Travellers achievements to be celebrated in Donegal
A number of outstanding achievements by Donegal Travellers in several different of categories will be celebrated during a Donegal Traveller Pride awards event on Thursday night at Letterkenny Institute of Technology. The event will showcase…
Leitrim anti-forestry group lodging appeal
The Save Leitrim Group yesterday lodged it’s first two appeals to the Forestry Appeals Committee in Portlaoise. The Group, which is protesting at the amount of Sika Spruce plantations that are being planned for the…
Europe Commission to create plan to combat spread of Lyme disease
MEPs say action needs to be taken to stop the ‘alarming’ spread of Lyme disease across Europe. They have called on the European Commission to create a plan to combat the disease that is mainly…
Only two local families find solution through mortgage to rent
With almost 1700 distressed mortgage holders in the Counties of Sligo, Donegal and Leitrim eyebrows have been raised that only two of the cases managed to find a solution to their situation through the Mortgage…
Home Economics to be made compulsory in fight against obesity
A report by the Joint Oireachtas Children and Youth Affairs Committee on tackling obesity has recommended that Home Economics be introduced as a compulsory Junior Cycle subject. The report claims that as many as one…
Abbey Vocational School receives funding to build a new dining room
Approval has been granted for the Abbey Vocational School in Donegal Town to construct a general purpose Dining Room which will cover approximately 390 square metres. The School has also been granted permission for two…
Rural Frustration increases over lack of high speed broadband
Recent reports are suggesting that there are still major problems when it comes to the roll out of high speed broadband in the North West. The programme for Government promised to bridge the digital…
