THE Chairman of a West Donegal Irish National Teachers’ Organisation (INTO) branch is calling on parents, teachers and members of the public to join them in a protest march in Gweedore tomorrow (Saturday) at 12noon.
Troy’s a vital link with emigrants in London
JUST two years after he was elected as a Labour Councillor in London, Letterkenny man Troy Gallagher has been elected as the party’s Irish Community Liaison Officer (ICLO). Speaking to the Donegal News this week, Cllr Gallagher explained how he hopes the new role will enable him to be the first point of contact for the growing number of Irish people emigrating to England.
Three houses for sale
VIEWINGS will take place tomorrow (Saturday) of three houses in the Letterkenny area which will be auctioned later this month which a collective reserve price of €128,000.
HSE silent on local retirement figures
WITH less than three weeks until they are due to leave, the HSE was yesterday (Thursday) unable to give a breakdown of the staff numbers in Donegal set to retire by February 29.
Twenty-seven Protestant schools under threat
TWO prominent clergymen in west Donegal have warned plans to close rural schools will ‘inflict serious damage and wreck havoc’.
Medical Card Chaos
A SIGNIFICANT backlog in the processing of medical cards is causing problems for an estimated 3000 people in Donegal.
‘Magda’ sets record straight
POLISH and local people in Donegal were outraged this week by the inaccurate reporting of one Polish women’s experience living here on the dole.
Donegal faces ‘awful price’ in suicides
A Priest and counsellor has warned ‘an awful price will be paid’ if the government continues with harsh cutbacks in the mental health sector.
Freemasonry’s Donegal history highlighted
THE Provincial Grand Librarian for the Province of Antrim and Curator of the Freemason Museum in Belfast visited Letterkenny on Wednesday to share some of the history of the organisation with the County Museum.
Drink driving detections down on last year
THE head of the Garda Traffic Corps in Donegal has welcomed a decrease in the number of drink driving detections over the Christmas period from last year.