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A range of initiatives to make Letterkenny a better place to work and live in – as well as attracting more tourism –were outlined this week.

Representatives from the Letterkenny Taxi Owners’ Association met with members of Letterkenny Town Council this week to try and resolve grievances that led to a mass protest by taxis in the town on Tuesday.

Letterkenny could be 400 years old next year – and this could be the basis for a year of celebrations and events that could really boost the town.

A war of words erupted this week with a furious Cllr. Frank McBrearty blasting Sen. Brian O’Domhnaill for trying to claim credit for representations and works done in connection with a Raphoe housing estate and the Finn Valley pool project.

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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.