched yesterday. The programme promises that 330,000 homes will be built between now and 2030 – but has received widespread criticism from opposition parties who claim that the commitment to only allocate around a third of the houses built to social

The Green Party’s Donegal representative has criticised a recent proposal from former Minister for Transport Shane Ross, that suggested that those under 30 should be banned from driving at night, in order to combat the number of fatalities on the country’s roads. Michael White says that the only good thing about Ross’s proposal, is that

  The leader of the SDLP has described Pat Hume as a gracious woman, who was a rock of strength for the people of Derry. Pat, who was married to Nobel Peace Prize winner John Hume, passed away yesterday at the age of 83. The First and Deputy First Minister in Northern Ireland have also

New figures have shown that Ireland’s rate of Covid-19 is now the highest in the European Union. Ireland’s 14-day incidence rate of the virus is currently 521 cases per 100,000 people, and yesterday the Department of Health confirmed a further 1,751 new cases – with 343 patients currently in hospital with the virus, and 59

The Government has come under fire over it’s new ‘Housing for All’ policy, which was announced yesterday. It promises to deliver a total of 330,000 thousand homes – but has been criticised for only including 10 thousand social homes every year to 2030, which will make up less than a third of the total homes

Over 61,000 students will receive their Leaving Cert Results later this morning. The class of 2021 had the opportunity of receiving accredited grades, sitting the exam or both. Provisional results will be available from 10am this morning at https://www.examinations.ie/. Education Minister Norma Foley says this year’s students have missed so much in class education due to

The Government has officially unveiled its Housing For All plan, which promises to deliver 300 thousand homes by 2030. 20 billion euro will be spent implementing the first 5 years of the plan. It will see the introduction of the shared equity scheme and will eliminate penalties associated with the fair deal scheme. But, it

A Derry City and Strabane District Councillor is calling on a crackdown on the illegal sale of fireworks, following a number of incidents in Creggan as well as other parts of Derry City. Sinn Féin’s Emma McGinley says that in one particular recent incident, a firework was thrown into a shop which subsequently then hit

The Government remains under pressure over the Katherine Zappone controversy. The issue is back in the spotlight after the Foreign Affairs Minister said he deleted his text messages about the defunct UN appointment as he’s been hacked before. While the Tanaiste has published his text exchanges and apologised for not doing it sooner after journalists

An Afghan man living in Derry fears his sister has been abducted from Kabul. Muhammad Kharotai moved to the city in 2011 – after his father was murdered by the Taliban. He says police told him about his sister yesterday. Foyle MP Colum Eastwood is appealing for those in power to help:

Serious concerns have been raised over the future of the ambulance base in Lifford. The ambulance base has been temporarily relocated to Stranorlar to facilitate ongoing works at Lifford Hospital. However, the fear is that the National Ambulance Service will make the move permanent. Cathaoirleach of the Lifford Stranorlar Municipal District and member of the

Gardai believe a fire at a house in Ramelton earlier this week was started maliciously. The property at Drumherrive was extensively damaged by the blaze which is believed to have been started shortly after 10 o’clock on Tuesday night. Investigations are ongoing. Detective Inspector Pat O’Donnell is continuing to appeal to anyone with information to