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The gritters will be out early tomorrow morning as a number of routes on the Donegal County Council Winter Maintenance Programme are to be treated. This is to commence at 6am tomorrow morning. Donegal county council are urging drivers to assume no road is ice free. The following routes will be gritted from 6AM on […]

The Social Democrats have seen the largest increase in social media followers among political parties since 2022. The party has grown its following by 230% since September 2022 – adding 126,000 followers across all platforms. Sinn Féin is leading the way with a total of 934,000 followers. The analysis, by Mulley Communications, found Sinn Féin

There were 412 patients on a trolley at Letterkenny University Hospital this month. According to the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation, the number of admitted patients without a bed at the hospital in March is down 22% compared to the same period in 2023. A total of 9,856 patients had to wait on trollies at

Four men arrested in Derry this week have been charged with a number of drug related offences. The men aged, 20, 25 and 54 were arrested on Wednesday following the search of a property in the Strathfoyle area. They are due to appear before Omagh Magistrates Court tomorrow.

Police in Northern Ireland have charged a 61 year old man with non-recent sexual offences. A 57 year old woman’s also been charged with aiding and abetting additional offences. Both are due in court in Newry next month.

  An Garda Síochána are advising citizens to take care whilst socialising and traveling this Easter bank holiday weekend. They are urging people to drink alcohol responsibly and to not drive whilst under the influence of alcohol and/or drugs. They advise to ensure that cars are locked and parked securely in well lit areas, with

In North Inishowen, Sinn Fein have selected Toni Devine as their second local election candidate for the area. Ms Devine is based in Kinnagoe Bay and has worked on a wide range of community campaigns in Donegal and the Northwest over the years. She says she will listen to the people about what they need

Ireland has the third highest number of deaths on rural roads in the EU. That’s according to a new report from the European Transport Safety Council, which finds more than two thirds of all deaths happen outside motorways and built-up areas. 67% of all road deaths between 2020 and 2022 in Ireland were on rural

Two more people have declared their intention to contest this year’s local elections in Donegal. Convoy woman Selina O’Donnell who is now living in West Donegal will run as an independent in the Glenties local electoral area. She says local business, the fishing industry and rural services will be some of the issues she will

There’s been a 40% increase in the number of people attending the Emergency Department at Letterkenny University Hospital over the past four years. 35% of the people who attended the hospital’s ED required admission. From 2020 to 2023, a total of 178, 919 people presented at the Emergency Department at Letterkenny University Hospital. The number

A man in Derry who was arrested for shop lifting yesterday was later found to have been wanted in relation to a number of similar incidents. After stealing from two stores, police made the discovery. PSNI received a report at 1:50pm yesterday afternoon of a man who had taken a number of high value meat

All roads on the Donegal Winter Maintenance programme will be treated this evening from 6 o’clock. Donegal County Council are urging drivers to assume no road is ice free. The gritting route index as follows: 01: National Primary North 02: National Primary Central 03: National Primary South 04: Inishowen South 05: Inishowen East 06: Inishowen

Three more communities have benefitted from the Uisce Eireann National Leakage Reduction programme. Dunfanaghy, Toberkeen and Straid from the replacement of almost 2km of old and damaged cast iron water mains. Works are also ongoing in Liscooley to Castlefinn, Pluck to Manorcunningham, and Coole Upper to Cranford. Uisce Eireann says these will ensure the provision

13,841 people were registered as homeless in Ireland in February – a new record. The total figure includes 4,170 children. There was a 10% increase in the number of adults homeless in the North West, totalling to 173 , 70 of them in Donegal. The North West seen 22 families without a home last month,

Two services in Donegal are to benefit after Justice Minister Helen McEntee today confirmed details of additional funding for domestic, sexual and gender-based violence services. Donegal Rape Crisis Centre receives just over €142,000, and Donegal Womens Refuge receives an extra €59,000. It’s part of a €6.3 million national funding package which sees 43 groups around

Heavy rain has led to flooding in parts of Donegal this afternoon. The Manor Roundabout outside Letterkenny has been impacted with traffic down to one lane. Motorists are urged to take care on the roads with rain expected to continue for much of the afternoon.

Almost 165,000 people visited OPW sites in Donegal last year. There has been an 11% rise in the number of people travelling to Donegal’s OPW owned sites. They are Doe Castle, Donegal Castle, Glebe House and Gallery, Grianán of Aileach and Newmills Corn and Flax. Figures from the Office of Public Works show Donegal Castle

Four men have been arrested after drugs were seized during searches in Derry. Police conducted a search of a property in The Old Fort area of Strathfoyle last evening and a quantity of Class A and B Drugs were seized along with a sum of cash. The men, aged 20, 25 and 54 were arrested

Gardai have seized a number of items today as part of an ongoing investigation after packages containing over €4 million worth of cocaine washed up in Donegal last year. This morning Donegal Gardaí assisted by Louth Gardaí have carried out searches at a number of locations in Dundalk. Items of potential evidential value to the

The 100% Redress Party has announced another local election candidate. Joy Beard will contest June’s elections for the party in the Buncrana electoral area. She has been a defective concrete block campaigner for over seven years and was one of the co-founders of the Redress Focus Groups. Ms Beard says while the defective block crisis

A car has been seized in Donegal after the driver was suspected of having a fraudulent driving licence and insurance disk. On Tuesday, while on patrol the Letterkenny Roads Policing Unit were alerted to a vehicle having no insurance. The car was subsequently stopped and the documents inspected and it emerged they were fraudulent. The

A man in his 20s has been killed in a road crash in Co Roscommon. He was driving a car which was involved in a crash with a lorry on the Athlone Road at Newtown at 10pm last night. He was taken to hospital where he was pronounced dead. The road is closed for a

The HSE are asking the public to use all care options available to them over the Easter weekend. They are concerned that emergency departments could become overwhelmed over the next few days as staff take holidays. Officials say any non urgent injuries can be dealt with through GPs, injury units or out of hour services.

The sod was turned today on a major new €1.4 million development at Letterkenny Community Centre. The new building will be known as the Jim Lynch Community building in memory of the late councillor who was a leading figure on the board of directors for many years and who was also the editor of the

PSNI in Derry are urging people to be vigilant after a person was scammed. The money was lost after the person was contacted online and told they’d won money but had to send online gift cards to verify themselves. This continued for some time before the scam was spotted and stopped resulting in thousands of