Tributes flow in for the late Donal Gallagher
Tributes have been paid to the late Donal Gallagher who died over the weekend in New York. Mr Gallagher was 78 and had been a member of the Donegal New York GAA club for many years. He had served as coach and manager over many years. Donal Gallagher…
Planned social housing units for Bundoran ‘step in right direction’
Planned social housing units for Bundoran have been described as a step in the right direction in a long road in addressing the housing shortage in south Donegal. It’s been confirmed this week that tender applications are being sought for 42 new social housing units for the East End…
Frustration over little progress on fire station plans for south Donegal
A Donegal Councillor has expressed his frustration over what’s been described as little to no progress on two seperate fire stations for Bundoran and Ballyshannon. Currently, there is one fire station serving both communities and it’s thought with development and an increase in population there is never been a…
Bundoran councillor fears that there is insufficient numbers of road maintenance staff in south Donegal
There are calls on Donegal County Council to employ more road maintenance staff in south of the county. It follows concern that the current number of people working in the Department is insufficient to cope with the amount of work currently on the table in the area. Sinn…
Major Power outage in Bundoran & Kinlough
It’s estimated that 1,600 people are without power this evening in the Bundoran and Kinlough areas. ESB crews believe that a fallen powerline is the reason for the outage that has impacted a large number of homes and businesses in the South Donegal and North Leitrim areas. Bundoran-based…
Agri Week: Latest on Cap talks. Dead Sheep dumped in Donegal. Farm Payments for Shass mountain farmers.
On Agri Week this week We will talk to MEP Luke Ming Flanagan on the very latest on the negotiations on the new CAP. Flanagan is the only Irish politician directly involved in the talks. We hear the latest discussions in the Dáil on how farmers impacted by…
Cross border investigation should be launced into Dumping
A Donegal Councillor is calling for a full investigation to be conducted north and south of the border into incidents of dumping in Donegal over the weekend. The carcases of 19 dead sheep by anglers in the Termon River while a substantial amount of rubbish was also dumped on…