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Frustration is said to be growing in south Donegal over the Killybegs fish weighing issue.   A recent Fine Gael Donegal District AGM meeting has heard that the debacle is having a negative effect on many people living in the community who rely on the work created as a result…

Ballyshannon residents are encouraged to take part in Saturday’s ‘Big Spring Clean’. ‘Operation Ballyshannon’ begins at 10am tomorrow morning with people asked to meet at the library where gloves, bags, Hi-Vis jackets and refreshments will be supplied. Organised by the Ballyshannon Regeneration Group, the clean up had to be paused…

A Donegal county councillor says the local authority’s annual drainage budget is not enough to deal with half of the flooding problems within the county. Donegal Municipal District Fine Gael Councillor Barry Sweeney is calling for more funding and resources to deal with the increasing incidences of flooding to property…

Fine Gael Councillor Barry Sweeney has been elected as the new Cathaoirleach, or chairman, of the Donegal Municipal District. He was first elected to the council in the last local elections in 2019; Fine Gael Cllr Barry O Neill had earlier announced he was stepping down. A well known artist,…

A south Donegal councillor is calling for the latest GPS technology be used to help the emergency services locate lifebuoys. Fine Gael Cllr Barry Sweeney says this would also help to prevent the removal and vandalising of life buoys. Cllr Sweeney’s proposal is for Donegal County Council liaise with the…

A Donegal Municipal District Councillor says that consideration must be given to having different levels of Covid-19 restrictions for the County of Donegal. Fine Gael Councillor Barry Sweeney admits that having alternative sets of restrictions for different parts of the County would be difficult to implement. However, he added that…