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Northern Ireland’s Attorney General has ordered a fresh inquest into the death of Donegal man Michael Leonard. The 24 year old was shot dead in 1973 by the RUC near the Donegal-Fermanagh border. The Attorney General’s decision was announced yesterday, a day before Britain’s Legacy Act comes into force. According to Paper Trail, the North’s […]

Raphoe Councillor Frank McBrearty has confirmed that he is seeking re-election. The Independent Councillor was first elected in 2009 and has served in the Lifford Stranorlar Municipal District. He says his decision to run as a Councillor again was ‘one of the toughest’ of his life. Cllr McBrearty has acknowledged the legal process he is

An Oireachtas committee will meet this afternoon to discuss issues related to Defective Concrete Blocks. The meeting at 1.30pm in Committee Room 3 of Leinster House will hear from representatives from the Banking and Payments Federation of Ireland, Insurance Ireland, and Engineers Ireland. The Joint Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach has

One year after launching in Donegal, the Pathfinder team in Donegal has been called out to the homes of 511 older people in the region, and managed to keep 81% of patients safely at home. Pathfinder is a partnership between the National Ambulance Service and Letterkenny University Hospital, with the Pathfinder team responding to emergency

The number of people waiting on a trolley at Letterkenny University Hospital during the month of April increased 15% when compared to the same period last year. There were 594 people without a bed at the hospital over the past month, making it the 5th most overcrowded in the country. Over 11,070 patients, including 258

Gardai are seeking to identify a van and its occupants seen in the Newtowncunningham area at the time of a trailer theft last week. The ‘Brian James’ trailer/car transporter was stolen from Cornfield Lane between 1.50pm and 2pm on Wednesday afternoon last. Anyone who was in the area at the time and has dash cam

The windscreen of a lorry has been smashed during a criminal damage incident in Milford. The owner of the lorry which was parked at Lough Fern Heights between 5pm on Thursday evening last and 7:30am the following morning, discovered that the front windscreen had been smashed by rocks. Gardai are appealing to anyone who observed

Gardaí are on the hunt for three youths in connection with a burglary at a business premises in Buncrana last week. Between 1:30am and 1:40am on Wednesday morning last, the door of the premises in the Marke Square area was forced open. Two phones, a green iphone 15 and a black iPhone X were stolen.

Gardai are appealing for witnesses to a crash in the Manorcunningham area on Sunday evening last to come forward. The driver and three passengers were hospitalised following the crash on the Galdonagh Road shortly after 7pm on Sunday. Two men were seriously injured. It’s believed the car was travelling from Raphoe towards Newtowncunningham at the

Investigations are continuing into a fatal crash in Falcarragh last week. Keyna Barrett from Falcarrgh who was in her 80s, died following the crash in the Ballina area on Tuesday afternoon last at around 1:30pm. Gardaí are appealing for any witnesses to come forward. They’re keen to hear from anyone who was travelling in the

The story of Donegal Tweed and its connections with Scotland and Scottish Tweed took centre stage at a special event in Edinburgh hosted by the Irish Consulate Service in association with Donegal County Council on Thursday evening last. Over 100 people attended the event that aimed to celebrate the long standing connections between Ireland and

The Greencastle Harbour Breakwater Project will officially open on Friday. The €25 million project included the construction of a 150-metre extension to the existing breakwater and the placement of 350,000 tonnes of rock core and armour to help improve the storm shelter characteristics of the harbour, increase the harbour area and provide new berthage. The

Sinn Fein has announced their third candidate to contest the local elections in the Glenties local electoral area. Mullaghduff native, Kellie Rodgers has been put forward by the party. She says being very conscious that the community she has grown up in has been left behind formed part of her decision to run in the

Peter Casey has announced that he is contesting the upcoming European Parliament Elections in the Midlands North West Constituency. The businessman will run as an independent candidate in June’s elections. Mr Casey says the Government’s decision to opt into the EU Asylum and Migration Pact, defective concrete blocks, safety in rural Ireland and Carbon Tax

The Justice Minister is to seek Cabinet approval this morning for emergency legislation so the UK can be designated as a safe country to return asylum seekers to. It follows a judgement from the High Court last month that it’s current designation was unlawful. Justice Minister Helen McEntee intends that returns to the UK will

An appeal has been issued for information by Tom Duffy’s Circus after a number of their posters were damaged in Letterkenny over the weekend. A spokesperson says it’s believed the damage was done around 9pm last night. The boards were pulled to bottom of poles, out of people’s vision lines in the town centre, from

A Donegal company has announced a €5 million global expansion. Falcarragh based company Kelsius, plans to expand its manufacturing and research and development facility to meet global demands. The company processes over 80 terabytes of data each year in connection to its wireless temperature monitoring and digital Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point systems, which

Cllr. Lilian Seenoi-Barr has become the victim of online abuse in the wake of the announcement of her appointment to become the next Mayor of Derry City and Strabane District Council. Alex Jones, an American who was forced to pay a fine of £1.2 billion for claiming the 2012 Sandy Hook school shooting was a

Family Resource Centres across Ireland will go into 2025 with a new base level of €160,000 worth of core funding. The announcement was made today by the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth, Roderic O’Gorman. An allocation of €1.5 million will bring 54 FRCs across Ireland to the new base level, to take

A Donegal based pharmacist has officially been  appointed as the President of the Irish Pharmacy Union. Tom Murray has been a community pharmacist since 2001 and has previously served in a number of roles with the IPU including chair of its Finance Committee. He says his top priority is to address the funding crisis within

A beach accessible wheelchair and hoist is to be launched at Murvagh beach this Friday. A spokesperson from the Friends of Murvagh Beach committee says the move will have a life changing impact for those with a disability in the area, and will allow them to experience the beach and water in a way which

A man in county Tyrone has been charged to court following an incident involving two machetes yesterday in the area of Coalisland. The 25 year old has been charged with possession of a blade or point in a public place and two counts of assault on police. He is due to appear at Enniskillen Magistrates

The trail starts today of three men charged with the murder of journalist Lyra McKee. The 29 year old was shot after rioting broke out in Derry in April 2019. Another seven men are also facing charges in connection with disorder in the city on the same day.

Two people have been seriously injured in a crash in Donegal. Gardai and emergency services attended the scene of the single-vehicle collision at Manorcunningham at around 7pm last evening. The driver of the car, a male in his late teens and a passenger, a man in his 20’s were taken to Letterkenny University Hospital for

A young man in his 20’s has been killed in a road crash in Co. Galway. The man was driving a quad bike which crashed with a tractor in Gort. It happened at around 1.15pm yesterday. A post mortem examination will be carried out on his body at University Hospital Galway.