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  Derry City Council is to embark on a new phase of development works at the City Cemetery in the coming weeks. The works, which are expected to commence during October, will exploit the remaining undeveloped area of the cemetery, to provide for a further 700 burial plots. The proposed development works will consist of […]

Junior Minister Joe Mc Hugh says there is a sense of annoyance within the Fine Gael organisation in Donegal at the way John Mc Nulty’s situation has been handled, but he’s welcomed the Taoiseach’s apology. On Mr Mc Nulty’s stated desire to contest the next General Election, Joe Mc Hugh says assuming they both secure

Calls have been made for Donegal County Council to compile a plan to upgrade roads along the Wild Atlantic Way in the county. Cllr Marie Therese Gallagher says a plan should be drawn up and presented to the Department. The Wild Atlantic Way has seen thousands of more tourists visit the West coast over the

  Gardai are warning elderly people in the county after they recieved reports of bogus salespersons targeting rural areas. In recent days local Gardai have been received reports of Salespersons turning up at the homes of elderly persons and persons living alone in isolated areas. These persons are offering sales of equipment, furniture, electronic items

  A Donegal County Cllr says he fully supports anyone who tries to stop Irish Water engineers from installing water meters in the county. Water charges will come into effect today but just 400,000 households have actually been metered around the country – a quarter of the total needed. Meter installation will take place in

Statement from the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, Heather Humphreys TD: I wish to address a number of issues in relation to the appointment of John McNulty to the Board of Directors of the Irish Museum of Modern Art (IMMA). I appointed Mr McNulty and Ms Sheila M O’Regan to the board of

John McNulty has claimed that the decision to withdraw from the Seanad by-election was completely his own and he wasnt pushed. The Fine Gael candidate says he no longer wants people to vote for him – because his election would be a distraction for the government. His withdrawal comes eight days after it was revealed

Fine Gael’s candidate for the Seanad by-election has dramatically pulled out of the race. John McNulty, who has been at the centre of a cronyism row for the past week, informed Taoiseach Enda Kenny that “under the circumstances” he is asking the TDs and senators not to vote for him. It is too late to

The owner of the Glenfin Estate has said that deer poaching has become so serious in Co Donegal that someone could be killed. Donegal accounts for 60% of deer poaching in Ireland. And Chris De Magary, who owns the Glenfin Estate with his Simply Red bandmate Mick Hucknall, says poaching has become a serious issue

There has been a two car collision in Lifford this morning. The accident happened at the turn-off just outside the Rossgier Inn. It’s understood there was no serious injuries.

Gardai have confirmed that a man has been charged with assault and a public order offences following an incident in Convoy last night. Gardai were called after a woman, believed to be the man’s mother, sustained a knife injury to her hand. We understand the injury was slight, and did not require hospitalisation. Gardai later

  The health campaign group “Patients First” will hold a public meeting in Letterkenny’s Mount Errigal Hotel tomorrow evening, calling for health services to be protected and improved. Local councillors, TDs and senators are being invited to the meeting in the Mount Errigal Hotel to hear, first hand, from past patients, relatives and hospital staff

The Public Expenditure Minister will brief his colleagues on plans to reform State board appointments today. Brendan Howlin will bring a memo to Cabinet this morning – in the wake of the nomination of Kilcar man John Mc Nulty  to the board of the Irish Museum of Modern Art just days before he was nominated to

Representatives of the Parades Commission will be in Castlederg tomorrow for a number of meetings as part of their review into parading in the area. Among the groups meeting the commission will be a deputation from Sinn Fein, led by local Cllr Ruari Mc Hugh. He says they’ll be raising the issue of the frequency

Asking prices for houses across the country are continuing to rise, but are unchanged in Donegal. According to a latest report by MyHome-dot-ie, residential property prices across Ireland increased in the third quarter of this year. The property website’s figures for the third quarter put the average asking price of a three bedroom semi in

A Donegal County Councillor has said the local authority must put pressue on the Minister for Communications to improve broadband and mobile phone coverage in the county. It was claimed at this weeks Council meeting that rural areas are recieving next to no broadband or mobile phone coverage. Despite this Eircom estimates that by 2016, 91%

The Sinn Fein grouping on Donegal County Council has called on Irish Water to meet with elected members immediately. The calls come almost a year after similar calls were made last year. Calls have also been made on the Minister for Environment, Alan Kelly to also meet with Council members. Cllr Albert Doherty said it

Another contender for the Seanad By-election is seeking legal advice this afternoon concerning John McNulty’s bid for election to the upper house. The Kilcar man is mired in controversy after his short lived involvement on the board of the Irish Museum of Modern Art, which allowed him to seek the nomination. Gerard Craughwell – a former

Calls have been made for Donegal Co Council to hold a public inquiry into a right of way to a beach being obstructed at a beach in Carrigart. Work is ongoing at a 180-acre beach resort and golf course at Aughadahor Beach in Carrigart. T&G Properties Limited has erected two gates at the building site

The Tánaiste says she spoke at length with the Taoiseach this morning over the Seanad by-election and State Board’s appointment controversy. Kilcar man John McNulty’s candidacy to fill a seat in the upper house for Fine Gael has been causing controversy for a week now after his short-lived appointment to the board of the Irish

A Donegal County Cllr has said that people in the county should be given the option whether or not to take out their back boilers or cookers. Currently under the Better Energy Homes Scheme being implemented by Donegal County Council people must take out their back boilers and replace it with oil heating. The key

A Donegal Co Cllr is meeting with Junior Minister for Gaeltacth Affairs today. Cllr Micheál Cholm Mac GiollaEasbuig is meeting with Joe McHugh today, and he says he’ll be raising a number of issues affecting the Gaeltacth area. Cllr Mac GiollaEasbuig says he will also have no problem telling Minister McHugh that he is not

Mountaineering Ireland has called on Donegal County Council to halt remedial work at Slieve League. The all-island representative body for climbers and walkers says it has serious concerns about the quality of the path work put in place there. The council has put in place a remedial works project on the cliff-top path as part

A Donegal councillor says the authority’s policy of advance preparation and planning for road projects is paying dividends. Cllr Barry O’Neill says in recent years, the council has not only spent all its initial roads allocations, it has also been in a position to fund extra projects when money becamwe available at short notice, because

The volunteer crew of Bundoran RNLI Lifeboat were called out twice over the weekend to two different incidents, both of which ended well. On Saturday afternoon just after 1.40pm, the crew received a report that a boat’s propeller had become entangled in the rope of an old lobster pot just off Mountcharles. And just after

It’s been confirmed that Relay for Life Donegal raised just over 150,000 euro this year, bringing total monies raised since the first Relay in 2012 to over 800,000. At a function this weekend to announce the final figure, the organising committee and Irish Cancer Society said that’s a significant achievement, given that the focus of

Taoiseach Enda Kenny is being accused of alienating Fine Gael’s core vote with his handling of the John McNulty debacle. Mr McNulty was nominated as Fine Gael’s candidate for the Seanad by election, having cited his appointment as a board member of the Irish Museum of Modern Art. The Kilcar man had been appointed to

Letterkenny Institute of Technology has been ranked 16th out of 21 third level colleges in the annual Sunday Times University Guide. That’s a fall of two places on its position last year. Out of a possible 750 points, the Sunday Time awards Letterkenny IT 440, placing it 16th in the college league table. The college

Police in Derry are investigating the burning of a car on Strabane Old Road in the early hours of yesterday morning. The fire was reported at 4.25am yesterday morning, the the Fire Service confirming  the Ford Focus was deliberately set alight.Officers are working to establish a motive and are keen to hear from witnesses.