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The current Donegal Person of the year says the Creeslough community are an example to the world. Today, the Donegal Association in Dublin announced ‘The People of Creeslough’ as the recipient of the 2022 Donegal Person of the Year. They will be recognised at a Gala Ball on April 15th. Noel Cunningham says the people

Sinn Féin says it’s important to Northern Irish society as a whole that the circumstances surrounding the Omagh Bombing are fully investigated. This week, Secretary of State Chris Heaton-Harries announced an independent inquiry into the 1998 County Tyrone attack, after the High Court in Belfast ruled that there has not been an adequate investigation to

The pandemic led the way to further develop Donegal’s economy as people moved to more remote parts of the country as a result. That’s according to Donegal County Council’s Director of Service for Economic Development. The local authority recently launched a new campaign to encourage more people to move to the county. The region has

The Government has been accused of sponsoring animal cruelty. Greyhound Action Ireland says the State has handed over 53 million euro to the greyhound industry in the last three budgets. It says over 1-thousand dogs have died while running on racetracks around the country, while just under 3-thousand have been injured, since 2015. Nuala Donlon

The Justice Minister says Government is working ‘around the clock’ to help house refugees. It comes as Simon Harris is asked to appoint a special refugee accommodation ‘Minister’ to turn things around. Minister Harris says he realizes the hotel business may soon wish to see accommodation returned to tourism for the summer months – but

Donegal County Council is being urged to write to the Health Minister to stress to him how serious a move from the NowDoc service to the CareDoc model would be for the county. Reports have been circulating for a number of weeks that talks are ongoing with regards Carlow based CareDoc being rolled out in

A fisherman has died off the coast of Donegal. He fell overboard from a crabbing vessel last night about 65 miles North of Malin Head. Malin Head Coast Guard was first alerted at around 8:30pm. The Rescue 118 helicopter and Arranmore Lifeboat were tasked to the scene. Paul Gill, the Divisional Controller at Malin Head

A Donegal person is among three Irish EuroMillions players who have become overnight millionaires. Each winner scooped €1 million in Friday’s special EuroMillions raffle draw. The National Lottery’s Sarah Ruane is urging all players in Ireland to check their tickets now, to ensure they don’t miss out on any big prizes this Bank Holiday Weekend:

Sinn Féin’s housing spokesperson admits the party has been “sloppy” with its finances. Questions have been raised about Sinn Féin’s own conduct following the controversy surrounding Minister Paschal Donohoe’s election expenditure. Eoin Ó Broin has described his party’s discrepancies as “relatively minor admin errors”, rather than non-declaration of donations. …and he claims they are fully

Motorists are being warned to drive carefully this St. Brigid’s Bank Holiday weekend. Twenty people have been killed on Irish roads so far this year. Assistant Garda Commissioner, Paula Hilman describes what Gardai will be looking out for at checkpoints…    

Some traffic delays are expected this afternoon as a result of the Trucking for Creeslough event. Over 200 trucks will leave Ballybofey at 1 o’clock this afternoon, travelling via Letterkenny and Termon to Creeslough, before travelling on via Milford to the Silver Tassie for a function. Earlier this week, Sergeant Eunan Walsh confirmed to Highland

The Finance Minister says a cap can’t be put on how much the State may have to pay in various redress schemes. Measures across a number of areas including mica, pyrite and apartment defect schemes are likely to cost the State many billions of euro. It comes as the Government revealed the State has a

The Tanaiste’s held a round of discussions with political leaders in the North. DUP leader Jeffrey Donaldson told Micheál Martin once again his party would not re-enter Stormont until the Northern Ireland protocol is replaced. The SDLP’s Matthew O’Toole is again calling on the DUP to change its position………. Tánaiste Micheál Martin says the big

A day of action is underway in Donegal with Gardai urging road users to ‘Stay Safe’ over the new Bank Holiday weekend. The operation includes high visibility, rolling checkpoints and patrols across road corridors in the county from 9am to 9pm. Gardai are warning people of the four key lifesaver offences; driving under the influence,

Naomh Conaill GAA club has paid tribute to one of the two men who died in a crash in Mayo on Thursday night. 27-year-old Martin Murphy and 25-year-old Stephen Brennan, whose mother is a native of Donegal, were both pronounced dead at the scene. In a post, Naomh Conaill said they were devastated to hear

Stormont’s five main parties are meeting with Tánaiste Micheál Martin in Belfast today to discuss the power-sharing stalemate – that’s now hit the 1 year mark. It’s been 12 months since the DUP pulled out of the executive in protest against the post-Brexit protocol. Some progress has been made recently in talks between the UK

South Donegal TD, Marian Harkin, has urged the Government to deliver support for tourism dependent businesses affected by the number of refugees being housed in hotels. The issue was raised off the back of a recent meeting with community leaders and businesses people which Deputy Harkin described as ‘constructive and focused on seeking solutions’. She

Donegal County Council is to write to OPW Minister Patrick O’Donovan asking him to progress a flood relief scheme in Donegal Town. At this week’s meeting of Donegal County Council, Cllr Noel Jordan sought an update on the applications for Flood Relief Schemes in Donegal, with specific emphasis on the south of the county. He