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Three students from Pobalscoil Ghaoth Dobhair have taken home the prestigious EirGrid Cleaner Climate Award following their win at the SciFest@College 2024 regional competition at ATU Donegal. Fourth year students Kerry Magner, Muireann Haicéid and Áine Ní Fhearraigh impressed judges with their project that focused on demonstrating how much electricity a simple waterwheel can generate, […]

Four groups from Donegal competed in the finals of the Foróige Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship Programme (NFTE) ‘Youth Entrepreneur of the Year’ competition. Slans by Sasha Kolesnyk from St. Columba’s College, Stranorlar, reached the Social Enterprise final. In the Innovation final were Cozy Quills by Kira McLaughlin from Scoil Mhuire, Buncrana and R.R.R. by Rihanna

The Food Safety Authority of Ireland says 21 Closure Orders were served on food businesses in April, the highest level of closure orders so far this year. Two orders were issued in Letterkenny, both have since been lifted. On April 17th, a closure order was served on Payless Grocery and Meat at 46 Port Road,

Two people have been arrested following disturbance in Derry city centre  last night. Police say during the incident, a member of the public who stopped to diffuse the situation was attacked. The incident occurred on Sackville Street where there was a report made to police at around 8pm of a fight involving five to six

Here’s how to access the full recordings of yesterday’s joint Oireachtas Committee meeting at which government officials and Central Bank representatives were questioned. Click on the following link –  https://www.oireachtas.ie/hourly/     Click on Committee 3, and then click on Wednesday May 8th 2024 Click on the line which indicates ‘last modified’ at 12:50, click

Donegal County Council has been told that preparatory work is continuing on two flagship housing projects in Letterkenny which are set to deliver a total of 340 houses. On of the sites is at Ballymacool, opposite O’Donnell Park, the other is on High Road, behind Letterkenny Fire Station. The first 130 houses should be complete

Pump installation works may cause water supply disruptions around Bridgend this morning. Uisce Eireann say Dundrean, Drumadooey, Birdstown Demesne, Drumhaggart, Elaghbeg and surrounding areas may be affected between 9am and midday. Meanwhile, as part of the National Leakage Reduction Programme, mains repair works may cause supply disruption to Trusk Road, Ballybofey and surrounding areas from

Donegal County Council and Mc Hugh Bros have signed a turnkey acquisition contract for the construction of 21 social homes at Windyhall, Letterkenny. This scheme comprises 12 1-bedroom apartments, 1 2-bedroom apartment and 8 3-bedroom apartments. It’s expected the development will be completed by the end of next year. Pictured at the signing of Contracts

A 42 year old man has been arrested by police investigating the attempted murder of Detective Inspector John Caldwell in County Tryone. He was shot several times at a sports complex in Omagh in February last year, and suffered ‘life changing’ injuries in the attack. The PSNI say the suspect presented himself to Musgrave Police

Former Donegal priest, Eamonn Crossan, was sentenced today for crimes committed against a minor. Monsignor Kevin Gillespie has reiterated an apology on behalf of the Raphoe Diocese with a deep sense of shame. Msgr. Gillespie says it’s his hope that the sentence handed down today will bring the victim some consolation. He also encouraged those

A van and a motorbike collided yesterday evening in Strabane on the Victoria Road in Ballymagorry. It was reported to police just after 7.30pm. The rider of the bike, who left the scene, was taken to hospital and the later arrested on suspicion of offences, including causing grievous bodily injury by dangerous driving. He was

Three more independent candidates are to run for the local elections in June under the umbrella of IrishPeople.org. Kim McMenamin is to contest in the Buncrana local electoral area, while Dr Ann McCloskey will run in Letterkenny. Finally, Donal McKinney has confirmed he put his name in the ring in the Carndonagh LEA.

Concerns are growing for a missing 16 year old who was last seen in the Waterside area of Derry at 5 pm on Sunday last. Mohammad Amin is described as 6’2, with short, curly, black hair, which may have an orange dye in. It is unknown what Mohammad was wearing, and he may have travelled

Gardaí in Donegal are still making arrests for drink and drug driving after the bank holiday weekend. Yesterday in Letterkenny, a driver was arrested after failing roadside breath test as a result of being out the night before. They now face a disqualification of 3 months and a €200 fine. Meanwhile in Killygordon, a driver

Two men have been arrested in Derry after another man was threatened with a knife and robbed in broad daylight. Shortly after 2:05pm the victim was approached by two men in a dark coloured car. One man, who has a beard and was wearing a grey tracksuit got out of the vehicle and demanded the

Derry City and Strabane District Council is seeking the views of the public in relation to a draft equality impact assessment report on the Council’s Dual Language Street Naming policy. It follows a decision three years ago to lower the threshold for the installation of dual language signage from 66.7% to 15%. Following the 2021

Gardaí say they were on the roads across the Donegal Division over the course of the May Bank Holiday Weekend conducting checkpoints, patrols and speed checks. There were 4 drink driving related arrests and 4 drug driving related arrests across the Division between Friday morning and this morning. Fixed Charge penalty notices have been issued for

Two men have been arrested and an assorted quantity of suspected drugs seized during a PSNI operation in Strabane today. Police say in addition to the drugs, a quantity of cash was also seized along with a number of other items. These will now be forensically examined. Two men, aged 41 and 18, were arrested

  Letterkenny University Hospital has welcomed the publication by a HIQA report last week, which expressed concern at long wait times in the ED and also concerns at the delay in ambulance turnarounds. Hospital Manager Sean Murphy says significant progress has been made, and they are working hard to address the issues highlighted in the

Sinn Fein say they are running a record number of candidates in the upcoming local elections in Donegal. There 18 candidates across the county’s seven electoral areas, along with two European candidates. Voting takes place for both the local elections and European elections on Friday the 7th of June.

A Donegal taxi driver was left out of pocket after two passengers didn’t pay their fare. The incident took place on Friday last at the bridge between Ballybofey and Stranorlar at around 8.35am, when two men aged in their 20s fled on foot. Gardaí are appealing to anybody in the area who may have seen

491 patients are waiting on trolleys in hospitals today, with Letterkenny University Hospital the third most overcrowded. The INMO’s Trolley Watch shows 357 of those are in emergency departments, with the remainder in wards. University Hospital Limerick remains the worst-affected with 107 patients waiting for a bed – followed by Galway with 56, and Letterkenny

Gardaí are looking for witnesses after a car was damaged in Killygordon. The incident occurred in Forest Park between midday on Wednesday last and noon the following Friday, which seen paintwork on both sides of the car scraped. If anybody witnessed the incident or if they can assist with information, contact Letterkenny Gardaí on 074-9167100.

An investigation is ongoing into a single car collision which occurred just before 6:30pm yesterday evening outside Finner camp, in Bundoran. As a result, the driver was taken to hospital for treatment to serious but non-life threatening injuries. Gardaí are appealing for witnesses to come forward. They also ask that those who were travelling in

A two car crash took place at Glencar Scotch in Letterkenny on Saturday evening last. At around 5:20pm, both vehicles were travelling in the area of Glencar towards Killylastin. One driver failed to remain at the scene. Gardaí in Letterkenny are appealing for witnesses to come forward and for those with dash cam footage to