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Police in Derry are appealing for witnesses and information following a report that two paramedics from Northern Ireland Ambulance Service were assaulted when working in the city last night. Police received a report just before 9.15pm that a paramedic had been assaulted in the vicinity of Victoria Gate, near Strand Road.It was reported the assault

A man’s been arrested in Derry on suspicion of assaulting police and causing criminal damage in the Emergency Department of Altnagelvin Hospital. The man, aged in his 30s, had been arrested in the Faustina Terrace area of the city yesterday evening, for being unlawfully at large and on suspicion of drug-related offences. The man required

  Lower Main Street in Letterkenny has reopened following a serious collision yesterday involving a car and a pedestrian in his 80s. The man was rushed to hospital, where he remains with very serious injuries. Gardai are seeking dash cam footage or witnesses to the collision, which happened at around 1pm  

There may be water supply interruptions at night-time across parts of East Donegal because of new restrictions being imposed by Uisce Eireann. The water utility says due to critically low water levels across the Lough Mourne Public Water Supply Scheme, restrictions will be in place from 10pm to 8am in order to allow reservoir levels

Detectives investigating the murder of Wayne Reid in Coleraine have today been granted a court extension of an additional 36 hours to question a 33-year-old man arrested on suspicion of murder. Meanwhile, 44-year-old man arrested on suspicion of assault occasioning actual bodily harm during a planned arrest and search operation in Derry yesterday has been

It has been confirmed that Minister of State, Charlie McConalogue was one of the Ministers paid due to a clerical error, and has entered a re-payment plan. This error was made by the National Shared Services Office, which resulted in overpayments. In a statement on behalf of Mr. McConalogue, it has been revealed that “the

The PEACE-Air Initiative led by Letterkenny based Ernact is due to be launched at ATU Letterkenny today. The initiative is in receipt of PEACEPLUS funding worth €6.5m. PEACE-Air is being carried out on a cross-border basis and is focused on improving air quality across the island of Ireland. Multiple stake holders across the country are

Gardaí and emergency services are at the scene of a road traffic collision on the N56 near Falcarragh, this morning, 16th January 2026. Local diversions are in place. The road is currently closed. Motorists are advised to drive slowly, as there is ice on the road. The road is expected to re-open shortly

New figures from the Department of Housing shows that over 1,900 homes commenced in Donegal in the last two years. Over the last five years over 3,500 news homes have been commenced. The report shows that nationally during 2025, 16,412 homes were commenced with 789 in Donegal. This figure is lower than in 2024 which

A 26-year-old man has been arrested and charged to court in Derry. This is in connection with an incident reported to have occurred on Great James Street in the early hours of Wednesday morning, 14th January. He has been charged with theft, common assault, and possession of a Class B controlled drug. The man is

New broadband plan connections have been made on Tory Island. This announcement comes from National Broadband Ireland, who say 118 homes and businesses across the island have been connected, taking the wider Donegal total to over 25,000. They have also announced that works have been completed in rural areas across the county, including in Ardara,

Tusla has welcomed the latest HIQA Inspection report for the Donegal service area. This HIQA inspection monitored compliance with the National Standards for the Protection and Welfare of Children. HIQA assessed against five standards and found the Donegal service area to be compliant with two standards, and substantially compliant with three standards. Overall, Tusla say,

Police in Derry have now made three arrests as part of investigations into a serious assault on a man in Derry on 29th August 2025. A 44-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of assault occasioning actual bodily harm during a planned arrest and search operation in the city today and remains in police custody

Donegal is expected to see a 6% rise in new vacancies and job openings during 2026. That is according to a new report from FRS Recruitment. The prediction comes after a 17% decline nationwide in advertised job vacancies in 2025. Despite this, FRS recruitment have said they witnessed a strong rebound in the final quarter

Gardai say Lower Main Street in Letterkenny has been closed to traffic following a collision, and is likely to remain closed for a number of hours. Diversions are in place at Oliver Plunkett Road and Oldtown Road. There are no further details.

Police in Derry are investigating a report that gunshots were fired in the Tullymore Road area of Derry on Sunday, 11th January when a report was made shortly before 11pm. A 31-year-old man was arrested following a search of a property in the Claudy area and subsequently released on bail to allow for further police

  Gardaí and emergency services attended the scene of a two-vehicle road traffic collision on the N14 at Raymoghy, Manorcunningham, Co Donegal, which occurred at around 9:00am this morning. One person was brought by ambulance to Letterkenny University Hospital for treatment of non-life-threatening injuries. No other injuries reported at this time. The road was blocked for

Letterkenny Municipal District has been told here is currently no funding available for an accessibility audit in Letterkenny. Officials were responding to a call from Cllr Jimmy Kavanagh, who says as a town with a population of over 5,000, Letterkenny is required to develop an Accessibility Strategy, with an audit regarded as a fundamental part of

Social media site X says it will block its AI chatbot, Grok, from undressing images of real people. It’s faced a global backlash following complaints the tool was being used to manipulate pictures of women and children. Grok has already been banned in Indonesia and Malaysia, and is under investigation in a number of other

Senior personnel from the Banking and Payments Federation of Ireland are attending a meeting of Donegal County Council’s Defective Concrete Blocks Committee today to discuss number of pressing issues regarding the government’s remediation scheme. The Banking and Insurance Focus Group says it’s a critical engagement that must address crucial issues such as future mortgagability. The

A 35 year old man has been arrested in Derry on suspicion of indecent exposure. The arrest follows two alleged incidents in the city this week, one of them outside a school. On Tuesday, it was reported that a man indecently exposed himself in the Culmore Road area of the city. It happened shortly after

A man remains in custody in County Derry as the PSNI investigate a suspected murder in Coleraine. 43 year old Wayne Reid was found dead at an address in the Society Court area on Monday morning. Police believe he may have died after an altercation which took place between Thursday and Saturday of last week.

€1.5m of funding has been announced to advance access and opportunity in Further and Higher Education for Care Leavers and members of the Traveller and Roma Communities. The announcement was made by Minister for Further and Higher Education, James Lawless and comes as part of the wider Dormant Account Action Plan which provides almost €47m

Donegal County Council have advised select routes will be gritted from 6am Thursday. Road users are asked to assume no road is ice free. The Routes: 01: National Primary North 02: National Primary Central 03: National Primary South 04: Inishowen South 05: Inishowen East 06: Inishowen West 07: Milford South 08: Milford North 09: Cill

Police officers part of the Ballyarnett Neighbourhood Policing team in Derry have seized two e-scooters and reported two youths to the Public Prosecution Service, in relation to each incident, for traffic-related offences. The seizures happened in the Ballyarnett area on Monday 12th January, and Tuesday 13th January. Ballyarnett NPT Sergeant McCollum said: that e-scooters “do

The Greg Hughes show was contacted by Muff woman, Grainne McCool to highlight the overcrowding at Altnagelvin Hospital after she promised a ‘truly wonderful’ doctor that she would highlight the overcrowding and staffing issues at the hospital. Although she is a Donegal woman she ended up at Altnagelvin due to an emergency situation. She has

The number of admitted patients awaiting beds in the North West exceeded 100 this morning. There were 50 patients without beds at Letterkenny University Hospital, 16 of them in the Emergency Department and 54 in Sligo, 26 of them in the ED. The national total this morning was 769, with the highest number, 90, in