Donegal Childcare services to receive extra €300,000


  Childcare services in Donegal are to receive more than €300,000 in extra funding, Donegal Minister Joe McHugh has announced today. The financial boost comes at a key moment in Ireland’s move to accessible affordable quality childcare. Advertisement Speaking before a Cabinet meeting today, Government Chief Whip McHugh said: “I am delighted to announce that […]


IDA Ireland accused of “hiding behind Pramerica”


IDA Ireland has been accused of failing Donegal after new figures revealed how the organisation has helped create less than 200 new jobs here in the past 14 years. In a further damning indictment levelled at the body set up to attract foreign investment to Ireland, it has emerged that of the 607 new companies […]


Mary Coughlan : Taoiseach Leo Varadkar is like Trump


  In an interview on RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta today, former Tánaiste Mary Coughlan compared Taoiseach Leo Varadkar to Donald Trump, with too much emphasis social media, socks and other trivial matters, and not enough on the big questions for the country. Speaking of Taoiseach Leo Varadkar, Mary Coughlan said: “On a personal level he is […]