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Gardaí say investigations are ongoing following an alleged incident in Letterkenny yesterday evening. They were alerted to the incident in the Glenwood Park area of the town at approximately 5.30pm. Nobody was injured and no damage has been caused to property. Investigations are ongoing.

A man in his 30’s has been charged in connection with a major cocaine seizure in Tyrone. The drugs worth more than €1 million, were discovered during searches in the Dungannon area on Friday. A man was arrested in the Cookstown area and charged with a series of offences, including possession and intent to supply

Police in the North are asking parents and guardians to speak to their children, so they don’t get caught up in behaviour that could lead to someone getting hurt. It follows reports of public disorder in Derry on Friday night. Police say a group of around 15 teens gathered in the Irish Street area as

Donegal Gardaí have issued traffic information ahead of the North West 10K tomorrow. It will take off from Letterkenny Community Centre at 11am. Gardaí say the following roads will be closed: Pearse Road from Rosemount Lane. Canal Road one lane closed. Oliver Plunkett Street to Rosemount Lane one lane closed. Port Road inbound lane closed.

Uisce Eireann says they are progressing plans to improve water supply on Gola Island. They have confirmed they are working towards restoring the permanent pipeline this year. Uisce Eireann says a multidisciplinary team, along with specialist contractors and marine experts, met on site recently to assess options for the permanent restoration of the undersea pipeline.

  During April, there were 5,567 National Car Tests carried out in Donegal. 2,699 passed this test, while 2,428 failed and 440 failed dangerously. Letterkenny was the busiest test centre, carrying out 2,438 inspections, where 206 failed dangerously. Derrybeg held the fewest tests at 720, with 47 failed dangerous tests.

A man has been charged to court following an arrest made by officers in Derry in the Lower Road area yesterday. The 33-year-old has been charged with a number of drug-related offences including, being concerned in the supply of a Class A controlled drug, and two counts of possession of a Class A controlled drug.

People visiting a Buncrana beach this weekend are being urged to be cautious of rubbish. It’s after a photo posted on social media showed glass bottles and cans dumped on Ladies Bay. Buncrana Tidy Towns Initiative are urging visitors to be mindful of smashed glass, especially if you are walking barefoot.

Over 1,200 drivers have been detected for speeding offences during the first 48 hours of an Garda Síochána’s May Bank Holiday Roads Policing Operation. Among those was a Donegal motorist who was caught travelling at 147 km/h in an 80km/hr zone on the R245 in Milford. Since Thursday morning, nearly 110 drivers were detected holding

Following consultation with the HSE, Uisce Éireann has issued Boil Water Notices to protect the health of customers supplied by two Public Water Supplies in Donegal. They are Carrigart Downings and Cranford Carrigart Downings, with Group Water Schemes supplied by the Carrigart Downings Public Water Supply are also affected by this notice. The notices are

Donegal County Council has confirmed the appointment of contractors for two new Design & Build social housing developments in the county. The latest development will allow for the delivery of 36 high-quality, sustainable homes in Oldtown, Letterkenny and Kilmacrennan. The Council has completed a contract for the Design & Build of 16 social housing units

11 newly qualified Gardaí have been assigned to stations in the North West. 193 Gardaí were attested as sworn members of An Garda Síochána this morning. 141 have been stationed in Dublin, while 27 are going to the Eastern Region and 14 to the Southern Region. Of the 193 new Gardaí, 134 are male, 59

Suspected Class B drugs have been seized in Strabane. Police had been on patrol in the Melmount Road area last night, when they stopped a vehicle shortly before 10pm. They noted a smell of suspected drugs coming from inside and discovered a quantity of suspected cannabis. The drugs were seized and the male driver will

More than 46,000 applications have been approved by the Help-to-Buy scheme since 2020. It assists first-time purchasers in buying or building a new property, or one which has been recently converted into a dwelling and not previously lived in. Figures released by the Tanaiste show that in Donegal, there were 1,642 applications, of which 909

Last month was the worst April on record for hospital overcrowding, with 1,631 admitted patients awaiting beds in the region at some point over the month. The Sligo University Hospital figure was 903, the Letterkenny figure was 728. It’s the highest April figure recorded in Letterkenny for 10 years Nationally, more than 11,000 d patients

The Foyle MP has hit out at the Conservative leader after she used footage from Derry on Bloody Sunday in a video defending British soldiers in Northern Ireland. Colum Eastwood says the use of the footage by Kemi Badenoch as part of her ‘Back our Veterans’ campaign is disgusting, and an insult to the innocent

Firefighters, police and politicians are condemning a series of wildfires in Northern Ireland, including a major fire in the Mourne Mountains, as well as blazes in counties Derry and Fermanagh. In a joint statement, First Minister Michelle O’Neill and Deputy First Minister Emma Little-Pengelly say the flames have left a trail of devastating damage. They’re

Calls have been made for urgent guarantees of funding for the Creeslough Together Initiative. The initiative was introduced in 2023 to support people impacted by the 2022 Creeslough Tragedy, and funding is set to conclude in July without a further funding announcement. In a statement, the Department for Community and Rural Development and the Gaeltacht

The Boil Water Notice on the Culdaff Public Water Supply Scheme has been lifted with immediate effect. The notice was issued on 17 February, with Uisce Eireann saying the measure was necessary to protect the health of customers due to high turbidity in the raw water which impacted the water treatment process at Culdaff Water

  A man has been taken to hospital, with non-life threatening injuries, following a road traffic collision in Ballybofey. The incident took place on the N15 at around 2:25pm and was attended by Gardaí and emergency services. No other injuries have been reported at this time and the road is open.

There were 230 new homes completed in Donegal in the first quarter of the year. CSO figures show that’s almost a 100% increase on the 118 `completions recorded between January and March last year. Of those, 95 were single houses, 131 were scheme houses and four were apartments. When broken down into Local Electoral Areas,

The importance of Ulster University to the North West has been highlighted in a joint statement from two local chambers of commerce. Following the recent announcement of over 400 job losses across Northern Ireland, Derry Chamber of Commerce and Causeway Chamber of Commerce express hope that any roles directly affected can be addressed through voluntary

Gardai say a collision occurred near Churchill in the early hours of this morning. The novice driver of the car was found to be approx. 8.5 times over the legal limit and they were arrested on suspicion of drink driving by Letterkenny Roads Policing Unit. They were then charged to appear in court. Neither they,

Uisce Eireann says planned works to support upgrades to the water network in East Donegal have been completed successfully, with water supplies being restored to homes, businesses, schools and other facilities across the Twin Towns and the Finn Valley. The works involved the installation of a new connection as part of ongoing upgrades along the