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# Donegal County Council

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# defective blocks
Donegal County Council meeting adjourned to address Mica redress protest outside
Senior members of the council went to hear the concerns and frustration of the crowd.
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Nov 28th 2022, 8:33 PM
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# Ballybofey
'A lack of regard for our community': Row erupts over social housing development in Donegal
Residents claim to have been misled about the consultation and appeals process, but councillors deny this is the case.
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Sep 20th 2020, 12:05 AM
# tourism and transport
Donegal is turning to virtual reality to bump its overseas visitor numbers
The county is one of the west’s least visited.
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May 2nd 2019, 3:04 PM
# Donegal
'Young people think they're indestructible': How can Donegal prevent more young road fatalities?
21 people under the age of 30 have been killed on Donegal’s roads this decade.
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Aug 25th 2018, 7:30 AM
# Unprecedented
It's going to take €15 million to fix Donegal's roads after last month's flooding
Donegal County Council released its estimates on the repair costs this afternoon.
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Sep 11th 2017, 5:18 PM
# Planning Permission
After a two-year wait, a probe into 'dodgy' Donegal planning is finally finished
But it’s not known when the report’s findings will be made public.
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Sep 10th 2017, 6:30 AM
# Donegal
Traveller family take action against council over refusal to offer them housing
The family of seven are living in a caravan without basic facilities such as running water.
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Aug 30th 2017, 4:55 PM
# inishowen peninsula
‘The devastation has been heart wrenching’: 47 families ‘displaced’ by Donegal flooding
Donegal County Council says some of the families won’t return to their homes “for some time”.
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Aug 29th 2017, 1:56 PM
# Donegal County Council
It has cost over €360,000 to investigate this senator's €2,000 expense claims
Sipo has ruled that Brian Ó Domhnaill contravened ethics legislation, something he has strongly denied.
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Jan 22nd 2017, 7:45 AM
# SIPO
It has cost €350,000 to investigate this senator's €2,000 expense claims
The disputed expense claims date back to 2006 and 2007, when Brian Ó Domhnaill was a member of Donegal County Council.
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Oct 22nd 2016, 6:10 AM
# Donegal County Council
It has cost almost €300k to investigate this senator's €2k expense claims
Legal and translation fees connected with the case have added up to a significant amount.
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Jul 13th 2016, 6:05 AM
# the road to donegal
A missed opportunity for Guinness and oysters that got lost in translation
The public hearing into the alleged duplication of expenses by a Fianna Fáil senator was finally held yesterday.
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May 10th 2016, 4:15 PM
# Donegal County Council
Fianna Fáil senator says he filed expense claims "as honestly as he could"
Brian Ó Domhnaill claimed expenses for attending events in different locations on the same days.
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May 9th 2016, 11:35 AM
# Donegal
Another council has voted in favour of abolishing water charges
Fine Gael’s whip on the Donegal County Council said that “people have given enough”.
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Nov 14th 2014, 6:04 PM
# Seanad-igans
Arts Minister defends decision to give Fine Gael's Seanad nominee a state board job
John McNulty was appointed to the board of the Irish Museum of Modern Art days before he was nominated for the vacant Seanad seat.
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Sep 23rd 2014, 6:40 PM
# bad planning
Call for inquiry into claims of Donegal planning improprieties
Following a meeting with whistleblower Gerard Convier, one Sinn Féin TD said he believes there are substantial grounds for an inquiry.
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Jul 9th 2014, 7:38 PM
# Final Countdown
In late twist, Donegal County Council passes budget by a single vote
A change of mind by one Independent Councillor and the inability of another to vote, meant the budget was passed after it seemed likely to fail.
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Jan 13th 2014, 9:07 PM
# Dissolution threat
Donegal councillors have to agree a budget next Monday - or they'll be removed
And Phil ‘Big Phil’ Hogan will be doing the removal…
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Jan 8th 2014, 3:24 PM
# Donegal
Donegal County Council on verge of collapse after failure to agree budget
The budget was defeated with 15 votes to 13.
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Jan 8th 2014, 7:02 AM
# Water
Donegal County Council need €7.8 million to fix Lifford water
Families in certain areas have their access to clean water interrupted up to once a month because of ongoing problems with local pipes.
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Jun 4th 2013, 7:15 AM
# ethics
Ethics watchdog to hold public hearing into FF senator's council expenses
SIPO has been investigating allegations over Brian Ó Domhnaill’s expenses while on Donegal County Council since last year.
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May 30th 2013, 8:51 PM
# Donegal
TD highlights problem of rusty water in Lifford
This picture speaks a thousand words, says local TD Pearse Doherty.
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May 16th 2013, 1:15 PM
# Fire
Council's €230k social housing property destroyed in fire
The house in Ballyshannon had recently been purchased by the county council, intended for use by a Traveller family.
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Feb 12th 2013, 8:31 AM
# bad planning
"Unbalanced, ambiguous and biased" - Donegal Council hits back at An Taisce
The report by An Taisce said Donegal was the worst county in Ireland for planning – but Donegal County Council says the report generalised too much.
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Apr 18th 2012, 10:27 AM
# An Taisce
An Taisce says it saved State from €752m in impaired loans
The National Heritage body said its successful appeals against unsustainable planning applications over the past decade have saved the State between €505 – €752 million.
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Apr 17th 2012, 6:30 AM
# No man's land
Confusion reigns over ‘ownership’ of Lough Foyle
Ministers say it is unclear whether the Republic of Ireland or the United Kingdom owns the seabed and waterline of Lough Foyle, situated on the Donegal-Derry border.
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Feb 27th 2012, 7:10 AM
# Fracking
Donegal and Sligo become latest local authorities to ban fracking
Donegal and Sligo join Clare, Leitrim and Roscommon in clamping down on the controversial practice to extract shale gas.
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Jan 17th 2012, 10:50 AM
# Race for the Cllrs
Norris and Dana's presidential hopes boosted as councils to meet next week
Both now appear likely to receive enough support from local authorities to ensure they get on the ballot paper when nominations close next Wednesday.
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Sep 23rd 2011, 7:23 PM
# The Daily Fix
The Daily Fix: Monday
In this evening’s Daily Fix: Hospitals move closer to crisis, “killing fields” trial opens in Cambodia, close encounters of a third kind in Wicklow, and the case of the thieving seagull…
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Jun 27th 2011, 8:04 PM
Evening Wrap
The 5 at 5 5 minutes, 5 stories, 5 o’clock
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Jun 27th 2011, 4:45 PM
LIVE
Fine Gael councillor could face expulsion over double claiming on expenses
Terence Slowey claimed he made the excess claims in error but he could now face expulsion from the party.
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Apr 14th 2011, 12:12 PM