THE DONEGAL branch of the Green Party has won a bid to host the party’s National Convention in Letterkenny during the summer. Up to 700 members will descend on the Cathedral Town. A detailed submission was sent to the party’s executive council and they unanimously agreed on Donegal for the 2020 event. Speaking to the […]
Blaney nominated to seek Dáil seat in Donegal
Mr Blaney (43) is joined by outgoing TDs Charlie McConalogue and Pat The Cope Gallagher and members will be asked to select two candidates.
Key Donegal Sinn Féin member lashes party strategists
A VETERAN Ballybofey Republican and former Sinn Fein candidate has blamed local party strategists for the loss of Padraig MacLochlainn’s Dáil seat.
GE16 : Doherty eliminated as eighth count begin
AFTER five-and-a-half hours on Day 2, Returning Officer Geraldine O’Connor has announced that the eighth count will finally proceed.
GE16: McBrearty unwittingly goes ‘viral’
COUNCILLOR Frank McBrearty’s outburst at yesterday’s election count has not just attracted the attention of the local media.
New TG4 poll in Donegal shows FF may thwart SF hopes
A NEW opinion poll carried out for TG4 shows that Fianna Fáil is poised to win two seats in Donegal and may well upset Sinn Féin’s Dáil plans.
No Donegal Labour candidate for ballot paper
THE Labour Party in Donegal will not be running a candidate in the forthcoming General Election it has been confirmed.
Tourists being denied access to pretty Donegal people
ELECTION candidate Tim Jackson claims poor roads are preventing the “better looking” people of Donegal getting more tourists than Kerry.
Sinn Fein Councillor Gary Doherty hopes to run for Dáil
SINN Féin Councillor Gary Doherty has today confirmed he intends to seek party approval to contest the forthcoming General Election.
Pat The Cope Gallagher to contest next General Election
VETERAN Fianna Fáil figure Pat ‘The Cope’ Gallagher will contest the next General Election in Donegal.