Complaints at lack of access to GP surgeries during Covid
Elderly people being forced to wait outside in the rain due to restrictive entry to GP surgeries during Covid is inhumane and not acceptable. That’s according to one listener who found it a huge struggle…
Uproar at lack of broadband for businesses in two Ballyshannon business parks
20 businesses in Ballyshannon risk closure as a result of the unavailability of broadband in two local business parks. That’s according to developer, Philip Rooney, who has described the dilemma as shocking, and called for…
The Friday Panel, John Keegan, Dympna Mannion
This week’s Friday Panel, retired Bank Manager John Keegan, and business owner, Dympna Mannion. Issues discussed include pub re-openings, Covid lockdowns, Boris Johnson, property tax, lack of spectators at sports matches, restrictions on partners accompanying…
Donegal Cllr challenges Group at claims of rebel songs romanticising terrorism
The South East Fermanagh Foundation has hit out at what it calls the normalistion of rebel music and it’s romanticising of terrorism. Their comments have been crticised by Donegal Cllr Micheál Cholm MacGiolla Easbuig, who…
Same sex couple finally get their names on children’s birth certs
Sarah McDevitt from Drumcliffe married Geraldine, shortly after the passing of the same sex marriage referendum in 2015. They have now have two young sons, and Sarah has been campaigning intensely for years to have…
No services available to family after wife’s suicide, claims bereaved man
A man who lost his wife to suicide 15 years ago has added his voice to calls for more services and supports to be made available to families such as his. He says he still…
Pregnant woman criticises ban on partners attending maternity service appointments at Sligo Hospital
A woman who is three-months pregnant and availing of maternity services at Sligo University Hospital has lashed out at the ban on partners/husbands attending antenatal appointments and scans. She claims it’s an infringement of people’s…