Sitting Councillor Johnny McGuinness has been selected to contest the upcoming Local Election for Fine Gael in the Carndonagh area…
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Mica redress a key focus of Cranford schoolteacher’s election bid
by Rachel McLaughlin 2 months agoFine Gael is taking a single-candidate strategy in the Milford area for the local elections this year, adding local schoolteacher…
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Fine Gael in Donegal has so far confirmed three candidates going forward for the 2024 local elections this summer. Recent…
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Martin Hegarty has been nominated to put his name forward to the Fianna Fáil selection convention in the Donegal electoral…
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Donegal youth worker seeking Fine Gael selection for council elections
by Staff Writer 2 months agoFrosses man Jason Harley has been nominated to contest the Fine Gael Party Convention for the Donegal Local Electoral Area…
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Green Party Leader and Minister for Environment, Climate, Communications and Transport Eamon Ryan will be travelling to Donegal this week…
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Donegal TD Pearse Doherty has slammed an “unjustified” tax break for landlords which will see over 40,000 landlords pay no…
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Killybegs fishing rep Manus Boyle to seek election nomination
by Staff Writer 2 months agoKillybegs fishing operator Manus Boyle is to seek nomination as a Fine Gael local election candidate for Donegal County Council.…
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Minister McConalogue announces €29.76M aid for world hunger
by Staff Writer 3 months agoMinister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Charlie McConalogue, today announced funding of €29,762,733 from his Department for international development…
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Milford community worker Declan Meehan has announced that he will contest next year’s local elections as an independent candidate in…
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A permanent allocation of additional Mackerel quota has been secured for the Irish fleet, following intensive engagement by Marine Minister…
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Refresher courses for drivers over 70 ‘absolutely discriminatory’ and ‘insulting’
by Rachel McLaughlin 4 months agoA Donegal Senator has said that a proposal for drivers over 70 to undergo refresher courses should not see the…
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Watch: Dáil debate erupts with unparliamentary language from Thomas Pringle TD
by Staff Writer 4 months agoIndependent TD for Donegal Thomas Pringle was spurred to swearing in the Dáil yesterday in a bid to silence Kerry…
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Most renewable energy created in Donegal is ‘dumped and wasted’ – Blaney
by Rachel McLaughlin 4 months agoBetween 21 and 22 hours of wind and hydro-generated energy in Donegal is dumped out of 24 hours every day,…
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The new 100% Redress Party is continuing its series of information meetings as the deadline for prospective candidates grows closer.…
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Fine Gael’s Jimmy Kavanagh to rerun for Letterkenny council seat
by Staff Writer 4 months agoLetterkenny councillor Jimmy Kavanagh has been selected to run for Fine Gael in the local elections again. Cllr Kavanagh has…
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Sinn Féin renews commitment to 100% Redress ‘rather than failed grant schemes’
by Rachel McLaughlin 4 months agoSinn Féin has renewed its commitment to 100% redress for all of the victims of defective building materials, following a successful…
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Fine Gael selects local election candidates for Lifford-Stranorlar
by Rachel McLaughlin 4 months agoCllr Martin Harley and Garvin Connolly have been selected to run for Fine Gael in the Lifford-Stranorlar Municipal District in…
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Education Minister moves to discourage sale of smartphones for children
by Staff Writer 4 months agoEducation Minister Norma Foley is set to introduce a plan for a ban in schools in the coming weeks. Minister…
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Ireland needs to slow the numbers of Ukrainian arrivals – Taoiseach
by Staff Writer 4 months agoAn Taoiseach Leo Varadkar said that the number of Ukrainian people coming into the state must be slowed to give…