Palestinian flag to be flown at council offices


THE Palestinian flag is to be hoisted outside Donegal County Council’s office in Dungloe after elected members passed a motion yesterday. Members of the Glenties Municipal District voted to fly the Palestinian flag at Dungloe Council offices as a show of solidarity to the some 1,500 Palestinian prisoners currently on hunger strike while imprisoned in […]


Claimed benefits while he had €300,000 in the bank


A JUDGE was stunned when he heard a 63-year-old man with savings of nearly €300,000 wrongly claimed over €26,000 in social welfare. Judge Paul Kelly noted that there were people, like lone parents, in desperate need struggling to survive on a pittance from the State. He added: “It must be very galling for people like […]


Government to invest €15m in notorious Blue Banks Road


THE Irish Government has ring-fenced €15 million in funding to finally rectify the notorious ‘Blue Banks’ road on the N56. Tenders for the construction of the road between Coolboy and Kilmacrennan will be issued in the coming weeks. It follows a case made to Government by Donegal Deputy Joe McHugh that a new water main […]


‘We will never see the likes of Sean McEniff again’


DONEGAL County Council has used the first meeting held since the death of Sean McEniff to pay tributes to the Bundoran businessman. Mr McEniff passed away last month, seven months after falling ill while on holiday in Gran Canaria. The 81-year-old served on Donegal County Council from 1967 until 1979 and again from 1985 up […]


Veteran politician Pat Doherty stands down as MP


WEST Tyrone will have a new MP on June 8 after Sinn Féin’s Pat Doherty announced his decision to stand down. Mr Doherty, who has held the West Tyrone parliamentary seat for 16 years, confirmed his decision to the party on Wednesday ahead of a selection meeting in the Mellon Country Hotel where Barry McElduff […]