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  1. politicsPearse Doherty TD asked the Minister for Finance: Departmental AppointmentsDonegal
  2. politicsPearse Doherty TD spoke in the Dáil: Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' QuestionsDonegal
  3. planningPlanning conditional: (1) CHANGE OF USE OF THE EXISTING STORAGE AREAS AT GROUND AND FIRST FLOORS OF THE...Letterkenny
  4. planningPlanning conditional: COMPLETION OF WORKS TO WHICH PLANNING PERMISSION REF. NOS. 06/70031 & 11/70083...Lifford
  5. planningPlanning conditional: CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE WITH A SELF-CONTAINED ANNEX AND ASSOCIATED...Letterkenny
  6. planningPlanning conditional: (1) SINGLE STOREY REAR LINK EXTENSION TO MAIN DWELLING AND PARTIAL CONVERSION OF...Lifford
  7. planningPlanning conditional: ERECTION OF DWELLING HOUSE AND GARAGE AND INSTALLATION OF WASTEWATER TREATMENT...Letterkenny
  8. planningPlanning conditional: CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING WITH CONNECTION TO AN ON-SITE EFFLUENT TREATMENT...Lifford
  9. planningPlanning conditional: ALTERATIONS AND CONSTRUCTION OF EXTENSION TO DWELLING AND ASSOCIATED SITE WORKSLetterkenny
  10. communityDefective concrete block crisis: 3,000 applications, only 300 homes rebuiltDonegal
  11. crimeBurglary at Bunnamayne property: batteries and charger stolenDonegal
  12. trafficRoadworks Continue Across Sligo, Bundoran and DrumshanboBundoran

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27 Apr

Ex-army captain fails in bid to jump up council pay scale

A former Defence Forces captain has failed in a claim against Donegal County Council at the Workplace Relations Commission regarding his starting salary. Daniel McChrystal, who held the rank of captain, took...

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22 Apr

'Thrill seeker' who flipped car on M50 after garda chase jailed for two years

A 19-year-old man from Tallaght has been sentenced to two years in custody following two high-speed pursuits by gardaí within four months, including an incident in which his vehicle overturned on the M50....

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17 Apr

Refusal to comply with unpaid wages ruling was discriminatory, WRC rules

A County Donegal hair salon supplier has been ordered to pay €106,000 to a former salesman following a Workplace Relations Commission ruling that found age and disability discrimination. Damien O'Doherty, who...

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13 Apr

Native Irish speaker who bludgeoned grandfather to death committed to CMH

A 39-year-old man from Gweedore in County Donegal has been committed to the Central Mental Hospital in Portrane following a special verdict of not guilty by reason of insanity in connection with the death of...

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13 Apr

Donaldson murder accused to get book of evidence

A 49-year-old man charged with the murder of Denis Donaldson, the former senior Sinn Féin official and long-serving MI5 informant killed in County Donegal two decades ago, has been remanded in custody by the...

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Towns in Co. Donegal

Letterkenny

Planning conditional: (1) CHANGE OF USE OF THE EXISTING STORAGE AREAS AT GROUND AND FIRST FLOORS OF THE ARTIST STUDIO GR

148

Lifford

Planning conditional: COMPLETION OF WORKS TO WHICH PLANNING PERMISSION REF. NOS. 06/70031 & 11/70083 REFER CONSISTING OF

95

Buncrana

Planning conditional: ALTERATIONS TO PREVIOUSLY GRANTED PLANNING APPLICATION, REF. NO. 22/50526 TO INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING

22

Donegal Town

Donegal councillor urges DMD treatment for local child

19

Carndonagh

Planning conditional: (1) RETENTION AND COMPLETION OF PARTLY CONSTRUCTED AGRICULTURAL STORAGE SHED GRANTED UNDER PLANNIN

11

Ballybofey

Planning conditional: (1) RETENTION OF HARDCORE FILLING DEPOSITED AROUND EXISTING FARM SHED AND (2) CONSTRUCTION OF EXTE

8

Ballyshannon

Planning conditional: REVISIONS TO PREVIOUSLY APPROVED PLANNING REF. NO. 22/52048 CONSISTING OF THE OMISSION OF 1NO. DET

7

Mountcharles

CONSTRUCTION OF A 2-STOREY DETACHED BUILDING WITH PRIVATE GARAGE STORAGE AT GROUND LEVEL

6

Killybegs

Traffic works on Yor-263 and Yor-280 in Donegal today

6

Bundoran

Roadworks Continue Across Sligo, Bundoran and Drumshanbo

5

Ardara

CONSTRUCTION OF A DOMESTIC GARAGE AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

3

Dunfanaghy

ERECTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE, DOMESTIC GARAGE, WASTE WATER TREATMENT SYSTEM WITH

2

Glenties

Planning conditional: DEMOLITION OF EXISTING DEFECTIVE CONCRETE BLOCK DWELLING AND CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW REPLACEMENT DWE

1

Dungloe

Planning application 2660399

1

Raphoe

Planning application 2660404

1

Rathmullan

Planning refused: CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW DWELLING HOUSE, INSTALLATION OF A WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM AND A SURFACE WA

1

Falcarragh

Planning application 2660393

1

Convoy

Planning conditional: DEMOLITION OF EXISTING DWELLING DUE TO DEFECTIVE CONCRETE BLOCKWORK AND ERECTION OF A REPLACEMENT

1

Ramelton

Planning conditional: BITMAC/BLACK TOPPED DRIVEWAY FINISH IN LIEU OF AGGREGATE AS PER CONDITION NO. 9 OF PLANNING PERMIS

1

Milford

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Gweedore

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Castlefinn

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