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An expert committee established in 2016 by the then Minister of Housing and Urban Renewal investigated the causes in both County Donegal and County Mayo, and concluded that the principal cause of the damage was due to the use of defective concrete blocks. [1] Within county Donegal this was originally termed the Mica scandal in 2011, which is ...
100% Redress (Irish: Cúiteamh 100%) [2] [3] is an Irish political party registered on 15 September 2023. [4] The group was formed in County Donegal after mica action groups, including the Donegal Mica Action Group, [5] proposed to set up a political party to represent homeowners impacted by the Irish defective block crisis. [6]
Donegal County Council (Irish: Comhairle Contae Dhún na nGall) is the authority responsible for local government in County Donegal, Ireland. As a county council, it is governed by the Local Government Act 2001. The council is responsible for housing and community, roads and transportation, urban planning and development, amenity and culture ...
Fianna Fáil is the joint largest party in the Dáil, has the joint largest delegation of MEPs from Ireland, and has the largest number of city and county council seats. It has been in government more than any other party: 1932–1948, 1951–1954, 1957–1973, 1977–1981, 1982, 1987–1994, and 1997–2011, and since 2020.
Joe McHugh (born 16 July 1971) is an Irish former politician from Carrigart, County Donegal.A Teachta Dála (TD) for the Donegal North-East constituency from 2007 to 2016 and the Donegal constituency from 2016 to 2024, he served as Minister of State from 2014 to 2018, including as Government Chief Whip from 2017 to 2018.
McGlinchey stood for election to Dáil Éireann in the constituencies of Donegal North-East (1973, 1981, November 1982) and Donegal , but was unsuccessful each time. [7] He was a member of Donegal County Council for the Letterkenny area until 2004. [7]
McMonagle first stood as a candidate for Sinn Féin at the 1999 Donegal County Council election. [5] Though not elected, he did secure his deposit - which was lost by Fine Gael candidate Paddy Gildea. [6] At the 2004 Letterkenny Town Council election, with nine seats available, McMonagle finished in seventh place - his first electoral success ...
Having earlier been Mayor of County Donegal, McGarvey became Mayor of Letterkenny in June 2018 - he succeeded either Gerry McMonagle of Sinn Féin [5] or Jimmy Kavanagh of Fine Gael [8] in that role. McGarvey was at this time approaching his 88th birthday and broke his own mayoral record set five years earlier.