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Progress is being made in the dispute involving 10,000 health workers, around 700 of them at the University Hospitals in Letterkenny and Sligo. Health-support staff are involved in a pay row with the HSE. Their union, Siptu, was involved in two days of discussions with the executive at the Workplace Relations Commission this week. Last

An Post has confirmed that the closure of Kilcar Post Office will go ahead on June 29th, but a consultation period will remain in place after that date. Earlier this week, following a public meeting in Kilcar, Deputies Pearse Doherty, Pat The Cope Gallagher, and Thomas Pringle wrote to An Post seeking an extension to

  Major plans are underway to enhance the visitor experience at Ards Forest Park with hopes of making it a key attraction along the Wild Atlantic Way. A team of consultants have been assigned to help the park realise its full potential while a public information session is also due to take place at the

A petition is to be handed over to the Children’s Minister requesting urgent funding for Lifeline Inishowen. Lifeline, situated in Carndonagh provides support of women experiencing abuse however a lack of Government funding has resulted in a major struggle to keep its doors open. The next closest available service of its kind is in Letterkenny,

  It’s been claimed that legislation to regulate gaming machines in Donegal was rushed through ahead of the Gaming and Lotteries Bill 2019 being introduced to the Dail. Donegal Deputy Thomas Pringle was speaking as the bill reached debate stage this week and raised concern that the needs of communities were not to the fore

Fine Gael’s decision to vote against a Sinn Fein bill aiming to protect hospitality workers rights to tips has been described as shameful. Donegal Senator Padraig MacLochlainn was speaking after his party’s Protection of Employee Tips Bill passed in the Dail. He says, this is a simple but important piece of legislation and marks an

  Fianna Fáil is calling on the Government to address the spiralling cost of health-insurance. VHI is warning customers that its premiums will rise by an average of 6 percent, or 300 euro a year. The insurance firm says it’s due to the rising cost of healthcare in Ireland. Fianna Fáil’s health spokesman, Stephen Donnelly,

A request has been submitted to An Post requesting an extension to the proposed closing date of Kilcar Post Office. A letter has been sent by Donegal Deputies, Pat the Cope Gallagher, Thomas Pringle and Pearse Doherty asking for the closure of the Post Office which is due to close at the end of this

A Donegal Deputy has raised serious concern following the publication of the Mental Health Commission’s annual report which revealed that 84 children were admitted to adult mental health centres in 2018. Chief Executive of the Commission, John Farrelly says the placement of any child in any adult unit indicates a gap in service provision. That

The dependency of the agriculture sector on EU subsidies has been thrown into sharp relief today with a new report showing that before subsidies, the average beef farm lost €116 per hectare in 2018. The report has been produced by ifac, the farming, food and agribusiness professional services firm, which surveyed over 2,130 Irish farmers

  Gardai are warning that they will have a zero tolerance policy in place for anti-social activity ahead of what they say will be the biggest policing operation ever conducted over rally weekend. In the past, the weekend has been notorious for a high level of drink and drug driving and assaults however Gardai have

  The Minister for the Marine is being urged to intervene in a bid to reverse a decision to axe plans for a Sea Survival Training Centre in Greencastle. Funding of €1.5 million for the centre was announced in 2016 however it was confirmed this week that there are no current provisions to proceed with

  The current rate of growth in the Irish economy won’t continue next year. The ESRI says our finances are growing strongly – despite the risks caused by Brexit and the US-China trade relationship. It predicts growth of 4 percent this year, but only 3.2 percent in 2020. Sinn Féin’s finance spokesman and Donegal Deputy