Work to start today on the construction of a new school in Donegal
Work will begin today in Donegal Town at the site of the new Gael Scoil na gCeithre Maistri. The construction of a permanent building was due to have started a number of months ago but was held up as part of a public expenditure review. A major local;…
Donegal councillor urges Taoiseach to appoint a local Junior Minister
A Donegal councillor has called on the Taoiseach Leo Varadkar to promote a TD from the north west region to replace Junior Minister Damien English who resigned over a planning application he made in 2008. Mr. English said he “failed to inform Meath County Council about ownership” of his…
Sligo TD confirms that his time as a Junior Minister is up
The new line up Junior Ministers is expected to be announced shortly. The Irish Examiner is predicting that there will be some ”bloodshed” for Fine Gael this afternoon at the Cabinet junior minister reshuffle. It was expected that Colm Brophy and Sligo Leitrim TD Frank Feehan will go…
North West TD’s likely to be overlooked in reshuffle of junior Ministers
Junior Ministers are set to be reshuffled this afternoon as the changeover of Government is complete. Most of the changes are expected to come in the Fine Gael camp with Sligo Leitrim TD, and Junior Minister at the Department of Health Frank Feighan along with the European Affairs Oireachtas…
The Kremlin bans Deputy Joe McHugh from Russia
It’s been confirmed that the Donegal TD Joe McHugh has been included on the list of Irish politicians that Vladimir Putin has banned from Russia. The list includes politicians from Fianna Fáil, Fine Gael and the Labour Party. No politicians from Sinn Féin or the Green Party have been…
Donegal TD says he had to vote against the redress scheme
A Donegal TD say he had no choice but to vote against the Defective Block redress scheme in the Dáil last night. The Government lost its Dáil majority as a result of the actions taken by Deputy Joe McHugh who surrendered the party whip after have voted against the…
Mica homeowners should not be penalised for downsizing – McHugh
A Fine Gael Donegal TD has described the previous Mica Redress Scheme and unaffordable, inaccessible and unworkable. Deputy Joe McHugh was speaking in the Dail yesterday during an extensive debate over the the revised defective blocks bill. Deputy McHugh raised concerns over some issues to the new scheme…