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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

An Inishowen councillor says planning applications are being refused for reasons which could be resolved with better communication. Cllr Rena Donaghey says traditionally, planners would have contacted applicants through architects or public representatives in cases where problems arose. However, she says now that doesn’t happen, which means more cost to applicants, and more delays in

An investigation is continuing after a burglary at the Centra petrol station / shop in Muff in the early hours of yesterday morning. Thieves gained entry to the premises by cutting a large hole through the ceiling. Nothing was taken however significant damage has been caused to the property as a result of the break

  A business premises in Letterkenny has fallen victim to burglars’ in recent days. It’s understood that criminals gained access to a property in the Ballyraine at some stage on Tuesday night / Wednesday morning last making off with a sum of cash. Investigations are continuing with Garda Sean Sweeney urging anyone who witnessed any

  Serious concern has been raised over a significant number of campervans parking illegally in Bundoran. It’s understood that some holidaymakers are not using private facilities available but instead availing of regular car parks in the town. There are reports of anti-social behaviour and illegal dumping by some of those using the car parks. It

Donegal County Council is being asked to take samples of the substance being spread on lands at the An Grianan Farm in light of public concerns about the odour emanating from the area Last week, the company denied that it is spreading chicken excrement, describing the substance as a digestate. At a public meeting, concerns

    Asylum seekers arriving to Donegal this week has been described as hugely positive for the county with calls to house more into the future. 16 people arrived in Portsalon yesterday and are being housed in emergency accommodation on a six months basis. Concern has however been expressed over the remote location and whether

Donegal County Council must ensure that the forthcoming economic strategy being produced by the North West Regional Assembly must include a significant input from Inishowen. That’s according to Cllr Albert Doherty who told an Inishowen Municipal District meeting today that issues such as the failure to proceed with an expansion at the Greencastle Fishing College

There are calls for the Government to urgently step in and address the shortage of home help supports in Donegal. In one case, its believed a man has remained in hospital since January and cannot return to his home due to the lack of home help services available. Councillor Micheal Cholm MacGiolla Easbuig says with

Regional health boards are set to return as part of a major re-structuring of the HSE. The changes will hand more power back to local boards to manage all aspects of healthcare. It returns to the model that was used before the HSE was founded in 2005. Fianna Fáil’s Health Spokesman Stephen Donnelly says there’s

Gardaí are investigating a single vehicle road traffic collision involving a motorcycle that occurred at approximately 3.30pm on Saturday last at Moness, Burt. A woman is in a serious condition in hospital in Dublin. A 27 year old female pillion passenger was taken to Letterkenny University Hospital and was later transferred to Beaumont Hospital. Her