http://www.highlandradio.com/news.php?articleid=000001656
Fianna Fail Deputy Niall Blaney says that Fine Gael Deputy Joe Mc Hugh is undermining Donegal by blaming the government for the job losses.
He says while regrettable, the job losses are due to global economic pressures and fluctuations in the currency market, and Deputy Mc Hugh's efforts to use them to score political points are distasteful.
However, Deputy Mc Hugh says despite the publication of a major interdepartmental report, the government is doing nothing to promote employment in Donegal.
To be honest I'd say they're both right!
Man from Stranorlar writes the the Health Dept about the plight of sufferers of cystic fibrosis after his sister dies at the age of 28:
http://www.oceanfm.ie/onair/donegalnews.php?articleid=000002429
Brendan McLaughlin ... has been campaigning for a state-of-the-art specialised unit for a number of years but was prompted to write to Mary Harney after thirty young adults who had cystic fibrosis lost their lives in Ireland last year.
Brendan's 28-year-old sister Martina was among that number.
Man from Strabane shot and killed, body found in churchyard near Castlefinn by youth club!
http://www.rte.ie/news/2008/0213/donegal.html
http://sinnfein.ie/news/detail/24407
Local people attending an event in the youth club in Doneyloop found Mr Burns on the road near the local church at around 7.30pm last night.
Unsuccessful efforts were made to resuscitate him.
http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/breaking-news/ireland/article3426798.ece
http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/breaking-news/ireland/article3427247.ece
http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/breaking-news/ireland/article3427318.ece
Donegal group campaigning about the exploratory oil drilling off the Donegal coast:
http://www.highlandradio.com/news.php?articleid=000001662
MAOR, which claims to be fighting for Donegal's Natural Resources, has learned that exploratory drilling by Oil Company Shell is to begin off the coast of Donegal next month.
While Statoil are to begin exploratory searches off Killybegs in April.
The group is concerned that if significant amounts of oil are found it will be brought ashore in Donegal creating a “Rossport type” situation. Spokesperson from the group Amanda Slevin says Donegal will miss out financially too.
They're proabably right about the financial bit, if they find Oil we'll get some needed jobs out of it, but most of the profits will end up in Dublin or out of the country.
And if your a good chef, I'm guessing the job Ad is for Lough Eske Hotel:
http://www.myjob.ie/joblist.php?detail=11231
And a great pic of Red Hugh down by the quay from Pitmatic on Flickr:
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