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Gardaí in Letterkenny are visiting shops as part of Operation Táirge in a bid to deter organised retail crime. In the Letterkenny Garda District there have been 251 recorded incidents, accounting for 87% of the incidents to date this year. It’s also a 57% increase this in incidents this year, the highest level in five

The Northern and Western Regional Assembly met with Taoiseach Leo Varadkar last Friday for a special meeting to discuss obstacles to regional development and proposals for economic growth. Priority projects were outlined including the expansion of rail and third level education services in Donegal. John Daly, Economist with the NWRA says the gap of regional

Donegal Deputy Pearse Doherty has been accused of strategic heckling in the Dail. Heated exchanges were displayed in the Dail again today as Tanaiste Micheal Martin attempted to respond to Deputy Doherty who accused the coalition of missing social and affordable housing targets repeatedly. The Ceann Comhairle Seán Ó Fearghaíl was forced to intervene in

The Tanaiste has paid tribute to Private Sean Rooney on the first anniversary of his death. The 23 year old was killed in Lebanon when the convoy he was travelling on came under attack on December 14th 2022. A wreath laying ceremony took place on Sunday in Newtowncunningham to mark a year since Private Rooney’s

Donegal farm families, farmers and food producers are to benefit from the establishment of an Agri-Food Regulator. The regulator was set up to bring fairness and transparency to the agricultural and food supply chain. Agriculture Minister Charlie McConalogue says it has been a priority of his to ensure farmers receive a fair deal for their

The lack of community engagement over the housing of asylum seekers in Ireland has come in for criticism again. 91 asylum seekers are due to be housed in 29 rooms in Cavangarden near Ballyshannon. A one year contract is understood to have been signed. South Donegal Deputy Marian Harkin told today’s Nine til Noon Show

The number of cases of RSV remains quite high. Almost one thousand cases were reported last week and 800 this week. The HSE is worried about the number of cases in newborns and children aged 4 or under. Dr. Ciara Martin from the HSE is urging people to be mindful around babies:

A motion to twin Derry with Bethlehem is to come before Derry City and Strabane District Council. Councillor Catherine McDaid says the proposal is intended to show solidarity with the people in Bethlehem and victims of the ongoing conflict in the Middle East. She says Derry and Bethlehem share many similarities as both cities are

A Donegal funeral director has warned of a deeply insensitive scam doing the rounds. Scammers have begun setting up fake social media pages purporting to provide access to the live stream of a deceased’s funeral. However, to access the stream people are being requested to submit credit card details. Sean Murphy from Inishowen Funeral Services

  Donegal Deputy Thomas Pringle has successfully moved a Dail motion amending his own Fossil Fuel Divestment Bill. The 2018 act sought to ensure there would be no government investment in fossil fuels, but the Ireland Strategic Investment Fund still holds millions of euro in investments in such firms. This he says is because of

The Dail rises for its Christmas recess today. Earlier this week, an attempt by Donegal Deputy Pearse Doherty to have a special debate on health was rejected by the government. He says staff and patients are suffering at Letterkenny University Hospital as a result, with some waiting up to 36 hours in the ED on

A Donegal Deputy has raised concerns at Dáil level, that lives are at risk after 8 ambulances came to a standstill outside Letterkenny University Hospital yesterday. At the same time there were elderly people left waiting in hard chairs in the Emergency Department for hours on end. Deputy Padraig MacLochlainn told Minister Simon Coveney that

A Moville Parish Priest says he is considering installing CCTV cameras around his Church after it was ransacked in recent days. During a spate of break ins in the Inishowen peninsula in the early hours of Monday morning, Ballinacrae Church was broken into, the sacristy ransacked and damage caused to a tabernacle. Gardaí while responding

The North’s Secretary of State is meeting Stormont party leaders again later – for further talks on a proposed financial package for Northern Ireland. The £2.5 billion offer includes a deal on pay for public sector workers,  who’ve been taking to the picket lines. But it’s dependent on the restoration of Stormont, which the DUP

  A Community Activist in Donegal has expressed grave concern at the government’s proposals to lessen the level of support for Ukranian refugees, saying he doesn’t believe the measures will reduce the numbers seeking support here. Declan Meehan, who manages the Milford & District Resource Centre, is one of the organisers of a welcome event

There’s calls for full transparency from Uisce Eireann in Donegal. The Cathaoirleach of the Glenties Municipal District says communication from the utility is severely lacking as he received correspondence from Uisce Eireann yesterday acknowledging a complaint he submitted in August. While attempting to report a water outage in Falcarragh today it initially was not accepted

There’s a warning that lives right across Donegal are at risk. It’s comes as it’s emerged eight ambulances were backed up outside Letterkenny University Hospital yesterday. Donegal Deputy Padraig MacLochlainn is to raise the matter along with the ongoing crisis at the hospital’s Emergency Department with the Taoiseach today. He is again calling for urgent

The average motor insurance premium last year cost a driver €568 – down 7% on 2021’s figures. That’s one of the findings from the Private Motor Insurance Report from the Central Bank which has been published today. The total earned premium for private motor insurance in Ireland in 2022 was €1.3 billion, with the industry

The US was one of ten countries which voted against a resolution calling for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza. 23 other countries, including the UK, abstained from the vote on the Israel-Hamas conflict at the United Nations General Assembly last night. Ireland voted in favour, with the vast majority of the 193 members supporting

Drivers are warned of a new pedestrian crossing that is in place on the N56 in Carnmore in Dungloe. It is to come into effect at 11am this morning. Cllr. Micheal Choilm Mac Giolla Easbuig has been calling for this crossing for at least four years. He is welcoming their installation:

Tend to more than just your land and livestock. That’s the message being shared to farmers this Christmas as a study at UCD has found that suicide ideation is twice as high among this cohort. Midland North West MEP Maria Walsh says more funding and targeted mental health initiatives need to be delivered. MEP Walsh

A Donegal Deputy pressed the Government for a cross-sectoral response to the mortgageability of remediated homes under the new defective concrete block redress scheme. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Dáil yesterday if a committee will be established, as outlined by the Banking and Payments Federation, as they cannot give mortgage assurances to homeowners with defective