ANY hopes of brokering a deal to break the impasse in Donegal County Council and stop it from being dissolved are fading fast.
Donegal Council appeals for vigilance following reports of bogus collectors
Donegal County Council has received further reports of bogus collectors in the Letterkenny Electoral area purporting to be from the Council. A man and woman called to the home of a Council tenant on Friday evening last claiming that he owed rent arrears to the value of €1,400 and demanded that it be paid immediately. […]
Michael Murphy ‘privileged’ to get Civic Reception
MICHAEL Murphy has said that he is ‘privileged and honored’ to have been afford a Civic Reception by Donegal County Council this afternoon
Donegal County Council to give Michael Murphy a Civic Reception
DONEGAL captain Michael Murphy will be afforded a Civic Reception by the Donegal County Council on Monday afternoon.
Anger at Councillor’s ‘no danger’ turbine comments
ANTI-WINDFARM campaigners have criticised a County Councillor who claimed there was “absolutely no danger” to members of the public when a large section of rotor blade broke off a turbine during last Thursday’s storm near Killybegs.
VIDEO: Storm was just a blip – Met Office
DONEGAL County council’s emergency response crews responded to over 25 call-outs, while 3,000 homes endured power outages when the strongest winds of the year whipped across the county on Wednesday and Thursday.
Gweedore Sewerage Scheme gets the go-ahead at last
MINISTER for the Environment, Community and Local Government, Mr Phil Hogan, announced today (Friday) that he has approved the estimated €13 million funding for the long-awaited Gweedore Sewerage Scheme
Waste collector found guilty of large-scale illegal dumping
THE owner of one of Donegal’s largest waste disposal companies has been convicted and fined €12,000 and given a six month suspended after being found guilty of large-scale illegal dumping
Employee tells court he was paid by his boss’ rival to set him up
A JUDGE has expressed “amazement” at claims by a Letterkenny man that a rival waste collection firm paid him €5,000 to use his boss Jim Ferry’s lorry to illegally dump rubbish.
Judge tells waste collector he has a case to answer over illegal dumping
A JUDGE has told one of Donegal’s largest refuse collectors that he has a case to answer in relation to charges of illegally dumping hundreds of tonnes of waste in a field he owns in front of his mother’s home near Falcarragh.