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Donegal will not be getting a new councillor today. It had been thought that Pauric McGarvey would be co-opted onto the council today to replace his uncle, outgoing Councillor Ian McGarvey. However, while Ian McGarvey outlined his intentions several weeks ago, his formal resignation was only lodged with the council last week, and the regulations […]

Credit: Paul McNutt Lough Swilly RNLI received their first call out of 2023 this morning. It occurred shortly after 10:30am when the Malin Head Coast Guard Radio alerted a small fishing vessel requiring assistance when it had lost power after a rope got caught up on it’s prop. The crew established a tow and took

Two police officers were injured when a car rammed their patrol vehicle in the Lifford Road area of Strabane area last night. Police say at approximately 10.10pm, officers attempted to stop a suspected uninsured vehicle while conducting patrols in the town centre. The blue Ford Focus failed to stop, and continued to mount a footpath

It took Irish paramedics over ten hours to respond to an emergency call made last year, according to the National Ambulance Service. A recent report in the Sunday Mirror shows sheer “volume of work” was attributed to the long wait times. Figures also reveal there were over 900 delayed responses due to the “distance involved”

Gardaí are reminding people in Donegal that slurry spreading season will start on the 1st of February, resulting in more agricultural traffic on the roads. A full list of guidelines was shared to the Garda Síochána Donegal Facebook page as follows: The slurry spreading season will recommence on the 1st of February and as a

Social Democratic and Labour Party Leader Colum Eastwood MP has announced he will nominate the Bloody Sunday families for the Nobel Peace Prize. Speaking ahead of the 51st anniversary commemoration event taking place in Derry today he says there is no better tribute to the families and their commitment to peace during their battle for

More than 3,500 children infected with Covid-19 have been hospitalised so far. That’s according to new analysis carried out by the National Immunisation Advisory Committee. The six-months to four-year age group accounted for more than a third of paediatric admissions. This age group will soon be able to avail of a Covid-19 vaccine.

The National Women’s Council says gender-based violence is rooted in misogyny and that Northern Ireland urgently needs a comprehensive government strategy to eliminate it. This comes in as hundreds of people are expected to gather this afternoon in Lurgan to remember Natalie McNally who was murder her home in December last year while expecting her

A new poll shows stark separation between societies on both sides of the border. Results published in today’s Irish Times shows two thirds of people in the Republic have no friends in Northern Ireland. More than 80 percent say they have no relations there, and more than half have not travelled across the border in

The PSNI in Derry say Local Policing Team Officers came across a vehicle which was being driven in a dangerous manner while they had been conducting enquiries in the Bogside area of the city. Police say while speaking to the driver, it became evident alcohol was on board. They say a number of other offences

There are calls for a public inquiry into deaths in nursing homes during the Covid Pandemic. Family led advocacy group Care Champions says families were denied access to their loved ones as they died – and now they’re being denied answers. They’re holding a public conference at DCU in Dublin this afternoon from 1pm –

A March for Justice is taking place in Derry tomorrow to mark the 51st anniversary of Bloody Sunday. Donegal Senator Eileen Flynn will be one of the speakers at the event. Many are expected to turn out tomorrow in Derry to join the 51st annual Bloody Sunday March. 13 people were shot dead and at

A number of vehicles have been seized in Donegal following a multi-agency operation. Gardai from the Buncrana Roads Policing Unity assisted at multi-agency checkpoints across Inishowen yesterday. Gardai have confirmed that a number of road traffic offences were detected and a number of vehicles seized.

A new GP has been appointed to take up the role in Dunkineely. There was much concern in the local community over the future of Dunkineely Health Centre last year as it was left with no GP. The HSE has today confirmed that Dr Janinda Muhandiramge will begin work on Monday on a full time

The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine has issued a call for Food Waste Reduction Initiatives proposals. The scheme aims to identify, target and address what Minister Charlie McConalogue says is a major issue not just here in Ireland but globally. Over 1 million tonnes of food waste is generated every year. €180,000 in

The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine has issued a call for Food Waste Reduction Initiatives proposals. The scheme aims to identify, target and address what Minister Charlie McConalogue says is a major issue not just here in Ireland but globally. Over 1 million tonnes of food waste is generated every year. €180,000 in

The number of people homeless in the North West is on the rise. 114 people sought emergency accommodation in the region last month, up 9% when compared to the previous month. Homelessness in Ireland has hit a new record high. More than 11,600 people including almost 3,500 children accessed emergency accommodation during December. According to

13 groups in Donegal are to benefit from over €19,000 in funding under the €10 million Community and Voluntary Energy Support Scheme. Under the initiative, 238 organisations across the community and voluntary sector nationally will receive a one-off contribution towards their increased energy bills for 2022. Among those benefiting in Donegal are Amharclann, Gweedore, the

A man has been arrested and a quantity of drugs seized by police in Derry. Suspected Class B and C drugs and drug-related paraphernalia were found during a planned search at a property in the city today. A 37-year-old man was arrested on a number of offences while a woman in her 20s is to