DONEGAL’S 11 former TDs and Senators will collect annual pensions amounting to more than €400,000 in 2012 even after the pension reductions brought in during 2010.
Man recovering from Letterkenny assault
A MAN was recovering in Letterkenny General Hospital yesterday (Thursday) after he was attacked and seriously injured following a “domestic incident” at a house in Letterkenny.
Donegal Airport receives funding
DONEGAL Airport has this week received confirmation that it will share in a fund of almost €5.4 million to cover operating costs.
Campers leave mess behind
A WATER-LOGGED tent and a pile of beer cans left behind by campers in Glenveagh National Park over the Christmas weekend have now been cleared away.
Retailers enjoying good times this Christmas
RETAILERS in Letterkenny have been experiencing a welcome boost to trade in the run-up to Christmas.
County Councillors postpone decision on reduced 2012 budget
CONCERN was expressed in Lifford on Wednesday that the councillors’ failure to adopt Donegal County Council’s budget for 2012 would result in the Minister for Environment making the decision for them.
Teaching job losses could rise to seventy
THE reality of budget cuts on the most disadvantaged of Donegal’s schools was revealed further following a meeting of concerned teachers from small and country schools last weekend.
Some hope for investors after two court rulings in DeDietrich case
Investors in a fraudulent ‘ponzi scheme’ are anxiously seeking professional financial advice in an effort to regain some of the cash they lost, it emerged yesterday (Thursday).
Fifty job losses and more schools to close
THE most disadvantaged of Donegal’s 175 primary schools will be hardest hit following the swingeing education cuts in this month’s budget.
Flood plain infill blamed for worst flooding
A LETTERKENNY councillor has blamed the unauthorised infilling of land on the outskirts of the town for some of the worst flooding in the area for more than half a century.