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The gritters are set to treat some routes on the Donegal Winter Maintenance programme from 8pm tonight. It follows a yellow ice warning from Met Eireann to begin at the same time. Donegal County Council is urging driver to assume no road is ice free. The following routes will be gritted from 8PM on Sat.

Over €71 million in total has been allocated to Donegal County Council to oversee their planned programme of works for the year ahead by the Department of Transport, Transport Infrastructure Ireland and the National Transport Authority. The programme of works cover that of roads, greenways and active travel infrastructure. A breakdown of each project allocation

Airlines have been fined more than €5 million for allowing refugees to fly into Ireland without proper documents in the past five years. There were over 3,000 “undocumented cases” since 2019, with €1,500 charged in each case. The airlines received 990 fines last year, equating to over €1.4 million, the latest figures show.

Donegal drivers are warned that a yellow weather warning for ice is coming into effect at 8 o’clock this evening. As a result roads may be hazardous and those using paths and cycleways are warned of slippery conditions. The warning will cease at 9am tomorrow morning.

  Malin Head Coast Guard co-ordinated the medical evacuation of a seriously ill casualty off the coast of Mayo yesterday in conjunction with UK colleagues. The R118 Sligo rescue helicopter conducted the evacuation of the German registered fishing vessel 111 miles west of Erris Head. They were supported by their Dublin counterparts to see the

Gardaí are warning the public of a door-to-door scam that has is ongoing in the county. It involves a man claiming to be a builder who has left over tarmac from a contract and offers work on the driveway at a low cost. People are urged to not agree to have work done, share any

Two students from the Northwest, Aisha O’Hara Boyle from Buncrana and Cliodhna McNulty from Strabane, were among a group of just 24 teenagers from all over the island of Ireland to be presented with Rotary Youth Leadership Development certificates at the European Parliament’s offices in Dublin. The competition, which is one of Rotary Ireland’s longest

Pilots with Emerald Airlines are set to see their pay go up by 10%. It’s after Fórsa and the union’s airline pilot branch IALPA, reached an agreement. It includes a 3.5% increase today, the same amount this day next year, and then another 3% on March 1st, 2026. Emerald Airlines pilots which operate Aer Lingus’

JD Sports is tipped to open a new store in Letterkenny. It’s understood the shop will take over the former Argos store at Letterkenny Retail Park. The company this week, submitted planning permission to Donegal County Council seeking approval for alterations to the shop frontage, including the development of new replacement shopfront signage and the

The HSE is seeking to reassure people in Kilmacrennan that the same level of GP services will be provided in Milford. There’s serious concern after the Health Centre in Kilmacrennan closed on January 29th with patients instead having to travel to Milford. The HSE has confirmed that an additional clinic room has been set up

423 motorists have been caught speeding since National Slow Down Day started this morning. Today marked the first day of action by Gardaí targeting speed offences in 2024. A driver on the on the N7 at Castlewarden South in Kill in Kildare, was clocked doing 160 kilometres an hour in a 100 k zone, while

The Agriculture Minister will meet his Northern Irish counterpart in Donegal today. Ministers Charlie McConalogue and Andrew Muir are set to celebrate the announcement that Irish Grass Fed beef is being given the same special status as Champagne. The PGI label means the world-class product is directly connected to a specific region.

Prescribers can now write prescriptions for patients that are valid for up to 12 months. Health Minister Stephen Donnelly has announced from today, the maximum legal validity of them has been extended. Patients can ask their pharmacists to extend prescriptions from 6 months to a maximum of 12 months from September. That’s if they have

A driver has been arrested and a car seized overnight in the Letterkenny area. The Letterkenny Roads Policing Unit were on patrol when they observed a driver failing to stop at a red traffic light. They were subsequently stopped and it transpired the motorist had no insurance. Gardai seized the vehicle and the driver is

A man arrested yesterday in connection with an attempted murder in Derry in January has been released. The 60 year old was arrested as part of the investigation after shots were fired through the window of a property in Ardmore. He has been released on police bail to allow for further enquiries.

President Michael D Higgins spent the night in hospital undergoing tests after feeling unwell yesterday evening. The 82 year-old was taken by ambulance to hospital as a precaution after being assessed by a doctor at Áras an Uachtaráin. A statement from Áras an Uachtaráin says the President was in excellent spirits and has thanked the

There’s snow in parts of Donegal this morning. A status yellow snow and ice warning is in place for the county along with Cavan, Monaghan, Leitrim, Longford and Westmeath. Motorists are advised to take care on the roads this morning with reports of difficult driving conditions travelling through the Gap and in the Glenties area.

Gardaí in Ballyshannon are appealing to those attending the Donegal Vs Louth match over the weekend to use carparks in the town centre. It takes place on Sunday in Fr. Tierney Park. There is limited parking available in the vicinity of the pitch and as a result the area will be closed to traffic once

Coole Upper is to benefit from Uisce Éireann’s Leakage Reduction Programme as 2km of damaged water mains is to be replaced. It hopes to see an end to bursts and sporadic outages in the Coole Upper, Cranford and Milford areas. Works were postponed last year, but will now go ahead in an aim to see

Gritters will be on the roads in Donegal from 5pm this evening, with all roads on the council’s winter programme to be treated. Temperature are forecast to fall to -2 degrees in places tonight. Donegal County Council urge drivers to assume no road is ice free. ALL Donegal Winter Maintenance designated gritting routes will be

Three people have been hospitalised following a two car collision in Donegal Town this morning. They are believed to be in a stable condition. As a result of the crash on the N15 in Drumgowan at around 10:20am, the road was closed for a number of hours but it has now been re-opened. Those who

Claire McDonough has been elected as the new President of the Letterkenny Chamber of Commerce. The co-owner of La Maison, Interior Design Studio will be succeeding Highland Radio’s CEO Fionnuala Rabbitt. The outgoing President handed over the Presidential Chain at the Chamber’s AGM this afternoon. President McDonagh says its an honour to be elected and

292 people were on a trolley at Letterkenny University Hospital this month. That’s down 23% compared to the same period last year. A total of 10,991 patients went without a hospital bed in February according to the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation’s Trolley Watch figures.

Emergency services are currently at the scene of a crash in Donegal Town. The one vehicle crash occurred at around 10:30am this morning on approach to the town. Traffic is down to one lane. Gardai say no further information is available at this time.

HIQA reports published today have found two designated centres for people with disabilities in Donegal to be compliant. An announced inspection was carried out at Teach Sona to determine the renewal of the facility’s registration. The centre was found to be compliant or substantially compliant in all regulations but some areas of care including staff

The Irish Red Cross’ Creeslough Fund still has a balance of over €140,000. Total donations raised in response to the Creeslough tragedy through the Irish Red Cross fund have amounted to €1,906,349. To date, €1,715,857 has been spent on direct emergency funding and pre-planned lump-sum payments to families of those directly affected by the explosion

A man has been arrested in connection with an attempted murder in Derry last month. Shots were fired through the window of a house on Ardkill Road in the Ardmore area at around 9:15pm on January 6th, narrowly avoiding a man who was in the house at the time. Three other people were also in