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A Donegal priest has been ordained the new Bishop of Ossory. Fr Niall Coll who was born in Letterkenny was the Parish Priest of Tawnawilly and Clar. He was installed yesterday in his new role at a ceremony at the Cathedral of Saint Mary, Killkenny.

The public is being called upon to give blood. The Irish Blood Transfusion Service says stocks are critically low and are at half the level they should be for an average week. It says hospitals have been experiencing extreme pressures recently and there has been a sustained high demand. Dr. Paul McKinney of the Blood

A new campaign is being launched in support of the A5 road project. The ‘A5 Enough is Enough’ group was set up by the Tyrone GAA County Committee in November last year. An online petition has also been launched. The ‘A5 Enough is Enough’ campaign group was set up in the aftermath of a fatal

A quantity of suspected drugs, drug-related items and other paraphernalia have been seized in Derry as part of a planned search in recent days. Investigations are continuing after the find on Friday. Police say an ongoing priority is the disruption of the sale and supply of dangerous and illegal drugs, and targeting those who cause

Over 190 investigations into sexual offences are underway in Donegal. Latest figures disclosed at the recent meeting of the Donegal Joint Policing Committee revealed that Gardai are currently investigating almost 100 incidents of rape or sexual assault in the county. Chief Superintendent Aidan Glackin says An Garda Siochana is considering rolling out programmes in schools

Gardai have confirmed that no one was injured after a car caught fire between Killea and Newtowncunningham yesterday evening. Gardaí were called to the scene of the vehicle which got into difficulty and subsequently caught fire shortly after 6pm. The fire service was called to the scene to extinguish the fire.

The NCBI, Irish Guide Dogs for the Blind and the Irish Wheelchair association are urging Minister Eamonn Ryan to take a pro-active approach to incoming e-scooter legislation before it is too late. Lorna Fitzpatrick, Advocacy and Engagement Manager at NCBI told Highland Radio that a banning of e-scooters from footpaths, age restrictions and speed limitations

The first of three Garda community engagement meetings takes place this evening at Clonleigh Resource Centre in Lifford at 7.30pm. This is followed by a meeting on Wednesday at The Finn Valley Centre, Stranorlar at 10am, and next Monday at the Station House Hotel, Letterkenny at 7pm. On this mornings Nine ’til Noon show, Sgt.

35 fishers attended Man Overboard training sessions in the Errigal Training Centre at Falcarragh over the weekend. BIM say the sessions are designed to provide fishers with the experience of falling into cold sea conditions, wearing full work clothing and without a lifejacket. They then repeat the process with a lifejacket on. BIM say while

There were 32 admitted patients awaiting beds at Letterkenny University Hosptial this morning, 14 of them on Emergency Department trolleys. In Sligo, the overall figure was 20, with 13 of them in the ED. Nationally, the INMO says there were 477 patients awaiting beds in Irish hospitals this morning, Letterkenny once again had the fourth

The new Aircoach service connecting Derry/Londonderry to Belfast International Airport, Dublin Airport and Dublin City Centre hits the road today. The launch of the new 705X service follows the acquisition of the well-known North West based passenger transport company, Airporter by Aircoach last year. The acquisition included the former Airporter base at Springtown Industrial Estate

The Donegal Mountain Rescue Team has issued advice for motorists after a number of cars stuck due to poor weather conditions required their assistance over the last few days. In a statement on social media, the DMRT said that they assisted with three separate stuck vehicles on Friday alone, one at Lough Salt, one in

A man in his thirties has been arrested, after a Garda car was set alight in Castlefinn in the early hours of yesterday morning. At around 4:15am, a Garda car parked at Castlefinn Garda Station was discovered on fire. No injuries were reported and the fire services were able to quickly extinguish the blaze. A

Two people arrested in relation to a jewellery theft in Sligo are set to appear in court this afternoon. An assortment of diamond rings, worth up to €80,000, were stolen from a business in Sligo on Thursday. The stolen items were later recovered, after Gardaí intercepted a car and searched a house in west Dublin

A demonstration is taking place outside Letterkenny University Hospital today to highlight the ongoing issue of hospital overcrowding. As part of the national day of action, 20 protests are taking place outside acute hospitals across the country. The demonstration gets underway at 1pm in Letterkenny.