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Monday Night Sessions: “I’ll Go” – Jerry Early

  Jerry Early and John Gallagher have released a song title “I’ll Go” honouring the Gold Medal Rescue by Aranmore Lifeboat in December 1940. Eighteen sailors were saved from the Dutch Ship Stolwik in horrendous weather conditions in one of only three Gold Medal Rescue’s in the history of the R.N.L.I. Monday Night Sessions presenters

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Durkan calls for executive meeting as minister meet in Tyrone to discuss NI flooding

A number of Stormont ministers are meeting in County Tyrone today to discuss flooding in Northern Ireland. The agriculture, regional development and environment ministers will attend the meeting, along with council chief executives and senior representatives of NI Water, Transport NI and the Rivers Agency. However, Environment Minister Mark H Durkan says while todays meeting

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Finn Valley councillor says Donegal cannot be forgotten in flood protection discussions

A Donegal County Councillor is insisting that Donegal should not be forgotten about in flood protection plans which are being considered by Government. A taskforce responsible is to be established with the main focus set to be on areas worst affected in and around the River Shannon. Councillor Gary Doherty says a similar agency must

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Shiels confirms he will be a candidate in General Election 2016

Independent Councillor Dessie Shiels has confirmed he will be seeking election to Dail Eireann in the forthcoming 2016 General Election. The Letterkenny based Councillor made the announcement last evening on the basis that he believes he will be able to deliver for all of Donegal. Cllr Shiels says people outside of Letterkenny town need a

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Hundreds of out paitent appointments being outsourced from Letterkenny to Dublin

It’s emerged that Letterkenny University Hospital is referring hundreds of patients to Dublin for out patient appointments, sometimes at very short notice. It’s part of a new outsourcing initiative to cut waiting lists. According to the Irish Times, the outsourcing of waiting lists from Letterkenny University Hospital to Dublin has angered local GPs, who say

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Celebrity Big Brother: Winston McKenzie’s homophobic comments have sparked hundreds of complaints

More than 350 complaints have been received about homophobic remarks made by Celebrity Big Brother contestant Winston McKenzie. During Tuesday’s launch show, Channel 5 showed the former Ukip spokesman and London mayoral hopeful discussing how he would handle homosexual housemates. In the pre-recorded footage, he said: “I don’t know how I’d cope with a homosexual

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Harry Potter’s childhood home open to visitors on Warner Bros studios tour

Harry Potter studio tour visitors will be able to step inside the Dursleys’ house for the first time as Warner Bros marks 15 years since the first film was released. A series of new features at the Warner Bros Studios in Watford will celebrate the anniversary of Harry Potter And The Philosopher’s Stone’s release in

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Varadkar hopeful nurses dispute can be resolved as INMO reject ED proposals

The Minister for Health says he’s confident next week’s planned industrial action by nurses at seven Emergency Departments can be averted. Letterkenny University Hospital is not included in the initial action tomorrow week, but will feature in future actions if the issue isn’t resolved. The action was to have taken place last month, but was

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Donegal IFA Chair says progress is being made at national level

The Irish Farmers Association has revealed that elections for its new president will take place at the end of April. The IFA’s Executive Council is to assume the collective leadership of the IFA until the election of the new President. The deadline for nominations for President is 5.30pm today. The confirmation follows a meeting of

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Pringle asks why only five NAMA houses were delivered to Donegal County Council last year

Concern has been raised over figures released by NAMA, which reveal that out of 118 properties offered by them to Donegal County Council last year, only 5 were delivered. Nationally, NAMA says it delivered two thousand houses and apartments across the country for social housing, meeting its end of year target. Of 118 properties offered

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Doherty says Varadkar must act on Dungloe ante-natal service

Donegal Deputy Pearse Doherty has hit out over Government inaction to reinstate ante-natal and gynecology clinics at Dungloe Community Hospital. The services have not been in operation since November 2014 due inadequate staffing. Deputy Doherty’s has received correspondence from Letterkenny University Hospital management saying the reasons for the services still being suspended is the failure

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Jennifer Lawrence admits she ‘doesn’t date a lot’ as she asks for time off from being famous

She might be Hollywood’s hottest property, but Jennifer Lawrence admitted she doesn’t often go on dates – because she’s only attracted to one man a year. The 25-year-old, who counts Nicholas Hoult and Chris Martin as previous beaus, said that luckily she doesn’t feel the need to be in love. She told Glamour magazine: “I

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Enterprise Ireland hopes to build on 2015’s increase in supported jobs

The Northwest Region saw the lowest rate of job creation by Enterprise Ireland companies in 2015. The Government agency responsible for developing Irish business globally, has reported the creation of just over 21 thousand new jobs by client companies in 2015. This translates into a net increase of 10 thousand new jobs for for 2015,

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Pat The Cope rejects Independent’s claims he’s ashamed of Fianna Fail

A Donegal Councillor has questioned why Pat the Cope Gallagher has omitted Fianna Fail branding from at least some of his election leaflets. Cllr Michael Colm Mac Giolla Easbuig, who is backing Independent Thomas Pringle in the General Election, has suggested Pat The Cope may be distancing himself from Fianna Fail given their ‘poor’ record

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Mc Conalogue calls for revamp of Social Welfare application process

Fianna Fáil is calling for a major revamp of the social welfare applications process to reduce the excessive waiting times, with claims that hundreds of people in Donegal are being affected. The party says the latest figures released to them reveal that the average processing time for social welfare appeals in 2015 was almost six

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Successive governments have failed Lifford Hospital – Doherty

There have been claims the needs of Lifford Community Hospital are being continually ignored despite numerous HIQA reports pointing out that upgrades are needed in various areas. Cllr Gary Doherty, a Sinn Fein candidate in the forthcoming General Election says while staff are doing the best they can, the failure to carry out improvements may

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