Belfast Telegraph (Free subscription) | 29/11/2008
Teachers, parents and children are taking to the streets of Donegal today to voice their concerns over education cutbacks.
The Irish Times (Free subscription) | 01/12/2008
A TURNOUT of up to 80,000 for next Saturday's national protest in Dublin against education cuts was predicted by several speakers at a rally in Donegal town.
Views from the Emerald Isle (Free subscription) | 29/11/2008
Today over 8000 people took part in a protest march in Donegal town against the government's cuts in the education budget. The protesters included teachers, parents and members of boards of management from schools across the north-west of Ireland and came mainly from counties Sligo, Leitrim and Donegal. They outnumbered the 2500 inhabitants of Donegal town by more than 3:1, and...
FindInArticles.com Updates (Free subscription) | 29/11/2008
Donegal is certainly not going to be out done when it comes to Christmas events this year. With everything from Santa to Shane McGowan, there is something to please everyone!Santa Park at Bundoran's W
The Irish Times (Free subscription) | 27/11/2008
EIRGRID IS to lodge a planning application within two weeks for a new high-voltage power line in Co Donegal.
Politics.ie (Free subscription) | 26/11/2008
I have, at different times, enjoyed greatly Pat 'The Cope' Gallagher's autobiography, the life story of Vincent 'Mad Dog' Coll and Rotha Mór an tSaoil by Mici Mac Gabhann. Three books describing the very different lives of three men who all came from a small area in North West Donegal and presumably, at some stage, all in the area at the same time. My question is this, are there any other Gaoth...
The Irish Times (Free subscription) | 25/11/2008
THE DISPUTES Resolution Authority (DRA) has formed a three-man tribunal to look into the process involved in selecting a manager for the Donegal senior football team. A hearing is scheduled to take place tomorrow night in Monaghan.
Slugger O'Toole (Free subscription) | yesterday
A game many of us play is you're one of us when we spot a local link to the wider world. Usually it's that accent, which is sometimes a bit poshed up after years of exile. So we cheer on Christine Bleakley on Strictly Come Dancing and Eoghan Quigg on X Factor (don't we?). Not many cheers are raised though for the deposed leader of Haringey Council from Donegal and the departed head of children's...
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ireland.com (Free subscription) | yesterday
... were arrested during a Garda operation into the activities of dissident republicans in Co Donegal.Four BBC journalists investigating the Real IRA were also arrested by gardai investigating paramilitary activity at the time. They were later released without charge.This morning’s brief hearing was delayed for a short time as Mr O’Neill - who was the only man on bail - arrived at the city centre...
ireland.com (Free subscription) | yesterday
... quotes.The online home insurance cost comparisons feature nine profiles for homes in Clare, Donegal, Dublin, Kerry, Leitrim, Louth, Mayo and Wexford.They show that consumers can make significant savings on their home insurance premiums of almost €400, simply by shopping around.The cost comparisons, which can be viewed on itsyourmoney.ie, also show the excess and the additional features that...
Politics.ie (Free subscription) | yesterday
... instructed their supporters to vote Nationalist in Armagh South, Down South, Tyrone North-East and Donegal East. The pact broke down in Down East where a Unionist won by splitting the difference. Across the nine Ulster counties, there were 38 seats up for grabs. This includes the only uncontested seats which were in Cavan East and Cavan West (which went to SF), as well as the one for Queen's...
The Irish Times (Free subscription) | yesterday
... HSE, four regional fora were created and the HSE West area covers nine counties stretching from Donegal to Limerick.The chairman of the forum, Galway councillor Tomas Mannion (FF), said: "One of the difficulties is that the forum is covering too big an area."At each forum, members are entitled to place written questions and table motions and last Tuesday, 43 questions were placed by 15 of...
tugster: a waterblog (Free subscription) | yesterday
... Coral Queen . Spot it below pulling past an annoyingly slow (in the KVK) container vessel, Maersk Donegal, and preparing to streak past like a high-performance Stutz Bearcat circa 1920 like Coral Queen , and still awork after four score and eight years!! Coral Queen has shed several other identities since it came off the ways at Bethlehem SB, Corp. in Elizabethport, NJ in 1920 as Buffalo...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | yesterday
... in the borough for 33 years. He first won a seat in 1971, eight years after he arrived from County Donegal in the Republic of Ireland. He has taken a detailed interest in children's services and, as well as acting as a governor at several schools in Haringey, he was elected as executive member for children and young people in May 2004."I became a councillor because I believe in quality public...
