By Dionne Meehan SINN FÉIN’S Pearse Doherty has praised the performance of his fellow party member Cllr Noel Jordan despite losing out on one of the five seats in the Donegal constituency at the weekend. Similar to their strategy in 2016, Sinn Féin selected three candidates to contest this year’s general election. Advertisement Cllr Noel […]
Gardaí a ‘godsend’ at violent Church incident
by Louise Doyle “IT was a godsend gardaí were there. It doesn’t bear thinking about what could have happened if they weren’t.” Those were the words of Letterkenny Mayor Councillor Gerry McMonagle yesterday, speaking in the wake of a shocking incident on the grounds of the Church of the Irish Martyrs on Sunday. Advertisement Five men […]
Recruitment ongoing in Children’s Disability services – meeting hears
Donegal councillor Gerry McMonagle says he hopes the HSE will continue to seek to recruit people to work in children’s disability services in this region. He was told at Tuesday meeting of the Regional Health Forum that there is the equivalent of 27.5 full time posts vacant across Donegal in Children’s Disability Network Teams (CDNTs). Cllr McMonagle […]
More seats and toilets needed in Town Park – meeting told
CLLR Jimmy Kavanagh and Cllr Gerry McMonagle both called for improvements to the Bernard McGlinchey Town Park, citing the need for toilets, changing rooms and more seating at Tuesday’s Letterkenny/Milford MD meeting. Cllr Kavanagh called for more seating pointing out that the issue has been raised by people working there. “While there appears to be […]
Councillors repeat call for modular homes for county
CLLR Michael McBride has said Donegal is facing a homeless crisis and called for Donegal County Council to meet the Housing Minister to ask for modular homes for the county. He made his comments at Tuesday’s meeting of Letterkenny-Milford Municipal District where he spoke of the lack of progress on defective council houses. Telling members […]
DRUGS FIND: ‘Multi-agency approach is now needed’
BY JEROME HUGHES THE head of Donegal’s Joint Policing Committee (JPC) is calling for the creation of a multi-agency body to try and tackle the growing drugs problem within the county. JPC Chairperson, Cllr Gerry McMonagle, suggests it’s important that the new group would include direct input from young adults as that is the cohort […]
Startling figures reveal high levels of injury at work among Gardaí
by Louise Doyle THE chairman of Donegal Joint Policing Committee (JPC) Councillor Gerry McMonagle has called for a zero approach to assaults on gardaí, as stark figures reveal worrying levels of injury at work. Figures obtained by the Donegal News under the Freedom of Information Act reveal 26 gardaí were absent from work over an […]
Just one new garda for Donegal
THE chairman of Donegal Joint Policing Commission has called on the Garda Commissioner to “consider his position” after Donegal will see only one new garda in the latest rollout of members. Cllr Gerry McMonagle has branded the allocation of just one of the 87 new gardaí who graudated on Friday to Donegal as “a kick […]
‘Three bridges needed to ease Letterkenny traffic’
LETTERKENNY roads congestion will need three bridges to sort it out, Cllr Gerry McMonagle told Tuesday’s Letterkenny/Milford Municipal District meeting. His statement came on foot of a motion at the meeting from Mayor Donal ‘Mandy’ Kelly calling for all roads service management and design teams to come to a workshop with elected members to try and ease the […]
Concerns over ATM outside door of casino
CONCERN has been voiced that the installation of an ATM at the door of a casino in Letterkenny is “preying on the vulnerable”. The ATM has been placed outside Majestic Casino on the Port Road. It comes as Donegal County Council has granted permission for the retention and completion of the change of use of the first […]