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Category Archives: County Council Issues
New Rural Broadband Scheme – Apply Now
The government has announced they are taking applications from now until the end of July 2011 from people interested in getting broadband in rural areas. This is important for a great many people in County Donegal we have several areas … Continue reading
HUNDREDS OF FAMILIES IN DONEGAL TO BE HIT AS MAINTENANCE GRANT SLASHED BY OVER 60 PER CENT
Thousands of families will be affected by the provision in yesterday’s budget to dramatically reduce the proportion of students qualifying for the ‘non-adjacent’ rate of student maintenance grant by changing qualifying criteria from 24km to 45km. Up until yesterday, … Continue reading
CDP needs to play its part in finishing ghost estates
Last week I was reported in the local newspapers as saying that the County Development Plan should be used for the benefit of local communities by sorting out the problem of ghost and unfinished estates. The review of the CDP is presently … Continue reading
Posted in County Council Issues, Letterkenny Town Council Issues, Local Community News
Tagged builders, county development plan, donegal, ghost estates, jimmy harte, labour
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Are You Registered to Vote ? Check Now
The new Electoral Register is due to be published next Monday, November 1st. The draft register can be checked during working hours at the local authority offices or county registrar and at public libraries, post offices and Garda stations. The … Continue reading
Upcoming cuts in local authority funding will hit already hard-pressed Donegal citizens
I spoke on Highland Radio today about upcoming budgetary cuts that will bring in drastic reductions in local authority services. In doing so, Ialso cautioned that hikes in water charges are on the cards. This followed revelations in weekend newspapers … Continue reading
Call for review of rates system to incentivise business start-ups
I’ve called for a review of the council rates system in order to prevent the ‘falling rates base’ in the local business community. There’s a need to introduce a scheme which offers discounted business rates to new business owners in order … Continue reading
New office
Here is a modest photo of my new campaign office which is situated on Castle Street in Letterkenny, just below St. Eunan’s Cathedral. Stay tuned for more details on opening times etc.
Posted in County Council Issues, Donegal Events, Letterkenny Town Council Issues, Local Community News
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Donegal Road Safety
The recent plans put forward by the Road Safety Authority is missing the point and will do little to alleviate the road carnage in Ireland Whilst the measures go a long way to combat reckless driving the research from countries … Continue reading
ZED Candy letting Oatfield workers down
The directors of ZED Candy should re consider the decision to transfer manufacturing operation of Oatfield sweets to the UK. The workers in Oatfield have been aware of the threat to their jobs for some time now. 30 redundancies … Continue reading
Posted in County Council Issues, Letterkenny Town Council Issues
Tagged Business and Economy, donegal, Emerald sweets, job losses Letterkenny, Letterkenny, Oatfield, Oatfield redundancies, Oatfield sweets, Zed Candy
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Savage Health Cuts..blame lies at Gov’s door
STATEMENT BY Cllr JIMMY HARTE Labour Party Friday,13th Aug SAVAGE CUTS IN HSE WEST REGION INTOLERABLE…BLAME LIES SQUARELY AT GOVERNMENT’S DOOR The savage cuts proposed for the HSE West (stretching from Donegal to Limerick) cannot be tolerated and must be … Continue reading
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