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Residents of Ballybofey/Stranorlar and Donegal Town are invited to have their say on the Barnesmore Gap Greenway Project. The project hopes to create a trail between the towns for walkers, cyclists and people with impaired mobility. Drop-in public consultations are being held in The Abbey Hotel on Wednesday and Jackson’s Hotel on Thursday from 12 […]

AIB are being asked to explain a deal which saw GAA figure DJ Carey have his debt of €9.5 million written down to €60,000. The sweetheart deal occurred in 2017. Sinn Fein’s Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn spoke to Greg Hughes saying the deal has raised many questions, particularly to those impacted by the defective concrete

The gender imbalance on Donegal County Council will be highlighted when the gender make-up of members will be reversed on International Women’s Day. Members of the WoMeN’s (Western Midlands and Northern) Regional Caucus will mark the event by transforming the chamber make-up by having more women present in the chamber. Of the 37 Donegal County

There are a total of 42 patients awaiting beds in Letterkenny University Hospital today. Of these, 16 are based in wards while the remaining 26 are on trolleys. This is the highest figure seen in the hospital in recent weeks following adequate bed availability.

Donegal will benefit from €625,777 in the Government’s ‘Inflation Fund’ . This will assist community-based and voluntary health and social care providers with the energy inflation costs. Over 1,450 organisations across Ireland will benefit from the €81m fund- including both local community groups and national service providers.

A €370m five year budget has been announced my Minister McConalouge for the new Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme (TAMS 3). Tranche 1 of the scheme will open Wednesday 22 February with solar panels on farms the first available investment. The other investments will become available on a phased basis during Tranche 1 which will close

Gardaí are appealing to drivers to slow down after speeding offences of up to 157km/h on the N15 were detected yesterday. The Donegal Town Roads Policing Unit issued a number of fixed charge penalty notices yesterday on the road near Bundoran. It was confirmed on a social media post that the drivers in question will

Police say three men, aged 54, 32 and 29, arrested by detectives investigating an attempted hijacking in the Hollymount Park area of  the city at approximately 9.35pm on Friday morning, and the subsequent discovery of a suspicious device in the Corrody Road area on Saturday 18th, have been released following questioning. The investigation continues. A fourth

The government has this morning announced a round of once-off funding for voluntary and community providers. The Health Minister today announced €81 million will be shared by 1,450 voluntary and community health and social providers, with a minimum payment of 1 thousand euro each. The money has been allocated from the Governments Inflation fund which

An East Derry MLA has spoken following the brutal shooting of a man in Coleraine this weekend. The incident occurred in the Richmond Drive area where a man was forced into a car and shot four times. SDLP MLA Cara Hunter said that the local community has been left shocked and that the presence of

  The suspicious object at the centre of a security alert in Derry has been declared as viable Police remain at the scene in the Corrody Road area this afternoon, following the discovery of the device yesterday, just metres away from homes and sports area were children were playing. The device now been taken away

A total of 4 men have been arrested after a security alert in the Corrody Road area of Derry yesterday. The arrests come following a report of an attempted hijacking in the Hollymount Park area on Friday night and the subsequent discovery of a suspicious device yesterday. A number of properties were also searched. The

  Donegal County Council have passed a motion to extend the funding application for the Buncrana Shore Front development to include funding for a new leisure centre. Cllr Jack Murray says that after a tough few years, if the application is successful, the development ‘will be a hugely positive boost that can be enjoyed by

Police are currently in attendance at a security alert in the Corrody Road area of Derry Members of the public are asked to avoid the area. Diversions are in place.

A Donegal car dealership has won the ulster regional title for 2023 ZEVI Electric Vehicle Dealership of the Year Awards McGinley Motors from the Pearse Road received their award at the Irish Motor Industry Awards dinner last night. The competition was evaluated a variation of criteria including showroom visibility of EVs, salesperson knowledge of EVs,

The Londonderry and Letterkenny Chambers of Commerce are appealing businesses based in the North West who wish to see the A5 Western Transport Corridor Road Scheme get underway for signatures on an open letter. This letter will be addressed to the Department for Infrastructure in Northern Ireland ahead of the 3rd March consultation deadline before

Two Donegal bus routes are set to benefit from an ambitious rural bus plan from this year. The Minister for Transport, Eamon Ryan and the National Transport Authority today launched the Connecting Ireland Rural Mobility Plan for 2023. The Moville to Malin Head Tower route and Carndonagh to Buncrana route are included in the plan

The Government’s next cost-of-living support package will be tilted towards lower income families, with the 9 percent hospitality VAT rate being axed. The reduction in excise on fuel is also due to expire, which could see prices at the pump rise once again. Taoiseach Leo Varadkar this week revealed the measures will be signed off

  It was announced yesterday that Donegal has the lowest disposable income in the state. The county was 22% below the national average. Grow Remote have responded to these figures questioning why income in equality is allowed to continue when there is a clear solution. In a statement the organisation says remote working could be