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Three people confirmed dead as searching continues at petrol station blast site

...knit community that are still clinging on to hope, but they know that it’s going to be a difficult time ahead.” Fellow TD PEARSE DOHERTY said that people were still trapped in the building on Friday evening as the emergency services worked to remove the rubble...

07 Oct 2022 at 23:51

Local News

Creeslough numbed as three people confirmed dead after explosion

...others, a weekend away for some - Creeslough has all kinds of passers-by as well as its own closely-knit residents. Deputy PEARSE DOHERTY also visited the shellshocked town and described ‘an eerie silence’ as loved ones of some of the unaccounted waited for news...

07 Oct 2022 at 23:33

National News

Search efforts continue at petrol station blast site as three deaths confirmed

...of families here and their friends and loved ones, there is a very difficult waiting period now,” he continued. Fellow TD PEARSE DOHERTY said that people were still trapped in the building on Friday evening as the emergency services worked to remove the rubble...

08 Oct 2022 at 09:21

Northern Ireland

Death toll from petrol station blast expected to rise beyond seven

...October 7, 2022 The Garda has not provided any information on the suspected cause of the explosion. Donegal TD PEARSE DOHERTY, who was at the scene on Saturday morning, said there were a number of people missing. He told the PA news agency: “The...

08 Oct 2022 at 12:48

Other Sport

Donegal Harvest Rally postponed after Creeslough explosion

... People are still trapped inside a building in Creeslough following a major explosion this afternoon, according to Deputy PEARSE DOHERTY. He told RTÉ Six-One: It’s very sombre. There are silent prayers being said as there’s people still trapped in the building....

07 Oct 2022 at 21:05

Local News

Sinn Féin announce motion to scrap government’s flawed concrete block levy plan

...is to table a motion to scrap government’s concrete block levy plan. Donegal's two Sinn Féin TDs Pádraig Mac Lochlainn and PEARSE DOHERTY have urged all TDs to back the party’s motion this Tuesday night in the Dáil. Deputy Mac Lochlainn said: “Sinn Féin will...

03 Oct 2022 at 11:21

National News

BUDGET 2023: Windfall tax or surplus ‘will fund further inflation measures if required’

...Main opposition party Sinn Fein criticised the budget as falling short of what was required, with its finance spokesperson PEARSE DOHERTY arguing that more should have been done to help the squeezed middle and those earning 35,000 euro or less. He said: “It is...

28 Sept 2022 at 13:10

National News

Sinn Fein proposes 1.6bn euro spend to freeze energy prices over winter

...higher than the Government’s plans to spend about 6.7 billion euro on Budget measures. Sinn Fein finance spokesman PEARSE DOHERTY said capping electricity prices at 2021 levels needed to be introduced to ensure customers knew exactly what costs they...

23 Sept 2022 at 16:26

Home

Funding has been approved to extend respite services at Seaview House, Mountcharles

...approved for one year. This will extend respite care from a five-night service to a seven-night service. Donegal TD, Deputy PEARSE DOHERTY has welcomed the confirmation saying the much-needed extension of respite services at Seaview House Mountcharles from five...

25 Sept 2022 at 13:00

Local News

Children with special needs ‘left in limbo’ over assessment delays, TD warns

Children with special needs have been failed by the State, the Dail has heard. Sinn Fein TD PEARSE DOHERTY said youngsters have been “left in limbo” by long delays in being assessed. He said there are 17,000 children waiting on initial contact with a children’s...

29 Sept 2022 at 15:15

National News

Scoffs at speeches and beaming ministers as Budget officially revealed

...the opposition benches, with Sinn Fein housing spokesperson Eoin O Broin leaning over to confer with finance spokesperson PEARSE DOHERTY. With excises on alcohol par for the course in past budgets, there were smiles as a 50% excise relief for small, independent...

27 Sept 2022 at 17:58

National News

'Budget package does not understand the scale of cost-of-living crises' – Sinn Fein

...has pushed people in Ireland’s squeezed middle to the bottom of the pile, Sinn Fein has said. The party’s finance spokesman PEARSE DOHERTY said the spending package demonstrated that the coalition did not understand the scale of the cost-of-living crisis people...

27 Sept 2022 at 17:04

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