Donegal County Council will be accepting Christmas Trees for recycling at the following 15 sites from January 5th until 20th. Trees are accepted free of charge.

Location
Site

Carndonagh
Civic Amenity Site

Buncrana
Buncrana UDC Offices

Moville
Council Chip Depot

Newtowncunningham
Courtyard Lifestyle Centre Ltd

Letterkenny
St Conal’s Hospital Carpark
Top of the Upper Car Park, accessible directly from the Kilmacrennan Road

Lifford
Council Machinery […]

Last night (Dec 18), Letterkenny Town Council passed our annual budget for 2008. The budget will include a commercial rates increase of 3%, approximately 2 points less than the current rate of inflation and 1% less than the rate sought by the County Manager and Town Clerk in the Draft Budget.

I have some difficulties with […]

The topic of Sex Education was raised today on Highland Radio, with the announcement that the regulations surrounding contraception in the UK may be changing to allow the supply of the pill “over the counter” in pharmacies.
The topic always draws out some very entrenched positions. On this occasion, Mary Doherty of the Christian Solidarity Party […]

 

 Shaun Doherty Show - 17 Dec 2007 - Sex Education [12:54m]: Play Now | Download

A few quick updates regarding the Leisure Centre.
Firstly, Letterkenny Town Council met with Aura Leisure on Monday night to discuss the ongoing operation of the Centre, and some of the issues that have arisen since the Centre opened in July. To date, there have been over 87,000 visits for the Leisure Facilities, and over 6,700 […]

Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform Brian Lenihan was in Letterkenny on Saturday, as part of the second Neil T Blaney Winter School. Following his speech, he held a meeting with the local Fianna Fail elected reps from Letterkenny and Milford.

I met with Brian Lenihan earlier last week, when I attended a meeting in […]

Now I feel old.
Charlene to become youngest councillor
Sinn Féin may soon have the youngest councillor in Ireland – if, as expected, the parties at Lisburn City Council agree to co-opt her into the chamber.
Charlene O’Hara has been nominated by the party to take up the Dunmurry Cross seat vacated by MLA Jennifer McCann.
A student teacher […]

A few quick updates:

This year’s Christmas Lights turn-on takes place slightly earlier than usual. The lights are being switched-on this Friday, Nov 23rd, at 6pm at the Market Square.
IrishElection.com and PoliticsInIreland.com have both been updated recently. They both look great, and continue to function as well as ever. IrishElection is a blog with a wide […]

Letterkenny rezoning approved for limited development
Letterkenny Town Council has approved the rezoning of a parcel of land in the Scribbley, Drumnahoagh and Leck areas of the town, but major retail developments will not be allowed.
As part of a plan for the area, developer Laurence Blake is expected to build a bridge over the Swilly and […]

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Congratulations to Boston College’s “Eagles” Soccer Team, who won The ACC Soccer championships at the weekend. They defeated Wake Forest 2-1 to take the Championship, and now go on to the NCAA Championship series, where they are ranked First in the entire USA.
Why do I mention this here? Firstly, I’m just back from […]

A few quick updates on a cold, wet November afternoon:

Fianna Fail have begun consulting on a strategy for organising in the North of Ireland. Submissions are requested through the Fianna Fail website, to be received before March 21st, 2008. I will be making a submission, as I have raised this issue a number of times […]