Minister Harris meets Oireachtas members to discuss new technological university
It’s hoped the west and north west of Ireland will have its own technological university by January next year. It follows a meeting today between all Oireachtas members from the region with the Minister for Higher Education, Simon Harris. It’s now up to an international panel to adjudicate on the…
Scam calls: Just ‘hang up’ advise gardai
Gardai are asking people to beware of scam callers calling from an 083 number. There has been a large number of the calls today, with callers telling people they are from the Department of Social Welfare and that there is a warrant for their arrest. There have also been scam…
Carbon emissions proposals emitting a cloud of confusion
The IFA President Tim Cullinan over the weekend led an IFA delegation to meet Minister Eamon Ryan on the Climate Bill. It’s understood that several issues were raised regarding the Bill at the meeting. Among those were the definition of carbon budget, which refers only to emissions, it does not…
There were always rumours about Bashir’s Princess Diana interview – O’Keeffe
Journalist and former local Senator, Susan O’Keeffe, gives her views on the controversy surrounding the report into the Martin Bashir interview with Princess Diana for the BBC in 1995. She joined the BBC just days after the interview, and went on to become a producer with Panorama, the programme which…
Sligo councillors reject proposal to name Enniscrone bridge after IRA man shot 100 years ago
Sligo county councillors have rejected a proposal to name a bridge in the seaside resort town of Enniscrone after a young IRA volunteer who died from his injuries after having been shot 100 years ago this month. The decision followed a passionate debate for a second time at a meeting…
Pringle: Killybegs campus must be key part of new university
A Donegal TD is calling for the Killybegs campus of Letterkenny IT to be an integral part of the new Connacht Ulster Technological University. The new university is to include Letterkenny IT, Sligo IT and Galway Mayo IT. Independent Deputy Thomas Pringle says the management of the new university must…
Mica protests staged to highlight the plight of impacted home owners
Homeowners impacted by Mica and Pyrite reiterated their calls at protests over the weekend in Donegal and Mayo for 100% cent of damage caused to their homes to be covered by a national redress fund. Thousands of people took to the streets of Ballina, Letterkenny and Buncrana on Saturday…