BOUNDARY WARS
THE boundary dispute between Letterkenny Gaels and St Eunan’s is to be debated at Letterkenny Council next week. Cllr Tadgh Culbert has put forward a motion calling on “all relevant clubs and all administrators to desist from dividing a community we have all worked so hard to build.”
FINE APPEAL
Glenswilly and Naomh Conaill GAA clubs are to appeal €2,500 fines imposed by the CCC are a fight involving players in July. Two Naomh Conaill players were also banned from playing for eight weeks.
CRIME WAVE
Burglaries in Letterkenny are up 34 per cent on last year, new figures show. However less than one in five are solved.
BOXING CONCERN
Concerns are being expressed about ‘white collar’ boxing bouts, amid fears someone may be seriously hurt. A 28-year-old man ended up in hospital for two nights last weekend after being knocked out in a charity bout at the Milford Inn.
FIREWORKS
Gardai have issued their annual warning about the illegal use of fireworks.
LARKIN POINTS THE FINGER!
Cllr Dessie Larkin has welcomed a reduction in the fee paid by businesses to erect ‘finger signs’. Council will now charge €50 instead of the previous €650.
GARDA STATIONS CLOSED
Cllr PJ Blake insists many rural Garda stations are ‘practically closed anyway’ saying the part-time nature of some of them should never have been allowed to happen.