DONEGAL’S Charlie McConalogue will travel to Columbia for St Patrick’s Day to promote Ireland this St Patricks Day. The Junior Minister is one of 38 representatives of the State who will visit more than 90 cities in 40 countries as part of the St Patrick’s Day programme for 2025. In addition, Taoiseach Micheál Martin will travel to […]
McConalogue loses his place in newly formed cabinet
DONEGAL TD Charlie McConalogue has not been included in Taoiseach Micheál Martin’s new cabinet. The Fianna Fail TD is the only minister to be demoted from the cabinet as the new Taoiseach ran the changes. McConalogue – the outgoing Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine – must now wait to see if he will […]
Largest funding of €39.86m for humanitarian relief
Donegal minister, Charlie McConalogue, announced the allocation of €39,860,000 in funding for international development and humanitarian relief for 2024. This marks the largest-ever annual contribution from the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM). The package includes an advance payment of €35 million for the UN World Food Programme (WFP) under a new €105 […]
McConalogue overcomes online abuse to take final seat
by Evelyn Cullen FIANNA Fáil’s Charlie McConalogue has said that he is grateful to the people who voted for him and is relieved to have retained his seat in the Dáil so that he can continue his work for the people of Donegal, despite heavy online abuse he said was targeted against him during his […]
12 Donegal water projects benefit from government investment
TWELVE Donegal water projects have received funding approval to the tune of €5.9 million under a new cycle of the Multi-annual Rural Water Programme after Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage; Darragh O’Brien announced an overall package of €47 million for 250 projects nationwide. The county received the fourth highest allocation in the overall […]
Increased Avian Influenza risk to poultry flocks
DONEGAL minister, Charlie McConalogue, has warned of the increased risk to poultry flocks of an Avian Influenza incursion. In recent weeks, there have been numerous outbreaks of Avian Influenza in poultry flocks across Europe. These outbreaks have been caused by the highly pathogenic H5N1 strain of the virus. Advertisement In addition, there have been a […]
Budget 2025: Key measures to address cost of living crisis
The Minister for Agriculture, Food, and the Marine has welcomed today’s budget announcement, highlighting the Government’s €8.3 billion package of extra spending and tax cuts aimed at easing the cost of living. Minister Charlie McConalogue emphasised that Budget 2025 is heavily focused on addressing the ongoing financial pressures faced by Irish households. Here are the […]
Portsalon Pier and Bunbeg Harbour Pontoon officially opened by Minister Charlie McConalogue
Today marked the official opening of the newly refurbished Portsalon Pier and the Bunbeg Harbour Pontoon by Donegal Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Charlie McConalogue. The projects, part of a broader €19.1 million investment across 23 capital projects in Donegal, saw significant financial backing. A total of €1.7 million was spent on the […]
Donegal farm families commended by Minister McConalogue
DONEGAL minister, Charlie McConalogue, has praised the hard work and dedication of the hundreds of farm families in Donegal. “Agriculture continues to be Ireland’s largest indigenous industry and our largest source of exports, with 130,000 family farms working day in and day out to deliver top quality and sustainable produce which goes to 170 markets […]
Team Ireland’s Donegal members commended by Minister McConalogue
THE five people from Donegal who were part of Team Ireland in the Olympic Games have been commended for their efforts by Donegal minister Charlie McConalogue. “The Paris Olympics was a superb sporting showpiece which saw Ireland enjoy its most successful ever Olympics,” the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine commented. “I’d like to […]