Pay increase of 2.5% to 8.5% for Donegal retail workers
Retail workers across Donegal are to see a newly agreed pay increase of 2.5%-to 8.5%, which will be backdated from April of this year. Mandate Trade Union recently secured a new pay deal for the members of Kavanagh Group Supervalu Chain which has 8 stores across Mayo and Donegal. The…
Donegal TD raises concern over parent support service funding being withdrawn at the end of the year
Funding for a parent support service in Co. Donegal is being withdrawn at the end of this year. Parent Stop may be forced to close it’s doors next year if funding is not approved according to Donegal Fianna Fail TD and Leas Cheann Comhairle, Pat ‘The Cope’ Gallagher. Set up…
Co. Donegal to have commercial rates reevaluated for the first time
For the first time, Co. Donegal is to have it’s commercial rates reevaluated. Donegal Fianna Fail TD and Leas Cheann Comhairle, Pat ‘The Cope’ Gallagher, raised the issue with Housing Minister Eoghan Murphy in the Dail this week. It’s now been confirmed that the county will begin the valuation process…
Funding allocated for group water schemes in Sligo, Leitrim and Donegal
Almost €2m has been allocated for group water schemes for 2019 in counties Sligo, Leitrim and Donegal. More than €664,000 is going to Donegal, Leitrim is getting almost €693,000 while Sligo will receive €552,000. Between now and 2021 under a multi-annual programme, more than €2.7m will go to schemes in…
Funding Granted to Donegal Food Projects
The Local Enterprise Office in Donegal is to be granted over €230 thousand euro in funding for the Donegal Food Coast Project. Announced by Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation TD Heather Humphreys, 2.5 million euro has been awarded to Local Enterprise Office Competitive Fund nationally. Launched in 2012, the…
Sligo to face Offaly in Christy Ring Cup
Sligo will face Offaly in their final group game of next year’s Christy Ring Cup. The Yeats County are competing in the Christy Ring Cup for the first time after winning the 2019 Nicky Rackard Cup. Offaly, on the other hand, were relegated from the Joe McDonagh Cup last year…
Brexit – an excuse for the Government not to invest in Donegal
Brexit has been used as an excuse by Fine Gael not to invest in communities and services in the counties of Sligo, Leitrim and Donegal. That’s according to Independent TD for Donegal Thomas Pringle who claims that Brexit allowed Fine Gael to implement a private-sector led Budget and to…