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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 […]

Sheep farmers in Donegal are being urged to monitor their flocks and report any thefts to gardai. The Donegal IFA is calling for a strong Garda response after 40 sheep were stolen earlier this month in Gleneely. The association says this was not an isolated incident, and reflects a deeper problem that needs to be

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

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

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

(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

A status orange rain warning has been issued for Sligo, Donegal and Leitrim. Met Eireann is predicting persistent heavy rain with up to 60 millimetres possible by midday tomorrow. A status yellow wind warning is also in place for Donegal until 10pm. Gardai are advising road-users to drive with care and to stay alert on

Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin has been elected Taoiseach by the Dáil. 93 TDs voted in favour of his appointment – all of Fianna Fáil, Fine Gael and the Greens as well as 9 independent TDs. Micheál Martin is now traveling to Áras an Uachtaráin where he’ll be given his seal of office by President

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.

A status yellow rainfall alert came into effect from 9am affecting Donegal, Leitrim, Mayo and Sligo. Heavy rain and strong winds are forecast while there is also a risk of of flooding in places. The warning is in place until 9 o’clock on Monday morning. Jean Byrne from Met Eireann said Ulster and North Connacht

Micheál Martin will be elected Taoiseach today at a special sitting of the Dáil. It comes after the members of Fine Gael, Fianna Fáil and the Greens voted to support the programme for government yesterday. Political Correspondent Seán Defoe reports:

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

AA Ireland says as the easing of COVID-19 restrictions continues, major routes across the country have seen traffic levels return to approximately 75% of normal volumes. That figure has been reflected in Donegal, as Donal Kavanagh now reports:

    The Board of Management at Little Angels school is set to meet 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 decided not to run the programme this year

  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

  Local contractors have been given the green light for building to start on major projects for two schools in Donegal – St Mary’s Stranorlar and Scoil Cholmcille Letterkenny. St. Mary’s is to become a new 24 classroom school and Scoil Cholmcille is to get eight new classrooms, a hall, ball courts, removal of prefabs

  Over 870 people in Donegal have been receiving Jobseeker’s Allowance for at least a decade, one of the highest figures in the country. Nationally the figure is almost 14,000 – Dublin accounts for a nearly third of those – and is followed by Cork, Donegal and Wexford. The Department of Social Protection says a

  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

  The architects who are looking at the creation of a Cultural District in Letterkenny say there is huge potential for growth in the area linking An Grianan Theatre, the Regional Cultural Centre and the Donegal County Museum. Almost 200 people responded to a recent online survey to outline their ideas of what should be

    Education Minister Joe McHugh is being urged to announce the winning tender for the new St Marys National School in Stranorlar today. With the three parties involved in government formation talks set to reveal results of internal ballots by this evening, this could be Minister Mc Hugh’s final day in the job. Cllr