€2.4m for new Cleary Centre in Donegal Town
€2.4m has been allocated for the building of a new Cleary Centre in Donegal Town for those with intellectual disabilities. €100,000 of the money is to be spent this year on design work. Mary Gorman, chairperson of the Parents and Friends Association for those with intellectual disabilities, has been telling…
New pop-up testing centre opens in Donegal today
A new pop-up Covid-19 testing centre is open in Donegal Town from today. It’s based at the Cleary Centre on the Ballybofey Road and is offering free tests aiming to increase capacity by 150 tests per day, running in conjunction with St. Conal’s Campus, Letterkenny. 248 new cases were confirmed…
Call for money to be provided for new Cleary Centre in Donegal
A Donegal TD is calling on the HSE to ensure a new centre for those with intellectual disabilities in Donegal Town IS included in the HSE’s budget for the coming year. Last April, it was announced that the Cleary Centre is to get a new building. But Fianna Fail Deputy…
Cleary Centre campaigner hopes new funding plans will go ahead
A Cleary Centre campaigner says she hopes the HSE will now move forward with plans to rebuild their original centre in Donegal Town. The centre provides services for people with intellectual disabilities. But they had to move out of their original location on the Clar road to temporary accommodation in…
HSE to appraise Donegal Town’s Cleary Centre proposal next month
A Donegal TD has welcomed confirmation that a decision is to be made soon by the HSE on an application for funding for the redevelopment of the Cleary Centre in Donegal Town. The HSE’s Estates Department is expected to examine proposals for the centre at its next meeting in July.…
‘Little progress’ made on new building for Cleary Centre
A Donegal TD says ‘little progress’ has been made in providing a new building for the Cleary Centre, which supports those with intellectual disabilities in Donegal Town. Now, a meeting is to take place next month between the minister with respoonsibility for those with disabilities, Finian McGrath, a delegation from…
Cleary Centre users will soon be moving to new building
Service-users of the Cleary Centre in Donegal town will finally be moving to a new building at the end of this month. It follows a long campaign by the Parents and Friends Association of the Cleary Centre who have been calling for a suitable building after it was deemed the…