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  A partial eclipse of the Sun will be visible in Ireland tomorrow. The west coast of the country will have the best views, especially where there is a clear view of the western horizon. At sunset tomorrow evening the Moon will cover up to 55% of the Sun’s diameter. The full eclipse will be […]

  183 homes and businesses are without power this morning in Donegal. The areas affected are Buncrana and Carndonagh. ESB aims to have all these outages resolved by 6pm tonight. Live updates can be found HERE.

  Former RTE Midlands Correspondent Ciaran Mullooly has confirmed he will be contesting in the upcoming European elections on June 7th. A member of the Independent Ireland party, Mullooly aims to empower rural communities and represent his constituents issues at the European Parliament. Press release in full: Mullooly confirmed for Independent Ireland in Midlands-North West

Almost 1,800 homes and businesses are now without power in Donegal as a result of storm Kathleen. Killybegs, Kilcar and Buncrana are the worst affected with between 400 and almost 600 left in the dark. Dungloe, Derrybeg and Ballyshannon are also reported to have faults. The ESB says crews are active and responding to faults

Low pressure and supply disruptions to water in Druminardagh, Copany and surrounding areas in Co. Donegal are to be expected today. Scheduled works are to take place until 11:40 tonight.

Gardaí in Letterkenny detected a driver travelling at 131km/h. When Gardaí stopped the vehicle, it emerged that it was not taxed and the driver then tested positive for cannabis. They were then arrested. A fixed charge penalty notices will be issued and a court appearance may follow. Gardaí are urging the public to never drive

The status yellow wind warning in place for Donegal has been extended until 4pm tomorrow. Possible impacts include: Damage to already weakened structures, some fallen trees, difficult travel conditions, debris, loose objects displaced, coastal flooding and wave overtopping.

Independent local election candidate Selina O’Donnell has announced that she will run in the Letterkenny district. She previously announced that she would be running in the Glenties electoral area. The main reason cited by O’Donnell for the change, is due to her living in Letterkenny town.

Storm Kathleen has left over 22 thousand homes and businesses across Ireland without power. As it stands there are two outages reported in Donegal. 1,233 customers are out in Buncrana. That fault is to be resolved by half past 10. Meanwhile, a further 20 premises have no electricity in Derrybeg. ESB have estimated it will

A number of MMR vaccination clinics are to take place from Monday in Donegal. It’s part of the HSE’s MMR catch up campaign following a rise in cases of the disease in the UK and Europe. Ireland has fallen below the recommended vaccination rate of 95% to 90% and is one of the lowest European

A new initiative of Education and Training Boards Ireland, FET Skills Box, was launched at the National Construction Training Campus County Offaly this week. The skills box will be available to every second level student in Ireland, and contains FET Career Charts. The career charts will outline FET career options and education routes for multiple

The Government has officially set Friday, June 7th as the day for the Local and European elections, as well as the Limerick mayoral election. Polling stations nationwide will be open from seven o’clock that morning to ten o’clock that night. Candidates can put their posters up from May 8th, and they must be down within

€3.2 million of funding has been allocated to support digital learning in schools and minor building works in county Donegal. Minister for Education Norma Foley made the announcement today. It’s from a national pot of €50 million for Information and Communications Technology to all recognised primary and post-primary schools across the country, while a separate

Heather Humphreys says she’s “honoured” to take up her new position as Deputy Leader of Fine Gael from today. The Minister for Rural and Community Development takes over from Simon Coveney, who stepped down from Cabinet earlier this week. Minister Humphreys, who is a TD for Cavan-Monaghan, was first elected to the Dáil following the

Disney plus is planning to join rival Netflix in cracking down on password sharing. The chief executive of the streaming platform says they’ll start taking action against such behaviour in some countries from June – with a full roll out in September. Password sharing refers to people giving their login details to family and friends

Storm Kathleen is on the way, with orange weather warnings in place for Mayo, Galway, Kerry, Cork and Waterford. A yellow wind warning is in place for Donegal. Met Eireann says it will be breezy today with scattered showers and a few bright or sunny spells. Highs of 12 to 14 degrees in moderate to

  Dedicated Airport Fire and Rescue team members were brought together this week to mark their years of service, ranging from 20 to 30 years. They were awarded with service medals issued by the department of transport, White Horse Hotel, and a nostalgic look back over the years with presentations from Airport Management and retired

Another Independent candidate has declared his intention to contest June’s local election in the Glenties Electoral Area. 37 year old Jonathan Stewart says he wants to bring a wealth of experience and a heartfelt commitment to addressing key issues facing the community. **************** Release in full – Jonathan Stewart, a dedicated community member with a

Donegal County Council says its Defective Concrete Block Grant Office processed and issued a further 69 Payment Claims to the value of €1.5m throughout March 2024. This brings the total amount paid out to approved applicants impacted by defective concrete blocks in their homes to the sum of €22.8m. At present, a further 52 claims

Almost €72,000 has been raised in a GoFundMe page dedicated to a young Donegal man killed in a motorcycle collision in Perth, Western Australia over the Easter Weekend. Friends of 30 year AJ Doyle, an Inishowen native who moved to Australia several years ago, started the initiative to help get his body home in association

Additional evidence in the case of Donegal man, Michael Leonard who was shot dead by the RUC in Pettigo in 1973 shows that the Irish Government was denied information on the killing. A file has been obtained from the Department of Foreign Affairs by victims’ charity ‘Paper Trail’. Paper Trail says it retrieved a Department

There was a slight increase in the unemployment rate in March. It stood at 4.3%, up from a rate of 4.2%, in February. Seasonally adjusted CSO figures show the number of people unemployed last month was just over 122,000. That’s up from 120,200 people the previous month.

Storm Kathleen is heading to Ireland and is expected to make landfall on Saturday. There will be a status orange alert for Cork, Kerry, Galway and Mayo from 7am on Saturday until 5pm. Meanwhile, a national yellow wind warning will be in place from 7am to 8pm on Saturday. Motorists are advised to expect difficult

HIQA has found staff at a HSE-operated centre for people with mild and moderate intellectual disabilities in Donegal very knowledgeable on the needs and preferences of residents. Tus Nua, a new residential facility near Donegal Town, provides full-time residential care to three patients and one part-time resident with additional medical and social care needs. The

A status yellow wind warning has been issued for Donegal for this weekend. Met Eireann is warning of strong and gusty southerly winds leading to fallen trees, difficult travel conditions, debris and some coastal flooding. The warning comes into force at 7am on Saturday and will remain in place until 8pm.