The Friday Panel, Frank Feighan, Albert Higgins
The levy on disposable coffee cups, the latest Covid surge, Micheál Martin’s leadership, Ukraine, reducing the number of flights we take, and April Fool’s Day are all discussed on this week’s Friday Panel. Minister Frank Feighan and former Cllr Albert Higgins are the guests OceanFM Ireland · The Friday…
Bundoran RNLI Officer retires after 25 years of service
Tributes are being paid to a local RNLI Officer who has retired after 25 years of service. Bundoran RNLI Lifeboat Operations Officer, Captain Hugh Anthony “Tony” McGowan joined the station in 1994 as a Deputy Launching Authority and became the LOM three years later. Bundoran RNLI Volunteer Lifeboat Press Officer,…
Donegal TD to lead delegation to Ukrainian border
Donegal Fine Gael TD, Joe McHugh hopes to ‘develop a deeper understanding’ of the problems faced by refugees when he leads a delegation to the Ukrainian border next week. Labour TD, Brendan Howlin, Sinn Fein’s John Brady and Fine Gael Senator Regina Doherty are also a part of the delegation…
Works to begin soon on €9m sewerage upgrade for Rosses Point
Works are to begin in the coming months on a €9m sewerage scheme upgrade for the Rosses Point area. Contracts have been signed by irish Water to carry out the development with Coffey Construction Ltd. hired to carry out the works which are expected to take around 18 months to…
Abbey VS beaten on penalties in All-Ireland soccer semi-final
There was bitter disappointment for Abbey Vocational School Donegal Town in Friday’s All-Ireland FAI Schoolboys under-17 soccer semi-final as they lost out to Rice College of Westport on penalties in a dramatic game played at Ray MacSharry Park in Sligo. Following chances for both sides, it was the Westport students…
Taoiseach and Ministers challenged to visit Hospital Emergency Departments to witness crisis
The Taoiseach and his Ministers wouldn’t be as glib in their comments on mask-wearing and the spread of Covid were they to visit Hospital Emergency Departments for themselves. That’s according to Dr Fergal Hickey, Consultant in Emergency Medicine at Sligo University Hospital, who maintains hospitals are not capable of functioning…
Local Authorities tasked with providing emergency accommodation for Ukraine refugees
Local Authorities in the north west have been requested to provide emergency accommodation for Ukraine refugees that have been forced to flee their country as a result of the Russian invasion. The number of refuges that each local authority in the country will be asked to facilitate will be…