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Ballyshannon, St. Joseph’s, Ramelton and Lifford Community Hospitals will see upgrades to their community nursing units after updates were requested by Cllr Ciaran Brogan at the Regional Health Forum. Dermot Monaghan, Chief Officer, Community Healthcare Organisation responded to Cllr Brogan’s queries and provided a timeframe for the completion of the programmes. Ballyshannon Community Hospital will […]

Detectives from the PSNI’s Terrorism Investigation Unit last night recovered a suspected firearm on Derry’s Letterkenny Road. As part of an ongoing operation, officers stopped and searched a vehicle, in which the suspected firearm and ammunition were found. A man in his 50s, was arrested at the scene under the Terrorism Act 2000, and has

Over 1200 residents and businesses are without electricity in Convoy. It is the result of two faults in the area. According to the ESB Power Check website, both should be restored before 7pm this evening. Meanwhile two faults that seen almost 170 customers without power in Stranorlar have been resolved.

169 ESB customers are without power in Stranorlar this afternoon. It follows a series of outages in the county since yesterday. It’s hoped the fault will be resolved by 5:30pm this evening.

A status yellow thunderstorm warning has been extended to every county – bar Kerry. It’ll remain in place until 10pm  tonight in Donegal. Met Éireann is warning of hazardous driving conditions and spot flooding in places. A similar alert has also been issued for Northern Ireland.

Over 2,500 people are without power in Letterkenny this morning because of a power outage. ESB networks have confirmed the fault in Gortlee. It was reported shortly after 11 o’clock, and it’s expected to be resolved by 12.15.

Gardaí are investigating criminal damage incidents in Lifford and Ballybofey. In the early hours Wednesday last, a car caught fire in the driveway of a house at Coolatee, Lifford. The fire was noticed by the residents shortly after midnight, and the emergency services were called. Gardai say the possibility that the fire may have been

Gardaí are investigating an assault that occurred at Upper Main Street, Letterkenny in the early hours of Sunday last. A man was standing chatting to friends on the street between 3.10 and 3.15, when he was approached by an unknown man who had come running down the street. The victim received a blow to the

The Green Party has confirmed it is fielding three candidates in Donegal to contest next month’s local election. The party’s Chair in Donegal, Michael White will run in the Carndonagh local electoral area while Jason Le Masurier will seek nomination in the Buncrana local electoral area. Elsewhere, in the Letterkenny area, PhD researcher, Nuala Carr

The Health Minister will update Government today on plans to digitalise and share medical health records. The aim is to have joined up access to medical records across the health service.. It would allow doctors and nurses to quickly view things like recent blood work or any active treatment plans. Stephen Donnelly has previously described

The Ombudsman for Children says young people in Ireland are competing for attention from a government battling with a housing crisis, a cost of living crisis, and an International Protection crisis. It’s latest report shows there were almost 1,800 complaints about public services for children last year.. Education was the biggest concern, followed by health

A small number of properties are still without power in Letterkenny this morning. At one stage yesterday, over 1,100 homes and businesses in the Cullion area were impacted by a power outage. ESB says it is currently working to restore power to all as quickly as possible.

As it stands 1,241 businesses and premises are without power in county Donegal. Over 1100 of those are in Cullion. Milford and Donegal are also affected, while an outage in Dungloe has been resolved in the last hour. The last of the restorations are expected to take place by 7pm this evening.  

269 homes and businesses are without power in county Donegal this evening as the result of a fault. 135 are out in Dungloe, 75 in Milford, 49 in Cullion and the remaining 10 customers are based in Donegal. While the estimated restoration times have already passed for Cullion and Dungloe, Milford is expected to have

Donegal County Council has held it’s final plenary meeting ahead of next month’s local elections, with tributes paid to the four outgoing members who are not seeking re-election ; Cllrs Tom Conaghan, Nicholas Crossan, Liam Doherty, and Rena Donaghey. Tributes were also paid to the three members elected in 2019 who have since passed away;

A status yellow thunderstorm warning will be in place for the west and north-west later. It will run from 2pm until 9pm in Connacht, Longford, Donegal and Cavan. Met Eireann is warning of the possibility of flooding and difficult travelling conditions.

The man on trial for the rape and murder of a Buncrana woman has been accused of trying to start a riot in prison. 28 year old, Danielle McLaughlin was murdered in Goa, India in 2017. Vikat Bhagat has been in prison since 2017 with his trial encountering many delays. He has now been accused

Donegal County Council’s revenue spending last year was almost €193 million, over €15 million more than was included in the Annual Budget which was agreed in 2022. Head of Finance Richard Gibson also told members the council ran a surplus of €1.2 million in 2023. Donegal County Council’s revenue spending last year was €192,882,000, €15,200,000

Gardaí have renewed their appeal for witnesses after the death of a man in his 80s whose car was recovered from the water at Buncrana pier yesterday morning. A multi-agency operation ensued after Gardaí and emergency services were alerted to a vehicle in the water at around 7:30am. The man was discovered deceased inside the

Gardai have once again been forced to remind motorists to not take to the roads unless all necessary legal documentation is in place. It’s after a car was seized by the Letterkenny Roads Policing Unit over the weekend after it emerged the driver had no insurance, tax or NCT. The motorist now faces court.

    Donegal market rents were higher in the first three months of 2024 than a year previously. This is according to the latest Rental Report by Daft.ie.  In Donegal, market rents were on average 13.3% higher in the first three months of 2024 than a year previously. The average listed rent is now €1126,