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Managers at the country’s largest residential care home for dementia patients say they have no option but to shut the centre. St John of God’s says health service funding for 60 in-patient beds at St Joseph’s in Shankill, Dublin is far too low. The centre is heavily oversubscribed, with 350 people on a waiting list.

Revenue made more than 2,200 drug seizures at An Post’s four mail centres in the first ten months of this year. That’s almost twice as many as in all of 2018, according to details released under the Freedom of Information Act. As of October 31st, there were 1,208 seizures in Dublin this year, 666 in

The Taoiseach’s reassuring farmers that he’s got their DNA. Leo Varadkar told dairy farmers in Limerick last night, that they represent one of Ireland’s most important indigenous industries. Toasting the ICSMA with a pint of milk, he said whatever challenges they face, they have the Government on their side:

The Cathaoirleach of the Inishowen Municipal District says while Minister Kevin Boxer Moran’s funding boost for flood relief works in Donegal is welcomed, a huge issue for Inishowen is the cleaning of the rivers. Councillor Martin McDermott believes the amount of debris in the rivers is a key contributor to extensive flooding experienced in the

The Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, Josepha Madigan has launched the 2020 Historic Towns Initiative, providing €1 million in funding for heritage-led regeneration in our historic towns. Letterkenny was one of six towns to benefit from last year’s funding tranche. Michaela Clarke has more:

Gardai in Donegal say they will be operating a zero tolerance policy tonight in relation to underage drinking as a junior disco takes place in Letterkenny. Garda Niall Maguire says it is not about spoiling fun but ensuring children return home safely. He has the following advice for parents and guardians:

Gardai in Letterkenny are appealing for information after a number of cars were broken into in the car park of the Church of the Irish Martyrs during 9.30 mass this morning. Investigations are continuing, but it’s understood items were taken from all four cars. Garda Grainne Doherty says they are particularly interested in the movements

It’s been confirmed today that additional flood relief works have been approved for Ballybofey / Stranorlar, Ramelton, and Ludden, Buncrana, while Earlier this morning, Minister Moran spoke to Michaela Clarke about his work in Donegal, and the affinity he feels for the county…….   Donegal Deputy and Sinn Féin Finance Spokesperson Deputy Pearse Doherty welcomed

The family of Michaela McAreavy say they feel they will never get justice for her murder. The daughter of Tyrone football manager Mickey Harte was on honeymoon in Mauritius in 2011 with her husband when she was strangled in her hotel bedroom. In 2012, a jury found the two men accused of her murder not

  Three additional flood relief works for Donegal have been confirmed on foot of a visit to the county today by OPW Minister Kevin Boxer Moran. At a meeting at the Donegal County Council offices in Lifford, €1.9 million was announced for additional projects in Ballybofey/Stranorlar, €6.8 million for Ramelton, and €3.3 million for Ludden,

Midlands North West MEP Mairead McGuinness says Europe must be mindful of farmers in the push for climate neutrality by 2050. It’s one of the key pledges made by the incoming President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen in her ‘European Green Deal’. It comes after MEPs voted today to declare a ‘climate

The Chair of the Friends of Lifford Hospital is questioning how the Government can find funding to cover the cost of buying and installing a new printer in Leinster House, but can’t secure the future of Donegal’s community hospitals. The group says they have been left frustrated and disgusted over the printer controversy. The total

The Communications Minister has told Donegal Deputy Charlie Mc Conalogue it’s not possible to say when the implementation of the National Broadband Plan will begin in the county. Richard Bruton told TDs the rollout will begin next year in certain counties, and in all counties by 2021. The minister questioned Deputy Mc Conalogues’s sincerity in

  Work is said to be progressing on the delivery of Master Plans for a number of small towns and villages in Donegal. Donegal County Council is currently examining a number of sites for regeneration with the towns and villages in question with the work being carried out on a phased basis. Phase one will