By Diarmaid Doherty It’s been a night of celebration for Sinn Fein in Donegal with two party candidates elected in Donegal. Pearse Doherty’s election was confirmed after the first count as he passed the quota with over 6,000 votes to spare. Advertisement The second count saw the distribution of his quota and Padraig MacLochlainn received […]
4,311 hospital cancellations at Letterkenny Hospital last year “not acceptable”
Sinn Féin’s Pádraig MacLochlainn TD and Pearse Doherty TD have revealed that Letterkenny hospital cancellations numbered 4,311 last year. The Donegal Deputies said that the Government’s lack of a plan for overcrowding was impacting directly on waiting lists through cancellations. They said that the Government was shifting the problem from emergency departments to waiting lists, […]
Photos reveal level of overcrowding at LUH
ZERO-tolerance to overcrowding in Letterkenny University Hospital has been called for in the wake of photographs showing patients sitting on the floor. The images emerged this week revealing the level of overcrowding at the hospital as patients endure extreme waiting times. The number of people attending LUH’s emergency department in January and February increased by […]
Threat emerges for Donegal’s crabbing industry
THE Donegal crabbing fishing industry faces potential destruction due to new regulations from Europe which came into effect following Brexit. The warning was sounded this week after it emerged that 37 crabbing vessels around the Donegal coast can no longer land their catch at their local piers because they have British fishing licences. Some of […]
How ‘Transfer Thomas’ beat the five-seat rule
With Independent Thomas Pringle sitting on less than half (0.43) of a quota things didn’t look promising for the Killybegs based outgoing TD.
Donegal takes a swerve to the left
A county with the reputation as being the most conservative in Ireland now has three left-learning TDs elected on a combined vote of over 52 per cent
Additional €200m needed for Donegal road plans
FOLLOWING the construction of the A5 through Northern Ireland to Derry, which will improve access to Donegal, a further €200 m will still be needed
Senator Brian O Domhnaill returned to the Upper House
SENATOR Brian O Domhnaill has been returned to the Seanad. He was one of 24 candidates contesting the nine seats on the Agricultural Panel.
Pádraig MacLochlainn set to secure SF Seanad nomination
SINN Féin’s Pádraig MacLochlainn is expected to be nominated later today to represent the party on the Industry and Commerce panel in Seanad Éireann.
Blaney and MacLochlainn seeking Seanad seats
FORMER Deputies Niall Blaney (Fianna Fáil) and Padraig MacLochlainn (Sinn Féin) are to contest the forthcoming Seanad elections.