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  The government’s being urged not to hike taxes or make spending cuts even if there’s a no-deal Brexit. The Nevin Economic Research Institute says the economy will grow by 4 per cent this year and 3 per cent in 2020. But the think tank has warned that depends on Brexit – its report says

    There are genuine fears that every post office in Donegal will be closed within two years unless a major overhaul of the current business model is undertaken. That’s the warning of the Irish Postmasters Group who say that a lack of Government funding and an annual loss in mail volumes will result in

  Donegal County Council has agreed to consider the idea of adding public toilet facilities to a proposed new digital hub for Carrigart. Construction on the new digital hub is due to start next year and will be situated on the site of the old medical dispensary in the heart of the village. Now, the

    It’s hoped that work will being next month on the restoration of Swan Park in Buncrana, almost two years after it was devastated in the flooding of August 2017. The work will cost over €2 million to complete. Inishowen Municipal District was told this week that the Government is providing €1.7 million, while

  The Cathaoirleach of Donegal County Council is calling for a review of the length of time it takes to allocate vacant houses in the county, particularly when an offer is refused. Inishowen Municipal District was told this week that since the beginning of the year, 48 houses have been offered by the council, 18

  A Midlands North West MEP is calling on the Government to step in and block moves by the EU to ban the use of lead-based ammunition. It’s thought that it would make over 100,000 shotguns in Ireland obsolete. It’s understood the move is centered around lead contamination. Matt Carthy says it would be costly

  Remote working could breathe new life into towns and villages across the country. That’s according to Business Minister Heather Humphreys who’s hosting a discussion on the topic in Cavan today. She says views shared at the event, which will be attended by key stakeholders from academia and enterprise, will shape new government policy. Minister

  A Government minister is accusing Eir of ‘playing games’ with the National Broadband Plan. Last month the company claimed it could deliver high-speed broadband to rural Ireland for one billion euro – a third of the price the only bidder for the plan had tendered. But the Department of Communications wrote to Eir yesterday

The Health Minister says no one believes the HSE can continue as it is. It comes as cabinet has approved a major shake up of the structure of the health service that will see it split into six regional health boards. As part of the re-shuffle part of what was previously known as CHO 1

The new PEACE IV grants ‘Arts4Youth’ project has been officially launched in Letterkenny. The project which forms part of Donegal County Council’s €5.5m Local Authority Action Plan aims to engage with young people between the ages of 14 to 17 from different backgrounds throughout Donegal to increase understanding and respect for diversity, as well as

Dungloe is leading the way following the launch of the ‘Going Green’ initiative. The joint initiative between Donegal County Council and Dungloe Tidy Towns Committee, is the first of its kind in the county and is encouraging businesses in the area to sign up to a Charter to promote working towards a more sustainable environment.

The Health Minister and the HSE are being challenged in relation to chronic delays in the allocation of home help hours in Donegal and across the country. Its emerged that it currently takes almost 14 weeks for home help hours to be sanctioned. Donegal Deputy Pat the Cope Gallagher says the Government have created a

  Serious concern has been raised over proposals to build up an additional 30 houses and 20 apartments near Gort na Greine estate in Letterkenny. The area has been subject to frequent water outages and while some work to remedy the situation has already taken place, the service remains unreliable. There are fears among residents

  Hundreds of homes and businesses in Falcarragh and Gortahork are currently without water yet again this morning following another suspected pipe burst. Irish Water has been notified of the issue with crews tasked to the scene however the outage is expected to affect the area for much of the morning. The area has been

  The Cathaoirleach of the Inishowen Municipal District says more needs to be done to attract investment to the peninsula. It follows a presentation to councillors in the area on Donegal Connect, which is being coordinated by the Donegal Diaspora Initiative. The initiative is inviting people who have moved away from the county to consider

  The level of growth in the hotel sector is at its lowest point in seven years. A new report by accountancy firm Crowe shows the industry recorded an 8th consecutive year of growth in turnover in 2018. But the level of growth, at 7 per cent, was down 4.5 per cent on the previous

  Inishowen’s only Fine Gael Councillor says the government is not doing enough to protect rural Ireland, and that needs to change quickly. Cllr Bernard Mcguinness was speaking as he called for an immediate review of the County Development Plan, which will oversee how the county grows until 2024. Cllr mcGuinness says at the time

  A new Oireachtas report on how to improve rural transport will be launched today. It’s being published by Leinster House’s committee on rural and community development. The ‘Regional and Rural Transport Policy’ will be unveiled in Carrick-on-Shannon, Co Leitrim, this afternoon. Local Sinn Féin deputy Martin Kenny, a member of the Oireachtas committee, claims