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  A local woman has made an emotional plea for information after her elderly mother’s home was broken into and ransacked. Thieves targeted the house in Convoy at some stage on Thursday night and Friday morning last making off with a sum of money and jewelry of huge sentimental value. Gardai are continuing their investigation […]

There are calls on Education Minister Joe McHugh to personally intervene and save Kilcar Post Office. It follows last weeks shock announcement from An Post that it intends to close the post office at the end of the month. Meanwhile a public meeting in relation to the imminent closure is getting underway tonight in the

  Fianna Fáil Councillor Martin McDermott has been elected the new Cathaoirleach of the Inishowen Municipal District. Councillor McDermott topped the poll in Mays local elections and replaces outgoing Chair Councillor Martin Farren. He will be working closely with Fianna Fáil Councillor Paul Canning who has been announced today as Leas Cathaoirleach. Councillor McDermott says

  A public consultation event is taking place over road improvements and traffic calming plans for Fintown. There are also proposals on the table for improved car parking, signage, public lighting and trees/planting. People are encouraged to have their say with the drop in event taking place this Thursday at the Health and Daycare Centre

  Voluntary group Donegal Action For Cancer Care have said they’re still waiting for a follow up meeting with the Health Minister and other health professionals in relation to Donegal’s Cancer and Health Services. An initial meeting was held on the 6th of March, however a follow up scheduled for 15th April was cancelled a

  A Donegal County Councillor has hit out over the decision to create two separate electoral areas for Letterkenny and Milford in last month’s local elections. Despite the areas being split in two, Municipal District meetings for both Letterkenny and Milford are still united as was before. The spilt resulted in some sitting Milford Cllrs

  A Donegal Deputy says it’s inconceivable that the HSE has suspended the authorising of Home Help Hours until November of this year due to ongoing health cost overruns. There are fears that the move will only increase the numbers of those needing Home Help particularly in the lead up to winter. Speaking in the

The Irish Hospital Consultants Association says geography shouldn’t dictate a patient’s access to a consultant. It’s reacting to details of an un-published HSE report in today’s Sunday Business Post. It notes how the recruitment of consultants here is at crisis point, due to issues around pay and conditions, with small and rural hospitals said to

Residents on Arranmore have written open letters to people in the US and Australia asking them to consider moving to there. The island has been suffering from population decline for decades, and currently has only 469 residents. Recently, the first offshore digital hub in the country was opened on Arranmore, with residents able to avail

  A start date for the long campaigned for Muff to Buncrana bus route has been confirmed. The service will run on a three day week basis commencing July 2nd. The tender for the service was issued in April following a meeting held by local Councillor Jack Murray last year. He is hopeful that this

Sinn Fein Cllr Noel Jordan has been elected as Cathaoirleach of the Donegal Municipal District, with his newly elected party colleague Michael Mc Mahon elected Leas Cathaoirleach. Cllr Jordan says the Donegal MD has six councillors from right across the district, each of whom is committed to working together………….

  It’s as you were in the Glenties Municipal District, with Sinn Fein Councillor John Sheamais O’Ferraigh returned as Cathaoirleach. He says it’s a huge honour, but there is a lot to be done. Councillor O’Fearraigh says there are numerous issues the six councillors must now work on as a collective……… That was echoed by

Cllr John O’Donnell has been elected Cathaoirleach of the Letterkenny/Milford Municipal District.  He replaces fellow Independent Cllr Ian McGarvey as Mayor for this coming year. Numerous Cllrs paid tribute to outgoing Mayor McGarvey with Cllr Ciaran Brogan commenting that age was no barrier but only a number.  O’Donnell topped the poll in the Milford Electoral

Independent Cllr Kevin Bradley has been elected as Leas Cathaoirleach of the Letterkenny MD. The newly elected Cllr polled exceptionally well in last months local elections in the Letterkenny electoral area. New to how it all works, Cllr Bradley says he’s looking forward to the exciting challenges that lie ahead: