Nine businesses first to receive Donegal Food Coast brand approval
Nine Donegal businesses have become the first in the county to receive official approval to display the Donegal Food Coast brand. Use of the brand allows businesses to show they are either a Donegal-based producer…
Councils continue to monitor weather
Most of the country escaped very severe snow and ice this morning, although weather warnings remain in place up to 6pm tomorrow. The cold snap has been affecting the UK more severely, with around 80…
Low number of Donegal submissions to Constituency Commission
So far only ten submissions have been made to the Constituencies Commission from people in Donegal. They mainly reflect the wishes of people to see Donegal reunited for election purposes. At present, the south of…
Making water meters optional still leaves charges possible, says campaigner
A Sligo Right to Water campaigner says he fears giving people the option of whether or not they want water meters installed could be a used as a back-door way of going ahead with the…
Councillor wants Irish captain to be afforded freedom of Donegal
Donegal County Council are being asked to afford the freedom of the county to Republic of Ireland captain Seamus Coleman. Ballyshannon based Fine Gael councillor Barry O’Neill raised the motion at a meeting of the…
Bus users urge ‘everything be done’ to save Expressway routes
Bus-users in Sligo say everything must be done to protect the rural expressway service. It follows conflicting reports emerging yesterday on the future of the service with a leaked Grant Thornton report suggesting expressway services…
Snow in Barnesmore Gap in Donegal, roads ‘treacherous’ around Sligo
With snow in parts of Donegal and road conditions in places around Sligo town said to be treacherous in places, motorists throughout the North West are being warned to drive with care. A vehicle has…
