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Foyle constituency has 4th highest unemployment rate in the UK

The Foyle constituency in Derry ranks at number four in a league table of UK constituencies worst affected  by unemployment, according to new research. The House of Commons study looked at all 650 parliamentary constituencies and ranked them. The report from the House of Commons Library examined the number claiming benefits as a proportion of

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Letterkenny Councillors to recieve mental health trianing to help people in need

Letterkenny Town councillors are to undertake training to help people with mental health issues. At Monday nights Town Council monthly meeting, Cllr Jimmy Kavanagh asked was there any training council members could participate in. He said that Councillors were sometimes approached by people from the area or suffering from stress. Director of Nursing with the

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Foyle MLA raises roaming charges issue in Northern Assembly

The Northern Assembly has again heard calls for legislation to be introduced immediately to remove the unwarranted practice of roaming charges in border areas. This issue was been raised by Foyle SDLP member Pat Ramsey who said people are facing huge mobile phone bills because they are unintentionally roaming. Speaking during an Assembly debate on

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Emergency funding approved to remove asbestos from PCC Falcarragh

Emergency funding has been secured to remove asbestos tiles from PCC in Falcarragh. The asbestos was discovered in the Schools Gym Hall and Store. In Ireland asbestos, which is potentially deadly,  was used by the building industry until 1980, although the importation and use of asbestos wasn’t banned until1999 Following representations he made, Senator Brian

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Derry Celebrity Bainisteoir players avoid convictions for pub brawl

Two Derry footballers were in court for being involved in a pub brawl in Galway city after their team’s defeat in the recent semi-finals of the Celebrity Bainisteoir television series. Both Michael McIvor, aged 25, of 31 Letteran, Cookstown, and Kieran Donnelly, aged 28, 50a Letteran Road, Moneymore, Magherafelt, Derry, avoided convictions for public order

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Home repossesion case adjourned because of borrower’s Christmas concerns

A Donegal father of five has had the adjournment of a home repossession case at the High Court extended from December to the New Year, after telling the judge he was worried about Christmas. The case, involving the Educational Building Society, concerned two loans taken out in June 2006 by the borrower, from Letterkenny. He

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Donegal Mental Health Service encourages people to seek help if needed

The Donegal Mental Health Service is encouraging people to avail of facilities that are available in the County. In a presentation to Letterkenny Town Council last night, the service highlighted the help that is available, telling the meeting it’s estimated that one in four people in Ireland suffer from mental health issues. The Director of

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GAA – Investigation Underway After Tyrone League Final Violence

Tyrone GAA chiefs have launch an investigation after yesterday’s county football league final was marred by violence on and off the field. The match between Dromore and Carrickmore was held up for around 10 minutes before play eventually resumed. The game ended with County champions Dromore winning 0-11 to 0-6, a victory which wrapped up

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Donegal Sinn Fein TD to enjoy 5 star luxury on Ethiopa ‘fact finding mission’

Donegal Sinn Fein Deputy Padraig MacLochlainn is one of a delegation on the Dail’s Foreign Affairs Committee which has travelled to Ethiopia on what is billed as a fact finding mission. It is reported that the five members of the committee will stay in the five star Hilton Hotel at the expense of the tax

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Hogan leaving back door open for new regulations – Canning

A Donegal Councillor is expressing concern at the wording of new legislation concerning septic tanks. Fianna Fail Cllr Paul Canning says Environment Minister Phil Hogan has inserted a clause into the Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011, which will allow him introduce more regulations in the future without having to go through the Dail. He says

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President Michael D Higgins in Derry for first official NI engagement

President Michael D. Higgins has attended his first official engagement as Uachtaráin na hÉireann in Northern Ireland this evening. He  attending an All Ireland School Choir Competition in Derry. The event, in the Millennium Forum, involves choirs from Belfast, Navan, Dublin and Waterford. Co-operation Ireland CEO Peter Sheridan says it’s an honour that his first

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Deputy Pringle says Government should clear Letterkenny Hospitals debts

Donegal South West Deputy Thomas Pringle says it’s wrong that the government is to clear the debts of Tallaght Hospital after sacking its entire board, but refuse to clear the deficit at Letterkenny General Hospital, one of the most efficient in the country. Deputy Pringle says the problems in Tallaght are linked to governance issues,

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