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A two vehicle road traffic collision has occurred on Beltany Road just before Newtownstewart. The collision is causing traffic delays. No injuries have yet been reported.

Gardaí discovered a number of 12 year old children driving tractors on the main N56 in Gortahork last Sunday. Some of the children couldn’t reach the brake pedals nor did they have the strength to operate the steering wheels. There were also 13 and 14 year old driving these tractors. Local Gardaí are now considering

10 people were arrested in Donegal over the Bank Holiday weekend for drink or drug driving. Speed checks and high visibility checkpoints were carried out over the past few days which resulted in 5 motorists being arrested for drink driving related offences and 5 for drug driving offences. Fixed Charge Penalty notices were issued for

A Sinn Féin event titled a “Business Breakfast” will be held in An Grianan Hotel, Burt on Friday the 17th November. The event will begin at 9am and will be an opportunity for business and key stakeholders in the North West to discuss the challenges facing the region. It is open to all business leaders

Testing at Cassidy’s Quarry in Donegal is getting underway today as part of the Defective Blocks Ireland/ Coleman Legal High Court action. The facilitating of the testing will require technical experts from Donegal County Council, National Standards Authority of Ireland, Cassidy’s and Coleman Legal. The move comes on the back of a High Court order.

The people of Donegal are warned of heavy showers, longer spells of rain and likely flooding as Met Eireann have issued a yellow rain warning. It in effect from midday today until 11 o’clock tomorrow night. Soils are saturated and river levels are high. Squally showers and gusty winds tomorrow morning. Drivers are warned of

A motorist collided with a deer on the N15 when she was travelling between Ballybofey and Donegal Town. The incident occurred last Wednesday. The motorist sustained no injuries and Gardaí wish to bring attention to the area as there have been a number of collisions involving deer in the particular area. Deer rutting season takes

An incident of criminal damage occurred at Hazelwood Drive in Lifford last Wednesday. Around five minutes past midnight, a car that was parked in the area and was set alight. The fire brigade attended the scene and extinguished the flames. The car was destroyed as a result of the fire. Gardaí are appealing to anyone

An incident occurred at Park Lane in Buncrana around 1am and 1.15am last Friday morning. A car was parked on Park Lane. Substantial damage was caused to the car between those times. Footprints were found around the body of the car. Damage has been caused to the passenger side, front and rear door. Gardaí are

A Donegal woman missing in Germany has been found. The family of Una Joyce say she’s been located as a hospital outside Berlin. Una was reported missing after travelling to Berlin on Saturday night where she failing to meet a friend. It’s not known how the 22 year old came to be in hospital, but

Road works are taking place on The Frosses at Glenties Road. The works will take place from today until Friday. Traffic management will be in place and delays can be expected.

A review has been ordered into hundreds of scans at Letterkenny University Hospital. The Irish times reports it follows an internal check that found that over one third of a locum radiologist’s work contained errors. Saolta says the consultant’s contract was terminated within 10 days as a result of concerns raised about the standard of

Police have renewed an appeal for a missing person and say they are growing increasingly concerned for a 47 year old man reported missing from the Holly Lane area of Derry, especially given the cold weather conditions. Brian Harkin was last seen at around 5pm on Thursday evening. He’s described as being approximately 5 foot

PSNI and the Fire Service attended a case of suspected arson at the old Faughan Valley College in Drumahoe last night. They say the fire was under control at around 11:30pm last night. Locals were told to shut their windows due to asbestos in the old building, until the smoke plume dissipated. Anyone who has

Donegal County Council and Uisce Eireann have confirmed road closures in order to enable an upgrade and leakage reduction works programme. They are set commence in November at Straid in Clonmany. Originally works were to commence in Mid August and finish in mid September. Cllr Martin McDermott says the wait has been disappointing:

The last of the IFA Presidential election debates will conclude this evening at the Clanree Hotel in Letterkenny. The event will begin at 8pm tonight. In all, there have been sixteen debates that cover each of the twenty nine Irish Farmer Association County Executives all over the country. Francie Gorman from Laois and Martin Stapleton

Gardaí in Donegal have become aware of a scam in circulation throughout the country which offers a refund or allowances on bills and tax returns. Gardaí have asked that you do not clock on any links or provide personal information in response to messages of this nature received by email, text or social media message.

A woman has been taken to hospital after a reported hit-and-run in Derry. An 18-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of causing grievous bodily harm by dangerous driving and remains in police custody at this time. The incident occurred around 1.20am this morning in the Fahan Street area. A spokesperson for the PSNI said

A man is missing from the Letterkenny area. His name is Ciaran Gillcriest, aged 34 and 6ft 3 inches in height. He was last seen walking down Letterkenny Main Street at around 9pm last night. Anyone with information on Ciaran’s whereabouts is asked to contact Gardaí.

36 public rights of way are proposed to be included in the County Donegal Development Plan 2024-2030. Affected landowners and occupiers have been notified and a copy of these notices and accompanying maps are available on the Council’s website. Owners can make submissions and observations before November 17th next month.

Planning permission has been granted for a new €650,000 sports facility at the Creevy Activity Hub, outside Ballyshannon. The Hub members were joined last Friday by a number of politicians to see their proposed plans and hear their ambitions for the project. The Creevy Hub is seeking government funding to progress the project which would

Met Eireann have issued a moderate weather warning for Donegal. Tomorrow, Tuesday and Wednesday, there will be heavy showers or longer spells of rain at times over Ireland with flooding likely in places, as soils are saturated and river levels are high. Later Wednesday and on Thursday, Storm Ciaran will bring falls of heavy rain

There were surprises around every corner in Derry last night as the Halloween festivities began with the Awakening the Walled City Trail. The programme kicks off once again today with children’s activities in the City Centre throughout the day and the Awakening the Walled City Trail from 6pm to 9pm. The full programme of events

Detectives are appealing for information and witnesses following an arson attack at an apartment complex in Coalisland on Friday afternoon, 27th October. Police received a report shortly before 4.45pm, that a person dressed in dark clothing was observed pouring liquid from a can onto a window at one of the apartments in the Platers Hill

Repairs to a burst water main may cause supply disruptions to Malin Head and surrounding areas in Co. Donegal. Works are scheduled to take place from 8am until 2pm on today. The council recommends that you allow 2-3 hours after the restoration time for your supply to fully return.

A system error within the RSA has seen around nine thousand people receive emails stating their driving test has been cancelled. The issue arose from a planned update of the system, and the emails with the subject line ‘Driving Test Reminder’ were all sent in error. The RSA says the emails should be ignored and

Two individuals who were arrested in Donegal in connection with an investigation into human trafficking have now been charged. The arrests were made last Tuesday and both males (aged 35 and 28) were detained in Garda Stations in Donegal. Both men are expected to appear before a special sitting of Ballyshannon District Court at 6.30pm

Gardaí in Donegal have issued a reminder to check in on elderly and vulnerable neighbours as winter approaches. The clocks go back one hour at 2am tonight. As the evenings get darker, people are reminded to check in on neighbours to ensure they are safe and well. When out walking, cycling or running that although