Category: Old Donegal

 

Donegal County Council has voted by 32 votes to one to remove Cllr Frank McBrearty from its monthly meeting in the Aura Leisure Centre in Letterkenny.

The only Cllr to record a no vote was Cllr Michael Cholm MacGiolla Easbuig ; Cllr McBrearty himself did not record a vote.

Once the recorded vote had been completed, Cathaoirleach Jack Murray adjourned the meeting for a fourth time. As he did so, Cllr McBrearty interjected from the floor, questioning the legality of the move and insisting he will not leave the meeting.

 

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St Pats top goalscorer in 2021 Matty Smith is the latest recruit at Derry City, joining the Brandywell club on a 2-year deal.

The 24-year old Scot began his career at his hometown club Dundee United before joining Waterford in 2020.

He moved to Inchicore at the start of last year and was top goalscorer for St Pats as they finished second in the league.

Ruaidhri Higgins was quick to make a move during the close season and was more than happy this morning to confirm that the Scot was on his way to the Brandywell.

“We are absolutely delighted to welcome Matty to the club” said the Manager.

“He will add to the exciting attacking options we already have here, and myself along with all the coaching staff are really excited to get working with him.”

Smith said he was coming to Derry looking to compete for trophies.

“The club has brought in some quality players recently and along with the lads who were already there, it’s now a really strong squad.’
“I am very impressed with what Ruaidhri is building here”

“…and I obviously worked with ‘Renny’ at Waterford and know how good a coach he is.”

‘I’ve been to the Brandywell before and even with few fans in you always knew you were in for a tough game. I’m really excited to be a part of this and am very much looking forward to playing in front of a packed house there.”

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Donegal County Council’s monthly meeting has been adjourned three times, the first time within five minutes of its opening.

As minutes from the November meeting were being discussed, Cllrs Gary Doherty and Nicholas Crossan asked what the situation was regarding claims made at that meeting of systematic corruption in Donegal County Council.

The claims had been made by Cllr Frank McBrearty.

Cllr Doherty asked if the claims had been substantiated, and if so, were they being fully investigated. That was echoed by Cllr Crossan.

Responding, Cathaoirleach Cllr Jack Murray said these were very serious allegations, at which point Cllr McBrearty rose to his feet asking ‘Are you a member if An Garda Siochana?’

When asked to sit down, Cllr McBrearty refused, pointing to a box of files on the table before him saying ‘Here’s your evidence’.

Cllr Murray then adjourned the meeting for ten minutes.

When the meeting resumed, Cllr Murray began to outline his discussions with Chief Executive John McLaughlin, at which point Cllr McBrearty rose again asking ‘Where’s your mandate to investigate anything?’.

The meeting then adjourned for a second time, with Cllr McBrearty continuing to interject from the floor.

Upon attempting to reconvene the meeting for a third time, disruption continued and the meeting of Donegal County Council has once again been adjourned.

It is hoped to get underway again shortly.

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The Vice President of the GRA says the use of drugs dogs in Donegal would greatly assist in cracking done on the circulation of drugs.

The benefits of using a drug dog was highlighted after €3.1m worth of cocaine was uncovered at Dublin Port over the weekend.

There are currently no drugs dogs available to Gardai in Donegal

GRA Vice President, Brendan O’Connor believes it would make the work of gardai more effective:

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The Agriculture Minister says legislation to appoint a food regulator will be introduced before the end of March.

Farmers have been calling for government to move quickly on the appointment, with many unhappy at how costs and profits are shared along the food supply chain.

Protests against the sale of low-cost chicken took place outside Lidl stores in Cavan and Monaghan last week and farmers are to meet with the retailer tomorrow to discuss it.

Minister Charlie McConalogue says a healthy relationship between processor, retailer and farmer is important:

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It’s proposed an immediate 10 year moratorium on further military exercises taking place in Irish waters be introduced.

It’s after Foreign Affairs Minister Simon Coveney confirmed over the weekend that Russia is moving its drills outside of Ireland’s Exclusive Economic Zone.

The Irish South and West Fishermen’s Producers Organisation and the Irish Fish Processors and Exporters Association are jointly calling on the Government to introduce the moratorium.

Former Donegal County Councillor, Brendan Byrne is CEO of the Irish Fish Processors and Exporters Association:

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The Minister for Housing. Local Government and Heritage is urging people in Donegal to share their experiences of defects relating to fire safety, structural safety and water ingress in purpose-built apartment and duplex buildings constructed in Donegal between 1991 and 2013.

It forms part of the work of the Independent Working Group to Examine Defects in Housing which was established by Minister Darragh O’Brien in February 2021.

Minister O’Brien says understanding the experiences of those directly affected by fire safety, structural safety and water ingress defects in apartment and duplex buildings constructed in Donegal between 1991 and 2013 will help in understanding the scale of the issue and the full extent of legacy problems so that they can be addressed.

The online survey portal is open to; homeowners, landlords, directors of Owners’ Management Companies and Property Management Agents regardless of whether defects in the properties are known, unknown or where no such defects have arisen.

The working group will use the information to inform its report to the Minister with particular regard to the nature and scale of the issue of fire safety, structural safety and water ingress defects, the difficulties that arise following the discovery of these defects and the costs and levies associated with the remediation of the defects.

The deadline for the surveys is Monday March 14th.

https://www.gov.ie/en/consultation/7e319-online-survey-in-relation-to-defects-in-apartment-and-duplex-buildings/

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There have been calls to extend the Castlefin to Carrigans greenway, in order to connect it with Derry city.

The Castlefin-Carrigans greenway was granted funding for construction in 2020, and local Cllr Paul Canning believes some of that funding should be used to extend the greenway to the border into Northern Ireland just outside Carrigans.

Cllr Canning says linking the greenway to an existing walkway at the border makes sense:

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There’s further calls for a hybrid Leaving Cert to be rolled out for students this year.

Councillor Micheàl Naughton is taking a motion to Council today requesting that the local authority engage with Minister Foley in support for a hybrid leaving cert for the class of 2022.

He believes a hybrid option needs to be put in place to ensure fairness as the pandemic continues to impact students through having to isolate or teacher absences due to Covid.

Councillor Naughton says there is a clear appetite for an alternative Leaving Cert:

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The commencement of long-awaited works to install speed ramps in Manorcunningham has been welcomed.

There’s been numerous calls for such traffic calming measures to be installed to curb the speed at which motorists travel through the village.

Councillor Donal Coyle says the ramps will ensure safety for all residents:

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