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    There’s said to be serious parking problems at An Grianan Theatre in Letterkenny. The issue is said to be particularly prevalent during busy times or in the event of a big show happening in the theatre resulting in the route along the side of the building regularly blocked. A number of elderly residents […]

  Suitability concerns have been raised over plans for a new building to house a number of services in Letterkenny. The proposed building is to be located near the Public Services Centre and it’s anticipated that CARA house will be relocated there among other facilities. CARA, a family resource centre, is currently operating out of

  Sinn Fein’s Finance Spokesperson has met with the new Governor of the Central Bank. Donegal Deputy Pearse Doherty says it was a welcome meeting during which the upcoming challenges and dual pricing within the Irish insurance market were discussed. Deputy Doherty wrote to the Governor requesting an investigation into the practice of price discrimination

  A Donegal Deputy has told the Dail, restrictions on turf cutting should not be imposed until first considering human needs and how these will be met. Deputy Thomas Pringle was speaking during statements on the potential for an early exit from peat for electricity generation. He says due to the already high rates of

The mother of murdered Donegal woman Danielle McLaughlin is raising concern over the direction in which the trial of the man charged with her murder is going. Vikat Bhagat is appealing against confinement in prison after a large number of mobile phones and one kilogram of narcotics were uncovered during a raid of the jail last

The CEO of the Vintner’s Federation of Ireland has hit out at the government decision to ban the sale of cigarettes through vending machines in pubs. Padraig Gribben says vending machines in pubs are heavily regulated, and make no money for publicans, as they are operated by independent contractors. However, he says it’s a legitimate

  The Western Development Commission Investment Fund is holding a clinic in Donegal later this month to outline funding supports available to businesses and community groups in the North West. The WDC Investment Fund has to date invested over €55 million in 166 SMEs, Micro and Social/Community Enterprises in the region with recent investments/lending including

  A Donegal Deputy is accusing the Agriculture Minister of being incapable of getting all stakeholders around the table for the first meeting of the Beef Market Taskforce. It’s nearly two months since the Irish Beef Sector deal was agreed by farm organisations and Meat Industry Ireland but the Beef Taskforce still needs to get

  Gardaí insist there will be no lack of speed-checks today despite 24 hours of industrial action. Go Safe’s staff will begin a strike at nine o’clock this morning, in a row over union recognition and working conditions. GoSafe have moved to ensure disruption caused by today’s strike action is minimised, with up to 80%

  Businesses which flood this Winter will be able to get financial support from the Government. It’s part of it’s ‘Be Winter Ready’ campaign. A number of Donegal businesses were provided emergency assistance after their premises flooded during Storm Lorenzo. Business Minister Heather Humphreys says similar schemes will be activated again as they’re needed:

Donegal ETB is urging younger people and school leavers who are unsure about their next step to attend the Further Education & Training Fair which takes place in the Radisson Hotel, Letterkenny tonight and tomorrow. Tonight’s session between 7 and 9pm is aimed at Leaving Certificate students, their parents and those in employment wishing to

The Junior Moville Youth Club has announced its closure. The club’s former Chairperson Maria Elena Eichinger says due to a lack of volunteers it is no longer feasible to run the club for health and safety reasons. Speaking to Greg Hughes earlier today, Ms Eichinger says despite a low turnout at a meeting on Monday

The parents’ support service ParentStop has warned against false hope after Children’s MInister Katherine Zappone told the Seanad yesterday she would meet them in the coming weeks. The support service is set to close on the 30th of this month due to lack of funding, and on today’s Nine til Noon Show, ParentStop manager Patricia

Killybegs and Burtonport is to receive a major funding boost with more than €7.5 million being secured for two new harbour projects. €3.6 million is being allocated to develop a new tourism information centre and digital hub in Killybegs while €3.1 million is being invested by Government to improve infrastructure around Burtonport harbour as well

Members of the Irish Medical Organisation will decide later whether or not to ballot for industrial action. They’re meeting in Dublin to discuss the move over the consultant recruitment crisis. The IMO says issues such as the mass emigration of doctors and pay parity for new recruits aren’t being addressed. Retired Galway Consultant, Dr. John

A Donegal Deputy has confronted the Taoiseach over his claims no HSE recruitment embargo existed and that more nurses than ever have been recruited by his Government. Deputy Thomas Pringle accused Leo Varadkar of misleading the house saying a recruitment embargo is leading to significant delays in people accessing healthcare in Donegal. Figures show that

Derry City and Strabane District Council is to seek financial assistance from Government in a bid to secure the sustainability of the City of Derry Airport beyond March 31st 2021. Members of the Council’s Strategic Planning Committee agreed to also underwrite an additional sum up to £750,000 to keep the airport operational as an interim

Donegal Youth Service have launched a leaflet of their services in Arabic as part of a project that aims to welcome Syrian young people to the county. The leaflet, which is entirely in Arabic, aims to encourage young people to visit Donegal Youth Service and join any part of the service that interests them. The

The Children’s Minister has pledged to meet with Tusla and the board of Parent Stop in Donegal in a bid to prevent its closure. Katherine Zappone pledged that funding would be maintained and efforts redoubled to find additional finding sources. She was responding to a Seanad motion from Senator Padraig Mac Lochlainn, who said Parent

The General Manager of Letterkenny University Hospital says he believes it would take an increase of between three and five million euro to help address the underlying reasons for the sharp increase in the number of patients awaiting beds at the hospital. Sean Murphy told today’s Nine ’til Noon Show that there’s been a 10%