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McConalogue and McHugh hoping for junior minister posts

Fianna Fail TD Charlie McConalogue has acknowledged the concern at the lack of ministerial representation in Donegal and Connaught, but says the job of a minister is to represent the whole country, and not just their own county. He says the appointment of junior ministers will hopefully see more geographical balance, and if asked, he’ll […]

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Public Inquiry to examine Tyrone gold mining proposal

A public inquiry will be held into the proposed Dalradian Gold Mine project in County Tyrone. West Tyrone MLA Daniel McCrossan says this is a particularly complicated project and more than 40,000 representations have been made to the Department for Infrastructure about the proposal. There are also concerns about the social and environmental impacts of

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Antenatal services to be restored in Inishowen

Antenatal services are to be restored in Inishowen, after the previous service ceased in 2018. Deputy Padraig Mac Lochlainn says he had raised the issue with former Health Minister Simon Harris, and had hoped for progress before now. Management at Letterkenny University Hospital, responding on the Minister’s behalf, have now confirmed to him that they

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Little Angels Summer Provision Programme to run for two weeks

The Board of Management at Little Angels school have held a meeting after concerns were raised by parents over a decision not to run classes over the summer. The Summer provision programme is being introduced in various schools across the country. The Little Angels School initially decided not to run the programme this year however

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‘No minister for huge part of the country’ – O’Connell

(Map shows where new government Ministers are based) The Taoiseach appointed just one minister from the west coast to cabinet yesterday. Three TDs from Mícheál Martin’s home constituency of Cork have cabinet jobs — and six from Dublin. The focus is now on the appointment of 20 junior ministers, which is expected to address some

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Donegal’s clash with Tyrone not the only fixture subject to venue confirmation

Donegal GAA say that all fixtures in the Ulster Championship could take place in a neutral venue in the light of the Covid-19 restrictions and not just the counties game against Tyrone which was rumoured on Saturday afternoon. Donegal are set to face Tyrone in the Ulster Championship Quarter Final on the weekend of October

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Dr. Holohan ‘nervous’ about return of international travel

The Chief Medical Officer is encouraging people to choose “staycations” this Summer, over foreign travel. Dr. Tony Holohan says he’s “beyond nervous” about the return of international travel from next month, when the government is due to publish a list of countries that people will be allowed to travel to without quarantining on their return.

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Councillor calls for restoration of Raphoe recycling facilities

A local councillor is calling for the restoration of recycling facilities in Raphoe as quickly as possible after the facilities that were there were withdrawn. Cllr Liam Doherty says it’s ironic that people in Raphoe are being urged to recycle, but they have to drive elsewhere to do it, creating emissions in the process. Cllr

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GAA go back to traditional straight knock-out format

For the first time in 20 years, there will be no second chances in the All-Ireland senior football championship. The GAA have confirmed that this year’s truncated football championship will revert to its traditional format. The four provincial championships will all be straight knock-out, with the winners advancing to the All-Ireland semi finals. Donegal andTyrone

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HSE in Donegal encouraging patients to use ‘Attend Anywhere’

  The HSE in Donegal is encouraging patients to use a new online way to talk to their clinicians. Attend Anywhere is a web based video conferencing tool to provide video consultations to patient’s/service users through virtual clinics known as ‘waiting rooms’. The HSE says that it’s a simple, safe, easy to use and reliable

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Lightning strikes: Thousands without power in Donegal

  Thousands of properties across Donegal are without power this morning due to overnight thunder and lightning. Faults have been reported in various areas – Newtowncunningham, Carndonagh, Glenties and Donegal Town are worst affected. Smaller parts of Stranorlar, Convoy, Lifford and Letterkenny have also been hit with outages. ESB crews are currently carrying out repair

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Partial human remains discovered along Donegal coast

  An investigation is continuing following the discovery of partial human remains on the coast at Maghery, near Dungloe. The discovery was made at approximately 6.30pm yesterday evening. The remains have since been removed to the mortuary at Letterkenny hospital for a postmortem examination and the Office of the State Pathologist has been notified. It’s

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Tributes paid to Donegal Computer Science teachers

  The Covid-19 crisis has highlighted the importance of the new Leaving Certificate subject Computer Science, according to researchers at the University of Limerick. Computer Science was available to Leaving Certificate students in 40 schools, two of them in Donegal ; Abbey Vocational School in Donegal Town and St Eunan’s College in Letterkenny. The subject

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