Donegal councillor wants help for towns and villages with funding applications
A Donegal county councillor is calling on the council to give more help to local community groups in towns and villages looking for funding under various grants and schemes. Under a new town and village renewal scheme announced recently by Minister Heather Humphreys, towns and villages must do a so-called…
Donegal launches campaign against roadside signs, advertisements
Donegal County Council is starting a campaign across the county to remove illegal road signs for the tourist season. Advertisement signs along public roads require the approval of the County Council through a license or planning permission while temporary signs for non-commercial local events are accepted so long as they do…
Rents rising in Sligo, Leitrim and Donegal
Rent prices have risen across the North West region by an average of more than 11% over the last the last number of years, according to a report by daft.ie. In Sligo, rents have risen by 12% since this time last year, Leitrim 9.2% and in Donegal rents have risen…
After Dublin, Donegal gets next highest allocation for housing
After Dublin, Donegal has got the next biggest single grant — more than €1.8m — for investment in housing in the most recent round of allocations. That’s according to Minister of State Joe McHugh. The money will help return vacant social housing units to use. Minister McHugh told Ocean FM…
Progress on road projects in Donegal
A number of new road projects were officially opened in County Donegal today. They are the Blackburn Bridge realignment between Ballybofey and Donegal Town, which cost €6.3m, as well as works on the N56. Minister of State Joe McHugh says the the west Donegal N56 works are part of an…
13 people waiting on beds in the North West
There are 13 people waiting for a bed at hospitals in the North West today. 9 people are waiting at Letterkenny University Hospital while 4 people are waiting at Sligo University Hospital. There are 303 people on trolleys at hospitals around the country today with Limerick the worst affected area.
Almost €3m for vacant houses in Donegal, Sligo, Leitrim
Donegal, Sligo and Leitrim are to get almost €3m to return about 290 vacant local authority homes in the three counties to use. It’s part of announcement by Minister Simon Coveney to provide more than €24m nationally for investment in 1,400 vacant local authority social houses. It’s part of an…