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The Boil Water Notice for the Buncrana (Slavery) Public Water Supply has been lifted with immediate effect. Mechanical issues at the Slavery Water Treatment plant affecting the disinfection process caused the notice to be implemented on 2nd January. Following water testing and consultation with the HSE, customers on the supply can now use the public

Donegal County Council have advised all winter maintenance routes will be gritted from 3pm Friday and again from 6am Saturday. This comes as cold temperatures and freezing rain is predicted for some areas on Friday evening and Saturday morning. Road users are advised to use extreme care on the roads and assume that no road

Met Éireann have issued a status yellow weather warning for wind in Donegal, coming into affect on Sunday from 4pm. The warning is also set to impact: Clare, Kerry, Galway, Leitrim, Mayo and Sligo. They say it will be windy with strong and gusty southwest winds. Potential Impacts: • some wave overtopping • loose objects

There’s been another year on year fall in the numbers the Live Register in Donegal. There were 7,498 people signing on across the county’s eight Social Welfare offices at the end of December, down just over 3% on the same period last year. All but one of the offices saw their figures fall over the

Police in Derry have arrested four people following the discovery of a cannabis factory in the city. It was found during a planned search of a property in the Waterside area yesterday. Three men, aged 37, 39 and 60, and a woman aged 52 have been arrested on suspicion of drug related offences. PSNI Inspector

Donegal County Council is warning of dangerous road conditions in a number of areas. The council says although roads were gritted at 6am this morning, it’s been made aware of the high risk of black ice on a number of routes located within South Inishowen. In light of this, all Roads users are being asked

Donegal County Council is warning some untreated roads remain in in a dangerous condition after freezing conditions overnight. The R250 Letterkenny to Fintown Road at Meenaroy is impassible and temporarily closed due to hazardous conditions. Vehicle users are advised to avoid the area for the moment.

New analysis from the Nevin Economic Research Institute (NERI) has revealed that Irish electricity price growth has dramatically outpaced both general inflation and the energy price trajectories of almost all other EU states. While other prices in Ireland were in line with Europe over the past decade, electricity prices underwent a massive divergence. The report

The Department of Further and Higher Education have welcomed changes by SOLAS to entry requirements for craft apprenticeship programmes. One of the changes means a pass result in a colour vision test will no longer be mandatory for entry to almost all craft apprenticeships. The alterations to requirements have been informed by independent research commissioned

Donegal County Council have said all winter maintenance routes will be gritted from 6am Friday morning. Road users have been asked to assume no road is ice free. The Routes: 01: National Primary North 02: National Primary Central 03: National Primary South 04: Inishowen South 05: Inishowen East 06: Inishowen West 07: Milford South 08:

Derry Magistrate’s Court heard today that the case against a priest facing sex offences involves some 650 pages of communications that police have to go through. Edward Gallagher (58) of Orchard Park in Lifford County Donegal had been charged with one count of attempted sexual communication with a child on dates between April 2 and

Property prices in Donegal have risen by over 4 and half thousand euro in the last year, according to the lates MyHome Property Price report. The report states that in Donegal the average asking price for a property is now €250,000. It also shows that the asking price for a 3-bed semi-detached house in the

The Banking and Payments Federation of Ireland is to attend a meeting of Donegal County Council’s Defective Concrete Blocks Committee to discuss number of pressing issues regarding the government’s DCB programme. 100% Redress: Cllr Joy Beard says it’s a critical engagement that must address what she says is a fundamental failure at the heart of

A man is in critical condition following a two-vehicle collision in Tyrone. PSNI are appealing for information after reports were received about a collision between a white Audi A4 and a yellow Renault lorry just before 8.10 this morning on the Annaghilla Road in Augher  . At this time, it isn’t believed that the driver

Donegal County Council have said that select routes will be gritted from 9pm Wednesday and again from 6am Thursday morning. People have been urged to assume no road is ice free. The Routes: 01: National Primary North 02: National Primary Central 03: National Primary South 04: Inishowen South 05: Inishowen East 06: Inishowen West 07:

The Fisheries and Local Action Group (FLAG) North have released a statement expressing their sadness at the passing of their Chairman Stephen McCahill. Mr. McCahill served as Chair from 2020, and had been involved with the group for a decade. Members of the FLAG board have said that Mr. McCahill was passionate about developing the

Uisce Eireann says it is continuing its efforts to lift the Boil Water Notice in place for customers supplied by the Slavery Public Water Supply in Buncrana. The restriction was imposed on Friday on foot of mechanical issues encountered at the plant. Urging people to continue boiling their water, Uisce Eireann say their priority is

The Donegal Sexual Abuse and Rape Crisis Centre is expressing grave concern about the proliferation of AI apps to alter pictures, particularly in light of a current trend to take existing pictures of real people, particularly women, and manipulate them to make the subjects naked or suggestively dressed. It’s become a particular feature on the

Funding has been released by the Department for Infrastructure for greenway projects in Derry City and Strabane District Council. This funding of over £1m follows a call from Infrastructure Minister Liz Kimmins during 2025, for different councils to submit proposals for greenway projects. These projects will be funded by 50% capital funding while the other

The Department of Transport has released a new report relating to the Irish Coast Guard in 2025. It revealed that during the year the Irish Coast Guard managed 2,793 incidents, ranging from search and rescue operations to maritime casualty responses, as well as pollution control and preparedness activities. 44 Coast Guard Units were deployed 1,187

A 32 year old man has appeared at Letterkenny District Court tonight, charged with the murder of businessman Stephen McCahill at Beagh, Ardara. Michael Maloney of Loughross Point, Ardara appeared before Judge Ciaran Liddy at a special court sitting last night. Detective Garda Patrick Kelly gave evidence of arresting and cautioning the accused man, before