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Toland and Barrett help Ireland to super result in Holland

The Republic of Ireland’s women’s team remain unbeaten after three games in their 2019 World Cup qualification campaign. Colin Bell’s side secured a brilliant  point with a scoreless draw at European champions Holland. Donegal’s Tyler Toland and Amber Barrett started for the girls in green with Toland in midfield and Barrett up top. Roma McLaughlin …

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Midlands Northwest MEP defends calling female assistant a ‘puppy’

Midlands Northwest MEP Luke Ming Flanagan has refused to apologise for allegedly criticising the lack of Fine Gael MEPs at a meeting of sexual abuse survivors in Brussels last week. The MEP has been criticised for labelling a parliamentary assistant to Fine Gael’s Mairead McGuinness as “a puppy”. Ming Flanagan told Shannonside, his use of …

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Mica Minister promises to return to Donegal before the end of the year

Housing Minister Damien English has confirmed that a number of people who applied for social housing because their homes were affected by Mica have been turned down. Responsing to questions from Donegal Deputy Charlie Mc Conalogue in the Dail this afternoon, Minister English said data protection issues prevented him from discussing the reasons for applications …

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Mc Hugh confirms Fitzgerald resignation

The Tánaiste Frances Fitzgerald is to announce her resignation this afternoon. She made her intentions known at this morning’s cabinet meeting. A short time ago, Government Chief Whip and Minister Joe Mc Hugh confirmed the outcome of today’s cabinet meeting to Highland Radio News…………

Tánaiste to announce her resignation this afternoon

The Tánaiste Frances Fitzgerald is to announce her resignation this afternoon. She made her intentions known at this morning’s cabinet meeting. It’s expected Frances Fitzgerald will announce her resignation this afternoon in the Dáil – staving off a Christmas general election. It follows her handling of the Garda whistleblower controversy over emails sent to the …

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INMO figures for LUH continue to fall with 16 people waiting admission today

There were 16 people waiting admission to Letterkenny University Hospital this morning, down 17 compared to the same day last week. The latest trolley and ward watch figures show 4 people were on trolleys in the hospital’s Emergency Department with a further 12 on wards. 437 people are waiting on a bed at hospitals across …

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Council asked to provide more funding to reopen Buncrana Leisure Centre

The Council is being asked to provide more funding for Buncrana Leisure Centre. Under the Three Year Capital programme, a number of leisure centres in the county including Buncrana are to share 300,000 in funding. Government funding has already been earmarked for Buncrana but the local authority need to provide 1.8 million for the project …

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