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A Donegal man who sexually assaulted his partner’s best friend while she slept on a sofa in his home has been jailed for seven years. Richard Walsh (32) of Lisminton, Ballintra, Co Donegal pleaded guilty last November at the Central Criminal Court to the sexual assault of the woman, who was in her 20s, at […]

Met Éireann have issued a status yellow weather warning for rain and snow in Donegal on Wednesday, 18th February. This warning is also valid for Leitrim and Sligo and will be in place from 2am until 2pm. Met Eireann say rain will be heavy at times and turning to sleet or snow together with strengthening

A man who defiled a teenager – having sex with her in his car after bringing her for a “spin” – has been jailed for a year and a half. The 25-year-old Donegal man, who can’t be named to protect the anonymity of the victim, was originally charged with rape but the Central Criminal Court

Donegal County Council have advice that all winter maintenance designated gritting routes will be treated from 7pm Monday evening and again from 6am Tuesday morning. This comes as Met Éireann forecasts temperatures could drop to -3 degrees this evening in generally clear conditions. All road users are asked to assume no road is ice free.

A woman who was regularly raped by her brother-in-law has said the abuse meant that she never got the chance to grow into the person she was meant to be and she is now constantly fighting to stay alive. Eunan Merritt (56) of Crossroads, Killygordon, Donegal, was convicted by a jury following an 11-day trial

Police in Fermanagh and Omagh have made nine arrests for drink-driving in the past seven days across the district. They revealed that these arrests had taken place at all times of the day including 1pm in the afternoon as well as 8pm and 10pm in the evening. One person was found to be travelling at

€2.116m of funding has been allocated to Killybegs as part of the 2026 Fishery Harbour and Coastal Infrastructure Development Programme. This is part of a wider €27m of national funding for capital projects in Ireland’s publicly-owned harbours. The largest portion of Killybegs’ allocation will see €400,000 spent on Safety and Maintenance, €400,000 spent on Small

  Gardaí in Donegal are urging people to be alert to romance fraud. They say this particular type of fraud is enabled via online dating sites or social media by fraudsters who will provide the victims with well-prepared stories designed to deceive. Gardaí say the warning signs of a romance fraudster include: asking the victim

Four men have been hospitalised following a two-vehicle collision in Burt this afternoon. The crash occurred at Speenogue at around 3.15pm. The men were taken to Letterkenny University Hospital for treatment of injuries not believed to be life-threatening at this time. The road, which had been closed for a time, has since reopened. Gardaí say no

Emergency services are at the scene of a road traffic collision on the Slab Road, Burt. There are reports of tailbacks in the area. No further details are available at present.

A person has been hospitalised following a medical emergency on Arranmore Island. Volunteer crew from Arranmore RNLI were requested by Malin Head Coast Guard to assist in a medical evacuation from the island at 6.50am this morning. The casualty was transferred from the Arranmore ambulance to the lifeboat, taken to a waiting ambulance in Burtonport.

A protest is taking place this afternoon at O’Donnell Park, calling for the GAA to drop Allianz as a sponsor. This is before Donegal play Mayo in the National Football League. Demonstrators are asking the sporting body to drop the insurance company, who have links to Israel. They are asking that the sponsors reflect the

A driver has been arrested after they were caught speeding in Buncrana yesterday. Gardaí had been conducting speed checks when they detected a vehicle travelling at 149km/hr in an 80km/hr speed zone. The motorist then informed Gardaí that his friend, who was a passenger in the vehicle, was late for his date and that was the

The Loughs Agency has announced a decrease in salmon carcass tags for the 2026 angling season. It’s after monitoring revealed exceptionally low numbers of Atlantic salmon returning to rivers in the Foyle area in 2025. Based on fish counter data from the Rivers Finn, Roe, Faughan and Mourne, the Agency has confirmed that none of

A man has been seriously injured following an assault in Derry in the early hours of this morning. At approximately 1.30am, a man was attacked while walking through the Abbey dale area of the city It’s understood he was assaulted by two men dressed in all black clothing and carrying baton-like objects. The victim has

Detectives are appealing for information following the report of shots being fired at a residential property in Derry. It was reported to officers at around 10:00pm yesterday evening that gunshots had been fired through the living room window of a property in the St. Brecan’s Park area of the city. This is believed to have

It’s emerged that Donegal County Council is in discussions with Google Maps in a bid to have their designation of a road in Letterkenny. There are several housing estates on the Old Glencar Road, but on Google Maps, the name of the road is given as ‘The Grange’. In a written question, Cllr Jimmy Kavanagh

€747,000 has been spent on emergency repairs to social homes affected by defective concrete in the Letterkenny Milford Municipal District, while 43 affected homes are now vacant. Answering questions submitted by Cllr Thomas Sean Devine, officials confirmed there are currently 43 social homes vacant in the MD because of the presence of Defective Concrete Blocks.

Driving tests are set to be disrupted by strike action next week. Testers working for the Road Safety Authority are staging a work stoppage next Friday. Members of the Fórsa trade union are concerned about the number of uninsured cars presented by people to sit their tests in, and the lack of a verification system

Temperatures are expected to plummet over the next 24 hours as the country is hit by an arctic blast. Met Éireann has issued warnings for snow and ice, particularly in northern and western regions with temperatures dipping to as low as minus 4 degrees in places. ************************************** Met Eireann forecast for the next 24 hours

Suspected Class A, B and C drugs have been seized following searches in Strabane today, 12 February. Two suspected imitation firearms, cash, drug-related paraphernalia, fireworks and a number of electronic devices were also seized this morning. Multiple officers from a number of departments took part in the searches including from the Sperrin Neighbourhood Policing Team,

Donegal County Council have advised that all winter maintenance routes will be gritted from 10pm Thursday, and again at 6am on Friday morning. Road users are advised to assume no road is ice free. The routes: 01: National Primary North 02: National Primary Central 03: National Primary South 04: Inishowen South 05: Inishowen East 06:

New listenership figures have further reinforced Highland Radio’s position as the North West’s most popular radio station. The latest JNLR/Ipsos results show that 82% of the population tune into Highland Radio on a weekly basis. Daily listenership remains exceptionally strong, with 56.6% of adults equivalent to 67,000 people listening every day. Highland Radio continues to