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Setanta Hurling Club have been honoured at Municipal Reception. The event was held in recognition of the club’s achievements over the last number of years and in particular, on becoming the first Donegal side to win the Ulster Intermediate Club Hurling Championship in December 2023. The Club have won back-to-back Ulster titles winning the Ulster

Major new laws regulating migration in the EU have been passed. The EU Pact on Migration and Asylum was approved by MEPs in the last few minutes. It creates common, EU-wide procedures for dealing with migration – but has faced criticism from those who say it violates asylum seekers’ rights and infringes on member states’

The Children’s Rights Alliance is calling on the government to support initiatives to tackle holiday hunger. Last Christmas, the Donegal Family Resource Centres Network supported over 400 children experiencing holiday hunger through the agency’s Food Provision Scheme. Meanwhile, in 2023, 96 Donegal schools availed of the Hot School Meals Programme, benefitting 9,118 students. Tanya Ward,

Gardai in Donegal are warning that checkpoints will continue across the county. It’s after a driver was arrested by the Letterkenny Roads Policing Unit yesterday on suspicion of drug driving after testing positive for cocaine. Meanwhile, a vehicle was seized after the tax was found to have expired in 2018 and the CVRT expired in

Eileen Magnier – RTE News’ first ever female correspondent – is to retire after 34 years as North West correspondent. She became the North West Correspondent in the summer of 1990, reporting from areas including Donegal, Leitrim and Sligo. In a tweet, the Kilkenny-native thanked everyone who shared their stories with her over the years,

Police are appealing for information after a trailer containing approximately £16,000 worth of steel was stolen from a commercial premises in Derry last night. The Tri Axle Tuffmac trailer with a registration of 191-DL-2699, along with galvanised steel sheeting and purlins is believed to have been stolen from a driving range premises on Alder Road

Police are appealing for witnesses to a Road Traffic Collision on Saturday 6th April 2024 on Abercorn Road, Derry. Anyone who witnessed a black insignia leaving Dungiven Road in the Waterside at approx 3.30pm which travelled to Abercorn Road subsequently colliding with a number of parked cars. Traffic was particularly heavy in the area due

Another Independent Candidate has declared for the local elections in Donegal, this time in the Lifford-Stranorlar Electoral Area. Martin Scanlon from Cloghan says he believes there is an over emphasis on developing Letterkenny at the expense of other areas, adding that The Lifford-Stranorlar area has been neglected with the Twin Towns now having the highest

The phone lines are down in Tamney Health Centre this morning in Fanad. If you need to get through to the doctors please call in or dial 086 8968089 before 1pm today.

Foyle MP and SDLP leader Colm Eastwood says the people of Derry stand with the Bloody Sunday Families and the wounded ahead of decisions by the PPS on the prosecution of soldiers for perjury resulting from the Saville Inquiry and the Widgery Tribunal. Mr Eastwood says Lord Saville’s finding that many ‘knowingly put forward false

It’s reported this evening that Planning Permission has been granted for a major sports complex in Letterkenny that will include an indoor dome. According to Donegal Live, Donegal County Council has given the go ahead for the development, which is being led by the Donegal campus of Atlantic Technological University on a 42-acre site at

Police have seized a scrambler after receiving a report of a male driving the machine on the road and along footpaths in Currynierin yesterday. Police say after they observed the scrambler, the driver made off across fields. Checks of the area, including use of a Police drone, resulted in the scrambler being found abandoned in

Financial support is being offered to livestock farmers struggling with the persistent rain so far this year.   Agriculture Minister Charlie McConalogue this afternoon announced Government aid will be provided to farmers who have to transport fodder more than 75 kilometres.   The Fodder Transport Support Measures is open to anyone who’s experiencing a significant

  The road at Umgall, Malin has reopened after two men were hospitalised following a crash this morning. The two car collison occurred shortly before 7am at Umgall. Gardai are appealing to anyone who witnessed the collision to contact them.

Simon Harris has been formally appointed as Taoiseach this afternoon, receiving his Seal of Office from President Michael D Higgins. Mr Harris arrived at Áras an Uachtarain this afternoon, accompanied by his wife, children, parents and members of his extended family, following the majority vote in the Dáil which saw him elected as the 16th

A man is due in court today in connection with an early morning burglary at a business premises in Letterkenny. The property at Killylastin was broken into this morning. The man was arrested at the scene and later charged.

Gardai are appealing for information after a van stolen in Letterkenny was later found burnt out. The white Peugeot Partner van with a partial registration number of ‘NX62’ was stolen from Rosemount Terrace between April 1st and 2nd. It was later located at Kirkstown, completely destroyed by fire. Gardai are appealing to anyone who may

Gardai are appealing to anyone who noticed any suspicious activity in the Carrownaffe area of Moville between March 31st and April 2nd to contact them. The front windscreen of a jeep parked at a business premises in the area between those dates was cracked and the driver’s side window smashed. Nothing was stolen from the

A man arrested in connection with the seizure of £10,000 worth of drugs in Derry has been charged. The 42 year old faces a number of charges including; possession of a Class B controlled drug, possession of a Class B controlled drug with intent to supply, being concerned in the supply of a Class B

Two men have been hospitalised after a two car collison in Malin this morning. The crash occurred shortly before 7am at Umgall. Gardai say the road is expected to remain closed for a number of hours. Diversions are in place. Gardai are appealing to anyone who witnessed the collision to contact them.

A road alert notice has been issued warning drivers of an emergency road closure in north Donegal. Umgal Junction south of Umgal School, is closed and diversions are in place. Updates as they come in.

PSNI are appealing to identify two men who were driving a white van and assisted on the scene of a fatal collision in Omagh on Tuesday the 5th of March. The crash involved a Scania lorry and a white BMW 320 on the Curr Road, Beragh between 7:15pm and 7:20pm. The men in the van

Gardaí in Donegal are appealing to the public to end the game of roulette that is taking place on our roads. They say following speed and drug detections in recent days, it’s clear the safety of other road users is not being considered by many. On Friday night the Buncrana Roads Policing Unit detected a

Police in Derry have seized suspected Class B drugs with an estimated street value of £10,000. The find was made during searches last evening. The searches were conducted at two addresses in the Waterside area of the city yesterday. District Support Team officers made the seizures, assisted by colleagues from the Tactical Support Group. A