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Brexit document outlines “Worst-Case Assumptions”

Papers outlining the British Government’s worst-case assumptions in the event of a no-deal Brexit have been published. The so-called Operation Yellowhammer document was released late last night following repeated requests for its disclosure by MPs. Food shortages, queues at ports, and “significant” electricity price rises. They’re among what the UK government’s calling “reasonable worst-case assumptions”

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Four Donegal schools to benefit from Creative Schools initiative

The Arts Council led ‘Creative Schools’ initiative is to be rolled out at more schools across Donegal this year. The initiative was developed to help children and young people explore and develop their creative sides, and to link them with the arts and creative infrastructure in their local community and nationally. Four schools in Donegal

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Urgent meeting called with PSNI over spate of burglaries in Castlederg

People in the Castlederg area are said to be living in fear following a recent spate of burglaries. West Tyrone MLA Daniel McCrossan is calling for an urgent meeting with senior PSNI officers in a bid to prevent further incidents. He says urgent action needs to be taken against those responsible. Mr McCrossan says the

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DCC to engage with Rural Water with view towards extending L’Kenny Sewerage system

Donegal County Council is to engage with the Rural Water team to explore the idea of extending the Letterkenny sewerage system. At present, many homes and businesses in Dromore and Woodlands areas are serviced through septic tanks. Further talks are to take place between relevant bodies to determine the scope for any such application in

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Services at LUH must be curtailed for patient safety – INMO

The INMO says services must be curtailed and beds closed for safety reasons in a number of Saolta Group hospitals, including Letterkenny and Sligo. INMO officials met with senior Saolta management on Monday to ask which services the group planned to withdraw or curtail due to understaffing. They did not receive an answer. Among the

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38 people awaiting in-patient beds at LUH

There were 38 people awaiting in-patient beds at Letterkenny University Hospital this morning. That’s one down on yesterday’s figure, but Letterkenny had the third highest figure nationally for the second day running. Of those waiting this morning, eight were on Emergency Department trolleys. According to the INMO, there were 503 admitted patients awaiting beds across

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Still no progress on social housing in rural areas – Mc Guinness

An Inishowen councillor says there seems little point in going to meetings and moving motions, because it appears they are being ignored. Cllr Bernard Mc Guinness has been pushing to have social housing built in rural areas, and recently proposed that houses be built in the vicinity of rural schools which are in difficulty because

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Another man arrested in Strabane bomb attempt probe

Detectives from PSNI’s Terrorism Investigation Unit, investigating the discovery of an improvised explosive device (IED) in Church View, Strabane on Saturday, have arrested a 33 year old man. The man was arrested in the Strabane area yesterday and remains in police custody assisting officers with their enquiries. In a statement Detective Inspector Andrew Hamlin said

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Donegal to be represented in major European disability conference

  Donegal Centre for Independent Living is to be represented at the European Network for Independent Living Brussels Freedom Drive. It’s gets underway from the 30th September to the 3rd of October and local leaders Vicky Matthew & Frank Larkin will be in attendance. It is the 30th Anniversary since the 1st Freedom Drive which

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Equal priority must be given to Twin Towns flood relief schemes – Cope

The progress of flood relief schemes in the Twin Towns is coming under further criticism this week. Donegal Deputy Pat the Cope Gallagher has received confirmation that works in Lifford, Castlefinn, Glenties, Burnfoot, Carrowkeel and Downings are to be put to tender for design consultants within the coming weeks. However, works in Ballybofey and Stranorlar

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Emergency Department at LUH extremely busy over last number of days

People are being advised once again to only attend the Emergency Department at Letterkenny University Hospital in the case of a real emergency. Management at the hospital say the ED has been extremely busy over the last number of days with a significant number of ill patients admitted, many of whom are currently in the

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EPA prosecuted Irish Water in relation to six Donegal supplies in 2018

There were no boil notices or restrictions issued by the EPA across Donegal’s 32 public water supplies last year, with 100% compliance in microbiological parameters and 99.3% compliance in chemical parameters. The EPA’s Drinking Water Quality report for 2018 notes that in April 2018, the EPA took prosecutions against Irish Water for failure to complete upgrade

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Gardai not ruling out link between weekend burglaries in east Donegal

  Gardai have reissued an appeal for information into two weekend burglaries. Thieves targeted a house in Raphoe at around 10.45 on Sunday morning. The house was ransacked and a sum of money was stolen from it. Meanwhile a sum of money and jewellery with sentimental value were taken during a break in in St

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Government failing to act on insurance premiums – Doherty

  The Government is once again being heavily criticised over what’s been described as inaction in dealing with insurance companies and their high premiums. In July, Donegal Deputy Pearse Doherty called out the insurance industry for magnifying the scale of the issue of fraudulent claims in order to justify their high premiums and increases. However,

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Three Donegal hotels represented at Netherlands travel workshop

Efforts are being made to increase the number of Dutch visitors coming to Donegal. Leading Dutch tour operators, travel agents and online travel agents have attended Tourism Ireland’s annual travel trade workshop, which took place in Amsterdam. Nine Irish tourism companies – including three Donegal – hotels took part in the workshop. The Abbey and

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Buncrana Sewerage Scheme Network Project set to begin next year

It’s been confirmed that works are set to begin next year on the Buncrana Sewerage Scheme Network Project. The project includes upgrades to the sewer network and provision of storm water storage at the existing plant in Buncrana and at the Westbrook pumping station. The storm water storage will reduce the risk of overflows during

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