MacSharry against relaxing abortion laws
Just one of the TDs and Senators in the North West is against repealing the 8th amendment. The amendment gives equal right to life to the mother and child and so makes it impossible for the government to legalise abortion. But the Citizens Assembly recommends that it be abolished and…
Donegal to Glasgow flight under threat
The Donegal Airport to Glasgow flight is under threat. While the flight to Dublin from Carrickfin Airport has been secured for the next four years. The flight to Scotland is thought to be in jeopardy. 11,000 passengers flew to Glasgow from Donegal in 2017, but Stobard Air, who operate the…
Sligo TD hits out at ads from government’s new ‘spin unit’
A Sligo Fianna Fail TD has once again hit out at what he calls the government’s new ‘spin unit’. €5m was allocated by the government to the new unit in the 2018 Budget and it’s being headed by a Sligo native – former Failte Ireland executive John Concannon. Marc MacSharry…
Even if election averted, ‘this government is on life-support’ – SF TD
Sligo Leitrim Sinn Fein TD Martin Kenny says even if an election is averted ‘this government is on life-support’. Deputy Kenny says Sinn Fein will move their no confidence motion in the Justice Minister. He says if Fianna Fail abstains it may avert an election in the short-term but the…
Donegal TD says offshore investment legal but unfair
A Donegal TD says rich people investing money in offshore companies denies Irish people better services. Leaked documents have revealed how Bono under his real name Paul Hewson used a company based in low-tax Malta to buy a shopping centre in Lithuania. The files – which are being called the…
Over €3m for NW rural regeneration under the Towns and Villages Scheme
The North West counties have received a significant funding boost under the new Town and Village funding scheme. All three counties of Sligo, Leitrim and Donegal got over a million euro with Donegal getting the highest allocation in the country of over a €1.15m. Up to 300 projects will benefit…
€178m in water refunds could be taken from health, housing or roads
It’s emerged that spending originally intended for the likes of social housing, could be used to refund water charges instead. It’s also been confirmed today that the State will have to spend €178 million on the refunds and another 5 million euro on the cost of administering the refunds. Donegal…