McHugh seeks public’s opinion on voting in presidential elections
Presidential elections in Ireland could soon have more voters outside the State than within it. That’s according to figures from the Junior Minister tasked with a referendum on giving a vote to citizens outside the country. Donegal Fine Gael Deputy Joe McHugh says 1.8 million people in the North, and…
Region gets ready to march on St Patrick’s Day
Volunteering is the main theme of many St. Patrick’s Day parades taking place in the North West next week. He theme has been chosen to celebrate Sligo’s selection as the European Volunteer Capital for 2017. Parades will be taking place all day on St. Patrick’s Day this year right…
18,000 North West homes to get superfast broadband by mid-2018
Almost 18,000 homes in the North West are to get 1 Gigabite per second super fast fibre broadband over the next 12 months. The roll-out into more than 14,000 homes in Donegal is the biggest in the State announced by communications company Eir in which 100,000 homes nationally will get…
€2 million in illegal medicinal drugs seized in Donegal
Gardai have confirmed the seizure of over 2 million euro worth of anabolic steroids and other drugs in North Donegal. Following searches in the county 60,000 vials were discovered. Human growth hormones and products for erectile disfunction were also found alongside a substantial amount of cash. The operation involved gardaí…
Gardai seek information after elderly man dies in Donegal house fire
Gardai are appealing for witnesses after an elderly man died in a house fire in County Donegal yesterday. The blaze was discovered by a caller to the property in Glassaghbeg in Cloghan. Emergency services were called to the scene and the man was pronounced dead at around 2.30pm. There was…
Donegal Councillors want plans for fire services report scrapped
Councillors in Donegal are calling for Executive of Donegal County Council to scrap plans for a €20,000 report on the fire services in south Donegal. A public meeting in Ballyshannon heard last night that that money would be better spent investing in the services themselves. Meanwhile, Donegal County Council says…
Live register reaches lowest February figures since 2008
The number of people signing on the live register in the North West reached it’s lowest for the month of February since 2008. However, there was a slight increase in the number of Under 25s signing on in Sligo from January to February of this year. Just over 20,000…