Two drivers were arrested in Letterkenny on Monday night on suspicion of drug driving. The first motorist was initially stopped for failing to display ‘N’ plates and had then tested positive for cocaine. The second driver then was stopped when gardaí were alerted that their vehicle was not taxed over 700 days. They then also …
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The Donegal branch of Diabetes Ireland is seeking a meeting with Health Minister Stephen Donnelly and the HSE as soon as possible to discuss how inequalities in accessing diabetes care in Donegal can be tackled. Figures published this week show that of the 522 adults attending Letterkenny University Hospital, 387 are currently awaiting a review …
West Tyrone MLA Daniel McCrossan has repeated calls for the A5 road project to get over the line as soon as possible. It’s after the road claimed the lives of two more people last night. A 19 year old man and a 17 year old girl died in the single vehicle collision involving a blue …
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Donegal’s Joint Policing Committee has agreed to write to Comreg seeking a meeting with a representative to outline what is being done to combat the vast number of nuisance and scam calls doing the rounds. Gardai have repeatedly advised people to never disclose personal details over the phone. PPN representative James Trearty brought forward the …
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Two people have died in a crash on the A5. A 19 year old man and a 17 year old girl died in the single vehicle collision involving a blue BMW on the Doogary Road outside Omagh at around 9:50pm last night. The road was closed overnight but has since reopened. Police are appealing to …
For the first time ever child benefit is being paid to over 18s from today. The changes kick in for all over 18’s who are still in full time education, or those with a disability. Its to take account of the fact that most children now start school at the age of 5, meaning many …
John Molloy is to run in the local elections as an independent in the Donegal local electoral area. Mr Molloy says he will be a candidate for IrishPeople.org. Housing, defective concrete blocks and the healthcare system is to top his agenda if elected.
A man is facing charges of assaulting an elderly resident at a nursing home in the midlands. He’s due before the court this morning in connection with the attack on a woman aged in her 80’s. This serious assault happened on Monday evening when a man used a back door to gain entry to the …
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A protest is taking place tonight in Strabane coinciding with the British Government’s controversial Legacy Bill becoming active today. There has been much upset caused by the decision to introduce the piece of legislation which ends new Troubles related cases and inquests and offers conditional amnesty to those accused of killings. The protest will get …
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Part of the A5 is closed this morning following a serious crash. The collision happened on the Doogary Road in Omagh last night. Diversions are in place. No further details are known at this time.
Northern Ireland’s Attorney General has ordered a fresh inquest into the death of Donegal man Michael Leonard. The 24 year old was shot dead in 1973 by the RUC near the Donegal-Fermanagh border. The Attorney General’s decision was announced yesterday, a day before Britain’s Legacy Act comes into force. According to Paper Trail, the North’s …
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Raphoe Councillor Frank McBrearty has confirmed that he is seeking re-election. The Independent Councillor was first elected in 2009 and has served in the Lifford Stranorlar Municipal District. He says his decision to run as a Councillor again was ‘one of the toughest’ of his life. Cllr McBrearty has acknowledged the legal process he is …
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An Oireachtas committee will meet this afternoon to discuss issues related to Defective Concrete Blocks. The meeting at 1.30pm in Committee Room 3 of Leinster House will hear from representatives from the Banking and Payments Federation of Ireland, Insurance Ireland, and Engineers Ireland. The Joint Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach has …
The Green Party is getting ‘green’ wrong. That’s according to Senator Lisa Chambers, a European Parliament election candidate in the Midlands North West Constituency. She believes Fianna Fail needs to break away from the Green Party if it is serious about addressing economic disparity. Senator Chambers says Eamon Ryan’s climate change agenda is confining regions …
The Finance Minister has been asked to talk to the Marine Minister Charlie McConalogue about a implementing a fuel subsidy for the inshore fishing sector. The plea to Minister Michael McGrath came in the Dail from Deputy Padraig MacLochlainn, during the debate on a Sinn Fein motion calling for the scrapping of pl;anned increases in …
MacLochlainn tells Dail lack of support for inshore fishers is “despicable” Read More »
The Dail has been told that filling stations in border counties will be under severe pressure as a result of further increases in excise duty on fuel in August and October. Moving a Sinn Fein motion calling for the increases to be scrapped, Deputy Pearse Doherty told the Dail the disparity in prices North and …
News, Sport and Obituaries on Tuesday April 30th………………
The Taoiseach has denied there is “contradiction and chaos” within the government over plans to return asylum seekers who arrive into Ireland from the North. Emergency legislation to return such international protection applicants to the UK was approved by Cabinet this morning. A spokesperson for British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak says there is “an operational …
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