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Scoil Mhuire Creeslough has been given the green light for an ASD Classroom. Approval has been granted to the school for an ASD Class for pupils with Autism, commencing in the new academic year 2023-2024. Donegal Deputy Joe McHugh says it is very welcome for the children who will benefit, their families and the local […]

The Emergency Department at Letterkenny University Hospital is under significant pressure today with high attendances and long waiting times. Yesterday, 154 people attended the ED. According to the INMO, 34 people are without a bed at the hospital today. Saolta is warning that there are currently a very high number of patients on trolleys in

There’s been a worrying spike in the number of patients without a bed in Irish hospitals. That’s according to the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation, which has described the situation as ‘intolerable’. According to its latest Trolley Watch figures, there were 663 patients without a bed nationwide this morning, 34 of them at Letterkenny University

Gardaí are investigating the theft of two Kayaks that had been stored at a holiday home in the Farrigans area of Lettermacaward. The Kayaks, both of which are red in colour,  are believed to have been stolen between Jan 1st and February 11th.  The first is a 6m Perception Carolina and the other is a

Gardaí are investigating the theft of 24 sheep, 5 female black in colour and 19 male, stolen from a farm at Ballyboe, St Johnston sometime between 5pm on Wednesday last and 11am on Friday morning. 12 of the sheep have a red marking sprayed on their head and 4 have blue sprayed on their back.

Aontu representative Mary T Sweeney has voiced serval major concerns in relation to the residential zoned land tax. She says that the information was not adequately brought to the publics attention resulting in many missing the deadline to apply for an exemption for the 3% tax. On this morning’s Nine ’til noon show, she urged

Gardai in Letterkenny are investigating three incidents involving cars over the past six days. Two of them involved criminal damage, one while there was still a person in the car. The other involved the theft of four alloy wheels from a business premises. Gardaí say between 6pm on Wednesday evening and 7am on Thursday morning,

A 34 year old man arrested in Derry at the weekend has been released. The man had been questioned by detectives in relation to an attempted hijacking in the Hollymount Park area of the city at approximately 9.35 on Friday night, and the subsequent discovery of a suspicious device in the Corrody Road area on

  Welfare recipients will get a 200 euro lump sum payment as part of the cost of living package going to Cabinet this morning. There will be a 100 euro once off extra payment of child benefit. Last night coalition party leaders met with the Minister for Finance, Public Expenditure and Social Protection to agree

It’s been confirmed that there will be no reduction in the operating hours of the National Driving Licence Service office in Letterkenny. Last week, Minister of State, Jack Chambers paused the proposed change in office hours to consider a report from the RSA. Agriculture Minister Charlie McConalogue has received confirmation from Minister Chambers that the

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