Fine Gael to select candidates in South Donegal for local elections
The Fine Gael party in south Donegal will choose its candidates this evening to run in next May’s county council election. It’s understood four nominees will go forward in the Donegal Municipal District. They are Cllr Barry O’ Neill, Ballyshannon; John Boyle, Bruckless; Bernard McGlinchey, Donegal Town; and Joseph Harley,…
Fianna Fail selects its three local election candidates in south Donegal
Fianna Fail has selected its local election candidates to run in the south Donegal area. Those chosen at a selection convention last night were sitting councillor Micheal Naughton from Laghey, Roger Meehan from Dunkineely and Philip McGlynn, a former Bundoran Town councillor. A minutes silence was observed in memory of…
VIDEO: Ocean FM with exclusive Sligo-Leitrim Tallies
Ocean FM will have exclusive and immediate access to the tally figures as they are counted at the Sligo-Leitrim Referendum Count tomorrow morning from 9.30am.The count takes place at the Clayton Hotel in Sligo. Yet again, this innovative link-up with IT Sligo’s Department of Computing and Creative Practice will ensure…
McLoughlin: New bus service expected to link north Sligo and south Donegal
A new rural bus service is expected to be launched linking north Sligo with south Donegal, according to Sligo/Leitrim Fine Gael Deputy Tony McLoughlin. Due to start in May, it will operate from Sligo via Rathcormac, Drumcliffe, Carney, Lissadell, Maugherow, Ballinfull, Streedagh, Grange, Cliffoney, Mullaghmore, Tullaghan Village, and onto Bundoran,…
Action needed on new fire stations for south Donegal
People in south Donegal can wait no longer for new fire stations. Almost twenty years ago Donegal County Council embarked on a programme of building twelve new fire stations. Nine out of the twelve were built, but Ballyshannon, Bundoran and Glencolmcille were left without. Cllr Barry O’Neill says these stations…
In South Donegal, people living in fear of flooding
Many people in South Donegal are living in fear that their homes could be hit by flooding. Donegal Town, Killybegs and Pettigo has been hit by flooding in the last two years. And Sinn Fein Cllr Noel Jordan says they were told two years ago that the Department would make…
Sligo’s Hawk’s Well Theatre gets half million euro in funding
Sligo’s main arts theatre has been awarded a funding boost of over half a million euro. The Hawk’s Well Theatre in Sligo is getting €550,000 as part of the Creative Ireland programme, with funding provided under her Department’s Arts and Culture Capital Scheme. South Donegal’s main arts centre will be…