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A new opinion poll by the Tirconaill Tribune taken two weeks before polling day shows major problems for Fine Gael whose popularity, in the county has hit an all time low of 13.3%. Tribune editor John Mc Ateer says an emergency invitation has gone out to Enda Kenny to visit the constituency and back up […]

  Donegal Tesco workers have voiced their concerns to Independent Election Candidate Thomas Pringle’s campaign team and are seeking his support in their fight against employment changes. Tesco intends to change the employment conditions of all staff employed since before 1996,1,000 workers nationally will be effected and will mean cuts of more than €2 an

Letterkenny University Hospital’s rent bill for private accommodation has increased by 300% over a five year period. Figures released by the HSE to Sinn Fein have revealed that in 2015, the hospital’s rent bill was over €118,000 compared with just over €29,000 in 2010. The figures also show that almost half a million euro was

  The major burst on the main pipe from the Eddie Fullerton Pollan Dam at Fahan has been repaired but the supply to some homes will not be fully restored until later this evening.  The burst has left thousands of homes without water throughout today but it’s believed the main burst has been repaired and

    A total 413 people are waiting on hospital trolleys or chairs around the country today, with Letterkenny University Hospital seeing major jump – 15 people are awaiting admission. The INMO’s figures show 8 people waiting admission on trolleys in the Emergency Department at Letterkenny Hospital today, while a further 7 were waiting on

General election candidates in Donegal have been invited to a Question and Answer session in Letterkenny’s Radisson Hotel this afternoon to discuss disabilities and what needs to be done to promote equality. The meeting, which starts at 2pm is being facilitated by the Donegal Centre for Independent Living, which has seen its funding cut by

Fine Gael candidate Paddy Harte says more needs to be done to support emigrants and tap in to their skills. He says Donegal has a proud heritage of our people working outside the county yet helping out the economy at home, and it’s time to encourage those who have left to return home and use

There’s a been another major burst on the main pipe from the Eddie Fullerton Pollan Dam, this time at Fahan, leaving thousands of homes without water this morning. The burst happened last night and crews began work on it early this morning. Supplies have been affected in Fahan, Burnfoot, Inch, Bridgend, Burt, Carrigans, Killea, Newtowncunningham,

A small number of people have been treated for viral meningitis at Letterkenny University Hospital. The patients were treated last week but details are only emerging now. Following initial reports that a certain number of people were being treated for meningitis at Letterkenny University Hospital – it has been confirmed that the patients were suffering

A Donegal General Election Candidate has pledged to revitalise towns across the county as part of a nationwide initiative to bring the recovery to outside the capital. Fianna Fail General Election Candidate Charlie McConalogue has stated that towns such as Buncrana, Letterkenny, Stranorlar, and Donegal have been neglected by the current Government through lack of

Fianna Fail has come in for serious criticism over their pledge to reverse the decision to end long term residential care at the community hospitals in Stranorlar, Lifford and Ramelton. In recent days, Fianna Fail leader Micheal Martin and General Election Candidate Pat the Cope Gallgher both stated that if the party was elected into

Derry City and Strabane Councillor Maurice Devenney has resigned from the Democratic Unionist Party after almost 20 years, claiming there has been a campaign of vilification against him since early last year. In statement, Cllr Devenney says he “totally refutes” his former DUP colleagues’ claim that he had promoted or canvassed votes in favour of

The Trade Union, IMPACT has raised concern that the supports will not be in place for the recently announced new breast consultant post at Letterkenny University Hospital. The public sector trade union which represents over 2000 members in the County, with significant membership at the hospital, has stated that the new Consultant will not be

Donegal County Council’s traffic wardens have been given new uniforms, which include state of the art personal CCTV cameras. The council says the cameras are designed to provide for the personal safety of traffic wardens while they are doing their job. Donegal County Council is one of the first local authorities in Ireland to introduce

Gardai last night issued a warning through the Finn Valley text alert regarding a yellow transit type van acting suspiciously in the Killygordon area. The van, which had a partial reg ‘151 C’ had an ESB logo on it. Last week on Highland Radio News, Crime Prevention Officer Sgt Paul Wallace warned of people posing

A Donegal General Election Candidate is questioning why Minister Joe McHugh did not attend Saturdays Save Our Services march in the Twin Towns at the weekend. The march took place over concern about the long-stay residential care within the community hospital facilities in Lifford, Ramelton and Stranorlar. It was estimated that over 2,000 people took part

An Bord Iascaigh Mhara is to invest 1.5 million euro to build a Sea Survival Training Centre in Greencastle. The new centre will include further expert training by providing a state of the art simulator pool that can reproduce extreme weather conditions, so fishermen can experience what it’s like to be faced with an emergency

  There have been calls for the NRA to address the road safety issues at Magherabeg School without delay. The school, which has 122 pupils attending is in close proximity to the N13 and is a huge cause of concern for parents and teachers. A recent traffic survey of the National Primary Route showed that

    The inquest into the death of Arlene Arkinson has heard she told friends the night she went missing she might be pregnant. The hearing was also told Arlene was a bright but vulnerable teenager. The 15 year old from Castlederg disappeared in 1994 after attending a disco in Bundoran. She had last been

There’s been an exchange of letters between Independent Councillor and election candidate Frank Mc Brearty and Donegal County Council CEO Seamus Neely regarding comments Cllr Mc Brearty made on his Facebook page. On January 29th, the councillor posted on Facebook that he had written a letter to Council Chairman Ciaran Brogan accusing the council of

A prominent anti-drugs campaigner in Donegal has called for more resources to be given to gardai in Donegal in light of a heroin seizure in Letterkenny at the weekend. A man and woman in their 40s and 30s respectively are due before Letterkenny District Court in March, after they were arrested and charged with possession

Postmasters have called for cross-party and cross-candidate commitment to progressing the Bobby Kerr Report on the future of Post Offices. The Irish Postmasters’ Union is urging all Political Groups and Candidates to ensure that the Irish Post Office Network has a strong economic and social future, irrespective of who forms the next Government. IPU Executive

A Donegal TD says part of the reason for the soaring waiting lists for orthodontic treatment at Letterkenny University Hospital is that some of the specialist chairs there are broken. Deputy Charlie Mc Conalogue says after being contacted bya number of parents, he raised the issue with the Health Minister, who confirmed that a dental

The Save Our Services committee will be meeting in the coming days to consider their next moves following what’s been described as a very successful rally and public meeting on Saturday. The group is seeking guarantees that services will not be scaled back at the community hospital facilities in Lifford, Ramelton and Stranorlar. The group

There are 116,680 people eligible to vote in the Donegal constituency in the General Election on Friday February 26th. Islanders will vote on the previous day, Thursday February 25th. The largest concentration of voters is in the Letterkenny Electoral Area with 31,274 voters, followed by Inishowen with 30,582 and Glenties with 22,318. There are 19,663

The inquest into the death of Arlene Arkinson is to get underway today. The 15 year old from Castlederg disappeared in 1994 after attending a disco in Bundoran. She had last been seen in the company of convicted child killer Robert Howard, who died in prison last year. However, the inquest has been overshadowed by

A man and woman in their 40s and 30s respectively are due before Letterkenny District Court in March, after they were arrested and charged with possession of heroin and cannabis on Friday night. Gardai say €1,700 worth of heroin was discovered along with an estimated €20,000 worth of ca\nnabis resin. The drugs were found during

A dissident republican from Tyrone has been identified by gardai as one of six gunmen who carried out a shooting at a boxing match weigh-in at a Dublin hotel earlier this month. According to the Irish edition of The Sunday Times, police have identified two of the six gunmen who shot David Byrne dead and