The Central Bank has stated that it cannot force banks to support families in MICA-affected homes as they face contribution…
Senator Padraig Mac Lochlainn
-
-
NewsPolitics
Election 2020 – Sinn Féin in government will put the people first – Mac Lochlainn
by Staff Writer 5 years agoDonegal Senator Pádraig Mac Lochlainn has today reminded the Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael party leaders that it will be…
-
Lead StoriesNews
‘Shameful embargo’ delays 80% of nursing posts in Letterkenny
by Rachel McLaughlin 5 years agoIt has emerged that just one in five new nursing posts have been sanctioned at Letterkenny University Hospital due to…
-
HealthNews
Minister and HSE in denial about bed closures at LUH – MacLochlainn
by Stephen Maguire 5 years agoSenator Pádraig Mac Lochlainn has stated that the Minister for Health, Simon Harris and the senior management of the HSE…
-
News
‘A devastating loss’ – Donegal Sinn Féin pay tribute to Manus Kelly
by Rachel McLaughlin 5 years agoDonegal Senator Pádraig Mac Lochlainn has described news of the tragic death of Cllr Manus Kelly in the Donegal International…
-
Donegal Senator Pádraig Mac Lochlainn has said that a 2013 agreement between Ireland and the UK on Rockall should be…
-
HealthNews
Recruitment ban will harm Donegal’s health service, warns Senator
by Rachel McLaughlin 6 years agoDonegal Senator Pádraig Mac Lochlainn has warned that Donegal’s health service will be hurt again by the Government’s plans to…
-
Senator Pádraig Mac Lochlainn has cautiously welcomed confirmation from the Housing Minister, Eoghan Murphy that a redress scheme for the…
-
A cross-party crunch meeting is taking place today to discuss major water supply issues in South Inishowen. Local public representatives…
-
Irish Water has been asked to reverse their refusal to invest in a pipe replacement programme for South Inishowen after a…
-
Lead StoriesNews
Taoiseach comes under fire for refusing to visit Swan Park
by Rachel McLaughlin 6 years agoAn Taoiseach Leo Varadkar is being strongly criticised after turning down numerous requests to visit Swan Park in Buncrana during…
-
News
Community development funding for Donegal halved in last 10 years
by Stephen Maguire 7 years agoCommunity development funding for Donegal has more than halved in the past ten years. The situation has been slammed by…
-
HealthNews
HSE failing to deliver incontinence pads to vulnerable adults and children – Senator
by Rachel McLaughlin 7 years agoSenator Pádraig Mac Lochlainn has demanded action over HSE failure to deliver incontinence pads to vulnerable adults and children. The…
-
A report on hospital car parking has shown that Letterkenny is one of the most expensive short-stay car parks for…
-
HealthLead Stories
Home help hours in Donegal dropped by 3,500 in one year
by Rachel McLaughlin 7 years agoThe number of home help hours for the elderly in Donegal has had a significant drop in the past year,…
-
Sinn Féin Senator Pádraig Mac Lochlainn has requested a meeting with senior officials from Irish Water over concerns about projects…
-
HealthLead StoriesNews
Beyond Crisis Point: 242 occasions of overcrowding at LUH in 2017
by Rachel McLaughlin 7 years agoStaff at Letterkenny University Hospital were forced to invoke the top-level Full Capacity Protocol 242 times in the last year,…
-
NewsPolitics
Senator calls for fairness for the ‘Forgotten County’ in National Planning Framework
by Rachel McLaughlin 7 years agoDonegal Senator Pádraig Mac Lochlainn has said that Fianna Fáil must veto the National Planning Framework if Donegal is left outside…
-
Lead StoriesNews
‘Scandalous’ collapse revealed in Donegal Community Gardaí numbers – from 35 to 2
by Rachel McLaughlin 7 years agoThe number of Community Gardai in Donegal has plummeted from 35 to just two in the last seven years, new…
-
News
Government’s flood response is insulting to the people of Burnfoot – Mac Lochlainn
by Rachel McLaughlin 7 years agoDonegal Senator Pádraig Mac Lochlainn has expressed his concern at the lack of Government commitment to construct vital Burnfoot flood defences. The…