Anger in Ballyshannon over application for Phone Tower
Residents of Ballyshannon are expressing their shock and dissatisfaction this morning with an application by EIR seeking planning permission to construct and 18-meter high tower in the town. Residents of the Donegal Town were alerted to the development yesterday when a Planning Application Notice was posted on a…
Strong criticism of public toilet protest in Ballyshannon
There was strong criticism at a meeting of councillors from Donegal Municipal District yesterday of whoever placed a toilet bowl outside the closed public toilet building in Ballyshannon. The toilet was placed there earlier this week apparently in protest over the continued closure of the public toilets because they are…
Refurbishment of Ballyshannon public toilets not like before summer tourism season
Major refurbishment of the closed public toilets in Ballyshannon is unlikely to take place in time for this year’s tourism season. As a protest over the closure of the toilets, a sign has now been placed outside the building. Local councillor Barry O’ Neill says protests over the issue have…
Calls for speed limit reduction in Laghey
A Ballyshannon cllr has made an appeal to Donegal County Council to reduce the speed on the main N3 that intersects the village of Laghey in South Donegal. Speaking at yesterday’s Donegal Municipal District meeting Fine Gael Cllr Barry O’Neill said that it’s past time for this to happen and…
Donegal land CPO 33 years ago; family trying for over a decade to get it back
A meeting of councillors from Donegal Municipal District has heard how a family whose land was compulsorily acquired by the county council 33 years ago have been waiting more than a decade to get it back. Twelve years ago, the council said it had no use for the land and…
Ballyshannon parking charges abolished
Parking charges in Ballyshannon have finally been abolished. The decision, taken by councillors at a Donegal Municipal District meeting yesterday, brings to an end years of campaigning to get rid of the charges. Over the years, it transpired that it cost more to collect the charges than they brought in.…
Work on Donegal water mains pipes to be finished by end of this year
Twelve million euro worth of work in replacing about 40 kilometres of old water mains pipes across County Donegal is expected to be finished by the end of this year. The work is taking place at 13 locations. The works started last September, with the contract having been awarded to…