News Archives for December, 2009
23 December, 2009
To whom it may concern. Below is a joint press statement from the four Sinn Féin councillors on DCC setting out our initial formal response to the Donegal County Council budget meeting farce Read full article
22 December, 2009
"This is an important breakthrough for the people of Carndonagh"- Pádraig Mac Lochlainn Read full article
15 December, 2009
Speaking as the Seanad debate the cuts to Social Welfare payments today Sinn Féin Senator Pearse Doherty has called on fellow Donegal Senators Brian Ó Domhnaill and Cecilia Keaveney to oppose the bill. Read full article
15 December, 2009
Cllr Cora Harvey successfully got a motion passed in Donegal County Council for an economic plan to be devised for the Stranorlar Electoral Area in conjunction with interested parties and the state agencies. Read full article
15 December, 2009
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14 December, 2009
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10 December, 2009
Letterkenny Sinn Fein Councillor Gerry Mc Monagle has hit out at the cuts in allowances to those availing of FAS training schemes, Jobs Initiatives and CE Schemes in the recent budget. Read full article
10 December, 2009
Sinn Féin Minister Addresses Regional Assembly
Marie Therese Gallagher states that All-Ireland Economy "the only way forward"
Donegal County Councillor Marie Therese Gallagher has welcomed as "extremely positive" the engagement between the members of the Border, Midlands and Western Regional Assembly (of which he is one) and Gerry Kelly who is a Sinn Féin Junior Minister in the Six County Assembly. Read full article
10 December, 2009
"A devastating blow to Donegal families, destructive to the local economy and a disgraceful budget from a Government desperate to protect high earners" Read full article
10 December, 2009
"Tánaiste Mary Coughlan should hang her head in shame for standing over this Budget and it's absence of actual and long-term job creation measures" Read full article
9 December, 2009
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9 December, 2009
Speaking in advance of a debate secured with the Minister for Education this evening on the issue of student grants, Sinn Féin Senator Pearse Doherty has described the actions of Letterkenny Institute of Technology in threatening to withdraw services from students who have not yet received confirmation of their grant as "the final straw in the chaos that has been this year's grant application process". Read full article
9 December, 2009
Speaking from Leinster House this evening Sinn Féin Senator Pearse Doherty has said the attitude of the government towards young people is "utterly disgraceful and will lead to a generation of emigration". Read full article
8 December, 2009
Letterkenny Sinn Fein Councillor Gerry Mc Monagle is calling on the Government not to cut funding to Mental Health Services in the up and coming budget. Read full article
6 December, 2009
"The website www.inishowenheritage.ie is a fantastic resource"- Cllr Pádraig Mac Lochlainn Read full article
4 December, 2009
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4 December, 2009
Sinn Féin councillor Marie Therese Gallagher has urged her constituents facing financial difficulty this Christmas to not fall prey to moneylenders or loan sharks. She said that in many cases the extortionate interest rates charged by legal moneylenders make them as bad as illegal loan sharks. Read full article
2 December, 2009
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1 December, 2009
The chair of the Glenties Electoral area Cllr Marie Therese Gallagher is calling on the council to review the process in which council rents are calculated, taking into consideration the changing income circumstances in Donegal Read full article
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