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Letterkenny Mayor says council should borrow to buy up available housing

Letterkenny’s Mayor says the Town and County Councils should be borrowing as much money as possible to buy houses and property. At a Town Council meeting last evening, Cllr Victor Fisher said the council should look at purchasing a piece of land on Church Lane in the town centre. Supporting the motion, Mayor Dessie Larkin

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Donegal Journalist receives death threat from Loyalist paramilitaries

The National Union of Journalists has demanded that a threat against a Donegal journalist be withdrawn. Two journalists in Northern Ireland had already received death threats from loyalist paramilitaries last week, while the County Donegal journalist working with the Sunday World has also received a threat. An NUJ spokesperson said the union asked those responsible

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Derry makes final of “The Irish Times” Best Place to Holiday in Ireland competition

Derry has beaten off strong competition from more than 1,400 entries from all over Ireland to make the final five in “The Irish Times” Best Place to Holiday in Ireland competition. The other finalists still in the running to be named Ireland’s favourite holiday spot are Killarney, Co Kerry; Inishbofin, Co Galway; Loop Head peninsula,

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IFA claims minister doesn’t appreciate the extent of the fodder crisis in the NW

IFA Chairs in Donegal and Leitrim are calling on the Agriculture Minister Simon Coveney to look beyond Cork as he considers the fodder crisis. The Chairman of Leitrim IFA Pat Gilhooly said Mr Coveney seems to have forgotten the west and northern parts of the country, where the real problems currently exist with fodder shortages

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Government reimburses Donegal County Council for reaching household charge targets

Just over 300 thousand euro, withheld from Donegal County Council in penalties for non-collection of the household charge is to be reimbursed by Minister for the Environment Phil Hogan. Mr Hogan had refused to pay out the full Local Government Fund allocation to a number of local authorities who failed to collect at least 65

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Donegal Deputy wants Justice Minister to explain Wallace comments

Sinn Féin’s justice spokesperson, Pádraig Mac Lochlainn has called on Alan Shatter to explain how he came by the information, which he revealed on television, about independent Wexford TD, Mick Wallace. Last week, Alan Shatter alleged that Deputy Wallace was warned by Gardaí for using a mobile phone while driving. Mick Wallace has described Mr

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Cruise ship at anchor close to proposed Waste Water Treatment Plant in Moville

The cruise ship Quest For Adventure is at anchor in the Foyle Estuary at Carnagarve – between Moville and Greencastle today. Hundreds of passengers are visiting various parts of Co Donegal and Derry. But local environment campaigners say the ship is just 50 metres from a beach where Donegal County Council has set a proposed

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Strabane Parish Priest urges everyone in town to vote for Ryan Dolan

Irelands Ryan Dolan is gearing up for his performance at tonight’s Eurovision final in Sweden. The 27 year old from Strabane in Co. Tyrone will perform ‘Only Love Survives’ at the grand final tonight night in Malmo, to a worldwide audience of 70 million viewers. Around 40 of Ryan’s friends and family, including his parish

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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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