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HIQA has raised concerns about Letterkenny General Hospital and has identified a number of high risks. It carried out an unannounced inspection in June and discovered poor hygiene standards in various areas. HIQA inspectors visited Letterkenny on June 18th. They found a number of areas of concern that warranted an immediate high risk finding. There […]

  Midlands North West MEP Matt Carthy has welcomed comments made by Minister for Health Leo Varadkar, who supports increased cooperation in cross border health care in the West Ulster area. On his recent visit to Letterkenny General Hospital, Mr Varadkar said it made little sense for patients from Donegal to travel to Dublin or

A Donegal County Councillor is expressing fears that cancer services at Letterkenny General Hospital could be further diminished if a private hospital offering cancer services is built in the area. Councillor Dessie Shiels says that with the economy in recovery mode, a private hospital which was proposed for Donegal during the Boom could be back

Calls have been made to restore income supports such as Jobseekers and Farm Assist which, it is claimed, would help facilitate an equal recovery for Donegal. Deputy Thomas Pringle has outlined various recommendations his in pre-budget submission, calling on the Government to restore income supports back to pre-2012 levels in this year’s Budget. He believes

Concerns have been raised as to when and if work will be carried out on two estates in Donegal where raw sewage is flowing out onto the street. There have been ongoing issues surrounding the sewerage system in both the Flaxfields estate and Greenfields estate in Convoy. A new sewerage treatment plant is to be

A further 109 thousand euro has been allocated to Donegal County Council to address coastal erosion and storm damage. Donegal County Council have already been allocated 666,000 thousand euro last year with some of that amount to be paid on request. This further funding, combined with money already allocated brings the total to 769 thousand

  The Food Safety Authority of Ireland has reported there was one closure order issued in Donegal last month while there were three prosecutions were made in the county. The Closure Orders were issued by environmental health officers in the Health Service Executive. Express Fast Food Takeaway in Ballinamore, Fintown, Donegal has been closed under

Donegal Tweed could soon be enjoying EU protection, with material manufactured in other areas not allowed to use the Donegal name. The European Parliament has approved a report suggesting that the regional protection afforded to a number of European foods now be extended to certain products, including Donegal Tweed. Midlands North West MEP Mairead Mc

A Donegal Senator says he’s hopeful of movement on progress in the campaign for progress in the campaign for a new school building for Scoil Mhuire in Stranorlar. Senator Brian O’Domhnaill pressed Junior Minister Anne Phelan on the issue in the Seanad this morning. He’s now hopeful of substantial progress by early next year, to

The Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission has begun a major public consultation as it prepares to draw up its strategy for protecting and promoting human rights and equality. Chief Commissioner Emily Logan says people are being asked to outline what they believe should be done foster a more equal and just society in which

Taoiseach Enda Kenny has given a commitment to meet with Mary Boyle’s Twin sister Ann Doherty. Mary Boyle disappeared from her grandparent’s farm at Cashelard near Ballyshannon on the 18th of March 1977. It is now Ireland’s longest running missing person case. Last week, Ann Doherty visited Pearse Street Garda Station along with the country

Concerns have been raised once again in relation to progress on the proposed three- school Crana campus in Buncranna. The current Crana College has eleven prefabs on site but does not have the capacity to expand on site. It’s a year tomorrow since Donegal Deputy Charlie McConalogue raised the issue with Education Minister Jan O’Sullivan

Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn has accused the Government of dragging its heels in relation to Donegal’s Mica block crisis. Investigations are on-going across as hundreds of homes across the county have been affected. Deputy Mac Lochlainn raised his concerns directly with the Minister for the Environment, Alan Kelly recently after his apparent refusal to meet with

The Taoiseach’s held a meeting with victims of the Omagh Bombing and family members of some of those who died. Enda Kenny says he assured them that the Government would continue to work to ensure that those responsible are brought to justice. Mr Kenny gave no specific commitment to support calls for a cross border public

  Several fire appliances from each side of the border were deployed earlier this afternoon to combat a blaze at an industrial unit in Bridgend. The call was received at approximately 12.40pm this afternoon and the incident continued for the past number of hours as fire fighters from both the Donegal and Foyle fire service

    Serious Crime Branch detectives investigating offences committed at the wake and funeral of Peggy O’Hara in Derry in July, have arrested a man in the city this afternoon. The suspect, aged 40, has been taken into custody at Musgrave Police Station in Belfast for questioning. A number of searches are also being conducted

  Several fire appliances from each side of the border have been deployed to combat blaze at an industrial unit in Bridgend.  It’s understood a number of appliances from both the Donegal and Foyle Fire Service have been deployed and are currently at the scene. The call was received at approximately 12.40pm this afternoon and

A Derry GP has declared as an independent candidate in the next Assembly elections. Dr Anne Mc Closkey will contest the Foyle constituency on an anti-austerity ticket. She has been involved in a nuimber of meetings with independent councillors and others from both sides of the border, including Derry and Strabane councillors Gary Donnelly and

A man’s been arrested in Derry in connection with a death in Glasgow 21 years ago. Officers from Police Scotland assisted by detectives from PSNI Serious Crime Branch detained a 39 yr old man in Derry this morning as part of an investigation into the death of 24 year old Derek Sheerin, who was found

A Donegal-born Nobel prizewinner says he’d love to bring his award to his home county, but he doesn’t know if he’ll be able to manage it. Dr William C Campbell was confirmed yesterday as onme of three who are being honoured in the field of medicine, for work in tackling infections linked to roundworm. Dr

A Donegal farm management software company has been chosen as one of nine being supported by Microsoft under its Accelorator programme. Farmflo will receive one to one mentoring from Microsoft‘s business, tech and marketing experts, as well as being given access to Microsoft services such as Azure Cloud. The package will be worth €675,000 to

Both of the unsuccessful Fianna Fail selection convention candidates have called on the party to add a third candidate to the ticket. At the weekend Pat the Cope Gallagher and Charlie McConologue were selected to run at convention, this week the party’s HQ will decide if a 3rd candidate should be added to the ticket.

Families of some of those those killed in Omagh bombing are meeting with the Taoiseach later today. They’ve been calling for a meeting with Enda Kenny for three years, and are seeking a public inquiry into the real IRA explosion which killed 29 people in 1998. The British government is already facing a legal challenge