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A man who murdered his pregnant girlfriend in the North has been sentenced to life in prison. 36-year-old Stephen McCullagh has been told he’ll spend at least 31 years in jail. He staged a fake YouTube gaming livestream to provide an alibi while he killed 32-year-old Natalie McNally in Lurgan, County Armagh in 2022. The

  The Back to School Clothing and Footwear Allowance Scheme 2026 is now open for applications. For the first time, it will be extended to include two and three-year-olds. Payment is made at a rate of 160 euro for under 11s and 285 euro for children aged 12 years and over. A total of 4,644

A meeting of Lifford Stranorlar Municipal District has been told that Raphoe is not getting the funding and recognition it deserves as Donegal’s premier heritage town, and a business plan should be drawn up to ensure that its potential is realised. Cllr Frank McBrearty says Raphoe is at the centre of the Lifford Stranorlar Municipal

Donegal County Council and local people in St Johnston are to work together to provide lay-bys on a narrow stretch of the Back Lone Road in the area. A council offer under the Community  Involvement Scheme follows a recent petition and campaign which was coordinated by Alice Lynch, who runs Maggie’s Tavern in the town.

  A 100% Redress Party Councillor has again called on the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to urgently introduce an upfront funding mechanism within the Defective Concrete Blocks Grant Scheme. Councillor Joy Beard says the request has been made repeatedly, she claims, without any meaningful progress to date. It’s understood that in a

West Tyrone MLA Daniel McCrossan has launched a scathing attack on the Northern Ireland Executive during a sitting of the Assembly this week. At the centre of his criticism is Strabane Athletic Football Club, whose plans for new facilities were dealt a major blow after the Education Authority purchased the site the club had been

A west Donegal councillor has hit out at litter which was left on Braade Strand over the bank holiday weekend. Cllr  Micheál Choilm Mac Giolla Easbuig has labelled the incident unacceptable. He has urged people to show respect to communities that they visit. On today’s Greg Hughes show he described the scale of the litter:

The number of drug-driving detections on Irish roads has been described as ‘concerning’. Over the bank holiday weekend, over 140 motorists were arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs, with nine of those arrests in Donegal. On today’s Greg Hughes Show with Donna Marie Doherty, Garda Gerard McNamee outlined the details of

Nursing staff at Ard Greine Court in Stranorlar have suspended a work to rule which was to have begun today. The nurses, members of the INMO and PNA held a protest last week to highlight what they claim is the HSE’s failure to follow through on a promise to maintain round the clock on site

Irish farmers mustn’t be buried under another layer of EU red tape. That’s the warning from Independent Ireland MEP Ciaran Mullooly, who says new EU budget reporting proposals could lead to more inspections, audits and paperwork. As negotiations on the next EU budget continue, MEP Mullooly has told the Agriculture Committee that farmers are already

Donegal County Council is considering installing semi-permanent traffic lights at Dromore Bridge in Killygordon. Structural testing is continuing on the footbridge, which is currently closed, with temporary lights being used to regulate traffic on the bridge itself which is very narrow. Consultants are carrying out a tests with a view towards determining what long term

The Regional Health Forum has been told there are currently five vacant posts in Donegal’s Children’s Disability Network Teams. Of those, three have had candidates accept the post and are currently going through employment clearance. Meanwhile, Donegal CDNT’s have been allocated three new positions this year. Cllr Gerry McMonagle raised the issue, he’s welcoming the

341 patients were on trolleys in Letterkenny University Hospital during the month of May. This compares to 468 during the same period last year. Nationally, over 9,800 patients were treated on trolleys, chairs, or other inappropriate bed spaces last month. University Hospital Limerick was the most overcrowded, with over 2 thousand patients on trolleys. General

100% Redress Party Deputy Charles Ward has welcomed the publication of the revised IS 465 standard. The document was released earlier this morning and outlines the protocol used to assess, test, and categorise buildings damaged by defective concrete blocks. Deputy Ward says he and his team will examine the details and consult with relevant experts

A TD is among over 140 people who’ve been arrested on suspicion of ‘driving under the influence’ over the bank holiday weekend. Fianna Fáil’s Malcolm Byrne failed a roadside breath test at a Garda checkpoint while driving to Dublin Airport at around 5 o’clock on Thursday morning. He was subsequently arrested on suspicion of drink-driving

The Mayor of Derry City and Strabane District Council has been reflecting on his term. Councillor Ruairi McHugh was elected to the role last year. The new Mayor will be elected during the Council’s Annual General Meeting at 7pm this evening in the Guildhall. Cllr McHugh says, despite apprehension at the beginning of his term,

Two friends from Ballybofey have completed a remarkable 1,100 kilometre cycle from Malin Head to Mizen Head and back again – to raise awareness of organ donation. Seamy McDermott and Vinney Gillespie, both cancer survivors, arrived back at Malin Head this afternoon to a hero’s welcome – with a band playing Eye of the Tiger