Donegal Co Council has confirmed plans to shed 71 frontline jobs as part of a cost-cutting move.

A documentary is being screened in Dublin to mark the exact date of the Flight of the Earls from Ulster in 1607.

The family of murdered Donegal Sinn Féin councillor Eddie Fullerton will raise demands for a public inquiry today at a long-awaited meeting with the Taoiseach.

A Donegal politician hopes to continue a 36-year unbroken family tradition of serving local constituents in the Dáil.

Fine Gael must aim to win back a traditional Co Donegal Dáil seat that it held for over a third of a century if it wants to enter the next government, it was claimed tonight.

ONLY 172 Traveller accommodation places will be built next year — around half the number provided last year. Just 15 local authorities will provide some sort of Traveller accommodation in 2003, while some of the largest county councils will build nothing at all.