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The R250 road in Newmills is closed following a crash this morning. The collision occurred at around 10am. Gardai are appealing to motorists to avoid the area. Diversions are in place via Newmills Bridge and at Rahedoge onto the L5994 through Druminaught. Gardai, however, say the diversion route is narrow, so HGV drivers are urged

The North West Regional Assembly is warning of significant delays in the delivery of critical infrastructure projects in the region. The body forecasts that just 14 out of 35 identified priority infrastructure projects are likely to be ‘shovel ready’ for delivery by 2030. The NWRA believes one of the projects likely to be ‘shovel-ready’ for

Donegal County Council says part of the L-1391-1 at Carrickfinn will be closed for resurfacing from 7 o’clock tonight until 6 o’clock tomorrow morning. The road closure will start at the Carnboy junction, heading towards Carrickfinn and Dunmore. The council says as this is a cul-de-sac road, there is no diversion route available, but emergency

    A group of eighty six defective block homeowners, who have had their Government approved engineer’s recommendation for remediation overturned by The Housing Agency, have today escalated their case to The EU Commission. They say despite attempts to engage with the Housing Agency, no transparency has been provided, and no appeals have been heard.

The Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation has called for urgent action to be taken to radically reduce the number of patients on trolleys in the North West and West. It comes as 72 patients are on trolleys at Letterkenny and Sligo University Hospitals today, on what is World Patient Safety Day. INMO Assistant Director of

A number of non-emergency operations have been cancelled again today at Letterkenny University Hospital. In a statement this afternoon, management say the hospital is extremely busy today, and due to the pressures on the site, and also on bed capacity, they are postponing some elective procedures. Urgent, time-sensitive cases are being prioritised, and patients are being

  Gardaí  investigating the disappearance of Daniel Aruebose in Dublin have found the remains of a child in Donabate. In  a statement this afternoon, Gardai say they believe the human skeletal remains of a child are those of Daniel. An Garda Síochána is currently engaging with the local coroner in relation to the discovery of

The cost of buying a home in Donegal is the cheapest in the country. The median property price in the county in the 12 months to July this year was €195,000. Nationally, house prices increased by 7.5% during the same period. According to the CSO, the median price of a home nationwide is €375,000.

A Donegal man has been commended for risking his life to rescue a child in a crash in England. Shane Doherty from Carndonagh was one of two men who were first on the scene of the multi-vehicle collision on the M6 at Tebay on October 15th last year. Chief Inspector Sam Turner, Cumbria Police Operational

Two major cross-border health research projects, worth more than €20 million, are being launched in Derry today by Ulster University. The first, iMPROVE, has a goal to support 10,000 people on both sides of the border with long-term health conditions through personalised medicine. The second, PEACETIME, focuses on expanding access to obesity care. Ulster University

Another school in Donegal is to benefit from Scéim na gCúntóirí Teanga, the language assistants scheme. The scheme is being rolled out in Gaeltacht Service Towns and Líonraí Gaeilge towns to provide additional opportunities for pupils to acquire and enrich the language. Gaelscoil na gCeithre Máistrí will be added to the scheme in January, it’s

A woman in her 70s has died following a road traffic collision in Dungannon last evening. She was 78 year old Joyce Crooks from the Cookstown area. Police say at around 7 o’clock last night, they received a report regarding a two-vehicle head-on collision in the Cookstown Road. Five people were taken to hospital, and

Three cows have had to be put down following a crash in the Lifford area last night. Two trucks and an ambulance struck the cattle at around 10pm. Gardai say there are no reports of any injuries to the occupants of the vehicles. They say enquires are ongoing.