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Pringle calls for increase in social welfare payments

  Independent candidate for Donegal Thomas Pringle is calling for an increase in social welfare payments in line with inflation. It comes as figures show Donegal has one of the highest percentage rates of dependency on social welfare in the country. Despite the cost of living significantly increasing, payments haven’t been restored to pre-2012 levels. […]

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Casey to donate TD salary to Donegal charities if elected

  Donegal Independent candidate Peter Casey has pledged to donate his Oireachtas salary to charities in Donegal if he’s elected to Dáil Éireann. Mr Casey made a similar pledge during his campaign for the 2018 Irish presidential election. The money would be used to support a number of charities locally and would include those which

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Concern over ‘bigger than planned’ proposed wind farm in Donegal

    A Belleek councillor has expressed grave concern at the prospect of a proposed wind farm in South Donegal being even bigger than initially planned. Donegal County Council had initially rejected the application for the Derrykillew and Corlea site, but that decision was overturned by An Bord Pleanala. Now, it’s understood the company wants to increase

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Controversial walking routes withdrawn from Malin Head plan

A number of controversial walking routes have been withdrawn from the draft Visitor Management Plan for Malin Head. The withdrawal was confirmed in a statement this afternoon from Donegal County Council and Failte Ireland. For the past number of months, consultants have been working on the draft plan, with the intention of leveraging Malin Head’s

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‘Your Life Your Choice’ Road Safety Programme launched

A new road safety programme has been launched in Donegal to be delivered in secondary schools around the county. ‘Your Life Your Choice’ was developed by Donegal County Council, An Garda Siochana and Pro Social Ireland, with the intention of saving young drivers’ lives. Road Safety Officer Brian O’Donnell says with thousands of vehicles use

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Tensions around Rockall may emerge again – Mc Guinness

  An independent election candidate in Donegal says he is concerned that tensions in the waters around Rockall last year may emerge again as a Brexit trade deal is discussed. Moville based Arthur Mc Guinness says he’s had discussions with many fishermen in North Inishowen and elsewhere who believe Rockall could become a contentious issue

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Donegal research project aims to reduce cancer patients time in hospital

  A major research project to be based in Donegal will explore ways to reduce the amount of time cancer patients spend in hospital by bringing some of their treatment into the community. The €160,000 project will see some oral chemotherapy provided in GP community care centres, with the patients carefully monitored so the potential

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Staffing crisis in Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service

There are 112 fewer psychologists than recommended in the HSE’s Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service. That’s according to the Psychological Society of Ireland, which claims new waiting-list figures are ‘shocking’. The issue has been highlighted several times in Donegal, with claims that proportionately, the North West has the highest waiting times. Nationally, More than

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Calls on NCT to ‘stop charging for a service they can’t provide’

Donegal Candidate Pearse Doherty is calling on the NCT to stop charging customers if they can’t provide the service to fully test and certify vehicles. A nationwide audit is currently underway after test centres had to suspend part of the vehicle test due to concerns over cracks in lifts. People are being told to return

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Council Mica Redress Committee to meet in two weeks time

  Donegal County Council Mica Redress Committee is to meet in just over two weeks time after the regulations governing the scheme were finally signed on Friday. In a statement, the Council says it’s been engaging with the Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government in relation to the Scheme, and that process continues. Further

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New environmental programme launched for Strabane and Lifford

A new environmental project focusing on cross-community and cross-border relations in the Strabane, Lifford, and surrounding area has been launched. The EU funded Strabane and Lifford Environmental Project will run until December 2020, 110 participants taking part in a series of programmes to be delivered over the next six months. The project is being led

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