INDEPENDENT Cllr Frank McBrearty has been suspended from Council activities for three months. The meeting, which was held at Lifford County House today, has been adjourned a total of five times. The adjournments followed a recorded vote which saw Councillor Frank McBrearty suspended from all Council activities for three months as Cathaoirleach Cllr Liam Blaney […]
Councillors vote to remove Cllr Frank McBrearty from meeting
DONEGAL county councillors have voted to remove Independent Councillor Frank McBrearty from its monthly meeting. Councillors have also voted to reduce his pay by 10 per cent. The meeting is taking place this morning in the Lifford County House. Advertisement The meeting was adjourned around 12.30pm this morning by Cathaoirleach Liam Blaney following an interaction […]
Donegal County Council meeting adjourned
THE monthly meeting of Donegal County Council has been adjourned. The meeting was adjourned around 12.30pm this morning by Cathaoirleach Liam Blaney following an interaction with Cllr Frank McBrearty. Cllr Frank McBrearty is attending the meeting via videolink. Advertisement Following a heated discussion, Cllr Blaney said he was adjourning the meeting for ten minutes. […]
Busy night in store at Letterkenny Memories
The latest gathering of Letterkenny Memories will take place tonight in the Station House Hotel at 8pm. A busy and eclectic programme of music, verse and storytelling has been pulled together starting with keyboard player Thomas Black. Also on the bill are Raymond McDonald, Rosaline Moore and the ever popular Evelyn. Advertisement Jean Curran will perform a […]
Donegal house prices rise 3.4% in three months
The average price of a second-hand, three-bed semi in Donegal rose by 3.4 per cent in the first three months of the year, according to the latest national survey by Real Estate Alliance. The average cost of three-bed homes in the county is now €150,000 – up from an average of €145,000 in December 2022, […]
Relief as Donegal Mountain Rescue help find missing walker
DONEGAL Mountain Rescue were tasked this weekend to help find a person who went missing while out hiking. At 13:25 on Saturday, Donegal Mountain Rescue Team received a call out from AGS Galway for a missing person on Carnaween Mountain in the Blue Stacks. The team were, at that time, training on Lough Salt and […]
Sheep Sector Crisis Deepening, Urgent Action Needed – IFA
IFA Sheep Chairman Kevin Comiskey said the crisis in the sheep sector is deepening as prices continue well below last year’s levels. He said prices this year are still 70c/kg behind last year with input costs on sheep farms showing no signs of reducing. “Last year’s margins of just €7/ewe as presented by Teagasc at […]
All-Ireland Rail Network could transform transport
SDLP Infrastructure Spokesperson Mark H Durkan has said that the establishment of an All-Ireland Rail Network has the potential to transform transport across the island. He was speaking after introducing a motion at the SDLP Conference in Derry. Foyle MLA Mr Durkan said: “The establishment of a modern rail network across Ireland has been a […]
Call for action to reduce level of vacant properties
THERE has been a call for Donegal County Council to act quickly to reverse the high level of commercial property vacancies. The commercial vacancy rate in Donegal increased by 0.6 percentage points to 17.5% in the twelve months to Q4 2022 according to the latest GeoDirectory Commercial Vacancy Rates Report. Donegal, at 5.5 percentage points, […]
Rosapenna named among the world’s best golfing venues
The Rosapenna Golf Resort has ranked fourth in a list of the Top 100 Golf Resorts across Great Britain and Ireland in 2023. The Rosapenna Golf Resort gives a unique golfing experience for both the professional and novice golfer with three 18-hole links courses to offer within the World Top 100 (No. 32), two in […]