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Funding has been announced for an extension of Finn Valley College. Under the Additional Accommodation Scheme 2021, 8 additional classrooms, including two SET rooms are to be developed at the site. Councillor Patrick McGowan has welcomed the news. He says it's testament to the work of the staff at the college:
As the weather warms up and snow and ice start to melt, those massive icicles on homes and businesses can be dangerous.
Commissioner Austin Cullen has not heard any explicit admission or allegation of corruption from officials who have testified. However, Cullen has heard testimony that shows regulatory failures and ineffective policy and law enforcement, as a result of alleged wilful ignorance, miscommunication and slow-moving bureaucratic responses. Cullen is expected to draw his own conclusions and determine facts in his final report sometime this year. His mandate is to determine “the extent, growth, evolution and methods of money laundering” in six sectors of the economy, including gambling. Cullen...
Dealing with the snow is proving to be very tricky for homeowners.
There's been yet another discovery of deceased animals dumped in East Donegal. Two sheep have been found by a local landowner discarded in the Meenreagh area of Killygordon, close to the border. Local farmers and landowners are said to be enraged by the latest discovery as it comes following the dumping of seven dead sheep and an array of veterinary products in December and a deceased calf a number of weeks ago. Local Councillor Patrick McGowan says he has been liaising with Donegal County Council and the Department of Agriculture in relation to the incidents. He says a thorough investigation...