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SF to publish plan that would reduce Ireland’s deficit, growing the economy

Sinn Fein says it will publish a plan in the coming weeks to reduce Ireland’s deficit – while growing the economy. The party says the four year budgetary plan – outlined by the Government today – is anti-jobs, anti-growth and pro-austerity. It says the 12.4 billion euro programme of tax hikes and spending cuts is

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Chinese woman appears in Court in Derry charged with husbands murder

A 38 year-old Chinese woman has appeared at Derry Magistrate’s Court accused of murdering her husband. Shuwei Shang, of 61 Frances Street, is charged with murdering 51 year-old Damien Keenan on Tuesday November 1. Deputy District Judge Des Perry asked the woman, through an interpreter if she understood the charge, to which she replied ‘yes.’

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Government commits to examining ways of allowing traditional fishing in Inver Bay

Donegal South West Deputy Thomas Pringle today welcomed a commitment from the Government to examine ways of allowing traditional fishing methods in Inver Bay. commits Deputy Pringle has been lobbying on behalf of a number of fishing families who want to fish for sprat and mackerel in the bay using methods which are more than

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Updated: NI company with controversial development plans in Donegal goes bust

Bank of Ireland has appointed receivers to a Northern Ireland property development firm which had been planning a major housing development in Donegal. Carn Properties had been given permission for the development of over 200 units of housing in Letterkenny just two years ago. Permission for the Letterkenny development was granted in 2009 – the 

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Letterkenny proposed as location for county’s first renewable energy centre

Letterkenny has been earmarked by the IDA as the first location for a number of planned centralized alternative energy centres. It is proposed that the multi million euro renewable energy centre will be built on the Letterkenny Business and Technology Park where a site on a 7.4 acre site. The project must include the provision

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People in Donegal could face bills of €12,000 to upgrade their septic tanks

A Senator claims that people in Donegal could face bills of up €12,000 to upgrade their septic tanks, according to new legislation published by the Minister for the Environment Phil Hogan today. The legislation includes a registration charge, multiple inspection charges and possible significant upgrade charges. Senator Brian O’Domhnaill says parts of the bill are

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Details of County Council’s free Hazardous Waste Collection

Donegal County Councl has announces details of its Free Household Hazardous Waste Collection service for November. You can despose of Cleaning Agents including bleaches, Waste Medicines, Antifreeze, Herbicides (weed killers), Pesticides, Adhesives, Old Paints, Paint stripper/thinner, Aerosols, Inks, Waste Engine Oil. The Council will not accept empty paint tins.  All containers, bottles, etc, must be

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Man jailed for posting ‘wreckless’ video 2 days after Inishowen road tragedy

At Tipperary man who posted a video of himself driving recklessly on YouTube just two days after the death of 8 people in a crash in Inishowen has been sent to jail. 22 year-old Aaron Stanley from Nenagh, Co Tipperary, was tracked down by gardai after he appeared on YouTube recklessly driving around east Clare

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Donegal Deputy accuses the Government of lying to the public

Donegal South-West Deputy, Pearse Doherty has accused the Government of lying to the public. The Sinn Fein Finance spokesperson said in the Dail yesterday evening that it was “absolute nonsense” that Ireland would face sixteen years of austerity if they were to receive a write-down on their debt. Deputy Doherty said Greece have been offered

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SF Deputies Doherty and MacLochlainn walk out of Dail in protest

Donegal Deputies Pearse Doherty and Padraig MacLochlainn were today amongst a group of Sinn Féin and Independent TDs who staging a Dail walkout over the Government’s refusal to burn former Anglo bondolders. This afternoon, almost three quarters of a billion euro has been repaid to unguaranteed bondholders at the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation. The Taoiseach’s

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31-year-old appears in Court charged with murdering his uncle in Derry

A 31-year-old man has been remanded in custody after appearing in court in Derry charged with murdering his uncle. James Healy from Hollymount Park in the Gobnascale area of Derry wept as he appeared in court this morning. 56-year-old Christopher McGaughey, was stabbed in the early hours of Sunday morning. The joiner was given medical

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Figures suggest Donegal voters protested at referendums in huge numbers

New figures show that a huge number of  Donegal people either submitted spoiled papers or invalid votes in the two referendums held last week. The figures show that between the referendum on Judges pay and the Houses of the Oireachtas Inquiries Referendum a total of 3,716 votes were either spoiled or invalid. In Donegal South

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3 new Neighbourhood Watch schemes to be launched in Castlederg

Efforts to crack down on crime and anti-social behaviour in west Tyrone move will forwards with the launch of 3 new Neighbourhood Watch schemes in Castlederg later this month. This will mean that Strabane District Council area will have 5 Neighbourhood Watch schemes. The 3 new schemes cover the Castlegore, Hospital Road and Millbrook Gardens

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Donegal students urged to make their views known on college fees

Third level students in Donegal are being urged to make contact with Fine Gael Deputies Joe McHugh and Dinny McGinley to protest against increases in college fees and grant cuts. The Union of Students in Ireland has taken out ads in several national newspapers criticising the government for reneging on pre-election promises. The full-page ads

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Donegal Creameries agrees sale of its Milk and Retail stores businesses

Donegal Creameries has struck a deal to dispose of its Milk Business and Retail Stores Business to Connacht Gold Co-operative Society Limited. The deal is worth 13.5 million euro to the company but could rise to almost 19 million depending on how the business performs. The deal will see Connacht Gold take over the drinking

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Michael D Higgins will be confirmed President later this afternoon

Gay Mitchell and Martin McGuinness have been eliminated in the Presidential election count. It means Michael D Higgins will be confirmed as the ninth President of Ireland later this afternoon. After the third count Michael D Higgins was still some 90,000 votes shy of the quota. That then led the Presidential returning office (Rena Ni

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First Count: McGuinness tops the poll in Donegal NE Gallagher in SW

While it won’t effect the outcome of the Presidential Election nationally, Sinn Fein’s Martin McGuinness has topped the poll in Donegal North East. The figures are academic to the result with Labour’s Michael D Higgin’s set to be elected the country’s 9th President, probably on the first count. This is how the candidates fared in

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Doherty: McGuinness will top the poll in Donegal SW – More Aura controversy

Deputy Pearse Doherty has predicted that Martin McGuinness will top the poll in Donegal South West. He told Barry Whyte that the former Deputy First Minister’s entry in to the race broadened the debate: There was controversy this morning at the Aura leisure Centre where complaints were made that those who had planned to tally

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