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Minister tells Dail that garda numbers will increase as economy improves

The Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald says the continued economic improvement will lead to the recruitment of more Gardai, and resolve some of the issues about garda numbers which have arisen across the country, including recent concerns in the Donegal division. She was responding to a number of questions in the Dail, one of them from

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GAA Programme catch up – listen back to Wednesday’s show

  The GAA Programme is broadcast every Wednesday from 8.30pm – 9pm. In Wednesday nights show Tom spoke with Donegal Referee’s Administrator Pat Walsh on the GAA’s ‘Put your Whistle where your Mouth is ‘ referee recruitment campaign and  Marian Mc Nulty, chairperson of the Donegal Health and Wellbeing committee on the GAA’s ‘Off the

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Protest at Dungloe Hospital tomorrow to demand reopening of antenatal clinic

A protest is to be held at the gates of Dungloe Community Hospital tomorrow afternoon to step up the campaign to have the antenatal clinic reinstated without delay. It follows what organisers say was an email from the management of Letterkenny General Hospital which was circulated at a recent meeting, which did not give any commitment

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Power cuts and school closures as Storm Rachel visits Donegal

15-thousand homes are without power this morning with winds of up to 150 kilometres per hour battering the north west and west coasts. A Status Red warning has been issued for Donegal, Galway, Leitrim, Mayo, Sligo, Clare, Cork, Kerry and Limerick as Tropical Storm Rachel completes her journey across the Atlantic. Met Éireann says its

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School Closures & Cancellations for North West

Scoil Colmcille ( Boys School ) Lkenny St Bernadetters Specail School L’kenny Little Angels L’kenny Gairm Scoil Chu Uladh Ballinamore Moville Community College Moville also parent teacher evening cancelled St Marys NS Stranorlar Castletown NS St Johnson Scoil Mhuira Gan Small Lifford Carndonagh Community School Carndonagh Loreto Community school Milford Illistrin NS Illistrin St Bridgets

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Department of Education advises Co Donegal schools not to open tomorrow

Schools across Donegal have been told that they can close tomorrow. The Department of Education today issued advice in light of the severe and potentially damaging winds affecting certain parts of the country as Storm Rachel reaches our shores. They say schools in the Status Red area should consider not opening. In a statement today,

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Donegal County Council appeals to public to exercise caution due to severe weather warning

Council appeals to public to exercise caution due to severe weather warning With a severe weather warning in place from Met Eireann (Status Red) for this evening, tonight and into tomorrow, Donegal County Council is appealing to the public to exercise caution and to be aware of the risks with high winds and localised flooding

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Trolley numbers fall at LGH as nurses protest outside Leinster House

The number of patients waiting on wards and trolleys has fallen today. Yesterday, 433 patients were waiting for a bed, while today, that number fell to 359. At Letterkenny General Hospital, there were 11 patients on trollies this morning, all of the in the Emergency Department. That compares to 31 yesterday, a fall of just

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Mc Hugh says IDA has had success in Donegal, but more can be done

It’s been claimed this afternoon that investment by IDA client companies directly created 758 high-skilled jobs in Donegal from 2011 to 2014, and resulted in an estimated 531 additional indirect positions in the local economy. Junior Minister Joe McHugh says IDA investment is creating opportunities for Donegal’s skilled workforce, but there are challenges, particularly in

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Met Eireann says snow will ease today, but strong winds are waiting in the wings

Road users are being urged to take extra care this morning with weather warnings in place again today. Met Éireann has issued two status ‘orange’ warnings for Donegal, one relating to snow this morning and the other warning of heavy wind to come. Driving conditions are treacherous right across the North West this morning, particularly

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School Closures & Cancellations North West

St Marys National School Stranorlar Reddings coach hire Inishowen St Eunans National School Raphoe Mc Gettigan Coaches Letterkenny Patrick Gallagher Buses Churchill Home James Buses Letterkenny & all school routes Trentagh National School Trentagh Castletown National School St Johnston BB Buses L’kenny no routes St Bridgets National School Convoy Gairmscoil Chu Uladh ( Vocational School

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Court told man with pornographic child images had been a victim of Michael Ferry

A convicted sex offender with over 90 pornographic child images was a former school head boy, a court was told yesterday. But the 44-year-old was also a child victim of notorious sex predator Michael Ferry who is serving 14 years in jail. Defence solicitor Jacqui Sharkey said Neil McBride was abused by Ferry from aged

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Letterkenny General ED ‘extremely busy’ – 31 patients without a bed

The Emergency Department at Letterkenny General Hospital is extremely busy today with above average numbers of very ill patients requiring admission to the hospital. There are currently 31 patients requiring admission to beds. Members of the public are asked to avoid attending the Emergency Department if possible and to contact their GP or GP Out

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Former owners of Jacksons Hotel left ‘shocked and devastated’

The former owners of Jacksons Hotel have said that following the hotel being taken over by receivers they have been left with next to nothing. Highland Radio News revealed that last week that the Ballybofey hotel had went into receivership. All staff remain in position and that all wedding deposits and vouchers will be honoured.

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Brogan says ambulance service must go back to the drawing board

As the HSE is told it’s unrealistic to use English templates to set Irish ambulance response times, a Donegal councillor says it’s for a full review of the service. Cllr Ciaran Brogan was commenting after the Irish Times published details of the latest document, which says Ireland is too rural for current response times to

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Poor visibility and lightening threatening Rescue helicopter’s Tory Island mission

Malin Head coastguard is scheduled to fly food and other supplies to Tory Island this morning The ferry service to the island has not run in over a week because of the stormy weather conditions leaving supplies at the local co-op low. The coastguard helicopter will also take a number of people to the mainland

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Dallat warns that if jobs aren’t decentralised to Ballykelly, the whole region will lose

  As fresh doubts emerge over the decentralisation of Department of Agriculture jobs to Ballykelly, an East Derry MLA is warning that the jobs may end up remaining in Belfast. The plan has proved controversial, with politicians in Strabane claiming the project should be going there, because it was next in line for such a

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Mac Lochlainn canvassing hoteliers in the wake of latest pressures on the sector

Donegal Deput Padraig MacLochlainn has written to hotel owners and managers across Donegal North East seeking their views on developing tourism in the region. They are also being asked what could be reasonably done to reduce costs and overheads in their businesses Deputy MacLochlainn says he took the inititiative following news that two more hotels

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