THERE has been a quiet start to the morning here in the Aura Leisure Centre as count staff are busy organising votes, including postal votes. Of course, two counts are taking place out here today. In the Milford Local Electoral Area, there are nine candidates contesting the three seats up for grabs. Advertisement They are […]
ELECTION 2024: Final Results from Letterkenny LEA
Monday, June 10 10.09pm Letterkenny LEA 14th and Final Count Results, following the distribution of Ciaran Brogan’s surplus 193 votes. Advertisement (7-seater and the Quota for election is 1,629) Donal Mandy Kelly (FF) 1,841 – (ELECTED) Gerry McMonagle (SF) 1,208 + 503 = 1,711 (ELECTED) Tomás Seán Devine (100% Redress) 1,620 + 60 = 1,680 (ELECTED) Ciaran Brogan […]
A pedestrian has died following an overnight collision in Moville
GARDAÍ are appealing for witnesses following a fatal road traffic collision in Moville this morning. Shortly after 1:30 am, Gardaí and emergency services responded to a collision involving a car and a pedestrian at Ballynally, near Moville. The pedestrian, a man in his 20s, was pronounced deceased at the scene. The driver of the car was […]
ELECTION 2024: Battle lines drawn in Lifford-Stranorlar
Twelve candidates are contesting the six seats up for grabs in the Lifford-Stranorlar Local Electoral Area (LEA).
ELECTION 2024: McClafferty polls well in Glenties; Carr expected to take a seat
Five years after just missing out on election, Sinn Fein’s Brian Carr looks like taking a seat in the Glenties MD. The tally figures have the Glenties man sitting on 1,003 first preference votes, while his party colleague John Sheamais O Fearraigh is close behind on 968. They could well take two of the six […]
ELECTION 2024: Tallies predicting that Martin Scanlon will top the poll in Lifford-Stranorlar
The performances of Martin Scanlon and Niall McConnell were the big talking points when the tally figures were weighed up from Lifford-Stranorlar MD. Scanlon looks like topping the poll with the tallies predicting the Independent candidate to poll 1,387, just around 200 short of the predicted quota of 1,582. Niall O’Connell meanwhile polled 856 first […]
ELECTION 2024: ‘Hard work paying dividends’ – Naughton
Cllr Michael Naughton wore a broad smile in the Aura Leisure Centre in Letterkenny as the tally figures put him on track to retain his seat in the Donegal Municipal district. The Fianna Fáil councillor looks set to come in just under the quota which is predicted to be 1,937, with the tallies predicting Naughton […]
ELECTION 2024: Coughlan’s dismay at low voter turnout in Donegal
FORMER Tánaiste Mary Coughlan has expressed dismay at the low turnout for the local and European elections in Donegal, and across the country. Turnout for local elections tends to be lower than for national elections. The most pervasive reason seems to be a lack of perceived importance around local elections. However, one analyst suggested to the Donegal […]
Letterkenny born economist takes up specialist post
By Kate Heaney LETTERKENNY-BORN specialist economist Catherine Murray has joined one of the country’s top property advisor practices, Turley Property. The former Loreto Letterkenny student was previously Chief Economist with AECOM Ireland where she headed up their economics team since 2018. Advertisement The local woman specialises in the economics of place and has over 20 […]
ELECTION 2024: Tally figures show Declan Meehan could top poll in Milford area
By Dionne Meehan INDEPENDENT candidate Declan Meehan could top the poll in the Milford area according to today’s tally. After failing to secure a seat in the 2019 elections, Declan said he is delighted with his tally which was nearly triple of his votes in the previous election. Advertisement “I am very happy that I […]