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Fine Gael has unveiled former SDLP leader Mark Durkan as a candidate for the European elections. The former Foyle MP will run alongside former Tánaiste Frances Fitzgerald in the Dublin constituency. The Derryman was invited to run by Taoiseach Leo Varadkar. Mark Durkan says he won’t be pretending he’s a true blue Dub to try

  Donegal Hoteliers say they’re as ready as they can be for Brexit. The Government is being accused though of having a two-tiered tourism industry, which its policy is failing to tackle. The Irish Hotels Federation, which is holding its annual conference in Kerry, says not every region of the country has had the same

  The son of Bloody Sunday victim Gerard McKinney has said that he and his family don’t want to the soldier who killed him prosecuted. Mr McKinney was shot in the chest at Abbey Park in the Bogside. Mr McKinney’s family said they have forgiven the soldier who shot their father, as four British army veterans

Twenty additional Gardai coming to Donegal has been described as a step in the right direction but still far short of what’s required to replenish the force to previous standards. It’s estimated that a further sixty Gardai on top of the impending twenty would be needed to bring the number back up to what it

  There’s a call for more focus from the Government on the development of rural Ireland. The Irish Hotels Federation’s making the call at its Annual Conference in Killarney in County Kerry today. The average national room occupancy rate for hotels dropped to 72% in 2018, compared to 74% the previous year. Irish Hotels Federation

  Local Enterprise Week kicks off across the country today. Small firms are being urged to prepare for the impact of Brexit by taking part in the initiative. It features a range of events and activities that are aimed at stimulating business activity locally. Local Enterprise Office Network Chair Oisin Geoghegan explains what’s happening nationwide:

Over 200,000 hospital beds could be freed up – if vulnerable patients had enough support in the community to allow them to go home. Hundreds of thousands of healthy patients are unable to leave hospital after treatment, because they have nowhere else to go. Fianna Fáil Spokesperson on Older People, Mary Butler says delayed discharges

Sinn Féin leader, Mary Lou McDonald, has urged the government to stand firm on the issue of a Brexit backstop. The EU’s Chief Brexit negotiator, Michel Barnier, has told a Spanish newspaper he believes British Prime Minister Theresa May won’t be able to secure a withdrawal agreement before the exit date on the 29th of

A Fine Gael TD has criticised Facebook for allowing anti-vaccination ‘propaganda’ to be aimed at parents. Kate O’Connell says they urgently need to address the issue as children’s lives are being put at risk. It comes as the latest figures show that cases of measles in Ireland last year increased by almost 250 percent, while

A Donegal woman has started a campaign after discovering she can’t get to college in Sligo because her local bus can’t accommodate her wheelchair. Bus Eireann has confirmed that Ballyshannon to Sligo is not a wheelchair-accessible route. Victoria Matthews says the problem is common in many rural parts of Ireland and she’s already collected nearly

A Donegal Deputy says he is alarmed at the lack of urgency by Minister Michael Creed in solving the calf export blockages and lairage capacity issues. Deputy Charlie McConalogue says given the crisis in the beef sector coupled with Brexit on the horizon and the large oversupply in the market currently, the Agriculture Minister should