Donegal Daily
  • News
  • Sport
    • Athletics

      Donegal ATU 5K raises thousands for NW…

      2 hours ago

      Sport

      Invaluable words of wisdom given at DSP’s…

      11 hours ago

      GAA

      GAA: Donegal U20s squeeze past Antrim to…

      21 hours ago

      Football

      Donegal schoolboy left star-struck after close encounter…

      1 day ago

      Athletics

      Donegal ATU 5K raises thousands for NW…

      2 hours ago

      Athletics

      Athletics: Byrne and McConnell show their class…

      1 day ago

      Athletics

      Countdown is on to ATU Donegal 5k…

      5 days ago

      Athletics

      Letterkenny AC’s Fit4Life programme – a chance…

      6 days ago

      Boxing

      Boxing: Three more finals in North West…

      2 days ago

      Boxing

      Boxing: ‘I’d love a crack at a…

      3 days ago

      Boxing

      Boxing: Carndonagh BC to host North West…

      1 week ago

      Boxing

      Quigley’s home return to be a sell-out,…

      1 month ago

      Football

      Donegal schoolboy left star-struck after close encounter…

      1 day ago

      Football

      Harps’ Da Silva named on LOI Team…

      2 days ago

      Football

      Coleman says Ireland have set a marker…

      2 days ago

      Football

      Inishowen League: Hearts win top of the…

      4 days ago

      GAA

      GAA: Donegal U20s squeeze past Antrim to…

      21 hours ago

      GAA

      O’Rourke to take charge of Donegal for…

      2 days ago

      GAA

      Pic special: Presentation of prizes in St…

      2 days ago

      GAA

      Kerry legend Gooch claims Donegal players “let…

      3 days ago

      Golf

      Rosapenna again named among world’s best golf…

      6 days ago

      Golf

      Golf club to host fundraising quiz in…

      2 weeks ago

      Golf

      Donegal ETB Golf Society in full swing…

      4 weeks ago

      Golf

      Beachcomber Bar Golf Society enjoy first outing…

      1 month ago

      Hockey

      Hockey: Raphoe victorious in Linden Cup Final…

      4 days ago

      Hockey

      Hard-fought win sees Raphoe close in on…

      2 weeks ago

      Hockey

      Hockey: Raphoe top league after 3-1 win…

      1 month ago

      Hockey

      Hockey – Unconvincing win for new league…

      2 months ago

      Hurling

      ‘Nothing nicer than a one-point victory’ –…

      5 days ago

      Hurling

      Donegal Hurlers clinch league final spot

      5 days ago

      Hurling

      Donegal hurlers seal semi-final spot with narrow…

      2 weeks ago

      GAA

      Setanta duo presented with Ulster club All-Star…

      2 weeks ago

      Rugby

      Sadhbh McGrath (18) to make senior Ireland…

      6 days ago

      Rugby

      Anne Scott receives IRFU Spirit of Rugby…

      1 week ago

      Rugby

      Free pizza! Six Nations fundraiser to float…

      1 month ago

      Rugby

      Monaghan Rugby Club donate €1,200 to Creeslough…

      2 months ago

  • Courts
  • Jobs
  • Travel
  • Features
  • Business
  • Property
  • Council News
  • Politics
  • More
    • Advertise with us
    • Haircare
    • Cooking
    • DD Pets
    • Hairdressing
    • Motors
Thursday 12°CFriday 9°C

Donegal Daily Donegal Daily

  • News
  • Sport
    • Athletics

      Donegal ATU 5K raises thousands for NW…

      2 hours ago

      Sport

      Invaluable words of wisdom given at DSP’s…

      11 hours ago

      GAA

      GAA: Donegal U20s squeeze past Antrim to…

      21 hours ago

      Football

      Donegal schoolboy left star-struck after close encounter…

      1 day ago

      Athletics

      Donegal ATU 5K raises thousands for NW…

      2 hours ago

      Athletics

      Athletics: Byrne and McConnell show their class…

      1 day ago

      Athletics

      Countdown is on to ATU Donegal 5k…

      5 days ago

      Athletics

      Letterkenny AC’s Fit4Life programme – a chance…

      6 days ago

      Boxing

      Boxing: Three more finals in North West…

      2 days ago

      Boxing

      Boxing: ‘I’d love a crack at a…

      3 days ago

      Boxing

      Boxing: Carndonagh BC to host North West…

      1 week ago

      Boxing

      Quigley’s home return to be a sell-out,…

      1 month ago

      Football

      Donegal schoolboy left star-struck after close encounter…

      1 day ago

      Football

      Harps’ Da Silva named on LOI Team…

      2 days ago

      Football

      Coleman says Ireland have set a marker…

      2 days ago

      Football

      Inishowen League: Hearts win top of the…

      4 days ago

      GAA

      GAA: Donegal U20s squeeze past Antrim to…

      21 hours ago

      GAA

      O’Rourke to take charge of Donegal for…

      2 days ago

      GAA

      Pic special: Presentation of prizes in St…

      2 days ago

      GAA

      Kerry legend Gooch claims Donegal players “let…

      3 days ago

      Golf

      Rosapenna again named among world’s best golf…

      6 days ago

      Golf

      Golf club to host fundraising quiz in…

      2 weeks ago

      Golf

      Donegal ETB Golf Society in full swing…

      4 weeks ago

      Golf

      Beachcomber Bar Golf Society enjoy first outing…

      1 month ago

      Hockey

      Hockey: Raphoe victorious in Linden Cup Final…

      4 days ago

      Hockey

      Hard-fought win sees Raphoe close in on…

      2 weeks ago

      Hockey

      Hockey: Raphoe top league after 3-1 win…

      1 month ago

      Hockey

      Hockey – Unconvincing win for new league…

      2 months ago

      Hurling

      ‘Nothing nicer than a one-point victory’ –…

      5 days ago

      Hurling

      Donegal Hurlers clinch league final spot

      5 days ago

      Hurling

      Donegal hurlers seal semi-final spot with narrow…

      2 weeks ago

      GAA

      Setanta duo presented with Ulster club All-Star…

      2 weeks ago

      Rugby

      Sadhbh McGrath (18) to make senior Ireland…

      6 days ago

      Rugby

      Anne Scott receives IRFU Spirit of Rugby…

      1 week ago

      Rugby

      Free pizza! Six Nations fundraiser to float…

      1 month ago

      Rugby

      Monaghan Rugby Club donate €1,200 to Creeslough…

      2 months ago

  • Courts
  • Jobs
  • Travel
  • Features
  • Business
  • Property
  • Council News
  • Politics
  • More
    • Advertise with us
    • Haircare
    • Cooking
    • DD Pets
    • Hairdressing
    • Motors
News

Irish agencies delaying new multi-million Lifford bridge – report

written by Staff Writer December 18, 2022
FacebookTweetLinkedInPrint

Plans for a new footbridge Lifford and Strabane are being delayed by agencies south of the border, the Sunday Independent has reported.

Donegal County Council and Derry City and Strabane District Council have joined forces in a bid to create a 30-acre park linking Strabane in Northern Ireland and Lifford in the Republic.

However, a proposal to build a footbridge across the River Foyle to connect the two banks could be in jeopardy over the delay in obtaining a required “foreshore licence” on the Donegal side.

A spokesperson for one of the councils admitted there had been “some unforeseeable project challenges” with the so-called Riverine Project, but said they were working to resolve the issues involved.

When details were first launched in 2019, the project was described as one which would unite communities and bridge religious and political divides. Strabane is a mainly nationalist town, while parts of east Donegal around Lifford are home to Protestant communities.

The European Union has pledged €9 million to develop the park and bridge, with additional funding coming from the Department for Communities in Northern Ireland and Department of Rural and Community Development in Ireland.

As well as the proposed bridge, the Riverine site will also contain play parks, a comm​unity hub, an outdoor space for events and concerts, and an environmental wetland area.

Donegal is the lead partner of the project but when contacted on Friday about the problems around the bridge, no one from the council would comment.

A spokesperson for Derry City and Strabane District Council said they were working with their counterparts in Donegal to bring forward the “hugely important cross-border regeneration project for the Lifford and Strabane area”.

“Both councils are committed to seeing the project delivered in its entirety as soon as possible,” they said.

“There have been some unforeseeable project challenges in obtaining some statutory approvals relating to the project, including planning permission, due to operational issues within An Bord Pleanála and in obtaining a foreshore licence from the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage in Dublin which are currently impacting on the timing of the delivery of the bridge element of the project.

“Donegal County Council together with Derry City and Strabane District Council is working with the main project funder SEUPB [The Special EU Programmes Body] and support government departments to discuss these issues and agree an appropriate way forward.”

According to the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage’s website, a foreshore licence is issued for a development that “does not require exclusive occupation of the foreshore”.

As well as the construction of a bridge, other examples for which a licence is required would include repair work, coastal protection work, undersea pipelines, cables, site investigation works, dredging works and harvesting of wild seaweed.

It is understood a number of meetings involving council officials and councillors in Derry and Donegal were held last week to discuss the  problems around the project.

 

Irish agencies delaying new multi-million Lifford bridge – report was last modified: December 19th, 2022 by Staff Writer
FacebookTweetLinkedInPrint

Tags:
Donegal County CouncilLifford BridgeRiverine project delay
Staff Writer

LEAVE A COMMENT

You may also like

Kilmacrennan man with drugs in underwear is...

35 mins ago

Get ready to laugh out loud as...

1 hour ago

The Big Donegal Clean-up is back for...

1 hour ago

Call for support for rural health clinics...

2 hours ago

Donegal ATU 5K raises thousands for NW...

2 hours ago

Urgent call for new findings on defective...

4 hours ago

Third Public Consultation to be held for...

4 hours ago

All smiles at the ATU Donegal Student...

4 hours ago

Creeslough to unveil memorial for computing pioneer...

5 hours ago

Volunteers sought for new additional needs ‘Saturday...

6 hours ago
Advertisement
Advertisement

MOST POPULAR

Donegal County Council
Advertisement

Sport Hub

  • Stay up to date with Donegal Sport Hub on Facebook

    1 year ago
  • Donegal links rank in Top 100 Golf Courses in the World

    1 year ago
  • Bundoran 10 Event set for March 2022

    1 year ago
See More

Donegal Woman

    See More

    Columnists

    Group Holidays - Travel Department

    Travel: Top 10 things to do in Rome

    3 days ago

    Motoring - Brian McDaid

    Brian McDaid: Walk the line . . . ten years on

    4 days ago

    Career Advice - Rory White

    Career Guidance: How to make your Leaving Cert subject choice a success

    1 month ago

    Healthy Living - Sorcha McElchar

    Burns overcomes challenge of Donegal man Erskine to become GAA President

    1 month ago

    Rethink Money - Sean McNulty

    DD Money: 15 Christmas spending tips: How to save money this holiday season

    3 months ago

    See All Columnists
    Advertisement
    Donegal Daily Jobs

    Read More

    • News
    • Sport
    • Courts
    • Jobs
    • Sales & Services
    • Obituaries
    • Features
    • Business
    • Politics
    • Council News

    Information

    • Contact Us
    • About
    • Advertise WIth Us
    • Privacy Policy
    • Disclaimer
    • Terms & Conditions

    Our Sites

    Donegal Woman
    Donegal Woman
    Donegal Daily

    © 2023 Donegal Daily. All rights reserved.
    Website by owenod


    Back To Top.