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Fianna Fáil distances itself from slur on Travellers by Councillor

Fianna Fáil has moved to distance itself from a controversial slur on travellers by a member of the party. Donegal County Councillor Seán McEniff had demanded the segregation of travellers from settled communities. It follows the burning of a house allocated to a traveller family in Ballyshannon yesterday. Local TD and Sinn Féin justice spokesperson

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Fianna Fail: No action against Councillor McEniff over travellers comments

Fianna Fáil says a party Councillor who made controversial comments about travellers was speaking in a personal capacity. Donegal County Councillor Seán McEniff’s demanding the segregation of travellers from settled communities after the burning of a house in Ballyshannon yesterday. Sinn Féin’s calling on Fianna Fáil to take action. But Niall Collins – who’s Fianna

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Fianna Fail urged to ‘take action’ over Councillor’s Traveller comments

Sinn Fein has again called on the Fianna Fáil leader to outline what measures he intends to take following controversial comments made by one of the party’s councillors about travellers. Donegal County Councillor Sean McEniff today repeated his call for the segregation of travellers from settled communities. Councillor McEniff was reacting to the burning of

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Mayor’s disgust at more anti-social incidents in Ballymacool Terrace area

The Mayor of Letterkenny has said the anti-social behaviour problem in the Ballymacool Terrace area has not gone away and has called on the Gardai to do more to address the problem. Last year numerous residents had their front door locks glued – cars and other property were also targeted. Mayor Dessie Larkin says there

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Council says Household Charge compliance rate is now at 60%

Donegal County Council says  that 60% of householders have now registered properties for the Household Charge. This represents an increase on the figures released nationally at the weekend. This is made up of 38,288 properties that are recorded on the Local Government Management Services database; 546 householders who have registered for a waiver and a

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Union accuses CPWP of publicity stunt in trying to ‘hijack’ Sligo protest

The Irish Congress of Trade Unions has accused the Can’t Pay Won’t Pay Group of attempting to hijack a protest which was held in Sligo at the weekend. CPWP have demanded an apology from the union claiming they were prevented from joining the 6,500 strong protest against austerity. In a statement the group voiced their

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Traveller group calls on gardai to protect traveller families in Donegal

Traveller support group Pavee Point has issued a statement on the overnight house fire in Ballyshammom. The group says – if the incident is arson – it’s disgusted and disappointed to learn of the development. Pavee Point has called on the gardaí to protect traveller families in Donegal, after this, the third such incident in

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Two men appear in court charged in connection with death of Derry PSNI officer

Two men have appeared in court on charges relating to the death of a policewoman killed in a crash involving a stolen car in Derry. 27-year-old Constable Philippa Reynolds, died in the collision on the Limavady Road shortly before 4am in the early hours of Saturday morning. The men in court were Shane Frane (25)

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Cant Pay Wont Pay want an apology from organisers of Sligo rally

Campaigners from the Cant Pay Wont Pay Group have claimed that they were harassed by stewards and Gardai at an anti-austerity protest in Sligo over the weekend. In a statement released this morning the group have voiced their anger and their disappointment at the way they were treated at Saturdays march. Up to 6,500 people took part in the

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Donegal still with the lowerst Household Charge compliance

The government is still owed 47-million-euro in unpaid household charges with Donegal the county with the lowest level of compliance. The latest figures from the Local Government Management Agency show more than 470,000 properties remain unregistered. The household tax was bitterly opposed when it was introduced at the beginning of last year. Almost 14 months

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Fianna Fail to host public meetings on CAP this weekend

Fianna Fail are inviting the public to two information evenings on the Common Agriculture Policy taking place in Inishowen and Letterkenny tomorrow (Sunday). The meetings follow confirmation in the the EU Budget of a reduction for both the Single Farm Payment and the Rural Development Programme. Overall however, farming groups believe that the agreement has

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Strabane Cllr defends party colleague over lack of funding for town

A Strabane SDLP Cllr is defending Northern Irelands Environment Minister after the town was bypassed for funding to revamp derelict buildings in urban areas. This week it was announced that £1 million would be allocated to revamp town centres in the North, but Strabanes application was deemed unsuccessful. But Cllr Patsy Kelly has claimed that

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People in Donegal urged to attend anti-austerity protest in Sligo

Buses from County Donegal will be travelling to Sligo tomorrow for a major anti-austerity protest. The demonstration, organised by the Irish Congress of Trade Unions, will coincide with five similar protests being held throughout the country. The Northwest leg of the march will gather at the Sligo County Council Offices in Riverside at 1.30pm. Spokesperson

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Omagh lorry driver extradited to Donegal over sexual assault allegations

A Co Tyrone lorry driver wanted in Donegal over sexual assault allegations has been extradited from the North to the Republic. 42-year-old Roy David Cochrane was arrested in Omagh last month. The 42-year-old, of Loughmuck Road, Omagh, his alleged to have attacked a girl in Donegal. Cochrane denies the charges and at a court appearance

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Kilfennan Minister named moderator of Presbyterian Church in Ireland

The next moderator of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland has said he wants to help restore the stability of the peace process. Dr Robert Craig, the minister at Kilfennan Presbyterian Church on Derry’s Waterside in Derry will succeed Dr Roy Patton at the next Presbyterian general assembly which takes place in Derry’s Millennium Forum in June, the

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Press will not be banned from Strabane Council Committee meetings

Strabane District Council has confirmed that it is not proposing to close committee meetings to the public and the press. In a letter to the local branch of the National Union of Journalists, the council’s interim chief executive says while the possibility was raised during the initial stages of an internal discussion among officials, it

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