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  A comprehensive survey has been launched by Sinn Féin to seek the views of people, working in or with an interest in the Irish fishing industry, on the current state of the industry in Ireland. The survey is open from until Thursday November 7th and the results will be published soon after. Sinn Féin […]

Repairs to a burst water main may cause supply disruptions to Drumkeen and surrounding areas. Works are scheduled to take place until 3:15pm. It is recommended that those affected allow 3-4 hours after the estimated restoration time for supply to fully return.

A man and woman from Derry have today, October 11, been sentenced for offences in relation to supplying illegal subscriptions for streaming services that involved more than £700,000. Cormac McGuckin and Maura McGuckin, both from Bellaghy, were sentenced at Omagh Crown Court. The sentencing follows an investigation in relation to the sale of illegal subscriptions

Over 700,000 people were awaiting medical treatment at the end of last month. Data from the National Treatment Purchase Fund shows almost 600,000 people were awaiting a first outpatient consultation. A further 87,000 people were waiting on inpatient or day case treatment, with almost 24,000 in line for an endoscopy appointment. Over 100,000 patients have

Local Link is increasing its services in Inishowen. As part of the Connecting Ireland Rural Mobility Plan, a new route from Greencastle to Buncrana is being introduced while services between Carndonagh and Derry, Malin Head to Carndonagh and from Greencastle to Derry are being expanded. The new and enhanced services will commence on Monday October

A power outage is affecting the South of the county this morning. 154 properties in Kilcar are without power this morning. ESB has apologised for the loss of supply. No indicative restoration time has been given as of yet. It follows a major power outage which impacted Letterkenny, Milford and Rossgier last evening.

New jobs have been announced for Donegal. As part of a €10 million investment over the next five years, Source Civil Ltd is creating 50 new jobs. The company’s new state-of-the-art offices are officially opening in Donegal Town today. Source Civil is a global leader in construction and engineering innovation and the new office space

An average of 65 drivers were killed and 471 were seriously injured annually since 2019. According to the RSA’s Driver Spotlight Report, for every driver death, seven were seriously injured. 6% of road deaths over the past four years occurred in Donegal while 6% of the total number of serious injuries suffered were as a

Many homes and business have been left without power this evening. 5275 customers in Letterkenny, 9,229 in Milford and 63 in Rossgeir have been affected. Power is expected to be restored at 6.30pm in Letterkenny, 7pm in Milford and 7.45pm in Rossgeir. ESB are currently working to repair the fault and will restore power as

A full-time neurologist is to be appointed at Letterkenny University Hospital. It’s part of increased funding for neurology services across the country included in Budget 2025. Patients at Letterkenny University Hospital face lengthy wait times with a visiting service in place meaning a neurologist from Sligo holds clinics in Letterkenny just two and a half

HIQA has published inspection reports on three residential centres for older people in Donegal. It includes the newly opened Ballyshannon Community Hospital. Inspectors found Falcarragh Community Hospital to be fully compliant during an unannounced visit in June. They noted that while refurbishment works are continuing, measures were in place to ensure risks were mitigated. An

Uisce Éireann is appealing to home and business owners in Ramelton and Milford to continue their efforts to conserve water. The utility is warning that an increase in water usage in the area and low lake levels at Milford has resulted in people being asked to take action to allow supply to catch up with

The owner of Tata Consultancy Services which has a base in Donegal has died at the age of 86. Ratan Tata, one of India’s most internationally recognised business leaders led the Tata Group for more than two decades and employed around 660,000 people globally. The company established it’s Letterkenny base after purchasing Pramerica Systems Ireland

Donegal County Council has issued a statement reassuring defective block homeowners that there has been no manipulation of the Homeowners Engineers Recommendations to match that of the Housing Agency Decisions. It’s after an article in the Ditch contained allegations that the Council had edited more than 20 remediation applications under the Enhanced Defective Concrete Block

A 16-year-old boy has been charged with the attempted murder of an army chaplain, who was stabbed outside Renmore barracks in Galway two months ago. The boy, whose identity is protected by law due to his young age, is also accused of intentionally or recklessly causing serious harm to Fr. Paul Murphy. Fr Paul Murphy

Donegal County Council today announced funding of over €1,000,000 under the Community Climate Action Fund. This will support small, medium, and large-scale community climate action projects in five key theme areas, – community energy, sustainable travel, food and waste, shopping and recycling, and local climate and environmental action. The funding has seen €100,000 allocated to

Police in Enniskillen have arrested a 42-year-old on man on suspicion of fraud by false representation following a report of a rogue trader cold-calling to a home and theft in the Cherry Walk area of the town on Wednesday, 18th September. It was reported that the man called with the resident who was aged in

Responding to concerns raised by parents, Mary T Sweeney Aontu General Election candidate will host a public meeting tonight at 7pm in Station House Hotel, Letterkenny. Concerns raised by parents and the recent SPHE whistle-blower teacher video are expected to be discussed. Mary Creedon, SPHE teacher, will be on video link to discuss further proposed

An Garda Síochána is appealing to the public for information following reports of a man entering the sea at Lagacurry Beach, Isle of Doagh, Clonmany on Saturday afternoon. A Family Liaison Officer has been appointed to the family and this appeal is being carried in conjunction with the man’s family on the presumption that this

Donegal County Council say they want to take over the Gort na Greine and Gleann Tain estates in the Carnamuggagh area of Letterkenny as quickly as possibly. Responding to a motion from Cllr Thomas Sean Devine, officials pointed out that last year, they did take over the electricity costs associated with the water pumping station for the estates, and

The Health Minister says the contractors behind the new National Children’s Hospital are standing over their June 2025 completion date. Stephen Donnelly says three main issues are leading to delays including staff shortages, snagging, and a management deficit on site. The date for the completion of the hospital has changed 14 times. Minister Donnelly has

  The Defence Forces has called Israel’s decision to leave positions close to where Irish peacekeepers are stationed as a “positive development”. In an update this morning, the Defence Forces say the situation around UN Post 6-52 remained relatively calm overnight but there were clashes in other areas of the Irish sector. Irish peacekeepers continue

  Donegal County Council says there has been a noted increase in the wanton vandalism of signage in the county in recent times. It’s warned that repairing and maintaining damaged signs is costly. Councillor Ciaran Brogan has queried what steps are being taken by the Council to remove and prevent the sabotaging and damaging of