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PLANNING permission has been granted for the construction of 14 new houses in the Beeches estate in Boherbue.

Progress is being made by Donegal County Council to take charge of a number of estates in the Lifford Stranorlar Municipal District. While discussions are ongoing to take in charge of the Beeches Estate in Stranorlar, the council has in the interim, agreed to carry out some works through the use of bonds money to resurface the entrance road of the estate. Negotiations are also continuing with the bonds insurer to release funds so a number of issues can be addressed in the Lawnsdale estate. Councillor Patrick McGowan says it is a lengthy process but progress is being made:

A North Cork county councillor has slammed Irish Water for their ongoing failure to address problems at local waste water treatment plants that has resulted in raw sewage being discharged into the River Blackwater. In its annual Urban Wastewater Treatment Report published last month the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) prioritised more than a dozen towns and villages across the county, many of them in North Cork, where Irish Water must improve treatment facilities to protect the freshwater pearl mussel. In one particular instance Cllr O'Shea said that raw sewage from the 'eco-friendly' ...