Top Story:  A commercial rates revaluation for the whole county will start next month, but it could take up to two years to complete and will not come into force until 2022, it was revealed this week.

Top Story: Parents of children with intellectual disabilities in Donegal desperately need respite services.

Plus the rest of the weeks local news and sport.

Top Story: The death of one of the most influential broadcasters in the State has evoked great sadness across the county and particularly in Dungloe where Gay Byrne and his family spent many summers.

Top Story: A TD whose car was set alight during a cowardly night-time attack at his home has vowed to continue working towards a better, more tolerant Ireland.

COUNCIL SERVICES UNDER
NATIONAL SCRUTINY

County councillors voted this
week to increase the Local
Property Tax (LPT) in Donegal
by 15%.

Almost half of all court
summonses for speeding
offences in Donegal were never
served and the cases were
struck out.

The Chief Executive of the
Killybegs Fishermen’s
Organisation has issued a
stark warning that failure to
achieve an orderly Brexit will
precipitate “chaos and
conflict at sea” with port
blockades across Europe
being a very real prospect.

A Bundoran councillor said
there was a very real danger
that someone would be burned
a live.

Top Story: Fears that the Sheil Hospital development would be sidelined due to the massive over-run in the National Children’s Hospital budget have been allayed.

Plus the rest of the weeks local news and sport.

As Donegal edges ever
closer to the no deal Brexit
threat from the British
government the Western
Development Commission
(WDC) has published new
analysis which reveals
that Donegal has over
44,000 people employed
across some 10,000
e n mte r p r i s e s .

Top Story: Community First Responders in Glencolmcille have missed callouts due to the absence of phone signals in some areas.

Top Story: Deputy Pat the Cope Gallagher has expressed concerns at the possible threat to the Donegal Garda Division of an amalgamation with another Garda Division.

Plus the rest of the weeks local news and sport.

Top Story: Electricity generation from wind power in Donegal is set to soar by 2030 with the county expected to be one of the major players with increased investment in green energy projects.

Plus the rest of the weeks local news and sport.

Donegal Town’s Caroline
Faulkner has been
appointed Senior Vice
President of Prudential
Financial in the USA.

As Brexit edges closer and Britain has Boris Johnson as its new colourful if controversial Prime Minister, Donegal will host an historic government Cabinet meeting, the first since the foundation of the State, later this week.

Top Story : The much-anticipated library and community hub for Donegal Town could soon get underway.

Top Story: Killybegs and the wider Donegal economy, could become one of the country's great national energy hubs with future gas or oil finds, it has been suggested.

Plus the rest of the weeks local news and sport.

Top Story: The government has agreed to the phased dis-establishment of fur farming in Ireland.

Plus the rest of the weeks local news and sport.

Donegal's dazzling decade of dynamism and sporting dominance in the Ulster GAA final, culminated in their tenth provincial senior football title last Sunday in Clones.

Plus the rest of the weeks local news and sport.

Top Story: The people of Kilcar have made an impassioned plea to An Post to give them a “fighting chance” to keep their post office.

Plus the rest of the weeks local news and sport.

Top Story: The growing trend of vaping among young people is setting alarm bells ringing amongst parents, policy makers and health care professionals.

Plus the rest of the weeks local news and sport.

Top Story: Planning permission has been approved for the Donegal Bay Maritime Centre at the pier in Donegal Town. 

Plus the rest of the weeks local news and sport.

Top Story: There will be nine new members on Donegal County Council when it convenes for the first time after the local elections.

Plus the rest of the weeks local news and sport.

Top Story: Donegal and the north west’s most popular seaside resort, Bundoran has lost its Blue flag status.

Plus the rest of the weeks local news and sport.

Top Story: There is huge sadness in Donegal Town at the death of popular businessman John Hanna

Plus the rest of the weeks local news and sport.

Top Story: Donegal Town chef and ‘Irish Food’ promoter, Zack Gallagher is cooking up a treat after been named at Number 3 in the Top 10 chef influencers online, alongside the likes of Jamie Oliver, Gordon Ramsey and Nigella Lawson!

Plus the rest of the weeks local news and sport.

Top Story: Earthquakes are few and far between in Donegal, or so one would think. Remarkably, the county has this week experienced its second earthquake in under a month.

Plus the rest of the weeks local news and sport.

The massive blaze that took
hold in the Loughanure, Annagary,
Kincasslagh and Belcruit
area on Monday caused

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