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There are still a few hundred homes and businesses without power in Donegal as ESB crews work to repair the last of the damage caused by storms Isha and Jocelyn. There are 22 outages being dealt, mainly concentrated in the Inishowen, Fanad, Letterkenny and Finn Valley areas. ESB Networks says they are now dealing with […]

Local community and voluntary groups are being invited to submit applications to DLDC under the Local Enhancement Programme 2024. A national fund of €6 million is being made available. The Local Enhancement Programme, funded by the Department of Rural and Community Development is designed to ensure local priorities are identified and met, so as to

A milk collection haulier who failed to declare over €160,000 in VAT to the Irish Revenue Commissioners a decade ago has been given a suspended sentence on the basis that “life has punished him enough”. 75 year old James Wauchope was a self-employed milk collection haulier working for  Donegal Creameries at the time of the

The Local Government Minister has today made an order appointing Friday, March 8th as the polling day for two referendums. One will ask whether the definition of family should be based on “durable” relationships rather than on marriage. The other will ask whether a reference to the role and duties of women in the home

Crews from the UK are due to arrive in Ireland this evening to restore power to those affected by storms Isha and Jocelyn. The ESB says around 12-thousand of its customers remain in the dark, down from a peak of 235-thousand. The worst affected areas are Donegal, Sligo, Leitrim, Mayo, Cavan and Longford. Crews from

It cost a resident of a Dublin facility supporting adults with physical disabilities and neurological impairments €4,000 to holiday in Donegal. In a HIQA report published today, it was revealed that the provider, had a policy in place setting out that residents were responsible for the majority of staff costs if required, in addition to

Three candidates have been confirmed to contest the upcoming local elections for Fine Gael in Donegal. Councillor Barry Sweeney has been selected in the Donegal local electoral area along with Manus Boyle, the son of former County Councillor John Boyle. Meanwhile, Aaron Sweeny was selected to represent the Milford electoral area.

Uisce Éireann says it is working to restore normal water supply to a number of customers on the Lough Mourne Public Water Supply Scheme following a burst to a trunk water main yesterday. They say repairs to the burst main have been successfully completed, however customers may continue to experience outages and low pressure as

Donegal County Council Agriculture Committee were today given a presentation from the Irish Deer Management Strategy Group, by Chairperson Mr. Teddy Cashman. The group firstly reflected on past work complete by the former Deer Management Forum as well as a pilot program undertaken by Wicklow County Council. They then held a public consultation on the

HIQA has published a report following an unannounced inspection at The Rehab Group’s Lifford accommodation, with no non-compliances reported. There were six residents in the centre at the time. The October visit was a follow up to an inspection that took place the previous May, during which five non-compliances were found. Today’s report says the

29,000 homes and businesses are without power this morning, due to the combined effects of Storms Jocelyn and Isha, thousands of those based in Donegal. ESB Networks says it’s repair crews worked late into the night, and will mobilise again at first light. Power is due to be restored over today and tomorrow in Donegal,

PSNI in Strand Road are investigating after a vehicle was damaged on Glengalliagh Road close to Bradley’s Pass on Monday the 15th of January. It is reported that at around 10 o’clock that night a number of youths threw items including a metal road work sign and a wheelie bin at the vehicle in question.

A man has been charged in relation to the thefts from vehicles in Letterkenny. The man, aged in his 30s, was arrested in relation to incidents which took place over the weekend. He is now due to appear before Glenties District Court this morning.

Delays in the opening of Ballyshannon Community Hospital is the result of an ongoing dispute between staff and the HSE. That’s according to the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation who say inadequate provisions and planning around staffing and clinical governance poses a risk to staff and patients. Talks held last Friday between the HSE and

Uisce Éireann is working to restore water supply to customers supplied by Lough Mourne Public Water Supply Scheme following a burst to a trunk water main. The burst is causing outages and low pressure for customers in Ballybofey, Stranorlar, Glenfin, Convoy, Drumkeen and surrounding areas as well as customers on higher ground at Raphoe and

A man has been arrested in connection with thefts from vehicles in East Donegal over the weekend. As part of the investigation, a search was carried out at a premises in the Letterkenny area this morning. The man, aged in his 30’s is currently being detained at a Garda Station in the county under the

Around 24,000 properties are still without power following Storm Isha. Those still without power are based predominantly in the North West. In addition, ESB says 14,000 homes and businesses around the country have lost supply due to Storm Jocelyn’s winds. It may be Thursday before power is restored all parts of Donegal. Storm Jocelyn is

A third man has been arrested as part of an investigation into reports of masked and armed men entering licenced premises in Dungiven on Friday last. The 30 year old man was arrested under the Terrorism Act in the Claudy area this morning and has been taken to Musgrave Serious Crime Suite for questioning. Investigations

Letterkenny University Hospital is advising of high attendances and long wait times at the Emergency Department. The Emergency Department at LUH has experienced very high levels of attendances this week, saying there is significant pressure on bed availability. Yesterday, 159 patients attended the ED, and the hospital is seeing similar high numbers today. Many of

The British Northern Secretary has yet again extended the deadline for Stormont to reform. Multiple deadlines have been missed due to the DUP’s near-two-year boycott of the institution citing concerns over Brexit trading rules. Chris Heaton Harris says the deadline has been extended until February 8th. The British Government has offered a financial package worth

Donegal County Council is warning against unnecessary travel as Storm Jocelyn hits Ireland. A a status yellow wind warning is currently in place for Donegal until 5am tomorrow while a status orange wind warning for the county will come into force at 6pm and remain in place until 2am tomorrow. Very strong southwest to west

The Minister for Agriculture says farmers must be at the “centre of the Strategic Dialogue on the Future of Agriculture in Europe.” Charlie McConalogue is in Brussels today for talks ahead of the launch of the dialogue, and says now is the time to “focus on the farming.” He’ll also be discussing proposed sanctions on

Two men have been arrested in Derry after a man was found injured in the City last night. Shortly before midnight, police received a report that the injured man was discovered in the area of John Street roundabout. As part of enquiries, two men, both aged 27 years old, have been arrested on suspicion of

The Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation says there’s a worrying increase in the number of patients without beds in Irish hospitals. 640 people, including 27 children, were waiting for beds in hospitals around the country this morning. University Hospital Limerick is the worst affected by overcrowding, with 109 patients on trolleys. That’s followed by 94

Officers from the PSNI’s International Policing Unit have extradited a 67 year-old man from America where he had been arrested on an international warrant for 12 assault offences that occurred in the 1970’s. The man will appear before Derry Magistrates Court later today. Sergeant Davey from the International Policing Unit says they continue to work

Uisce Eireann have issued a water outage notice for Rossbeg, Portnoo and surrounding areas. Works to repair the burst water main are scheduled to take place until 6pm this afternoon. It is recommended that an allowance of 2-3 hours after the estimated restoration time is made for supplies to fully return.