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There’s concern in hotels and guesthouses in Donegal over tourism performance this year and the challenges facing the sector, including Brexit and increasing costs of doing business. According to the latest national industry survey from the Irish Hotels Federation 57% of hotels have seen a fall in overall business levels compared to this time last

  Donegal Town and the surrounding areas have escaped a significant threat of more flooding. A number of properties have been damaged by overnight flooding and there had been a heightened risk of the area being hit again with high tides this morning. It’s understood that a major operation with a number of relevant bodies

  A clean-up operation is currently underway at Kilcar football pitch after overnight flooding caused considerable damage to the grounds. The pitch, dressing rooms and club house are all said to be affected. Manager John Carr says the club hasn’t suffered such a major incident like this in a long time. He also says while

  There are calls on the Design Team at Donegal County Council to carry out an audit of all junctions between the Manor and Bridgend roundabout as a matter of urgency. It follows claims that some major junctions on the route are not properly marked and therefore not clearly visible to motorists. Local Cllr Paul

  Residents around Donegal town are bracing themselves for more high tides this morning after a number of homes were flooded overnight. A combination of the incoming tide along with already high volumes of water in the River Eske is said to be leaving the town majorly susceptible to more flooding. Currently, the approach toad

    Over 2,300 Donegal Junior Cert students will receive their exam results later this morning. Students can get their results from their school or online, but the online option won’t be accessible until four o’clock this afternoon. For anyone not happy with their marks today, appeals have to be made no later than five

  There are calls to have speed limit signs placed alongside all speed camera signs on a countywide basis. It follows reports from confused motorists that while they see the camera sign, they are then unsure of the speed limit in certain areas. Donegal County Council has committed to consulting with the TII on the

    Serious concern has been raised over a lack of progress on accessing funding for special life jackets for fishermen in Donegal. The life jackets are fitted with an emergency beacon, operating when somebody falls overboard by sending out a signal, alerting the coast guard to their location. The technology has been described as

Around 1 in 5 personal injury claims reported to two of the biggest insurance companies are believed to be fraudulent. Aviva and AIG have both been appearing before an Oireachtas committee to discuss the rising cost of insurance. Zurich have also been asked why they only reported 4% of suspected fake claims they received in

A Donegal County Councillor has hit out over what he claims is a lack of action from Government to address water issues in West Donegal. It’s after yet another significant water outage today which is said to be affecting the Cloughaneely and Gaoth Dobhair areas. Irish Water says crews have been tasked to the scene

It’s been claimed that people have to die to allow others access home help hours. There are further calls on the Government to address the crisis as part of Budget 2020 after recent figures show that there was a 40% increase in those approved but unable to access hours in Donegal over a three month

  The Government has failed to give a definitive timeline as to when the rest of the beds on the short stay ward at Letterkenny University Hospital will reopen. As part of last year’s Budget, a commitment was given then to reopen all 20 beds however so far ten have reopened on the ward with

  Some 114 cattle have been stolen from farms across Donegal over the last 10 years. According to official Department of Agriculture records over 2,220 cattle have been stolen nationally over the same period. Using a conservative estimate of €500/head, these animals were worth €1.11m to farmers. The Department figures show that less than 4%

  Donegal County Council has confirmed that a review of Pay and Display Car Parking Charges has begun and Councillors will be updated shortly on the matter. The review is proposed to consider existing tariffs and also consider the feasibility of expanding of Pay and Display coverage to areas currently not included. It follows calls

  Trade Union Fórsa has welcomed a u-turn by Education Minister Joe McHugh in response to industrial action by school secretaries. The Department of Education had been refusing to go to talks at the Workplace Relations Commission. Local Spokesperson and school secretary Kathleen O’Doherty is welcoming the breakthrough. However she says it’s important that something

Storm Lorenzo is expected to bring winds of up to 130 kilometres an hour to some western coastal counties later. Galway, Mayo, Clare, Cork, Kerry and Limerick are forecast to be worst affected, with a status orange warning in effect in those areas from this evening. A Status Yellow warning for wind and rain will

The HSE recruitment embargo is said to be affecting nearly every area of Letterkenny University Hospital. Management at the hospital have not disclosed the exact number of vacancies but it’s thought to be ‘substantial’. Donegal County Council is to write to the Health Minister on the issue, calling on him to lift the embargo so

  Its emerged that an elderly woman in the Lifford Stranorlar area has had to travel to a neighbouring town on a number of occasions to shower due to a backlog in Housing Adaptation Grants assessments. The lengthy waiting list was raised by Councillor Patrick McGowan back in July when it was revealed that people

  The Health Minister is to be challenged in the Seanad later this morning in relation to the reopening of the Short Stay Ward at Letterkenny University Hospital. Following the Budget last year, it was announced that the 20 beds in the ward would be reopened. However, to date, only 10 have reopened, just have