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Over €13,500 announced for Donegal for older people physical activity

The Go for Life National Grant Scheme has announced today that 49 groups in Donegal are to benefit from just over €13,500 in funding to promote physical activity in older people. The grants scheme, a combined initiative from Age & Opportunity and Sport Ireland, will distribute the funding across the groups in Donegal with 1,000

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CSO survey shows how far people travel for services in Donegal

The Central Statistics Office says people in the counties of Galway, Donegal, Mayo, Leitrim and Roscommon live furthest away from most everyday services. 61% of people in Donegal live more than 10 kilometres from a garda station, while 26% of people in the county are more than 50 kilometres from an Emergency Department. The CSO

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125 people attend ED at Letterkenny University Hospital over past 24 hours

125 people have attended the Emergency Department at Letterkenny University Hospital in the past 24 hours, as a result, the Full Capacity Protocol has been implemented. Management at the hospital say the ED has been extremely busy with many patients currently awaiting a bed. They have apologised for the distress or inconvenience caused to patients

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Row develops in Seanad over autism service funding applications

A row has developed in the Seanad over the amount of money sought by iCare and the Bluestacks Foundation for their services next year. In a response to Senator Padraig Mac Lochlainn, Minister Jim Daly said iCare had sought just over €41,000 euro for 2020, while Bluestacks Foundation had sought €86,500. However, Senator mac Lochlainn

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Government accused of not tackling homelessness in northwest

  The Government is being accused of not doing enough to tackle homelessness in the northwest. In September 2018, there were 54 adults across counties Donegal, Sligo and Leitrim who had to access local authority managed emergency accommodation. One year on, it’s understood that number has risen to 55 adults, including five families representing a

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Parentstop manager “more optimistic” after Zappone meeting

The manager of the parents’ support service Parentstop has said she is more optimistic that a service will be provided into 2020 and beyond after a meeting yesterday between a delegation from the organisation, Tusla representatives from Donegal, local public representatives and Minister Katherine Zaponne. On today’s Nine til Noon Show, Patrica Lee told Greg

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Asbestos roofs creating stumbling blocks locally- McBride

  Donegal County Council is to write to the Environment Minister calling for a grant scheme to be introduced to replace asbestos roofs. It’s thought that there is a significant number of affected buildings in prime locations across Donegal but the removal of asbestos is said to be a costly venture. Cllr Michael McBride believes

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iCare & Bluestack Special Needs funding to be raised in Seanad

    The need for annual financial assistance for iCare in Inishowen and Bluestack Special Needs Foundation, Donegal Town is due to be raised in the Seanad later this morning. The HSE has estimated that €150,000 in funding is needed for Bluestacks per annum and €100,000 for iCare. However, both organisation which provide services for

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Planning permission granted for extensive play park in Killea

  Planning permission has been granted for an extensive play park in Killea. The park is to house a number of amenities, including recyclable and car parking facilities, a community centre and public toilets. It’s hoped that work will be begin early next year. Local Cllr Paul Canning says now that planning has been granted,

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Taoiseach says there is possibility to expand Seaview services in future

The Taoiseach says there is a possibility that respite services at Seaview Respite Centre in Mountcharles could be expanded to a 7 day service. The HSE has confirmed that the centre is to reopen on January 13th next year on a 5 day a week basis. Disappointment has been expressed that the respite service will

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Gardai recover stolen caravan on foot of radio appeal

It’s emerged that a caravan stolen in Falcarragh over the summer has been recovered by gardai after it was featured on Highland Radio’s Community Garda Slot. On today’s Nine til Noon Show, Garda Niall Maguire said the caravan was found in County Monaghan, after they received information from callers on both sides of the border…………..

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Donation Box stolen from Christmas Lights display in Kerrykeel

It’s emerged that a charity donations box has been stolen from outside a house in Gortcally, Kerrykeel, which is renowned for its Christmas lights. The theft happened at some point between 3.30 yesterday afternoon and 10.30 last night. The donation box was situated beside a large crib at the foot of the driveway of the

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Update – Water available at Buncrana Fire Station as disruption continues

There’s a major water outage in the Buncrana area this morning. Irish Water have indicated the burst is being repaired, and the issue should be resolved by this afternoon. In the meantime, they say there will be service disruptions in the areas of Buncrana Town, Luddan, Moyle, Hillcrest, Derry Road, Fahan Road, Lisfannon Industrial Park,

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Minister Catherine Zappone to meet with Parentstop

Children’s Minister Catherine Zappone will meet with Parentstop in Leinster House this afternoon. Earlier this month, the organisation, which has offices in Carndonagh, Donegal Town, Downings and Letterkenny, said it is winding down in the absense of a long term funding from government. Today’s meeting has beenn facilitated by Leas Cheann Comhairle and Donegal Deputy

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South Inishowen water supply must improve – Mac Lochlainn

Irish Water has again come under pressure for progressing with plans to supply Letterkenny with water from the Eddie Fullerton Dam without first replacing pipes in South Inishowen. Irish Water has confirmed to Senator Padraig MacLochlainn that they are continuing work on the assessment, design and planning of the pipe replacement on the Slab Lands

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Donegal County Council to develop a new Transport Strategy

A County Transport Strategy is to be established by Donegal County Council. It is hoped that it will help to revolve various transport issues in the county with a view towards improving existing services. Cathaoirleach of the Inishowen MD Cllr Martin McDermott says Donegal is severely lacking in public transport when compared to other parts

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Rates reduction sought for businesses hit by road works

Donegal county council is being urged to reduce rates for businesses in the county that have been seriously affected by prolonged road works. It follows claims that businesses in areas of Letterkenny have been heavily impacted by ongoing works with a significant loss in revenue reported by some. However the Council has stated that there’s

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North West Athletes selected on Irish team for European Cross-Country Championships

Two North West athletes have been selected for the European Cross-Country Championships, which take place on the 8th of December in Portugal. Inishowen AC’s Sarah Kelly will be part of the Irish contingent heading to the Championships in Lisbon as part of the Women’s U20 team. Connor Bradley, who runs out of City of Derry

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Donegal County Council, County House, Lifford

Council’s Three Year Capital Programme officially passed

Donegal County Council has formally passed its Three Year Capital Programme after a lengthy afternoon of deliberations. Concerns had been expressed particularly in the south of the county over no flood mitigation works for Donegal town, maintenance works to small bridges in the area and funding for new builds for both Ballyshannon and Bundoran fire

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LUH one of lowest rates in meeting ambulance turnaround time targets

Letterkenny University Hospital has one of the lowest rates in meeting ambulance turnaround time targets in the country. The stats released by Fianna Fail reveal that in September this year, HIQA’s turnaround target of 20 minutes was only met 9% of the time while the HSE’s 30 minute target was met in 30% of cases.

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