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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

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