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It’s emerged that Donegal is the only county in Ireland not to have 10,000 litre water tankers which can be used to back up the fire service in rural areas. Cllr Martin Mc Dermott raised the issue, and has received confirmation from Council Officials that seeking funding for tankers will be a priority next year.

Local authorities are meeting to discuss the response to Brexit on the ground in Ireland. The Local Government Management Agency is holding a conference today to talk about what local councils can do to prepare. Spokesperson Jackie Maguire says they have the difficult task of preparing for the unknown………. Meanwhile, at Westminister, a five-day debate

Irish Water management say they hope to have the €5.8 million North East Inishowen water supply project complete in the first half of next year. The project is 75% complete, but has been halted since the main contractor went into receivership earlier this year. Irish Water say construction will recommence with a new contractor once

Business Minister Heather Humphries says an investment of nearly one million euro in an agri-business venture in County Leitrim will benefit the entire North West. 21 regional businesses are to benefit from the Regional Enterprise Development Fund, which operates on a rolling basis as part of Ireland 2040. Bioconnect Innovation Centre in Monaghan has secured

  Former Fianna Fail Donegal TD Niall Blaney has confirmed that he intends to seek election to the European Parliament. Blaney previously served as a Dail Deputy for Donegal from 2002 to 2011 and more recently failed to win a seat in the Seanad earlier this year. The European elections take place in May. Speaking

  A Donegal County Councillor is seeking an explanation behind an increase to Now Doc and Care Doc visit charges. Cllr. Michael Cholm Mac Giolla Easbuig says that in some cases, the out of hours service charges have increased by 20%. He believes that this will put added pressure on families who are already struggling

  A new CT scanner which donated by the Friends of Letterkenny University Hospital to the hospital earlier this year has been officially launched. The new CT scanner – which is a second scanner for the hospital – cost €461,250 and the funds were raised entirely through a range of planned fundraising events. The CT

  Donegal County Council is to contact the Department of Health seeking more funding for psychiatric and counselling services in the county. The issue was raised in the chamber by Cllr Frank McBrearty, who told members that Donegal has gone from having the best services in the country to having waiting lists of up to

  A councillor in Derry has slammed those responsible for setting fire to a Council Dog Warden van in Creggan on Friday night. No one was injured in the attack but the Dog Warden in question was left shaken by the incident. Hundreds of local families were gathered for a festive event streets away from where

  Social Justice Ireland says the Government’s policies are failing to tackle issues like broadband and the homeless crisis. Its National Social Monitor for Winter 2018 claims 500 thousand homes are without broadband across the country because of it. While 11 thousand people are homeless and there are 700 thousand people on waiting lists for

Local authorities are getting a helping hand from today, to prepare for the impact of climate change. The minister in charge of Natural Resources is launching new guidelines to create a consistent approach to the problem across the country. Sean Canney says the Government wants to make Ireland a leader in the field:

Letterkenny University Hospital was among the country’s most overcrowded hospitals this November. New figures from the INMO have shown 2018 has seen the worst November on record for hospital overcrowding, with 9,679 admitted patients forced to wait on trolleys and chairs for beds country wide. Five hospitals saw over 500 patients on trolleys in November,

Christmas shoppers are being urged to shop local at towns and villages across the country today. The Small Firms Association is holding ‘Small Business Saturday’ to drum up support for local companies. It says consumers should use this weekend as a chance to focus on buying Irish and backing businesses in their area. SFA Director

A group of community activists from Gweedore are calling on the people of Donegal to join a protest outside the Main Post Office in Letterkenny planned for Saturday week, the 8th of December. The group is protesting the closure of rural post offices across the country. A number of Post Offices have closed already in

2,600 new hospital beds are to be introduced over the next 12 months. The Minister for Health has made the promise, after claims the overcrowding crisis is getting worse. This year has broken the record for the largest number of people on trolleys, with 100,000 patients waiting on beds, according to the INMO. The nursing