A meeting addressing regional imbalance and reversing rural decline will take place in Glenties.regional Sinn Féin TD for Donegal Deputy Pearse Doherty and Sinn Féín MEP for Midlands Northwest Chris MacManus will host the public meeting in Glenties Community Centre on Monday, November 13 at 7pm. The meeting will also feature contributions from Cllr Marie […]
MEP commends work of Finn Valley Family Resource Centre
Sinn Féin MEP Chris MacManus has commended the team at Finn Valley Family Resource Centre in Stranorlar for their work in supporting the local community. The Midlands North West representative was speaking after a recent visit to the resource centre where he met with Sally Mooney and Claire O’Kane. MEP MacManus said: “I was delighted […]
Donegal Tweed listed for special EU Protection
MAIREAD McGuinness MEP has supported a resolution that would see special Irish products, including Donegal Tweed, receive EU protection status.
Carthy MEP to meet with Donegal Hill Farmers
SINN Féin’s Matt Carthy will meet with Donegal representatives of farming organisations, the Irish Natura and Hill Farmers Association (INHFA) and the Irish Cattle and Sheep Association (ICSA).
Cross Border Healthcare Directive may ease Outpatient Waiting List at LGH -Harkin MEP
RECENT figures have shown that 13,303 people are on a waiting list in Letterkenny General Hospital.
The Heifer – Killybegs novelty fundraising campaign underway
MAIREAD McGuinness MEP is urging the people of Donegal and countrywide to support a major fundraising effort underway for the Niall Mór Community and Enterprise Centre in Killybegs and be in with a chance to win an award winning two year old charolais heifer.
DLDC Job Club participants meet with Mairead McGuinness MEP
PARTICIPANTS of a Donegal employment scheme recently met with a Member of The European Parliament to discuss the benefits and practical support they received.
Govt asked to clarify why Donegal family’s ‘Lost at Sea’ case was treated unfairly – MEP
A EUROPEAN Parliament committee has asked the Irish Government to clarify why the Donegal Byrne family Lost at Sea’case was not treated with more equity and fairness Jim Higgins MEP confirmed today.
The Cope confirms EU agreement on mackerel
PAT the Cope Gallagher MEP has confirmed that an agreement was reached yesterday evening in London concerning the sharing of mackerel in the North East Atlantic.
Worrying trend as road deaths in Donegal rise for 2013 so far – Higgins MEP
JIM Higgins MEP has expressed his concern at the latest provisional RSA statistics which highlight increased road deaths in Donegal for 2013 to date.