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Can’t Pay Won’t Pay group will not run candidates in local elections

The Cant Pay Wont Pay Campaign in Donegal have confirmed that they have no intentions of running anyone in the next local elections in the County. Last a week representatives from Donegal Action Against Austerity and ‘Cant Pay Wont Pay – Donegal Inclusive’, both said they were considering running candidates. But a spokesperson for Cant

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Council calls for Budget measures for struggling home owners

Donegal County Council is  calling on the Minister for Finance to introduce measures in Budget 2013 to help people who are struggling with mortgage payments. 83,251 mortgage holders are now three months or more behind on their payments. Another 40,221 mortgage holders have had to have their monthly payments lowered with agreement of their lender,

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71 year-old Derry woman has been targeted by thieves as slept in her home

A 71 year-old Derry woman has been targeted by thieves as slept in her home. Detectives are appealing for information following the burglary in Shaw Court during the early hours of Saturday morning, 24th November. Sometime between 12.30am and 8.30am, the house was entered and a sum of cash, bank cards and mobile phone were

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Calls for person accusing Councillors over expenses to provide their name

A Donegal County Cllr has called on the person sending correspondence to media outlets regarding local politician’s expenses to put their name and address to the letters. In recent months a number of anonymous letters have circulated in the local media regarding a number of County Cllrs and a local Senator making allegations of inaccurate

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Larkin – Boundaries Committee must be convinced of Donegal’s needs

Donegal County Council is being urged to highlight Donegal’s unique needs to those responsible for deciding the new Electoral Area Boundaries. The Committee forms part of the next step in implementing the Action Programme for Effective Local Government and in reforming local government structures. Donegal’s Town Council’s will be replaced by a new system of

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Donegal Deputies continue war of words over budget proposals

Sinn Fein Deputy Pearse Doherty has been accused of reacting to Fianna Fail’s budget proposals with ‘near hysterics’ Sinn Fein’s Finance spokesperson has described Fianna Fail’s budget proposals as ‘dishonest’ claiming that over a third have been previously proposed by Sinn Fein. He says the proposals would also heap further financial pressure on low income

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Deputy Pearse Doherty says Fianna Fails budget proposals ‘dishonest’

Sinn Fein has described Fianna Fail’s budget proposals as ‘dishonest’ claiming that over a third have been previously proposed by Sinn Fein. The party’s Finance Spokesperson, Donegal Deputy Pearse Doherty, says the proposals would also heap further financial pressure on low income families and see capital spending drastically cut. Deputy Doherty says he was also

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Donegal home help workers to protest outside Taoiseachs office on Sunday

SIPTU home help workers and their supporters from Donegal and across the west of Ireland will march this Sunday in Castlbar. The protesters are to assmble at the Chapel carpark in Castlebar on Sunday at 130pm and march towards the Taoiseachs office. SIPTU organiser Martin O Rourke is calling on home help workers, their families

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Donegal austerity groups considering running candidates in next local elections

The prospect of campaigners from a number of different Donegal austerity groups running in the next local elections has taken a step closer. Support for fielding candidates has come at a number of campaign meetings in the past week, after no elected representatives turned up. Currently in Donegal there are a number of anti-austerity groups,

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Groups have until the end of this month to apply for funding for Gathering

Groups in Donegal have until the end of this month to apply for funding to assist in hosting a Gathering event next year. Fund amounts will range from €500 to €2,500 with applications being taken up until the 30th of November on Donegal gathering dot com. Sarah Meehan is the Donegal Gathering Marketing Coordinator –

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