Donegal Pharmacies will play an active part in vaccine booster rollout
49 Pharmacies across Donegal will be involved in the rollout of the booster Covid-19 vaccines. Booster vaccinations have been delivered to participating pharmacies over the past fortnight. Independent TD for Donegal, Thomas Pringle has been calling for the move claiming it was vital to have pharmacies involved…
Donegal based ambulances have been deployed to Tipperary
It seems that there are still major issues surrounding the running of ambulance services in the North West. Over the past month ambulances based in Donegal were deployed to areas as far away as Belmullet in county Mayo. and Tipperary. There are also reports of a patient being…
Mother and Baby home redress scheme to go before cabinet
A redress scheme for the survivors of Mother and Baby Homes will be brought before Cabinet this morning. The scheme, which is expected to cost more than 800 million euro, follows the publication of the report by the Commission of Investigation last January. The payment plan was to…
Pringle calls on Paul Reid and HSE Directors to resign
The Donegal TD who raised concerns in relation to the sexual abuse of residents at the HSE run Ard Greine Court Complex and Sean o Hare Unit in St Josephs Hospital in Stranorlar has called for the HSE’s CEO and board to resign. An unpublished report found that at…
Carbon Tax is pushing people into fuel poverty
A Donegal TD says the government’s carbon tax policy is pushing people into fuel poverty. Thomas Pringle said Minister for the Environment and Green Party Leader Eamon Ryan ‘must’ve been joking when he said the budget would be ‘very green.’ He says people in rural areas are impacted…
Greater north/south cooperation required in ongoing Covid battle
A Donegal TD is urging the respective governments in the Republic and North to engage in greater cooperation to try and slow down the spread of Covid-19 on the Island. Independent TD Thomas Pringle has made the calls after it was reported earlier this week that Northern Ireland has…
Local TD urges Government to address passport backlog
The processing of passports should be ‘reinvented’ to radically reduce turnaround times, according to a north west TD. The call comes as many people across the counties of Sligo, Leitrim and Donegal are are having to wait at least eight weeks to get a new passport. The Irish…