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Gavin Robinson has been ratified as the new DUP leader, and used his acceptance speech in Lisburn last night to confirm the party will not stand candidates in Fermanagh South Tyrone and North Down in July’s General Election. It follows news that Pat Cullen, the head of the Royal College of Nursing, has stepped down […]

A drug to treat a rare disease most commonly found in Donegal is to be funded by the HSE. Alnylam, the manufacturer of the drug made the announcement yesterday. Vutrisiran will be made available by the HSE for adults with amyloidosis with stage 1 or stage 2 polyneuropathy. hATTR Amyloidosis is a progressive, increasingly debilitating

The Department of Health is to supply an additional 4,656 acute inpatient hospital beds across Irish hospitals by the year 2031. 122 of those are assigned to Letterkenny University Hospital. 50 have already been delivered and the remaining 72 are to be rolled out between 2029 and 2031. It means between now and 2028, no

Three men have been sentenced at Newry Crown Court in relation to the kidnapping of a man from Donegal. He was bundled into a car and driven across the border. It happened on Sunday, the 4th of October in 2020. A man was taken from his home, before midday and driven roughly 11 miles to

A 25 year old man who was arrested on an array of offences has been charged to appear before Strabane Magistrates Court today. These include three counts of theft, two counts of possession of a Class C controlled drug, possession of a Class B Controlled drug, possessing article with blade or point in public place,

HIQA has published reports on three residential centres for older people in Donegal. Inspections were carried out at Dungloe Community Hospital, Harbour Lights Nursing Home and St. Joseph’s Community Hospital at the start of the year. A number of non-compliances were recorded in all three. There were 32 residents at Dungloe Community Hospital when the

A section of the N14 Letterkenny to Lifford Road will be closed to traffic from the Manorcunningham roundabout to the Mondooey junction from 12pm until 3pm this afternoon to facilitate the removal of a lorry that went off the road overnight. Traffic going towards Lifford will be diverted at the Manor roundabout towards Derry on

The Data Protection Commission has launched an investigation into two data breaches at the HSE last year. The inquiry will look into how a video, featuring a person looking through a large number of historic patient files in a disused part of St Conal’s Hospital in Letterkenny, appeared on TikTok last year. It’ll also examine

A number of road closures are place until Wednesday the 5th of June in Letterkenny. It’s on account of road maintenance works. Cullion Road will be closed and diversions will be in place via 4 Lane Road, Old Town Road, Leck Road L1114 and Largy Road N-13. Meanwhile, Drumany Crossroads including road to Marley’s Buses

Lough Swilly RNLI have offered their condolences to the family of a woman who was located under sad circumstances following a search operation on Monday night. In a statement they say both their lifeboats were tasked just after 3:15pm by the Malin Head Coast Guard to assist the Rescue 118 helicopter in a missing person

Rank and file Gardaí have backed a new roster by an overwhelming majority. Almost 80 per cent of members of the Garda Representative Association, who voted, accepted the deal. In a statement the General Secretary of the GRA Ronan Slevin said he was delighted and the proposal largely mirrors the roster put forward by the

Carnatreantagh is the latest area to benefit from the National Leakage Reduction Programme. 2km of watermains will be replaced in a bid to see a reduction in bursts and supply interruptions for customers. These works will take place along a section of the Trentagh Road, which will have a closure in place until October. Diversion

A lorry has come off the road in a crash near Drumoghill this afternoon. It happened on the N14 at around 2 o’clock. A man is being treated for non-life threatening injuries at Letterkenny University Hospital. No other vehicles were involved. The road is closed and local diversions are in place gardaí say investigations are

A delegation from the North West Regional Development Group recently met with the Northern Irish Infrastructure Minister John O’Dowd. The meeting seen a case put forward for future investment in the road, rail and air network in the area to allow for balanced regional development. The delegation sees councillors and senior executives from Donegal County

Ms Sue Donaghy has been appointed by Donegal ETB as the new Deputy Principal of Moville Community College. The school is one of three post-primary schools in Inishowen under the management of Donegal ETB and has a school population of over 600 students. The Carndonagh native has worked in a number of roles within the

€4 million has been allocated to Donegal County Council under the Urban Regeneration and Development Fund to see the remediation of vacant and derelict properties. It’s from a national total of €142.5 million across all 31 local authorities. In Donegal, 46 properties have been approved to date with an estimated 141 properties to be provided

  A yellow thunderstorm warning is in place in counties Tyrone, Derry and the rest of the Northern Ireland. It remains in place until 9 o’clock tonight. Heavy showers and thunderstorms may bring torrential downpours causing travel disruption and, in places, flooding.

A 25 year old man was arrested last night following the seizure suspected drugs in Derry city centre. Police responded to a report just before midnight, resulting in the man being arrested on suspicion of possession of a Class B controlled drug, possession of a Class C controlled drug, theft, fraud by false representation and

A Quigley’s Point based producer of peat-free compost and other environmental products has won the Green Sustainability section of the National Enterprise Awards. Living Green is an established business offering products designed to promote sustainable living and healthy choices, and has the largest worm farm in Ireland. This is the second consecutive year a Donegal

The body of a woman has been found in Lough Swilly. Gardaí in Kerrykeel, assisted by Coast Guard, Mountain Rescue, the Coast Guard Helicopter, the RNLI rescue boat and local people carried out a search in relation to a missing woman last night. The body was recovered from the water at approximately 9 o’clock. It’s

Donegal County Council is lodging a funding application for the Buncrana Leisure Centre under the Large Scale Sport Infrastructure Fund, which has a closing date of July 1st. Local Councillor Jack Murray says with planning permission already secure, the council still has the option of seeking funding for the centre within the Shore Front development

Ireland will formally recognise Palestine as an independent state today, with the Palestinian flag set to be raised over Leinster House. The move has been denounced as a “reward for terrorism” by Israel. The recognition by Ireland comes as an Israeli airstrike in the southern Gaza city of Rafah – killed at least 45 people

Gardai have confirmed the man and woman in their 40s who were arrested yesterday morning as part of the investigation into the explosion which killed 10 people in Creeslough on October 7th 2022 have been released without charge. They say the investigation, involving gardai and other agencies including the Health & Safety Authority and the

The Finn Valley College in Stranorlar has been given approval to proceed to construction under the Additional School Accommodation Scheme. It will see the secondary school equipped with three new classrooms for children with special needs, two special education rooms for one-to-one teaching or group working and three general classrooms. Minister Charlie McConalogue welcomed the

An increase of the number of visitors from American Universities to the Donegal Gaeltacht has been welcomed. Ionad Naomh Pádraig in Gaoth Dobhair has seen students from North Carolina State University, Kirksville and Truman State University, Missouri in the past week alone. A total of 7 third level education institutions will pay Gaoth Dobhair a

Police in Strabane are seeking the publics help in identifying an accompanied woman seen in only her underwear in Castlederg in the early hours of Sunday morning. At 2am she was seen walking the Muckle Hill View estate. Two men were with her. PSNI are appealing to those with information and the woman herself to

  134 homes and businesses have lost power in Carndonagh this afternoon. A fault caused the outage after 2:20pm today. It hope to be resolved by 5:30pm this evening.