Cllr Noel Jordan added to Sinn Féin’s election ticket in Donegal


WITH a date for the forthcoming election set to be confirmed later this week, Sinn Féin in Donegal have announced a third candidate for the Donegal constituency. Cllr Noel Jordan has been chosen to go forward to stand for the party along with Deputy Pádraig MacLochlainn and Deputy Pearse Doherty.   “I am honoured to have […]

Change of government needed to help deliver redress – Sinn Féin


FAMILIES in Donegal whose homes are impacted by the defective block scandal had a frank meeting with the leader of Sinn Féin during her visit on Friday. Mary Lou McDonald today met with families in Inishowen, and was accompanied by Donegal TDs Pádraig Mac Lochlainn and Pearse Doherty and they set out Sinn Féin’s absolute commitment to […]

Mary Lou McDonald to meet Defective Block groups today


SINN Féin President Mary Lou McDonald TD will visit Donegal today Friday, November 1. While in Donegal, Ms McDonald will meet with families whose homes have been impacted by the defective block scandal and with the families of victims of the Creeslough tragedy. She will also meet with the Donegal Special Needs Parents network. Speaking […]

A5 goahead is ‘significant breakthrough’ for Donegal


SINN Féin TDs for Donegal, Pádraig Mac Lochlainn and Pearse Doherty, have said that yesterday’s A5 construction commitment represented a significant breakthrough for Donegal. Deputies Mac Lochlainn and Doherty were responding after Sinn Féin Infrastructure Minister John O’Dowd announced that the Northern Executive has approved construction of the first stretch of the A5, which will now […]

Mixed reaction to new plan to tackle childcare crisis


A PLAN to help deliver childcare at a cost of €10 a day per child has been described as “hollow” unless full support is given to stem the exodus of childcare providers from the sector. Sinn Féin say 6,500 children in Donegal in childcare and minded by childminders will avail of childcare for €10 a day under […]

Plans for the general election gathers pace across the county


By Kate Heaney AS speculation continues as to when the government will call the next General Election, parties and independent candidates in Donegal are moving forward with candidate selection in anticipation of it happening before the end of this year. Sinn Féin sources say it looks like the party view at present is to run […]

Donegal children waiting over a year to see a councillor


DONEGAL deputy Pearse Doherty (SF) has said it is “unacceptable” that children in Donegal are waiting over a year to see a councillor. The TD has said that Sinn Féin’s Mental Health Action Plan would transform the delivery of mental health services in Donegal. Deputy Doherty was speaking after he launched Sinn Féin’s Mental Health Action plan in […]

Pringle predicts February general election


MOUNTING speculation regarding a pre-Christmas general election has been dismissed by Independent Donegal TD Thomas Pringle who instead believes people will go to the poll in February. Talk of a general election ramped up this week after Eamon Ryan announced on Tuesday that he was stepping down as leader of the Green Party and will […]