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Funding for a new fire engine for Gweedore has been approved. The new Class B fire engine which is under construction is due to come into use in around 3 weeks and will replace the current 15 year old vehicle. Donegal Deputy Pearse Doherty has been welcoming the news, however he says it is vital […]

The 2019 Tip O’Neill Irish Diaspora Award recipients have been unveiled today. The four notable members of the diaspora set to receive this prestigious award in September are author and playwright Frank McGuinness; Dublin based businessman Pat Doherty; US based attorney Patrick C. Dunican Jr, and; US based businessman Daniel J. Hilferty. Cathaoirleach of Donegal

A date is to be set for Soldier F to appear before Derry Magistrates Court in August. The former British paratrooper is charged with the murder of William McKinney and Jim Wray as well as the attempted murder of four others on Bloody Sunday. It has been confirmed that Committal Papers for Soldier F’s Preliminary

  Further tests are being carried out on potentially affected areas of Letterkenny University Hospital to eliminate the possible spread of the CPE bug. Some beds remain closed at the hospital as an infection control measure, resulting in delays for admitted patients. Speaking on today’s Nine Till Noon Show, Consultant Michael Mulhern says while some

  Gardai are renewing their appeal for information on two burglaries. A house in Killygordon was broken into between 8am and 9.30pm on Friday last with a substantial amount of cash stolen. While in Convoy, thieves targeted an elderly woman’s home between 9pm Thursday night and 9am on Friday morning last, making off with money

  Investigations are continuing after two cars were targeted by criminals in Letterkenny. Both incidents happened in the early hours of Friday morning last in the Meadow Bank park area of the town. The windscreen of one car smashed while expensive accessories were stolen from another vehicle and subsequently set alight. Sgt. Charlene Anderson has

  There are calls on the Health Minister and the HSE to approve a request for additional resources for the Cross-Border Directive team. Figures released to Donegal Deputy Charlie Mc Conalogue reveal that there are currently 3,500 applications for reimbursement & prior authorisation waiting to be processed. It has also been confirmed that it is

  The Minister for Health and the Minister for Finance have both been urged to intervene ahead of a planned strike by up to 10,000 health workers at hospitals nationwide, including at Letterkenny University Hospital. Up to 700 HSE staff in both Letterkenny and Sligo are due to strike on Thursday in a row over

    The HSE is being urged to confirm that contracts have been signed for the long awaited upgrade works at Carndonagh Community Hospital. The contracts were scheduled to be signed in May with works expected to commence in the third quarter of this year and the project completed by 2021. The works will involve

A West Donegal Councillor has hit out at the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht over her decision not to reintroduce elections for appointments to the board of Udaras na Gaeltachta. A question was put to Minister Josepha Madigan by Donegal Deputy Thomas Pringle on behalf of Councillor Michael Cholm MacGiolla Easbuig asking when the

  Public nursing homes in Donegal are being paid 81% more than private or voluntary homes. That’s according to latest figures from the HSE which revealed that the average fee payable to 11 nursing homes in the county under the Fair Deal scheme is €1,553 per person, per week as of January 2019 while during

  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