Animal owners alert for low flying aircraft over North West
A geological mapping project collecting geophysical and geochemical data over counties Mayo and Donegal is set to take place in early March. The project involves low flying aircraft equipped with state of the art geophysical technology and will be based at Sligo airport. The project is expected to take a…
Confirmed government contingency Brexit plans would include full customs border
The Finance minister has confirmed that locations in Donegal, Leitrim and Cavan are being looked at for customs checkpoints in the case of a return to a hard border once Britain leaves the EU. Details of a contingency plan being put together by revenue commission officials were printed in the…
Candlelit vigil takes place outside North West hospitals this evening
Sligo, Donegal and Mayo will be among a number of locations throughout the country where candlelit vigils will take place outside hospitals this evening. It’s in protest over what organisers say is the loss of innocent lives due to cutbacks and to signal support to those on waiting lists who…
Fianna Fail TD wants appeal process for schools refused DEIS status
Donegal TD Pat ‘The Cope’ Gallagher has hit out at the lack of an appeals process for schools who were not included in the recent DEIS designations. Earlier this week 27 schools in Donegal, Leitrim and Sligo were added to the DEIS designated list. Fine Gael TD Joe McHugh has…
IBEC North West calls for equal sharing of economic growth
IBEC North West is calling for a speeding up of the National Planning Framework to deal with what it describes as the growing infrastructure imbalances in the region. IBEC, which represents business, has called for economic growth to be shared equally across the country in the new 2017 Local Economic…
ESB defends decision to erect fence near Ballyshannon power station
The ESB has been defending its decision to put up a fence along the river Erne in Ballyshannon saying it was built in the interests of public safety. It has been in place for a number of months now but has been the source of some controversy in the town.…
Wild Atlantic Way has major potential for Donegal
With Brexit approaching, the chief executive of Donegal County Council says the Wild Atlantic Way is one area of major potential for the county. Seamus Nelly points out that a recent study found that only 20% of traffic on the Wild Atlantic Way comes north of Galway while only 15%…