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Some councillors ignore yellow lines

Some councillors ignore yellow lines

A number of councillors are consistently parking illegally when they attend meetings of Donegal Co. Council in Lifford.

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Google doodle winner

Google doodle winner

A Milford student has been crowned Google’s second Irish Doodle 4 Google competition winner after seeing off competition from around the country in a public vote.

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Golden Eagle poisoned

Golden Eagle poisoned

A 10-MONTH-OLD male Golden Eagle chick that was born and reared in a Donegal eyrie has been found poisoned on the Sligo/Leitrim border at Truskmore Mountain.

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Cut-backs for major projects

Cut-backs for major projects

DONEGAL Co. Council is set to slash expenditure on major road, housing, water and sewage treatment programmes in the next few years.

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Rockall bid – to erect Queen’s plaque

Rockall bid – to erect Queen’s plaque

A Yorkshire adventurer is planning to land on the disputed rock of Rockall off the Donegal coast in June – to plant a plaque on behalf of the British Queen and in doing so to re-establish the UK’s symbolic claim over the uninhabited landmark.

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Belarussian orphanage appeal

Belarussian orphanage appeal

DONEGAL volunteers for The Belarussian Orphanage Programme have appealed for local people to help them with an ambitious new project and they will be holding an information evening in the Ramada Hotel, Letterkenny, on March 1st.

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Railway feasibility study moves

Railway feasibility study moves

A motion from Donegal TD Joe McHugh calling for a feasibility study into the development of rail networks in the north-west of Ireland received the backing of eight major political parties at this week’s meeting of the British-Irish Parliamentary Assembly in Cavan.

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Visitor numbers up at Glenveagh

Visitor numbers up at Glenveagh

The number of people visiting Glenveagh National Park has reached record levels – and now there are plans for a further upgrading of facilities.

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Patients heading North

Patients heading North

The National Treatment Purchase Fund (NTPF) has claimed that the 31% increase in the number of patients being treated in Northern Ireland in 2009 was due to a backlog at Letterkenny General Hospital.

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Donkey SOS call

Donkey SOS call

The sheer neglect and cruelty of donkeys in Donegal has prompted a local couple to set up a sanctuary.

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