A Donegal woman has launched her campaign for re-election to the local council in Canada. St. Johnston native Jennifer Pearson-Millar…
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Donegal County Council’s July meeting reconvened online this afternoon following a heated fall-out on the Mica crisis. Cllr Frank McBrearty…
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Minister urged to ‘Tell families they do not need to come to Dublin’
by Rachel McLaughlin 3 weeks agoThe Minister for Housing has been urged to take action to prevent a major Mica protest this Friday. Thousands of…
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MICA fall-out: Council abandoned amid heated scenes
by Rachel McLaughlin 3 weeks agoA meeting of Donegal County Council has been abandoned this morning due to confrontations in the chamber. All councillors were…
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Mica: Calls for banking levy extension to support 100% redress
by Rachel McLaughlin 4 weeks agoDonegal Sinn Fein TD Pearse Doherty has called on the Minister for Finance to extend the banking levy so that…
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‘We will miss him sorely’ – Council pays respects to the late Cllr Bernard Mc Guinness
by Rachel McLaughlin 4 weeks agoA meeting of Donegal County Council was adjourned today as a mark of respect to the late Inishowen Councillor Bernard…
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Pringle calls on move for local authorities to oversee certification process for builds
by Chris McNulty 1 month agoDONEGAL TD Thomas Pringle has said that local authorities should be empowered to oversee the planning, acquiring, registration, inspection and…
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Minister for Agriculture Charlie McConalogue is to visit two Donegal marts this Friday to discuss the Common Agriculture Policy (CAP)…
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Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine and Donegal T.D., Charlie McConalogue, has welcomed news of “very significant progress” in…
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Mica: ‘What families are being put through is unacceptable’
by Staff Writer 1 month agoSinn Féin MEP Chris MacManus has called for “urgent action from government instead of lip service” on the Mica crisis.…
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Government’s behaviour towards school secretaries ‘insulting’ – Sinn Féin TDs
by Rachel McLaughlin 1 month agoDonegal Sinn Féin TD’s, Pearse Doherty and Pádraig Mac Lochlainn have sent their solidarity and support to all school secretaries…
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Green Party thinking big on return of Donegal rail
by Rachel McLaughlin 1 month agoDonegal-Cork and Donegal-Derry rail links are ‘absolutely doable’, according to Transport Minister and Green Party Leader Eamon Ryan. The Green…
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Taoiseach threatens TD with axe over Coveney confidence vote
by Chris McNulty 2 months agoFIANNA Fáil TDs who fail to vote for Foreign Minister Simon Coveney face a six-month ban from the parliamentary party,…
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Varadkar criticised after attending music festival in London
by Chris McNulty 2 months agoTÁNAISTE Leo Varadkar has been criticised sharply after a photo emerged of him at a music festival in London. Varadkar…
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Death mourned of Pat Hume, wife of the late John Hume
by Chris McNulty 2 months agoTHE death has taken place of Pat Hume, the wife of former Nobel Peace Price winner and SDLP leader John…
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McConalogue hails GLAS success as payments exceed €1 billion
by Staff Writer 2 months agoThe Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Charlie McConalogue T.D., has announced that payments to date under the Green…
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‘Deep sadness’ – Varadkar pays tribute to Bernard McGuinness
by Chris McNulty 2 months agoTánaiste Leo Varadkar has expressed his condolences on the death of Cllr Bernard McGuinness. The Culdaff native, the Cathaoirleach of…
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Sadness at death of county councillor Bernard McGuinness
by Stephen Maguire 2 months agoThere is widespread sadness across Donegal following the death of county councillor Bernard McGuinness. The Culdaff man passed away in…
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Congressman Boyle to speak on ‘polarised America’ at Kennedy Summer School
by Staff Writer 3 months agoA US Congressman with Donegal roots is lined up to discuss just ‘how polarised America really is’ during the 2021…
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Ireland’s new Ambassador to Latvia has proud Donegal roots
by Staff Writer 3 months agoEimear Friel, a Fingal native with Donegal roots, has been appointed as the new Ambassador to Latvia. Ms Friel recently…
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