Over €100,000 in vouchers sold for Donegal Town businesses
The Donegal Town Business Focus Group are hoping to expand their shop local voucher scheme after a successful Christmas. The initiative was launched last year and is designed to maximise local spend and ensure jobs…
Local councillor wants a better welcome for visitors on Sligo roads
A local councillor wants to see more work take place to make the roundabouts along the Collooney bypass more welcoming to motorists coming into Sligo. Sinn Fein’s Thomas Healy raised the issue at this month’s…
Consultant: A long-term plan is key to solving the ongoing overcrowding crisis
A North West Consultant says a long-term vision is the only way to solve the crisis in our hospitals. Speaking on Ocean FM today, Dr. Fergal Hickey, consultant in emergency medicine at Sligo University hospital…
Donegal TD calls for swift implementation of insurance recommendations
A Donegal TD has called for swift implementation of some recommendations in the report on the cost of motor insurance. Fianna Fail deputy Pat ‘The Cope’ Gallagher welcomed the report but says he has fears…
Donegal dumping proposal ‘has the potential to destroy local communities’
A proposal to dumped dredged silt in Donegal Bay ‘has the potential to destroy local communities’. The quote is in a submission by the Killybegs Community Council to the EPA today against plans by the…
Nurses give health officials a week to avert all out strikes at hospitals
Nurses have given health officials a week to come up with a plan to avert an all out strike in our hospitals. Their union the INMO met with the HSE and government last night, but…
Revenue: ‘No major increase in border controls post-Brexit’
Random checks, cameras and electronics could all be part of Ireland’s future border defences post-Brexit. Irish officials have visited border checkpoints in Austria, Norway and Sweden to investigate how best to maintain security, while allowing…