Labour shortage is crippling Hospitality and Tourism
A Donegal County Councillor and Hotel Manager is warning of serious challenges facing the Tourism and Hospitality sectors in relation to attracting staff to work in the sector. There are currently an estimated 40 thousand vacancies across the tourism sector. New Fáilte Ireland research reveals many businesses have cut…
Kennedy tops poll in Donegal
Independent candidate Niamh Kennedy topped the poll once again in the Donegal electoral area. Niamh exceeded the quota of 2043 on the 11th count and was the first councillor returned to Donegal County Council. Sinn Féin’s Noel Jordan was was elected in the 12th count. Barry Sweeney Fine Gael, Michael…
At Donegal County Council, paper, paper everywhere
Donegal County Council is still wasting thousands of pages of paper at every monthly meeting. This is despite the Council making a commitment to go paperless almost four years ago. At today’s council meeting, two large booklets with over hundreds of pages were handed out to the 37 Councillors, to…