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Detectives from the Terrorism Investigation Unit, assisted by uniform colleagues, conducted searches in the Bearney Road area of Strabane today in connection with an ongoing investigation into the activities of the new IRA. Police say they understand the impact our operational activity can have upon the day-to-day lives of local residents, and they are assuring […]

Eight weather stations in Ireland recorded their highest temperatures ever in July. Over the month, there was also the second hottest day on record for the country in the Phoenix Park in Dublin, while rainfall was down compared to other years. A weather advisory is in place until Monday with high temperatures expected and uncomfortably

Gardai are investigating after three panes of glass on a tractor were smashed. A report was made to gardai in milford of damage to a red zetor tractor parked in a field in Golan, Milford on Sunday, August 7. All three panes of glass on the tractor were smashed. If anyone can assist the gardai

It’s emerged that a garda was injured in the course of his duties in Donegal in the past week. Gardai confirmed today that the garda was injured while on duty in the past number of days. No further details are available, and gardai say a person has been questioned and they are not looking for

The International Fund for Ireland has committed just over €1 million to peace and reconciliation efforts across Northern Ireland and the southern border counties. Four of the projects being supported involve groups in Donegal ; the funding was approved at a recent board meeting in Rathmullan. The latest funding package will be shared across two

Gardai are appealing for information about an alleged assault in Dungloe in the early hours of Sunday morning. Gardai say when they received a report of the incident, they found a man with multiple injuries. He was rushed to hospital. Gardai believe that sometime between 1am and 3am, the man was assaulted near the old

The Lifford man who died in a drowning incident while holidaying abroad has been named locally as Martin Duffy. He died while on a family holiday in Greece. Mr Duffy, who was in his 50s, married with three children, and a lecturer at North West Regional College in Derry. He was also involved in schoolboy

58 events are planned for Donegal during Heritage Week, which gets underway on Saturday. They include a live re-enactment of life in a Workhouse at the Donegal County Museum, an exhibition of local moths at McGlinchey’s Field Studies Centre in Ardara, and an exploration of the secrets of the Poisoned Glen in Dunlewey. The Heritage

Letterkenny University Hospital is advising that people presenting to the Emergency Department  are currently experiencing long waiting times.   There were above-average attendances at the ED this weekend with 124 people presenting yesterday and 151 on Saturday.   The hospital continues to be impacted by COVID-19; as of 8pm last night there were 27 patients

There’s been a boom in sales of million euro plus houses despite the cost of living crisis. Figures obtained by the Irish Independent show that 178 houses across the country sold for more than 1 million euro in the first 6 months of this year, up from 129 in the same period last year. Donegal

It’s been revealed that Donegal County Council has approved plans for a new supermarket to be constructed in Carndonagh. The conditional approval was granted to Regional Foods Ltd, who will have to construct the planned supermarket, retail units and nine apartments under 20 conditions given by the Council. This is the latest approval granted in

The former head of the ESB has warned Ireland is extremely vulnerable when it comes to energy security this winter. Don Moore says we’re the worst prepared country in Europe, and hopes we can ‘scrape through’ the coming months. It comes as the country’s energy regulator – the Commission for the Regulation of Utilities –

There are calls for a further ban of evictions as the number of tenants being told they must leave their rented accommodation soars. The Residential Tenancies Board says there was a 58% rise in the number of termination notices received in the first 6 months of this year, compared with the previous 6 months. According

Ireland could be facing blackouts this winter, as planned emergency power generators will not be in place in time for the colder months. The Business Post reports the Commission for Regulation of Utilities and Eirgrid are plotting new tariffs. which will charge large energy consumers, particularly data centres, extremely high rates at peak times. A

  Gardaí say they’ve arrested two drivers this weekend in Donegal on suspicion of drug driving-related offences. The first driver was pulled over by Gardaí in the Redcastle area because of the way he was driving, and he subsequently tested positive for the presence of cocaine and cannabis. Gardaí say the driver was arrested and