Donegal TD accuses government of misleading Dail
The government’s been accused of misleading the Dáil over its controversial scheme for first-time buyers. The claim comes from Sinn Féin’s Pearse Doherty – who is querying the role of the Central Bank in how the scheme was designed. Michael Noonan told the Dáil on Budget Day, that he had…
Obituaries, Wednesday, October 26th, 8am
Ocean FM has been informed of the following deaths: Seosamh O Luana, Calry Anne Caulfield, Dunally Mary Harrington, Bunninadden Monica O’Brien, Sligo Patrick Shanley, Killargue Jean Martin, Bundoran Bridget Mary O’Connor, Sligo James McManamy, Culfadda Terence McShea, Ballyshannon Seosamh O Luana, Faughts, Calry, Co. Sligo and late of…
Prices of farm land continues to fall
Prices in the agricultural land sector continue to fall in the third quarter of 2016, according to Sherry Fitzgerald’s latest Land Price Index. It found that the average price of land fell by a further 1% in the three months to September, bringing the year to date decline to 2.5%.…
Obituaries, Tuesday, October 25th, 5pm
Ocean FM has been informed of the following deaths: Seosamh O Luana, Calry Anne Caulfield, Dunally Mary Harrington, Bunninadden Monica O’Brien, Sligo Patrick Shanley, Killargue Jean Martin, Bundoran Bridget Mary O’Connor, Sligo James McManamy, Culfadda Seosamh O Luana, Faughts, Calry, Co. Sligo and late of Milltown Malbay,…
High-tech IT jobs fair in Dublin
Employers in the west of Ireland are now looking for IT specialists, engineers, software developers and data analysts. And the place to find out more about these jobs is at an event called TechWest 2016 that will take place in the Gibson Hotel in Dublin tomorrow, Wednesday, from 5pm to…
New chairperson of Donegal ETB elected
A Letterkenny woman has been elected as the new chairperson of the Donegal Education and Training Board for the year ahead. Regina Grant was appointed to the position at the ETB’s AGM in Donegal yesterday, replacing Bernie Mulhern who held the position for the past year. She was nominated for…
Gardai clamp down on Halloween fireworks
A Garda operation is taking place until Halloween targeting the importation of fireworks across the border from Northern Ireland. Sligo/Leitrim Crime Prevention Officer Jim Fox points out that possession, use and sale of fireworks is illegal in the Republic. And he also says that as part of the garda operation,…