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      A Donegal Deputy has used some expletive language when describing the current situation in Letterkenny University Hospital. The hospital has been one of the most overcrowded in Ireland every day this week with over 200 people waiting for in-patient beds since Monday according to the INMO. Speaking in the Dail last night […]

  The Cathaoirleach of Donegal County Council has described today as one of the most important days on the Council calendar. Donegal County Council is currently meeting to consider its budget for 2020, with spending set to exceed €154 million next year. That’s a year on year increase of almost 6%. Cathaoirleach Cllr Nicholas Crossan says

  Another scathing attack has been launched at the Government over shortcomings at Letterkenny University Hospital. Donegal Deputy Pearse Doherty claims millions are being spent on tax breaks for the wealthy and that the money would be better spent reopening the short stay ward at the hospital in full. Despite commitments made last year to

    The Transport Minister has stated that the Government’s commitment to the A5 project remains steadfast. The project, once complete, has long since been thought as the essential key to making Donegal and the entire North West region more accessible. Concerns over the project being stalled were raised in the Dail with the Minister

    A Donegal County Councillor has hit out at those behind extensive fly tipping in south Inishowen. A fire place and a large number of glass bottles were discovered dumped at the side of a road near An Grianan Fort in Burt yesterday. The local authority has since carried out a major clean-up operation.

A Fine Gael Minister says election candidates shouldn’t have to go through a selection process that reveals their views on every subject. Donegal Minister Joe McHugh’s comments come in the wake of criticism of by-election candidate Verona Murphy, after a number of remarks she made about asylum seekers. The Fianna Fáil leader has said he

Motor insurance claims and compensation payouts through the courts system decreased between 2014 and 2017. Insurance Ireland has told the Oireachtas Finance Committee that awards through the courts system fell from 141 million to 85 million in that time frame. However, it added that settlements offered through the Personal Injury Assessment Board increased from 281

A Donegal Senator has accused the government of dishonesty in its pronouncements about home help hours. Senator Padraig Mac Lochlainn says as a result of a recruitment freeze, the waiting list for home help has exploded to 7,225 across the State with hundreds waiting in Donegal. In last month’s budget, he says, the government suggested

The Government is being urged to publish the Mica Redress Scheme before Christmas and commit to begin work on affected homes in early 2020. However the Taoiseach says the terms and conditions of the scheme are still being finalised. The issue was raised in the Dail this week by Donegal Deputy Charlie McConalogue who says

  A business premises has been extensively damaged in an overnight fire in the Killea area. The blaze broke out just before midnight with witnesses reported a series of loud bangs as the fire took hold and flames were said to be visible from some distance away. It’s understood some local residential properties were evacuated

  There are urgent calls on Donegal County Council to provide additional signage on all approach roads to playgrounds in the Letterkenny Municipal District. A significant number of playgrounds in the area are situated on primary routes and its thought that the installation of children at play signs would alert motorists to reduce speed. The

  Its emerged that over 6500 bed days have been lost in the North West since 1st January this year. Figures show that a total of 197,160 bed days have been lost for the first ten months of the year nationwide. South Donegal Deputy Marc Mac Sharry says until the Government gets serious on delivering

  The Communications Minister says that no county will be favoured over others when it comes to the National Broadband Plan. Minister Burton was reacting to comments that Donegal, given its location and vast rural population, should be top of the list in terms of rolling out broadband to premises across the county. There’s also

The grandfather of a man who was attacked in Lifford on Monday night has urged anyone who has evidence linking him to crime to come forward. Six masked men entered the home of the man, whose name is Michael, in the Coneyburrow area of Lifford on Monday night, and attacked him using hammers, iron bars

    Donegal Deputy Thomas Pringles motion on rights to Personal Assistance Services passed unanimously in the Dail last night. The motion if implemented by Government, would end cuts to disability supports and properly fund a personal assistance service in Ireland. It would also ensure that funding for the service is properly ring-fenced and separated

  The Education Minister has confirmed that plans for an extension at Moville Community College are on track. The extension, approved in 2014, has faced continuous delays. Minister Joe McHugh was pressed for an update by Donegal Deputy Charlie McConalogue in the Dail last evening. Minister McHugh says the project is currently in the hands

  Donegal County Council is being urged to include the new walking track in Churchill in its Lighting Plan. In its response, the local authority says such routes are not funded as part of the local walks budget or the general public lighting programme but will explore all funding avenues further. Local Cllr Michael McBride

  A Donegal Deputy believes that plans alone will not deliver broadband to Donegal on time. As part of plans announced yesterday, the Government is investing €128m in the county to connect more than 32,000 homes, farms and businesses to broadband. But Deputy Pat the Cope Gallagher believes that the finer details mean that areas