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Gardaí in Donegal urging the public to not but items from door callers. Reports were received yesterday in the Buncrana area of two men offering to sell power tools and generators. They called on the homes of elderly people and visited retail parks. Those who get such a caller is asked to take note of […]

Those wishing to travel through Derry City centre this afternoon could face delays as a planned walk is to take place. Participants will leave from Guildhall Square at 1pm, make their way across the Peace Bridge, into Ebrington Square, onto the bottom deck of Craigavon Bridge and back into Guildhall Square. The walk is set

Drivers are warned that the local road (L-5542-2) at Termon National School will be blocked on the N56 side today due to essential road maintenance works. Access will be granted from the Glenveagh side only to access the school and creche. Works are to begin at 7am and will last until 4pm this evening.

Over 70 personnel were involved in 23 searches across Donegal and Dublin West carried out by the Criminal Assets Bureau, with the support of Gardaí from Milford District, Donegal Division, the Regional Armed Support Unit, the Customs Dog Unit and members of the Garda National Drugs and Organised Crime Bureau. Dwellings and business premises were

The UK is to hold a general election on Thursday July 4th. British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announced the move outside Downing Street, following a Cabinet meeting earlier this afternoon. Speculation had been mounting around Westminster of a snap poll, with the Prime Minister saying earlier it would be in the ‘second half of the

92 homes and businesses in Carndonagh will face this evening without power as restoration time to a fault has been pushed back. It was estimated that electricity would be restored by 6 o’clock, however that time is now set to be 11pm tonight, according to the ESB power check website. The outage is the latest

109 Donegal local projects have received over €200,000 in state funding as part of the Local Enhancement Programme. The initiative was launched in December 2023 with funding of €6 million available, including €1 million set aside specifically for women’s groups. The programme provides capital support for the many small community groups and organisations, particularly those

A second arrest has been made in Derry in relation to an ongoing investigation into the activities of the New IRA. An AK-47 variant and ammunition was seized from a vehicle that was stopped yesterday evening at 6:45pm. A 56 year old man was arrested at the scene and taken to Musgrave Serious Crime Suite

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;