Care is being advised on the roads today with a yellow wind and rain warning is in place for six counties, including Donegal, with a risk of localised flooding. So far, gardai in the county say no issues or incidents have been reported to them. The other counties covered by the alert are Sligo, Leitrim, …
No issues reported as wind and rain warning takes effect in Donegal Read More »
The government’s being accused of trying to turn people against Mica homeowners as opposition grows to the new levy on concrete products announced in the Budget to fund the Defective Blocks Redress Schemes. Campaigner Paddy Diver says while the state is determining how to raise money, there’s no urgency from government to help people who …
Concrete levy will turn people against Mica homeowners – Diver Read More »
A van has been driven through the gates of the home of Sinn Féin TD Martin Kenny. The Sligo Leitrim and South Donegal TD says it was ‘very traumatic’ for his wife, who was alone in the property at the time. The incident took place at 2 o’clock yesterday morning at his home in Aughavas, …
Van driven through gates of SF Justice Spokesperson’s Leitrim home Read More »
Two Greenway projects are being advanced by Donegal County Council in partnership with Derry City and Strabane District Council as part of the wider North West Greenway Network. Construction of the Muff to Quigley’s Point Greenway and the Lifford to Castlefin Greenway is set to begin next year. The proposed Muff to Quigley’s Point and …
A member of the Regional Health Forum West says the pandemic has played its part in Cashel na Cor not returning to full capacity. Day services at the centre in Buncrana is currently operating on a limited basis. The HSE has said recruitment of a manager for the facility has been challenging. Councillor Albert Doherty …
Issues at Cashel na Cor raised at Regional Health Forum level Read More »
Main Evening News, Sport, Farming News and Obituaries – Thursday September 29th:
Almost a million euro has been allocated to Donegal County Council for five projects under the Shared Island Local Authority Development Funding. Each of the projects sees the council with a council north of the border, three of them with Derry City and Strabane and two with Fermanagh and Omagh. The three projects being run …
Almost €1 million allocated to Donegal under the Shared Island Initiative Read More »
The EU Commission has taken further legal action against Ireland for failing to halt the cutting of peat within Special Areas of Conservation. It’s calling on Ireland to stop the ongoing cutting of peat in areas designated to conserve raised bogs and blanket bogs under the EU Habitats Directive. The commission says peat and turf …
EU issues legal proceedings over ongoing peat cutting in Irish SACs Read More »
‘Barney the Dinosaur’ is the latest subject of a two part documentary by Peacock. I Love You, You Hate Me investigates the dark side of the beloved children’s TV show. It dives into the intense hatred and backlash that the show was subject too. Peacock says in it’s synopsis “From Barney-bashing to frat parties to …
Docuseries about the dark side of ‘Barney’ to air in October Read More »
The Tanaiste says he’s open to alternative solutions to the concrete levy. It’s after a number of government TDs criticised the measure, which was announced in the Budget earlier this week. The 10 percent levy on concrete blocks has yet to be legislated for, and Leo Varadkar said it was important they get it right. …
Tanaiste open to alternative ways of administering the Concrete Levy Read More »
The wait is almost over for the sequel to 1993 Hocus Pocus. Hocus Pocus 2 will see Sarah Jessica Parker, Kathy Najimy and Bette Midler reprise the roles of Winifred, Sarah, and Mary. It will be available to stream on Disney+ from tomorrow.
Several instances of ‘substantial shortcomings’ were discovered in a new report into the cancellation of thousands of 999 calls by Gardaí. The Policing Authority paper discovered several inconsistencies within the four regional control rooms, which led to the ‘potential for serious harm to victims’ who were calling the emergency number. This report by Derek Penman …
‘Substantial shortcomings’ found in handling of 999 calls Read More »
Tayto Park announced earlier in the year that it would no longer by synonymous with the Irish crisp brand. The theme park has announced across its social media platforms that it will now be known as ‘Emerald Park.’ Management at the park say they commissioned research and Emerald Park was the clear favourite. View …
The Annual Northwest Breast Cancer Charity Ball will be making a welcome return to the social scene on Friday 2nd December 2022. This year we aim to continue to build on the previous success of the Ball and are excited that, once again, we will be returning to the Silver Tassie Hotel, Letterkenny for …
Welcome Return of the Northwest Breast Cancer Charity Ball Read More »
Clashes between the Tanaiste and Donegal Deputy Pearse Doherty have resumed just two weeks in to the new Dail term. Deputy Doherty told Leo Varadkar that lengthy waiting lists for children awaiting assessment by a disability team is worsening as 17,000 children await an appointment with 2,500 overdue an assessment of needs. He says children …
Clashes between Tanaiste and Deputy Doherty resume in Dail Read More »
Police in Derry are appealing for information and witnesses to the report of an assault in the city centre in which a man was seriously injured. The assault, which is reported to have occurred at around 11.15pm on Waterloo Street on Tuesday 20th September, was reported to police yesterday, Wednesday 28th September. It’s reported the …
Police issue appeal after man assaulted in the city centre Read More »
A Mountcharles GP says the GP card extension will be useful to some people but long waiting lists for referrals will continue to delays medical care. People who earn the median household income of €46,000 or less will be eligible for a free GP card under a new Budget measure. However, Dr Maria Moy …
GP card extension welcomed but long waiting lists will continue to cause problems Read More »
Two men have been injured after being assaulted in Derry in the early hours of this morning. At around 12:30am, two men aged in their twenties are reported to have been assaulted by another man outside a bar in the Diamond area. One man was punched and sustained facial injuries while the other man reports …
One man punched and another has ear bitten during assault in Derry Read More »
Works are due to begin to improve water supply in the Old Town area of Letterkenny. More than 900 metres of old backyard services and aging water mains are to be replaced in the Ros Suilighe area. Irish Water says the pipework installed in some older estates typically made of iron of lead have deteriorated …
Water improvement works set to get underway in Old Town, Letterkenny Read More »
Image: @coolio on Twitter Rapper Coolio has passed away at the age of 59. While speaking to the press his manager, Jarez Posey, says he was visiting a friend’s house in Los Angeles when he apparently suffered a heart attack. Tributes have been pouring in across social media led by fellow wrappers Snoop Dogg, Ice …
One in two children say they’ve experienced cyber bullying at least once. The survey by Barnardos also found almost one in five say online abuse impacted their ability to learn and feel safe at school. But the study, of 340 children ages 8 to 12 years old, found 60 per cent of children say they …
60% of children wouldn’t tell parents about cyberbullying Read More »
A Donegal TD has pleaded with the Agriculture, food and Marine Minister Charlie McConalogue to stand up for his community and provide emergency supports for the fishing industry. Deputy Padraig Mac Lochlainn said he could not get his head around why the budget did not include an emergency financial aid package to address the fuel …
Frustration as no support for fishing industry in the budget Read More »
Businesses across Donegal have begun receiving revised rate valuation packs from Donegal County Council this week, with one councillor saying he believes the vast majority of them are seeing their rates bill increase. Cllr Michael McClafferty says this is the first new valuation programme for 10 years, and coming at a time of increased pressure …
Councillor fears revised valuations may threaten some Donegal businesses Read More »
Donegal students who had been contributing towards the development of a student centre at Maynooth University have been left outraged after the project was suddenly withdrawn. A €150 student levy was brought in seven years ago to build a student centre to be home to the Students’ Union and a hub for student activities. However, …
Anger as Student Centre plan is dropped by Maynooth University Read More »
A Moderate Weather Warning for Rain has been issued for Donegal. The yellow warning will come into place at 2am tomorrow morning (Friday) and remain in place until 2pm. Met Eireann forecast it will become wet and windy tonight and during Friday morning with strong and gusty southerly winds developing. Heavy rainfall may cause some localised …
Works are finally complete on a new main water supply in south Inishowen after outages plagued local residents for years. The final section of the new water main supplying Magherabeg and Inch Island has recently been completed by Irish Water. Issues with the water supply had been ongoing for years, and a petition had been …
Relief for south Inishowen residents as problematic water supply fixed Read More »
A laptop owned by a man working for a TD has been seized by gardaí. The man – accused of viewing child abuse material – hasn’t been arrested to date, but the allegation is being investigated. The Irish Independent reports two Leinster House committees were asked to waive parliamentary privilege in order for gardaí to …
Bank of Ireland’s expected to be fined over 100 million euro today, over the tracker mortgage scandal. The fine set to be imposed by the Central Bank. The issue has so far cost Bank of Ireland almost 330 million euro since 2016 in refunds and compensation, legal fees and administrative expenses. Kathryn Hannon from asset …
Bank of Ireland expected to be fined over 100 million euro today Read More »
Derry City and Strabane District Council has unveiled plans for a new cemetery. The local authority has acquired lands on Mullenan Road in the City with a view to developing a new cemetery that will cater for the long term, strategic burial needs for the foreseeable future. An extensive public consultation is underway on the …
More students will leave Ireland for a better life elsewhere because they didn’t get the support they needed in the Budget. That’s according to the Union of Students in Ireland who say while the 1 thousand euro reduction in fees is welcome, students are left not knowing where they stand for the future. The USI …
Fears students will be forced to go abroad for ‘better life’ Read More »
The Foreign Affairs Minister is warning that even when the war in Ukraine ends, the price of fuel will still remain high. It comes ahead of a meeting of EU energy ministers this Friday, when members are expected to agree to a cap on energy profits and a solidarity tax on fossil fuel providers. Minister …
Price of fuel will remain high after war in Ukraine – Minister Conevey Read More »
A major tourism campaign to promote Donegal and Derry has been launched in Great Britain. The nine-week campaign with the tagline; ‘two unique places, one amazing holiday’, will reach at least 6.8 million people with digital ads in London, Birmingham, Liverpool, Manchester, Glasgow and Edinburgh. Shane Clarke, Tourism Ireland’s Director of Corporate Services and Policy …
Major campaign to promote Donegal and Derry rolled out in Great Britain Read More »
A Finn Valley based Councillor says it’s not acceptable that the National Broadband Plan will not be fully rolled out in Donegal until the end of 2025. Briefing members at a meeting this week, National Broadband Ireland executives said they were slightly ahead of schedule, with work practically complete around Letterkenny, and Creeslough the next …
TDs must speak out about Donegal broadband delays – McGowan Read More »
There’s calls for immediate action to extend car parking spaces at Letterkenny University Hospital. The Saolta Health Care Group has acknowledged that there is an ongoing issue with the lack of car park spaces for patients, visitors and staff at the hospital and has committed to raise it with Hospital Manager, Sean Murphy this week. …
Call for immediate action to extend parking at LUH Read More »
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Main Evening News, Sport and Obituaries – September 28th:
The Northern Ireland Secretary says restoring the powersharing institutions at Stormont is a priority for both the British and Irish governments. Speaking after a meeting with Foreign Affairs Minister Simon Coveney, Chris Heaton-Harris said he believes the ‘mood music’ is positive around reforming the executive before he has to call an election next month. Mr …
NI Secretary says restoration of Executive is priority for both Governments Read More »
A member of the Mica Action Group committee in Donegal has hit out at the Concrete Products Levy, saying that it will be passed on to customers by the industry, and end up imposing another cost on the people the government claims to be protecting. Lisa Hone has described the move as window dressing, …
MAG Committee member hits out at Concrete Products levy Read More »
An Independent TD believes the core problem of the defective block controversy is the lack of effective building control. Deputy Sean Canney told the Taoiseach in the Dail today that without regulations in place, defective blocks are going to continue to cost the Government billions. He was critical of the new concrete levy introduced in …
‘Lack of effective building control problem with defective controversy’ – Canney Read More »
Mark Coan – Financial expert and Founder of online finance guide www.moneysherpa.ie The continued boom in multinational companies corporation tax receipts have led to a billions of euro surplus in the Irish tax take. Just ten big tech companies now provide over 10% of our tax income. So if Facebook, Apple, Google and co upped …
Ned Fulmer has been let go from the Try Guys after releasing a statement to having relations with an employee. He took to his social media channels and said the following “Family should have always been my priority, but I lost focus and had a consensual workplace relationship. I’m sorry for any pain my actions …
The Foreign affairs Minister has been meting the Northern Secretary in Hillsborough this afternoon a bid to improve British Irish relations. Simon Coveney said his meeting with Chris Heaton-Harris focused on ‘rebuilding a partnership’ between the two governments. The ministers said they discussed the Northern Ireland Protocol, legacy proposals and how to re-establish the Stormont …
Hillsborough meeting focused on rebuilding a partnership – Coveney Read More »
Elective procedures have been cancelled at Letterkenny University Hospital today due to significant pressures rising from high attendances and long waiting times. Saolta has confirmed the Emergency Department is under significant pressure today as Yesterday 160 people attended the Emergency Department. The high number of people attending who need to be admitted for ongoing treatment …
Elective procedures postponed today at LUH as ED under ‘significant pressure’ Read More »
Repairs to a burst water main are underway in the Raphoe area. Irish Water is advising that supply disruptions may be experienced in the area of White Cross. A traffic management plan is in place for the duration of the works which are due to be complete by 2pm this afternoon.
The prosecution of a British soldier in connection with the events of Bloody Sunday has formally recommenced in Belfast. Soldier F’s facing two counts of murder and five of attempted murder in connection with Bloody Sunday in 1972, when 13 people were killed after British army paratroopers opened fire on civil rights demonstrators in the …
Gardai were called to Letterkenny University Hospital a total of 21 times during an eight month period this year. Councillor Albert Doherty says the force responding to the calls from hospital security between January 1st and September 12th is 21 times too much. It’s lead to calls for security upgrades to be implemented at the …
Call for security upgrades at LUH as Gardai called 21 times in eight months Read More »
Over 35-thousand people waited over 24 hours in emergency departments in the first seven months of this year. It includes nearly 12-thousand people over the age of 75, according to freedom of information figures. The number of patients on trolleys in Letterkenny University Hospital’s Emergency Department increased almost 45% last month. Figures show there were …
Waiting times at ED discussion must go beyond hospital – Cllr Brogan Read More »
A 74 year old Letterkenny farmer has been fined, and banned from keeping animals for ten years after being convicted of a number of animal cruelty offences. At Letterkenny District Court this week, sentence was passed on Leslie Stewart of The Thorn, Letterkenny. He had entered guilty pleas to 16 of 30 charges at a …
Letterkenny farmer banned from keeping animals after cruelty conviction Read More »
The Tánaiste says he’s frustrated there have been no prosecutions of people involved in making defective blocks. It comes after the government introduced a 10 per cent levy on concrete in yesterday’s budget. The 80 million euro raised will partly be used to fund the Defective Blocks remediation scheme. Enterprise Minister Leo Varadkar says he …
Tanaiste frustrated at lack of defective block prosecutions Read More »
The Housing Minister says he believes the concrete products levy announced yesterday to part fund the Defective Blocks Redress Scheme will become an annual levy. Minister Darragh O’Brien says the details are now being drawn up for the implementation of the measure, which is due to come into effect in the second quarter of next …
Housing Minister expects concrete measure to become an annual levy Read More »
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