A Councillor has raised questions over the future of the Balor Theatre in Ballybofey, if funding promised is not forth coming.

The theatre was chosen as one of 5 projects to share 150 thousand euro of funding under the Strategic Development Fund.

However when Stranorlar Electoral Area councillors met to discuss the funding with council management they were told that it was now not guaranteed.

Councillor Patrick McGowan says theatre management have budgeted with the money in mind and if it is not there, the future of the theatre could be in doubt……….

Despite officially having the worst damaged roads from the extreme cold weather at the start of the year, the Stranorlar Electoral Area is to receive the smallest share of additional roads funding.

Donegal has been awarded 4.2 million euro of government funding for roads – in the past this money was allocated to each electoral area based on the amount of roads it has, this worked favourably for Inishowen.

However it was proposed that this time, the money would be allocated to the areas worst damaged by the cold snap – Inishowen councillors reacted with fury to learn they would lose 165 thousand euro of funding while Stranorlar would gain 227 thousand.

Following an ill tempered row, the matter was put to a vote which fell in the favour of Inishowen. This proved to be a costly gamble for Stranorlar Councillors who rejected a compromise deal from their Inishowen colleagues which would see their area gain an extra 60 thousand euro.

Councillor Gerry Crawford says the outcome is a major disappointment:

Letterkenny General Hospital has cancelled a number of Out Patient appointments today, after a busy night in A&E has left several patients being treated on trollies overnight.

Dr Constantine’s ENT clinic has been cancelled, but the medical clinics run by Dr Ibrahim and Dr Keating are now operating as scheduled.

People are also being asked not to attend A&E today unless absolutely necessary.

A Donegal mother has renewed an appeal for her son, who’s been missing for 6 months.

Carrigans man Garvan Milligan had been living at his sister’s house outside Navan. 35-year-old Mr Milligan was last seen alive on November 16.

Mr Milligan had been living at Demailstown, Wilkinstown, Navan.

When last seen, he was wearing a wine and grey shirt and driving a green Suzuki Baleno car, registration 98 D 17890. He is 6ft tall with heavy build and greying hair.

Speaking on todays Shaun Doherty show, Garvans mother, Maureen Milligan, says Gardai have no leads whatsoever……..

The search for a County Donegal man who has been missing since escaping from PSNI custody has entered its second week.

22-year-old David Colhoun, from Lifford was arrested in Strabane on 22 May for minor offences.

A search involving police on both sides of the border and Foyle Search and Rescue has concentrated on the River Mourne near Lifford Bridge.

David Colhoun’s family have said they believe he has drowned in the river.

Irish athletics team manager Patsy mc Gonagle has included 4 north west athletes in the team for the European cup meeting in Izmir. Turkey  will host the event on June 18th and 19th. Jason smyth of City of Derry will run the 100m, Mary mc Loone of Tirconaill ac will compete in triple jump, Finn Valley’s national record holder Tori Pena will compete in the pole vault and Darren Mc Brearty Letterkenny is to run the 800m.

Letterkenny’s Philip Deignan finished the Giro d’Italia with a strong performance in the closing time trial in Milan on Sunday where he was placed 23rd behind stage winner David Millar . Deignan who rides with Lance Armstrong’s Team Radioshack clocked a time of 31:49 over 26 kilometres. In General Classification the 26 year old  Donegal man finished in 47^th place, 1:42:02 behind race winner Alberto Contador.

Today’s Donegal County Council meeting descended into chaos when electoral areas were pitched against each other over additional road allocations.

Inishowen councillors are furious that money which they believe they are entitled to will end up in Stranorlar.

4.2 million euro was announced by government to carry out additional work on roads – In the past this money was allocated using a mileage system, with the electoral area with the most roads getting the most money.

This worked out favorably for Inishowen. However, a proposal has been made which would see roads worst damaged by frost to get most money.

Off the back of an engineers report it’s proposed that Stranorlar would get 850 thousand, against 567 thousand under the old system. Under the proposals Inishowen would get 920 thousand, 170 thousand less than under the ols system.

Inishowen councillors say they won’t accept this, leading to heating exchanges in the chamber. The meeting was adjourned for lunch to allow the mayor, Cllr Cora Harvey, decide how to deal with the situation.

Illies Golden Gloves fighter William Mc Laughlin booked his place on the Irish team for next months Elite European Championships in Turkey on Saturday. The Inishowen fighter over came John Joe Joyce 9-8  in the welterweight box off at the National Stadium in Dublin. Major international championships are not strange ground to McLaughlin as he previous competed at the Europeans in Liverpool in 2008 and last years Worlds in Italy. Speaking with Myles Gallagher on Sunday Sport William is looking forward to his trip to  Turkey.

Cllr Michael Mc Bride has become the newest member of Donegal County Council. The Labour representitive replaces Jimmy Harte, who had to forego his council seat when he was elected to the Seanad last month.

In an emotional speech, he thanked Senator Harte for the opportunity and the trust he showed in him, and also thanked his family who were present in the chamber.

Cllr Mc Bride and Senator Harte have both been speaking to Greg Hughes at County House in Lifford……..