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Protest planned as huge crowd turn out to discuss bed closures at Dungloe Hospital

A large crowd last night agreed to hold a public protest in opposition to plans to continue closing beds at Dungloe Hospital. Over 200 people attended the meeting in the Ionad Teampaill Chróine centre and there was unanimous condemnation of plans to close 10 beds at the hospital recently. The meeting was addressed by North

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Pat Ramsey accused of using Brandywell development proposals as a “political football”

The SDLP’s Pat Ramsey has been accused of making a political football out of funding for the Brandywell Stadium. Mr Ramsey had called for 110 million euro of funding set aside to redevelop Windsor Park to be allocated to the Brandywell project. This on the basis that no binding agreement to develop Windsor was in

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Management at LGH say Higgins recommendations are good for Donegal

Senior Management at Letterkenny General Hospital say the recommendations of the Higgins Report published this week will enhance services to patients, and improve the medical training available in Donegal. Under the provisions of the report, Letterkenny, Sligo and Mayo will become part of the Galway and Roscommon University Hospitals Group. In a statement, Management at

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Garda launch Letterkenny murder inquiry – dead man was victim of brutal attack

Gardai have confirmed that a murder investigation has been launched into the death of a man in Letterkenny. At a press conference , Gardai said Polish national  Bogdan Michalkiewicz suffered horrific injuries in a brutal attack but have not confirmed how he died. The body of 41-year-old Bogdan Michalkiewicz was discovered in an apartment at the

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Lifford water story to hit the national headlines – Deputy to raise the issue with Phil Hogan

Donegal Deputy Pearse Doherty has taken up the case of a Lifford woman whose campaign against her poor water supply has now hit the national headlines. Siobhon O’Brien Kelly from Lifford told Highland Radio News at the start of this week how her water supply would run a deep orange colour at least once a

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Allstate Northern Ireland Managing Director not ruling out expanding premises at new Strabane Business Park

The Managing Director of Allstate in Northern Ireland has said that the company are not ruling out expanding their business premises in Strabane again. The insurance company announced yesterday that they would be creating 450 new jobs by 2016 in the North. Allstate employs almost 1000 people in the Northwest in Strabane and Derry. And

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Donegal TD and Senator raise concerns over education of children with Down Syndrome

A Donegal Deputy and Senator have spoken in the houses of the Oireachtas on the issue of resource hours for children with Down Syndrome. 40% of children with Down Syndrome in the main stream school system are not allocated resource hours to assist in their education because Down Syndrome is not listed as a ‘complex

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Government urged to provide funding to tackle Lifford water problems

A Donegal County Councillor has called for the Government immediately provide funding to repair the Lifford water supply. Residents in Clonleigh Park, Croghan Heights and the Beechwood and Castlefinn Road areas have contacted Highland Radio News complaining about the lack of clean drinking water. A mother in Clonleigh Park says her family couldn’t get showered

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Sion Mills residents concerned over waste treatment proposals for old mill site

A public meeting is to take place in Sion MIlls tonight to highlight concerns over the proposed development of a waste treatment plant at the old Herdmans Mill site. The old mill site was sold to Cork-based businessmen, Tim and Michael Cronin in November last year. At the time they said that they planned to

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Health Minister releases details of hospital reorganisation for Letterkenny and Sligo

 The first steps in establishing independent hospital trusts have been unveiled by the Health Minister. Six groupings have been announced – they are Dublin North East; Dublin Midlands; Dublin East; South/South West; West/North West and Midwest. Letterkenny General and the Sligo Regional will become part of the West/Northwest group along with University Hospital Galway; Merlin

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