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ALL Donegal Winter Maintenance designated gritting routes will be gritted from 6PM on Sun. 16/11. Donegal gritting route index as follows: 01: National Primary North 02: National Primary Central 03: National Primary South 04: Inishowen South 05: Inishowen East 06: Inishowen West 07: Milford South 08: Milford North 09: Cill Ulta East 10: Cill Ulta […]

Gardai have named the five young people who died in a road crash in Dundalk in Co Louth. The group were travelling to the Dundalk area for a night out when the crash occurred. The three men and two women who died were all in their early 20s and were from a number of areas

A major air and sea search off northwest coast for a missing crew member from a UK navy fleet has ended without success. The individual was last seen on Friday night, prompting a two-day operation involving the Irish Coast Guard, RNLI lifeboats and UK naval and air units. The UK Ministry of Defence says an

Five people in their early 20s have died following a two-car crash in Louth. Three people have been injured. This crash involved two cars, a Volkswagen Golf and a Toyota Land Cruiser. It happened shortly after 9 o’clock last night, at Gibstown just outside Dundalk. Five people from the Volkswagen car have died One man

A major search operation is continuing off the northwest coast for a missing crew member from a UK naval support vessel. Lifeboats, the rescue helicopter and an Air Corps plane are involved in the operation. The alarm was raised just before 9am yesterday morning, with the missing person last seen at around half past ten

Police in Strabane are investigating what they describe as a “racially motivated hate crime” that occurred yesterday afternoon. It was reported that a man delivering leaflets in the Ballycolman Avenue/Columban Terrace area, at around 3.45pm, was verbally abused then physically assaulted by a man who had stopped and got out of a grey coloured car.

A multi-agency operation is underway off the North West coast after a person was reported as missing from a vessel this morning. The alarm was raised after it was located off Tory Island. The Irish Coast Guard’s Marine Rescue Co-ordination Centre in Malin Head received a distress alert from a UK Naval support vessel just

Uisce Éireann says it is continuing work to restore normal water supply to homes and businesses in Buncrana following a mechanical issue at the Slurry Water Treatment Plant. As a result of these operational issues, customers in Buncrana and surrounding areas may be experiencing low water pressure or outages. Alternative water supplies are now available

A remembrance event for road traffic victims is being held in Letterkenny tomorrow. The event will take place at 1pm in the Mount Errigal Hotel to mark Remembrance Day for Road Traffic Victims. This day is for families and communities to remember those who have lost their lives or been seriously injured on our roads,

A Donegal man with previous convictions has been sentenced to five years in prison for rape. The Central Criminal Court heard that 37-year-old Desmond Leitch of Castlefin was found guilty of rape at an address in Convoy in January 2018. Damien Leitch has two significant previous convictions, with the first handed down by the Central

Police in Derry investigating the report of an assault on the Peace Bridge last weekend, have concluded their enquiries. It had been reported that two men were attacked on Saturday last, in what was believed to be a homophobic hate crime. Following enquiries, Police say they are satisfied that no crime of that nature occurred.

7 Family Resource Centres in Donegal are to receive additional core funding of over €100,000. The Minister for Children, Disability and Equality, Norma Foley made the announcement today, with the investment going towards supporting the centres in their vital work with children and families. Cara House FRC, Moville & District FRC and The Forge FRC

The Government has announced a new adaptation plan to strengthen communication networks, in preparation of more extreme weather events. It hopes to improve power and phone line infrastructure, to prevent damage caused by climate change. Earlier this year over 600 thousand homes and businesses were left without power following Storm Eowyn. The plan can be

Ronan Keating is making a new travel documentary about the Wild Atlantic Way. The singer is the face of the new BBC Northern Ireland programme, ‘Ronan Keating’s Wild Atlantic’. It’s being described as a’ deeply personal journey along the west coast of Ireland’ – a place that Ronan says means so much to him and

  A security alert has ended in Derry after two suspect devices found in the Skeoge area were confirmed to be viable pipe bombs by Ammunition Technical Officers. They’ve now been made safe and removed, and will now be subject to further forensic examination. The alert which saw over 20 homes in the Glenabbey Close/Beraghvale

Bishop Niall Coll is returning to his native Donegal to become Bishop of Raphoe. Bishop Coll’s appointment was confirmed by Pope Leo this morning. The diocese has been without a bishop since Bishop Alan Mc Guckian was appointed to Down and Connor last year. Bishop Coll, who is from St Johnston, was appointed Bishop of

  Police in Derry are currently at the scene of a security alert in the Glenabbey Close and Beraghvale area of the city. Close to two dozen homes have been evacuated in this area following a report of two suspect devices in the area shortly after half past midnight A public safety operation was implemented,

A post mortem will be carried out today on the body of a fisherman who went overboard off the coast of West Donegal this week. The man in his 40s fell from a boat close to Arranmore Island on Tuesday. He was taken to Sligo University Hospital where he later died. Gardaí are investigating the

Works will begin at Milford health centre on Monday, November 17th causing some disruption. These works will include; replacing the existing glass roof, installation of new lobby doors and a new main entrance door, a new access ramp to the main entrance, realignment of the car park and relocation of designated accessible parking space and,

An updated hearing on the Omagh bombing was held today in Belfast. It revealed that so far, almost 4,000 documents relating to the bombing have been shared with the public inquiry running to around 65,000 pages, according to BBC. A further evidence phase will be heard in March concerning how the attack was carried out

Gardaí are investigating all of the circumstances surrounding the death of a fisherman taken from the water off the West Coast of Donegal yesterday. Gardai say at approximately 1:25pm a report was received of a man overboard a fishing vessel off the coast of Arranmore, within Irish territorial waters. The man, aged in his 40s,