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A special need base has been included in the new design for Gaelscoil na gCeithre Máistrí in Donegal Town. The major expansion project underway at the school has now moved to the detailed design and planning stage which is to include applications for planning permission, fire certs, disability access and…

The Minister of State at the Department of Justice will meet Syrian families in Leitrim tomorrow (Wednesday). Minister David Staunton also has responsibility for Equality, Immigration and Integration. He will meet some of the syrian families who have moved to Drumshanbo. Enda McGloin is the Chairperson of the Pastoral Council…

The Minister for Agriculture says he is not in a position to extend the slurry-spreading deadline. However, speaking to Ocean FM News the Minister said that in light of the bad weather each individual case would be dealt with. The deadline for slurry spreading is fast approaching later this month.…

With CAO points for various third-level courses having been announced this morning, Leaving Certificate students throughout the region now know what courses they can or cannot do. But of all the advice on offer, it’s perhaps worth considering that from a government minister who is in Sligo today. Until three…

Donegal-based Minister Joe McHugh says his new role as chief whip of Fine Gael will require much work on building relationships. In this role, one of his main tasks is to ensure that members attend and vote as the party leadership desires. He has described it as ‘a double honour’…

The government minister with responsibility for housing has strongly disputed a Sligo councillor’s claim that not enough is being done to tackle homelessness. Independent Councillor Declan Bree told Housing and Urban Renewal Minister Damien English in Sligo yesterday that they have been hearing the government talking about its plan to…

A local Leitrim IFA officer has hit back at Agriculture Minister Michael Creed who has accused farming organisations of ‘scaremongering’ about the future of regional veterinary laboratories. The minister was responding to a question from Donegal TD Charlie McConalogue in the Dail on behalf of Sligo/Leitrim TD Eamon Scanlon. Farmers…