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Organ Donor Awareness Week begins this weekend and continues until Saturday 6th April. The campaign is organised by the Irish Kidney Association and supported by Organ Donation Transplant Ireland. Mark Murphy, Chief Executive of the IKA, says it’s vital to remind people to have a conversation about organ donation, so their families know their wishes

The UK prime minister has been urged by her own cabinet to “embrace no deal” after her EU withdrawal agreement was rejected by MPs for a third time. Boris Johnson, Jacob Rees-Mogg and Dominic Raab switched sides at the last minute and voted for the agreement after the prime minister said she would quit if

A major anti-Brexit protest is being held in Donegal today. Demonstrations are taking place at six points along the North/ South border including Lifford Bridge and Bridgend. Declan Fearon from Border Communities Against Brexit is urging as many people as possible to come out and show their support from 3pm this afternoon:

Minister Michael Ring’s announcement of a €10 million recreation fund has been welcomed. A Milford electoral area candidate says the funding would go a long way in getting the Downings-Carrigart Greenway off the ground. Donegal County Council is currently carrying out consultations on the project. Eimer Friel is encouraging people to make their views known:

An investigation has been launched after damage was caused to two commercial premises in the Lifford area in the early hours of this morning. Gardai say they are investigating two incidents of criminal damage at two seperate retail premises in the Bridge Street area of the town. A front window of each of the premises

Irish Water has published Compulsory Purchase Orders for lands which it says are required for the Burtonport Sewage Scheme. The documents have been submitted to An Bord Pleanala, and a formal planning application will now br made to Donegal County Council. Irish Water says at present, the equivalent of 160 wheelie bins of untreated wastewater

  The President of the Letterkenny Chamber of Commerce says more community Gardai are needed for the town and surrounding area. Lenard Watson was reacting to the findings of the Oireachtas Justice Committee report which was published yesterday. The report recommended that rural areas that lost Garda stations during the economic crash should get more

  A planning application for a mix of town houses and apartments at the old Milford Hotel has been submitted to Donegal County Council. The two million euro project would see part of the old hotel demolished while renovating the front of the existing building. The owners had the site on the market but it’s

  A junior health Minister has described politics in Donegal as ‘unusual’. Minister Jim Daly made the comments when pressed for an update from Deputy Charlie McConalogue and Deputy Pearse Doherty on the future of the three Donegal community hospitals. It follows a weekend protest in support of the Save our St Joseph’s Hospital Campaign,

  Donegal County Council is being urged to help businesses in the Twin Towns prepare for any impacts a potential bypass may have. It comes as the deadline for feedback and comments on the preferred route corridor for the controversial TEN-T project closes today. One proposal is to construct a purpose built ring road into the

  Further clarity is being sought over delays in social housing schemes for the Stranorlar Municipal District. Construction on eleven social housing units in the Raphoe area was due to start mid last year however the project has yet to get underway. Meanwhile, work on six units in St Johnston only began two weeks ago

The Government has been urged to introduce a range of measures to support the Sexual Offences Act, 2017. The Law was enacted on February 22nd 2017 making the purchase of sex a criminal offence. Donegal Senator Padraig MacLochlainn this week, hosted a briefing for all members of the Oireachtas during which a range of organisations

The Sea Fisheries (Amendment) Bill 2017 has passed all stages in the Dáil. The Bill will now give reciprocal rights to boats owned and operated in Northern Ireland and Ireland to fish within a 0.6 mile radius of Ireland’s coast. Donegal Deputy Thomas Pringle told the Dail earlier that the Bill retrospectively legalises the exploitation

A Donegal Deputy has hit out at the Government for what he claims is the rushing through of the Sea-Fisheries Amendment Bill. Deputy Thomas Pringle has told the Dail that the Government has had ample amount of time to review the voisinage agreement which dates back to the 1960s rather than panicking now in the

A Donegal student has told the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action that this is just the beginning of a climate revolution. Conal O’Boyle was part of a group of Donegal students who travelled to Dublin yesterday to present a petition to Minister Richard Bruton. Today, he addressed the Committee raising a number of issues

The Health Minister has today committed additional funding for the Sexual Assault Treatment Unit in Letterkenny. Half a million euro is being allocated nationally to improve sexual assault treatment units. The number of forensic nurse examiners will double and they will now be able to travel to patients if necessary. Last year, Donegal woman Dominique

  The Donegal GRA spokesperson has described a new report from the Oireachtas Justice Committee as a damning indictment of Government policy in recent years. The report on community policing and tackling rural crime recommends that rural areas that lost Garda stations during the economic crash should get more resources and have vacant positions filled.

  The 2019 Tidy Towns Competition is now open for entries. Last year, a record 883 communities entered the competition. Three new awards have been added this year including Community Climate Action, Air Quality, and the Pollinator Award. Minister for Rural and Community Development Michael Ring praised all of the volunteers involved in the competition: