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A Donegal Deputy says every effort is being made at national level to have the story of Jason Hanlon heard and addressed. The 26 year old from Dungloe needs major surgery to ease the acute pain he’s experiencing from scoliosis but his operation which was due to take place in the coming weeks has been

As the campaign to resist post office closures in Donegal intensifies, it’s emerged that Fanad is set to lose two of its three remaining post offices. The imminent closures combined with previous ones means that Fanad will have lost a total of seven post offices in a single generation. The issue of post office closures

Gardaí should be out on our streets and not stuck behind desks – that’s according to Fianna Fail’s , Jack Chambers. The Dublin TD is calling for the civilianisation of the force after the publication yesterday of two reports from the Policing Authority that raised concerns over recruitment and high rates of crime along with

Concern has been raised following the discovery of bags containing household waste dumped in the Deele River in Convoy. Local Councillor Liam Doherty says he was alerted to the dumping of the four black bin bags by a passerby and upon recovering the bags, he says much of the rubbish was in fact recycleable. Councillor

The North West Greenway team is encouraging Strabane residents to get on their bikes on Wednesday August 15, to celebrate and promote active travel during Cycle to Work Day. The Strabane to Lifford section is one of three routes being developed as part of the North West Greenway Network, along with Derry to Buncrana and

Main Evening News, Sport and Obituaries Wednesday August 8th:

A Donegal Senator has hit out at a Government proposal for a grant for grandparents who care for their grandchildren. Members of the Independent Alliance are calling for the introduction of a self-assessed payment for grandparents who help out caring for their grandchildren while the child’s parents work. Senator Padraig MacLochlainn says childcare costs are

A Donegal architect says there needs to be a discussion in the Dail about how EU tendering regulations are interpreted and implemented. Tarla Mac Gabhann believes local firms are being blocked for tendering for major contracts because the government insists on bidders having multi-million turnover figures which severely limits the scope of small companies to

  Donegal Labour Party councillor, Martin Farren, has become the latest party councillor to call on Brendan Howlin to resign. A number of Labour party Cllr around the country have already come out publicly over the weekend calling for a change in party leadership. Cllr Farren says Deputy Howlin has failed to ignite the party

A Donegal County Councillor is calling on the Government to honour its commitment to prioritise the roll out of high speed broadband to all rural communities. Businesses and residents in some parts of Inishowen are said to be highly concerned over the slow progress of the roll out, with some forced to travel elsewhere to

Sinn Fein leader Mary Lou McDonald has rejected recent comments by Peter Robinson about a potential referendum on Irish unity. The former DUP leader and First Minister said there could be chaos if a united Ireland was passed in a border poll by 50% of voters, plus one. However, Mrs. McDonald told last night’s leaders’

The Taoiseach has been announced as a guest speaker at the Letterkenny Chamber President’s Lunch next month. Leo Varadkar will address local businesses with Brexit expected to be high on the agenda as the uncertainty builds for Donegal as a border region. Letterkenny Chamber CEO Toni Forrestor says while Britain’s departure from the EU will

Farmers across the country are being hit by a second fodder crisis this year after the drought. It comes as new figures from DoneDeal.ie show bale prices have rocketed by almost 20 per cent year on year as the shortage intensifies. Silage has seen the most dramatic rise, with prices increasing by 31 per cent.

Main Evening News, Sport and Obituaries Tuesday August 7th:

A member of Donegal County Council’s Islands Committee says while the funding announced for Donegal’s islands at the weekend will not address all the issues on Aranmore, Tory and other Islands, it will make a significant impact. Earlier, Deputy Pat The Cope Gallagher hit out at the government, saying the €359,000 which has been allocated

The family of a Donegal man who was killed by loyalist paramilitaries are not to proceed with their efforts in securing a new inquest into his death. Henry Cunningham (16) from Carndonagh had been a passenger in a van bringing Protestant and Catholic workmen home from a Belfast building site on August 9th 1973. Three

There are fears that a well-established festival in Strabane may not go ahead this year due to a severe funding cut. The Diwali festival which is run by a number of local ethnic groups has been an annual event in the town for the past 12 years however this year funding has not been forthcoming

The Garda Representative Association is warning that the only certainty surrounding Brexit is that Donegal and border regions are woefully under resourced to cope with a hard Brexit. Garda Management in border regions have also spoken out in recent weeks over the possible impact a hard Brexit could have. Concern has been raised once again

Concern’s being raised over the drop in the strength of the country’s Defence Forces. Fianna Fail spokesperson on Defence Jack Chambers says the numbers have fallen to 9, 010 members at the end of May. That’s down from 9,044 on the same time last year. Deputy Chambers says despite more recruits being taken on, numbers

A Donegal Deputy says the €359,000 announced by Government for Donegal islands falls far short of the almost €2.9 million applied for. In this years tranche of funding under the islands programme there has been a 25% overall drop in funding for the county. There has also been a 32% cut to funding for Arranmore

The EU is working day and night with Britain to secure a deal on Brexit. That’s the message from the European Commission following British claims its intransigence means no-deal is more likely. The UK’s International Trade Secretary made the comments yesterday. However, today European Commission spokesperson, Mina Andreeva insists discussions are continuing based on the

An Indonesian earthquake which has so far claimed the lives of over 100 people was picked up on the seismometer at St. Columba’s College in Stranorlar. Rescuers in Indonesia say the number of people who have been killed following the powerful 6.9 magnitude earthquake on the holiday island of Lombok will “definitely increase”. Search teams