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 […]
Barry Cowen selected as FF Midlands-North-West candidate for European elections
Fianna Fáil has selected Barry Cowen TD to represent the party in the Midlands-North-West constituency for the upcoming European elections. The Laois-Offaly TD was voted by party members to run for the June elections at a party convention in Mullingar, Co Westmeath this evening. Senator Niall Blaney, Senator Lisa Chambers and Pat ‘The Cope’ Gallagher […]
Cope decides not to contest party convention for European elections
By Diarmaid Doherty Pat ‘the Cope’ Gallagher has confirmed that he has decided not to contest his party’s convention for the forthcoming European Parliament elections. The former TD and MEP was surprisingly nominated to contest the convention in December and said he would take the Christmas and New Year period to decide whether or not […]
Tánaiste Micheál Martin pays tribute to Donegal Cllr Noreen McGarvey
Tánaiste and Fianna Fáil leader, Micheál Martin, has paid tribute to Cllr Noreen McGarvey who passed away in the care of Letterkenny Hospice last night. In a statement the Tánaiste said: “I am deeply saddened and very sorry to learn of the death of my friend, fellow party member, and councillor, Noreen McGarvey,” “Noreen was […]
Pat the Cope to decide over Christmas on possible political return
By Diarmaid Doherty Veteran Fianna Fáil member Pat the Cope Gallagher has said he will take time over the Christmas and New Year holidays to consider a possible return to the political stage. The former TD who lost his seat in the 2020 General Election, said he considers it a great honour at this stage […]
Senator Niall Blaney welcomes commitment to not force drivers over 70 to re-do driving tests
Fianna Fail Senator Niall Blaney has welcomed the government’s commitment that a European Union proposal to force drivers aged over 70 years to re-do their tests, undergo refresher courses or medical tests will not be applied in Ireland. The Senator had described the proposal as being “totally discriminatory against pensioners” and had voiced his strong opposition to […]