THE issue of gender equality in public life will be discussed at a seminar next month to be hosted by three female MEPS. MEP Marian Harkin will be joined by Northern Ireland MEPs Bairbre de Brún of Sinn Féin and Diane Dodds of the Democratic Unionist Party at the Waterfoot Hotel in Derry. The seminar […]
Minister in Donegal to boost marine jobs
BY Kate Heaney
MINISTER for Agriculture, Food and Marine Simon Coveney TD will visit Donegal next Thursday and Friday in an effort to boost the aquaculture and food industry here.
Deputy Joe McHugh confirmed the visit saying Minister Coveney has the ambition to drive Donegal’s food production industry.
The minister will meet with management at Marine Harvest in Fanad to discuss licensing for the salmon farming industry which has the potential to double its turnover to €120 million.
MacLochlainn calls for co-operation with Gardai
BY Kate Heaney Sinn Féin TD Padraig MacLochlainn condemned the pipe bomb attack on a house in Muff this week and called on anyone who knows who was involved to contact the Gardai or PSNI. The Buncrana based Sinn Féin deputy was unequivocal in condemning dissident republican groups whom he believes only have a tiny […]
New owners for Milford nursing home
THE new owners of the Áras Uí Dhomhnaill Nursing Home in Milford this week urged the Minister for Health to urgently clarify the situation on the Fair Deal for older people. Mr Philip O’Donnell and his wife Anne (nee McGilloway), who manage the Lake House Nursing Home in Portnablagh, have shown their confidence in the […]
Second home tax due again
By Kate Heaney PAYMENT of the Non-Principal Private Residence (NPPR) for second home owners in Donegal is due by the end of June otherwise they will incur a €20 a month interest penalty. When the tax was charged for the first time in September 2009, a total of 14,042 second home owners in Donegal declared […]
20 years of Gael Scoil
GAELSCOIL Adhamhnáin in Letterkenny will celebrate 20 years of educating students through the Irish language this year. The school opened its doors to its first 26 pupils in September 1991 when it was originally located in the VEC building at Ard O’Donnell under its first Principal Bernadette Ní Aingleis. The school flourished and moved to […]
Alcohol and death certificates
DEATHS in Donegal where alcohol was mentioned on the death certificate between 2007 and 2009 amounted to 55, according to figures provided by the Central Statistics office this week. A mention of alcohol on a death certificate does not mean that it was a contributing factor to the cause of death in all cases. The […]