Work on the Crolly Water Treatment Plant is set to commence in the coming weeks as part of a €1.2 million project by Irish Water. Upgrade works to the plant will include, new pipework, a new chemical storage building and the upgrade of the monitoring and control systems of the coagulant and flocculation process. This …
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Main Evening News, Sport and Obituaries Monday October 15th:
St Eunan’s College are back in Ulster Senior Schools A competition and begin their MacRory Cup campaign in the coming weeks. The Letterkenny College make the move up having come through last years MacLarnon competition where they were just pipped at the post by Cookstown. The aim of the College is to stay in the …
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It’s understood Karl Lacey has left the Donegal senior backroom team. The 2012 Player of the Year and All Ireland winner has been with the set up for the past year. When Declan Bonner was announced as Donegal Manger in October 2017, Lacey was appointed to a coaching role just months after retiring from playing. …
Ahead of National Slow Down Day this Friday, Gardai have revealed that since May 2017, GoSafe checked the speed of 134,739 vehicles with 226 motorists detected travelling in excess of the applicable speed limit. One of those was a driver detected travelling at 134 km/h in a 100 km/h zone in Letterkenny. Over the 24 …
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Irish Water say works on repairing a burst water main on Inch Island is now complete. The utility confirmed that supply should be returned to all affected areas. The burst left hundreds of residents in the area without supply today.
Leah Gallen will come home with a bronze medal from the European Junior Boxing Championships in Russia following her semi-final loss today. The Raphoe Boxing club fighter lost out on a 3-2 split decision against Italian Miriam Tomasone, with the referee deducting a point from Gallen in the final round. It is a big achievement …
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Letterkenny has retained its “Clean to European Norms” in Irish Business Against Litter’s latest report, coming in 19th out of 40 towns and cities. An Taisce’s report says there are seven top ranking sites in the town. The area around Main Street, Scoil Cholmcille National School, Conwal Church of Ireland and Ballymacool Town Park are …
An appeal submitted to An Post for a review of the closure of Culdaff Post Office has been refused. A total of 33 appeals against the closure of Post Offices have been lodged nationwide. In Donegal, two appeals have been submitted to date. An independent review process is underway to assess applications submitted in a …
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Other options are to be explored with a view to establish traffic calming measures in Ballina Estate in Falcarragh. A proposed design had been set up last week as a trial however this was deemed unsuitable as it would take up some car parking facilities in the area. Other suggestions are now to be considered, …
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With Minister Joe McHugh’s new appointment as Education Minister imminent, there’s further pressure on him to resolve the school bus debacle in South Inishowen. It’s after confirmation from Minister Halligan last week that transportation will be provided to students from Kilmacrennan and Termon wishing to travel to Milford for school. However, students in South Inishowen …
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Work is to start this week on a new footpath at Killygordon. The footpath is to stretch from the crossroads village to the Red Hughs football club, linking to pathways at Monellan Woods which will equate to 6km The project has come about through a mixture of CLAR funding and Community assisted scheme funding along …
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Irish Water is facing criticism after thousands of South Inishowen residents were left without water over the weekend. A major burst in the main supply in Buncrana resulted in many homes and businesses across the peninsula going without water for much of Saturday. Meanwhile a pipe burst has left hundreds of residents on Inch …
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There were 24 people awaiting admission to Letterkenny University Hospital this morning according to the latest trolley watch report. None were on trolleys with all 24 people waiting on wards. University Hospital Galway was the most overcrowded with 50 people waiting there. Nationally, there were 429 people waiting at hospitals across the country today.
Serious concern has been raised once again over ambulance response times in Inishowen after a number of recent cases relating to significant delays have been highlighted. In late August it’s been claimed that a man with a suspected stroke had to wait over two hours before an ambulance came to his aid. It later emerged …
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Talks between the UK’s Brexit secretary and the EU’s chief negotiator have broken down in Brussels over the Irish border issue. Negotiations have been suspended until Wednesday, when Theresa May will meet other EU leaders including the Taoiseach. Meanwhile, a senior Sinn Fein delegation is heading to London today to meet with the British Prime …
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A Donegal County councillor has requested an urgent meeting with Minister Joe McHugh in relation to the removal of DEIS funding from a number of schools in the Glenties area. Minister McHugh is set to appointed as the new Minister for Education and Skills subject to a Dail vote tomorrow (Tues). Councillor Micheal Choilm MacGiolla …
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The Alcohol Beverage Federation’s warning a ‘No Deal’ Brexit would be disastrous for the drinks industry across Ireland. The industry group says it would disrupt 23 thousand cross-border truck movements and would apply unnecessary tariffs to supply chains. It also says a no-deal scenario would put 364 million euro worth of trade between the UK …
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