Bracing for the ballot – election campaign enters final few days


BY JEROME HUGHES Candidates are entering the final few days of canvassing as the county prepares to go to the polls this coming Friday. THE local electorate faces a crucial decision amidst a diverse pool of 91 candidates seeking just 37 available seats on Donegal County Council. Advertisement The upcoming local elections in Donegal promise […]

Local elections: 91 candidates to fight for 37 council seats


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: […]

Slow start for local election campaigns


by Kate Heaney WITH local elections for Donegal County Council expected to take place in May or June of this year, political parties and independent candidates have begun planning as to who might fill the 37 seats on the local authority. Sinn Féin, who currently hold ten seats, are planning to field up to 18 […]

Killybegs fishing rep to seek election nomination


KILLYBEGS fishing representative Manus Boyle is to seek nomination as a local election candidate for Fine Gael in the south Donegal constituency. Mr Boyle, who is the son of former County Councillor John Boyle, is currently a member of the Dunkineely, Bruckless and Killybegs Branch of Fine Gael and the director of Killybegs Stevedoring Limited. […]

Deputy Joe McHugh voted against government to support striking fire fighters


Fine Gael TD Joe McHugh has voted against the government on a Sinn Féin motion supporting striking fire fighters.  Deputy McHugh supported calls from the main opposition party to urgently engage with retained firefighters who began strike action this week. The government tabled a counter motion which Deputy McHugh voted against on Wednesday evening. Advertisement […]

Tributes paid following death of Inishowen councillor


TRIBUTES have been paid following the death of Councillor Bernard McGuinness, Cathaoirleach of the Inishowen Municipal District. The Culdaff based councillor, aged 77, was Donegal County Council’s longest serving member having been first elected for Fine Gael in 1979. Donegal TD Joe McHugh expressed his sadness after learning of the passing of his friend and […]

Letterkenny man retires as Fine Gael General Secretary


THE most senior employee of the Fine Gael party will turn the key in his office door for the last time this evening. Tom Curran is retiring as the party’s General Secretary after twenty-one years in the post. It’s not too often in politics that somebody can exit on their own terms but having reached […]

Former Fianna Fáil stalwart quits ‘with a heavy heart’


A RETIRED Judge has resigned from Fianna Fáil amid claims that the party has lost its republicanism and forgotten its social democratic working class roots. In a statement issued to local media this week, Sean M MacBride LLM., retired Judge of the District Court, confirmed the news. “On Wednesday 15th July 2020 with a heavy […]