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Donegal Deputy Thomas Pringle has this week taken up a seat on the Oireachtas Justice Committee. The Independent TD replaces one of two seats vacated by now MEPs Mick Wallace and Clare Daly. Speaking on the new role, Deputy Pringle says he’s looking forward to using a platform as a means to raise outstanding issues […]

There are calls for new signage at the junction of the R250 and R252 outside Fintown. It’s where the R250 goes on to Glenties while the R252 goes to Dungloe via Doochary. There have been a number of collisions in the vicinity, two serious ones in recent months. At a meeting of the Glenties Municipal

  Serious concern has been raised over what’s been described as a dip in tourism performance south of the county. It’s reported many hotel rooms remain unoccupied for the coming months ahead with bookings and enquiries said to be at a standstill. Brexit uncertainty has been sighted as the main factor for the decline. Cllr

  Singer Daniel O’Donnell has been paying tribute to his friend Brendan Grace. The legendary comedian passed away overnight after a short battle with lung cancer. The 68 year old has been entertaining audiences for 50 years but was forced to cancel his Irish summer tour after recently being diagnosed with the disease. Speaking on

  A Donegal Deputy has described a potential no deal Brexit as a ‘status red warning for Donegal’. It comes as the Government are stepping up preparations of Britain crashing out of the EU without a deal. However there are major fears locally on how this will affect Donegal and other border counties with reports

  An Midlands North West MEP insists it is possible for the Irish Government to scrap the Mercosur deal. Today, the Dáil will vote on Sinn Féin’s motion calling for the agreement to be rejected. Farmers strongly oppose the trade deal because of the amount of beef that’d be allowed into the EU from South

    Both the Environment and Agriculture Ministers are being urged to intervene and address an on-going foul odour in South Inishowen. The smell is believed to be originating from the old An Grianan Estate, now owned by Glenmore Estates. It’s understood that a planning application has been lodged by the company for a facility

  Irish Water will have to do more work in the vicinity of Falcarragh than is planned at the moment, according to a local councillor. Cllr Michael Mc Clafferty told Glenties Municipal District that the latest outage which happened last Friday was outside the area where pipe replacement works are due to take place in

Donegal Deputy Thomas Pringle has been speaking out against the Mercosur deal, acknowledging that it is now becoming known as the “cows for cars” deal. Speaking during Statements on the deal in the Dáil this week Deputy Pringle said it will not only enable further an agricultural industry that is partly responsible for mass deforestation

Donegal County Council should follow the lead of Dublin City Council and take back responsibility for waste collection. That’s the view of Councillor Michael Cholm Mac Giolla Easbuig, who told Glenties Municipal District this week that in his view, privatisation has not served the people well when it comes to waste management. Director of Services

There are genuine fears that someone will lose their life to drugs in Strabane following reports that drug dealers are targeting young people in the town. It comes as two young girls were found unconscious in a local housing estate on Saturday morning last after a group of youths reportedly spent the night in a

    Serious concern has been raised over how the Mercusor deal will affect border counties. In particular, there are fears that while the spotlight is mainly on the beef aspect of the deal, not enough attention is being paid to how the poultry industry will be impacted. While the Dail is due to debate

The partner of Lyra McKee says she is heartbroken that the person she wanted to marry isn’t here to see the Northern Ireland’s same sex marriage amendment passing in Westminster. MPs in the House of Commons also voted to decriminalise abortion if power sharing in Stormont isn’t restored by October 21st. Murdered journalist Lyra McKee

    A Donegal Senator says while Donegal County Council is making huge strides in road safety there can be no room for complacency. Senator Padraig MacLochlainn was reacting to recent figures which show the local authority spending up to 27 times more than other similar counties on road safety. Between 2014 and 2018, the

  The Tánaiste says there’s no evil plan hiding on a shelf that would solve the issue of the border with Northern Ireland. It’s after the Government admitted goods coming from the UK will need to be checked in order to protect the EU single market if there’s a no deal Brexit. However, it insists

  Hoteliers in Donegal are calling on the Government to take urgent action to address the spiralling cost of insurance. The Irish Hotels Federation is warning that the issue is posing a serious challenge for the local hospitality industry. It’s understood that hotels in the county have experienced enormous increases in insurance premiums in recent

  A South Donegal Deputy has urged the Taoiseach to reverse the HSE’s decision to scrap the rehabilitative training allowance. The allowance, worth €31.80 a week per student was granted to students with a disability who take up training programmes. The move comes as the HSE is struggling with a deficit of €116m. Deputy Eamon

More than 1-thousand farmers will protest outside the Dáil today against the Mercosur deal. The deal itself would see 99-thousand tonnes of beef enter the EU from South America every year. Sinn Féin will call for the deal to be rejected in the Dáil today, and the Beef Plan group will protest outside. The organisation’s

  A Glenties area councillor has questioned Donegal County Council’s commitment to the proposed Greenway between Letterkenny and Burtonport. Cllr Marie Therese Gallagher says the proposal has been on the agenda for five years with no progress, and people are asking whether it will ever progress. Officials told a municipal district meeting this week that

Succession planning has been found to remain a huge issue for farmers in Donegal. A farm survey carried out by Ifac has revealed that low incomes, with profits often relying on subsidies and farm families requiring off-farm income to support their households has led to farmers not having a plan. Ifac Donegal says this leaves

Customs checks will be needed somewhere in Ireland if there’s a no-deal Brexit. The government’s latest contingency plan concedes checks will be needed on goods and livestock coming from north to south if the UK crashes out without a deal. But the government insists that doesn’t have to happen at the border and it’s not

The Dáil was suspended this afternoon after a massive row over climate-change. It came during a debate on the government’s decision to block the Climate Emergency Measures Bill. If passed, it would mean no new licences would be granted for oil or gas exploration in Ireland. People Before Profit TD Brid Smith, who brought forward

The Gum Litter Taskforce’s gum litter education campaign has been officially launched in Buncrana. The Taskforce has been successful to date in changing the public’s behaviour by encouraging correct gum disposal through a targeted education and awareness campaign. The 2018 campaign maintained an all-time high of 93% of people stating that they regard chewing gum