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Letterkenny MD signs Friendship Charter with West Dunbartonshire Council

A new Friendship Charter has been signed between Letterkenny Municipal District and West Dunbartonshire Council in Scotland. The signing took place at a special event in Clydebank at the weekend, attended by Mayor Ian Mc Garvey and Donegal County Council Director of Service, Liam Ward. In the charter, which wasm signed at the weekend, both

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The Devenney View

Donegal celebrated their return to the top tier in the Allianz National Football league with a two point victory over Meath in the Division 2 Final last weekend. The focus in the camp has now switched to championship mode with Donegal starting the defence of their title against Fermanagh in seven weeks time at Brewster

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Concern over ‘severe lack of supply of social housing in Donegal’

  Serious concern has been raised over what’s been described as a severe lack of supply of social housing in Donegal while the waiting list continues to grow. In a statement the local authority say that a variety of turnkey developments across the county are progressing while a programme of single house acquisitions are also

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Residents urged to take part in ‘Big Inishowen Spring Clean Up’

  Residents are being urged to take part in the Big Inishowen Spring Clean Up which takes place this weekend. The event gets underway this Saturday and will run throughout the course of the morning. Equipment will be available for picking up litter on the day while Donegal County Council will also have crews available

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Researchers make appeal for knowledge on Derry mother & baby home

  Researchers examining the history of mother and baby homes and Magdalene Laundries in the North have made a final appeal for anyone who may have knowledge relating to the Good Shepherd Convent in Derry. The project was commissioned by the Department of health in response to calls from campaign groups for an investigation into serious

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Regional health administration should be restored – Mc Garvey

A Donegal Councillor has called for the return of a regional health administration model, saying centralising everything in Dublin is vausing major probems. Cllr Ian Mc Garvey, Mayor of the Letterkenny Municipal District, says for the past week, he’s been trying to help a woman resolve an issue with her medical card, but he’s encountering

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Minister urged to give funding injection to Home Help in Donegal

  A Donegal Deputy is calling on the Minister for Health to allocate additional funding to the Home Care Service in County Donegal. It comes as latest figures have revealed that there were 215 clients awaiting home help in the county as of the end of January. Deputy Charlie McConalogue says there’s a situation escalating

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Detectives continue to appeal for information over pipe bomb attack

  Detectives in Derry are continuing to appeal for information following a pipe bomb explosion. It happened at around 2am yesterday morning in the front garden of a house in Montgomery Close. No damage was caused to the property, however police say those inside the house were very lucky to escape injury. Chief Inspector Johnny

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Brexit poses huge threat to jobs & border communities – MacLoclainn

  A Donegal Senator has reiterated his warning that Brexit poses a huge threat to jobs and border communities. Senator Padraig MacLochlainn was speaking after a well-attended Border Communities Against Brexit protest at Bridgend over the weekend. Meanwhile a Sinn Féin delegation is travelling to Brussels today to meet Michel Barnier and other European leaders

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Funding being made available for use of drones to tackle illegal dumping

  Funding is being made available for the use of drones to tackle illegal dumping. The Environment Minister says 3 million euro will go towards the Anti-Dumping Initiative – 50 per cent more than last year. It’ll fund special collections for items like mattresses as well as an increased emphasis on targeting blackspots. Richard Bruton

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Ambulabnce, Shortage, Northern Ireland

Calls for zero tolerance after ambulance crew attacked Enniskillen

A West-Tyrone MLA is calling for a zero tolerance approach against attacks on ambulance crew and other health service personnel. Sinn Féin MLA Catherine Kelly has said those on the front line of the health service must be afforded maximum protection. It comes following an assault on female ambulance crew member in Enniskillen last week.

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Hugh McFadden and Ryan McHugh upbeat after final win – as attention turns to the championship

Donegal beat Meath to win the Allianz National Football League title at Croke Park before a crowd of over 23,000. Donegal came from being five points adrift at half time to win by two, 1-17 to 1-15, and two of their key players were Hugh McFadden and Ryan McHugh. McFadden noted how Donegal have a

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Murphy delighted with second half display as Donegal lift Division 2 title

  Michael Murphy was understandably delighted as Donegal lifted the Allianz National Football League Division 2 title by beating Meath 1-17 to 1-15 at Croke Park. He praised his team-mates as they had to come from behind. Donegal played particularly well in the second half. And as he told Oisin Kelly he is hoping that

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Man of the match Murphy praised – Brendan Kilcoyne gives his big match reaction

Michael Murphy was the man of the match for Donegal in their 1-17 to 1-15 defeat of Meath in the Allianz National Football League Division 2 Final at Croke Park. Highland Radio match analyst Brendan Kilcoyle was full of praise for the big Glenswilly man who scored seven points. He also highlighted other positives from

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