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A vigil is taking place in Letterkenny tomorrow evening to mark 200 days since the start of the war in Gaza. The vigil organised by the Donegal branch of the Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign will hear the names of the almost 34,000 children who have to date, been killed in Gaza read aloud. The group

Investigations are continuing in Letterkenny into a criminal damage incident in Letterkenny last week. At around 11pm, the front living room window of a house at College Park was smashed by a stone. Gardai are appealing to anyone who can assist with the investigation or who was in the area at the time and has

Gardai are appealing for information after the windscreen of a car was smashed in Letterkenny. A resident in the Gleann Tain Manor are discovered yesterday morning that the rear windscreen of their car had been smashed overnight. The damage is believed to have been caused between Midnight and 6am yesterday morning. Anyone with information is

Gardai are appealing for information following the theft of an electric scooter in Letterkenny. The black Segway Ninebot scooter was stolen from the Port Road between 2:15pm and 2:30pm on Sunday. Gardai are particularly keen to speak with anyone who may have been travelling along the Port Road or in the areas of Letterkenny Shopping

Investigations are ongoing into the ransacking of a house in the Lifford area earlier this month. Between 6pm on Monday, April 15th and 11am on Thursday, April 18th a window of the property in Rossgier was smashed and entry gained. Nothing was stolen during the break in. Anyone who observed any suspicious activity in the

A man has been seriously injured in an attack in Ballybofey. At around 1:30am on Sunday morning, the man was approached by a gang of men in the Main Street area and assaulted by one of them. Gardai have described the man’s injuries as serious but non-life threatening. They’re appealing to anyone who witnessed the

An injured walker was last evening airlifted from the Sliabh Liag area. The Donegal Mountain Rescue Team and the Killybegs Coast Guard were both tasked at 5.25pm to assist a casualty who had suffered an ankle injury. The rescue services made their way to the Pilgrim’s Path where the casualty was located at a height

Police say last night’s Derry City match passed without incident. A policing operation was implemented at last night’s game against St Pats after police were attacked with masonry following disorder after a match at the Ryan McBride Brandywell stadium on Friday. A male teenager however, was arrested in the Lone Moor Gardens area during the

32 individuals were arrested for stalking in Strabane and Derry since new legislation was introduced to tackle the crime in April 2022. This week marks National Stalking Awareness Week and in a bid to encourage victims to com forward, the PSNI have shared the figures of arrests made to date. In the Fermanagh and Omagh

Donegal Mountain Rescue have issued a statement in relation to a rescue in which a man believed to be from Derry lost his life. The team were tasked at around 1:25pm on Saturday afternoon by AGS Galway to Poison Glenn. It was then established there had been a catastrophic event involving two climbers, one of

A man from Killygordan has been jailed for three years today for 15 counts of sexual assault in the year 1995. Paul O’Brien of Forest Park, Killygordon has maintained his innocence and has not accepted the jury’s verdict. Grace Kelly says the jury’s verdict was like a black cloud being lifted following a nine-day trial

A number of fines were issued at Garda checkpoints in Muff and St. Johnston this morning for failing to display ‘N’ plates and to wear seatbelts. A car was also seized from a learner driver traveling alone with an expired learner permit. Gardaí assisted by Revenue and Social Welfare Enforcement Officers, are reminding learner drivers

The official opening of the new Ballyshannon Community Hospital will take place on Friday. The facility has been operating for a number of months now however, Minister of State for Mental Health and Older People, Mary Butler, will travel to Donegal to officially open it. Minister Butler will also meet with representatives of the Restoration

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Allstate Northern Ireland has opened a new office in Derry as part of £1.6 million expansion in the North West. The new state-of-the-art premises at the Innovation Centre in the city officially opened in recent days. Allstate NI Managing Director Stephen McKeown says the opening of the new office marks not only the company’s commitment

Three people have been seriously injured in a crash on the A5. The collision involving a blue BMW M4 and a black Kia Sportage occurred in the Old Omagh Road area of Ballygawley yesterday afternoon at 4pm. One man, in his 50s, and two women, in their 20s and 50s, were taken to hospital for

A motorcyclist in his 60s has been killed after a crash in Cork yesterday evening. The single-vehicle collision happened on the R579 at Glen South in Banteer, with Gardaí called to the scene at 6:45pm. The road between Banteer and Nad remains closed this morning while a technical examination is carried out. Gardaí are appealing

Ulster University is undertaking a study into the mental health and familial impact of the defective concrete block crisis. A group of researchers from the Schools of Psychology, Business, and Geography and Environmental Sciences at Ulster University are undertaking a study into the unique experiences of defective concrete blocks and the mental health and stressors

Another candidate has declared their intention to contest the European elections in the Midlands North West constituency. Leader of the National Party, James Reynolds has also previously held roles in the IFA and Irish Cattle and Sheep Farmer’s Association. A full-time suckler and sheep farmer and campaigner, James says he wants to make sure the

A man has died after a fall while hill walking in Dunlewey over the weekend. Gardaí and local rescue services were notified of the incident involving two walkers at Poisoned Glen at around 1pm on Saturday afternoon. The man in his late 50s was fatally injured and following a recovery operation, he was removed from

  Dog owners are to be targeted in a new national awareness campaign. ‘Its not your dogs fault, it’s yours’ is aiming to highlight the harm out of control dogs can do to both people and livestock. Minister for Rural and Community Development Heather Humphreys says the goal is to remind owners they must always

The first non-statutory public consultation for the Three Trees to Carndonagh greenway project is set to get underway this week. Donegal County Council with the support of Transport Infrastructure Ireland are inviting the public to have their say on the project which is in Phase 1, the concept & feasibility stage which includes the identification

A car was seized in the Ballybofey area in the early hours of this morning after it emerged the vehicle’s tax expired 1,390 days ago. Gardai say there was nothing displayed on the windscreen so they will now make further enquiries in relation to NCT and insurance. Motorists are being reminded to never take to

Letterkenny man, Michael Harte scooped an award at last night’s Irish Film & Television Academy Awards. He was recognised for his editing work on ‘Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie’ at last night’s awards ceremony in Dublin. This is just the latest award for Michael who also won an Emmy for the feature documentary.

A number of items have been seized by police in Co Derry as part of investigations into dissident republican activity. Searches were carried out by detectives in the Currynierin and Foreglen Road areas yesterday. The items seized have been taken away for further examination.

Another driver has been arrested in Donegal after being caught driving under the influence. The Letterkenny Roads Policing Unit initially detected the car travelling at 129KPH in a 100 KPH speed zone yesterday. The motorist subsequently tested positive for cocaine. Gardai are reiterating their warning to never drive while under the influence of alcohol or

Planning permission for a major extension to Scoil Mhuire, Buncrana has been granted. The proposed two-storey 2,023 square-metre development will include two mainstream classrooms, three special education training rooms, three science labs, a science prep area, a home economics room, a design and communications and graphics room, and four special education needs bases. Welcoming the

Motorists are advised of traffic delays in Letterkenny this afternoon following a crash on the Four Lane route. The two car collision occurred a short time ago on the inbound lane of the Four Lane road.

Safety experts are warning people to be water-safety aware near beaches, lakes or rivers – amid the promise of warm, sunny weather over the next few days. It follows the deaths of a man and a young boy in two separate drownings here and abroad in the past 24 hours. A 7-year-old child died in