THE current Donegal County Council members held their last Plenary meeting on Monday in Lifford, as some 91 candidates have now registered to stand in the June 7 Local Elections in the hope of securing one of the 37 seats. The breakdown of the number of candidates standing in each Municipal District are as follows: […]
Seat to be unveiled in memory of Colm Ferry
LETTERKENNY is to remember one of the town’s much loved gentlemen and popular residents when a seat is to be unveiled in his memory next week. A stalwart of Letterkenny Credit Union for 40 years, Colm Ferry passed away in June in 2019. In the almost five years since his death, he remains missed so […]
Blaney insists poster is for public meeting
By Kate Heaney Fianna Fáil Senator Niall Blaney is insisting that posters erected this week are not ‘election posters’ but are instead advertising a public meeting in Letterkenny. Posters for a meeting in the Silver Tassie Hotel on May 6 went up around the northern end of the county over the last few days. Advertisement […]
Bertie Ahern to address ‘border counties in Europe’ meeting in Cavan
SENATOR Niall Blaney says former Taoiseach, Bertie Ahern, is to be the guest speaker at a public meeting he’s organising in Cavan on Thursday, May 2. Senator Blaney, who’s Fianna Fail’s ‘border counties candidate’ in the European Election, says the presence of Mr Ahern is full recognition of the importance he attaches to delivering a […]
Fianna Fáil selects Cllr McGowan to run yet again
Fianna Fáil Cllr Patrick McGowan has been selected to contest the June elections in the Lifford Stranorlar Local Electoral Area. The party held its selection convention in the Villa Rose Hotel, Ballybofey, last night. This will be Cllr McGowan’s 6th consecutive local election campaign. Fianna Fáil stalwarts, Minister Charlie McConalogue, Senator Niall Blaney, Cllr Gerry […]
Teacher Fionán Bradley to contest local elections for Fianna Fáil
A Buncrana schoolteacher will be seeking to retain the seat that will be vacated by long-serving Fianna Fail councillor Rena Donaghey in this summer’s local elections. Fianna Fáil has selected Fionán Bradley, to contest the local elections in South Inishowen along with outgoing councillor, Paul Canning. The party also selected sitting councillor, Martin McDermott, to […]
Almost €450,000 allocated to Donegal Sports Partnership
There has been a warm welcome to the news that Donegal Sports Partnership has been allocated €437,887 in core funding through Sport Ireland for 2024. The local organisation will also receive €7,000 for Women in Sport. Donegal minister Charlie McConalogue said the funding is a significant investment in an organisation which does tremendous work in […]
Cllr Donaghey to retire from council
WITH the announcement this week that Inishowen Fianna Fáil Councillor Rena Donaghey is to step down and not contest the June local elections that leaves just one remaining female councillor standing in situ. Independent Cllr Niamh Kennedy has confirmed that she will run in June to hold her seat in Killybegs. Sinn Féin’s Cllr Marie Therese […]
‘It will be very different from the norm’ – Minister’s St. Patrick’s Day trip to Africa
By Diarmaid Doherty Donegal Minister Charlie McConalogue said he accepts that his trip to Africa as part of the government’s overseas travel for this year’s St Patrick’s Day celebrations will be a little bit different from the normal annual trips abroad. The Minister for Agriculture and the Marine will visit Kenya, Ethiopia and war-ravaged Sudan […]
Local Fianna Fáil want Blaney as EU candidate
by Kate Heaney DESPITE losing the Fianna Fáil nomination to become the party’s chosen candidate for the EU elections later this year by just 70 votes, Senator Niall Blaney is determined to see his name being the second party member added to the ballot for the Midlands North West EU constituency. The Fanad native believes […]