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Private Seán Rooney will be honoured at the United Nations Headquarters in New York today. The Irish Ambassador to the UN will receive a medal on behalf of the family of the Irish peacekeeper. 23-year-old Private Rooney was killed while on duty in Lebanon last December. The ceremony forms part of a series of events […]

The Higher Education Minister is to meet students today to discuss how to reduce the cost of education. Simon Harris says he and his department want to hear directly from “the people that matter”. Over 100 people, including students, higher education bodies and representative groups, will attend the event in Dublin later. An ‘Annual Paper

The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine has issued a Fire Danger Notice, Condition Orange, for all areas where hazardous fuels such as gorse, heather, dried grasses, and other vegetation exist. The notice is in effect until 6.00 pm on Monday evening. Donegal County Council is appealing to the public to exercise caution and

The first delivery of wind turbine components was made to Lenalea Wind Farm, in central Donegal, this week. Project Manager Patrick Greene for Lenalea Wind Farm said it was a significant milestone for the project. It is the first delivery to the 7-turbine project, an SSE Renewables and FuturEnergy Ireland co-development. A delivery route was

  Donegal claimed a top prize at this years .IE Digital Town Awards. The winners were announced at a Gala event held today in Athlone. Dunlewey’s Virtual Heritage Trail placed first in the Digital Tourism category and were awarded a €6,000 prize. Carndonagh’s Digital Creative Lab was announced as runner up in the Digital Education

A Letterkenny man has been appointed as CEO of Social Enterprise Republic of Ireland. SERI is the national representative body for social enterprises. John Logue previously served as CEO of Suas and the USI as well as previously working as Head of Operations of the Donegal Local Development Company. Mr. Logue says he is honoured

Funding of over €100,000 has been awarded to Amharclann Ghaelige Ghaoth Dobhair and the Waterside Theatre for the new cross border creative arts programme. Funding was awarded by the International Fund for Ireland under the Communities in Partnership Programme. The programme will see people within Gaeltacht, Nationalist and Unionist communities on each side of the

In the early hours of this morning, a fire broke out at Magh Éne College, Bundoran. The emergency services attended the scene and the flames were contained and extinguished. No injuries have been reported. Donegal ETB are assessing the extent of the damaged caused. It is reported the core academic and administrative areas have been

The Ombudsman for Children’s Office received 36 complaints from Donegal last year. According to ‘Falling Behind’ the OCO’s Annual Report, education was once again the most complained about issue with bullying, expulsion or suspension, and special education resources featuring in many of the complaints. 1,812 complaints nationally were received by the Children’s Ombudsman last year,

The Mental Health Commission has published its 2022 report into the Department of Psychiatry at Letterkenny University Hospital. It gave the unit a compliance rating of 81%, compared to 89% in 2021 and 86% in 2020. The report says a number of issues were identified, but they are being addressed. The inspection found the unit

A new programme launched to facilitate more inclusive and supportive working environments for the deaf across Ireland has this month seen its first seven students graduate. The course helps those in the deaf community develop necessary skills and work experience to enhance their personal and professional goals. As well as the employment initiate Enterprise Rent

Last week  students and young athletes from Donegal Town Boxing Club and Scoil Áodh Rua agus Nuala were lucky enough gain insight into what it takes to achieve their most ambitious goals from Team Ireland Olympic Boxer, Aidan Walsh. The visit was organised as part of Olympic Federation of Ireland Dare to Believe School’s Programme,

Concern has been expressed that there is a difference of 35 in Saolta’s estimation of the shortage of nursing and midwifery staff at Letterkenny University Hospital, compared to the INMO’s latest estimate. Saolta’s Chief Operations Officer said there is rolling recruitment, and stressed Saolta’s estimate only covers Emergency and Surgical Departments, as outlined in Cllr

Donegal was recorded to herd the largest amount of sheep in Ireland last year. That’s according to the Sheep and Goat census published by Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine. Overall, the greatest number of sheep throughout Ireland was kept in Donegal with a population of 541,063. Of this 368,223 were breeding ewes and

Police in Derry City & Strabane are urging business owners to review their security measures to prevent burglaries. The appeal follows recent reports of attempted burglary and burglary at city centre commercial premises. Chief inspector Yvonne McManus made the crime prevention appeal stating money had been stolen and premises damaged leaving businesses to count the

Mains repair works may cause supply disruptions to Main Street, Naran and surrounding areas tonight. The works are scheduled to take place from 11pm until 5am tomorrow morning. It is recommend that an allowance 2-3 hours after the estimated restoration time is made for water supplies to fully return.

A jury is set to begin deliberations in the trial of four men accused of taking part in a vigilante group attack on men guarding a repossessed farmhouse five years ago. One of the accused is Patrick J Sweeney of High Cairn, Ramelton. All four men have pleaded not guilty to 17 charges each at

A ‘Day of Action’ took place for Gardaí within in the Letterkenny District this week. This resulted in a large number of arrests made on foot of 25 bench warrants. All those arrested were brought before a sitting of Letterkenny District Court.

Gardaí are investigating the possible attempted theft of a car from Ballymacool Woods, Letterkenny on Wednesday last. Between 12.30pm and 7.30pm, the window on the driver’s side of the vehicle was smashed and the ignition tampered with. As the car was fitted with an immobiliser, the attempt to steal it was unsuccessful. Anyone who noticed

Investigations are continuing into a spate of criminal damage incidents in the Oldtown area of Letterkenny. At around 8:05pm on Thursday night last, a brick was thrown through the window of a house at James Larkin Court. A few hours later, at 1.15am on Friday morning, a number of other windows at the same property

A Derry woman has been convicted for causing unnecessary suffering to a German Shepherd and two puppies in June 2022. The dogs were found living in unhygienic conditions without access to water. The complaint was brought against Nadine Wells of Cornshell Fields by Derry City and Strabane District Council under the Welfare of Animals Act.

A meeting is being held tomorrow to discuss how the remainder of an Irish Red Cross fund for Creeslough will be spent. €1.88 million was donated to the charity in response to the Creeslough explosion which claimed the lives of 10 people in October of last year. The meeting will consider a plan as to

Gardaí are on the hunt for two youths in connection with damage caused to a car in the St Johnston area in the early hours of Friday morning. The pair, who were wearing grey hoodies and dark trousers were seen in the Cois Abhainn area at around 4.10am. It’s reported that they smashed the windscreen

Gardaí now believe that the smashing of a welcome stone in Doochary is an act of criminal damage. It emerged last week that the stone at the top of the corkscrew had been significantly damaged and it was initially thought it had been hit by a vehicle. Gardaí say they are anxious to hear from

The Industrial Court has confirmed that it will hear an application for trade union recognition at Seagate. The decision marks a major step forward in the ongoing union drive at the Springtown-based manufacturer of semi-conductors which employs 1,600 onsite. Fears have been raised earlier that job losses and wage cuts are on the horizon for