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Shailesh Vara has been appointed by Boris Johnson as Northern Ireland Secretary. He replaces Brandon Lewis who stepped down earlier this morning saying he had lost faith in the British Prime Minister’s leadership. Mr Vara had previously been a junior minister for Northern Ireland but resigned over the Brexit deal.

Údarás na Gaeltachta has applied for planning permission to Donegal County Council for a solar farm development at Ard na Ceapairí in Bunbeg. The proposed works will cover 14.1 hectares, comprising solar photovoltaic panels on ground mounted frames and all necessary ancillary development structures. Udaras says this is a further step in the development of

  The Letterkenny Chamber Business Awards are back bigger than ever. After doing online awards last year, Letterkenny Chamber is delighted to announce that the 2022 awards are underway. Chamber President Kristine Reynolds explains that there is great enthusiasm for the awards. “The Chamber Business Awards is the biggest event of the year for the

A special meeting of Donegal County Council will take place on Monday next to discuss the findings of an external review of the acquisition of five houses at An Crannla Estate in Buncrana by the authority. It’s understood the review, which was circulated to staff and members yesterday, finds the the council acted properly, and

Police are in attendance at the scene of a road traffic collision on the Glenshane Road in Drumahoe. Part of the road is closed, and a diversion is in place at the Drumahoe Road/Glenshane Road junction, and at the Ardmore Road/Glenshane Road junction. Drivers are urged to follow the diversions, or take an alternative route

Boris Johnson expected to step down as Conservative Party leader today, but he will remain as British Prime Minister until a new leader is elected. More than 50 members of the UK government have now resigned in the space of two days, piling further pressure on Boris Johnson. Northern Ireland Secretary Brandon Lewis is among

Donegal County Council and Derry City and Strabane District Council have launched a new “talent-mapping” programme for the North-West, that aims to allow businesses to better identify talent. The aim is to further help businesses drive investment into the region. The cross-border collaborative project between Donegal County Council and Derry City and Strabane District Council

The path is clear for Leo Varadkar to be elected Taoiseach later this year. It’s after the DPP decided against prosecuting him for leaking a confidential GP document to a friend of his. The Tanaiste said he was pleased with the outcome, and has always maintained allegations of wrongdoing were false. He thanked current Taoiseach

The whole of last night’s debate can be watched on the Oireachtas website. Click on this link –  https://www.oireachtas.ie/hourly/ Scroll down to Wednesday Jul 6th 2022, and click it. When that opens, scroll down until you see 16.24 on the ‘Last modified’ file. Click the ‘Play Video’ link which is highlighted, and the debate begins

The Government is about to lose its Dáil majority , after Donegal Deputy Joe McHugh voted against the new Mica redress legislation in the Dail this evening. It’s believed that McHugh will lose the party whip and be suspended for voting against Government – bringing it to a total of 79 TDs, one short of

Appeals are being made after an aggravated burglary in Sion Mills earlier today. Police say the incident occurred at approximately 9:15am, where three men armed with golf clubs forced entry into a house in Primrose Park. They subsequently attacked the male occupant of the home with the clubs, leaving him with injuries to his face

Police in Strabane are looking for information after a collision in the town yesterday, where two pedestrians were struck by a car. They say the incident occurred in the Fountain Street area of Strabane yesterday afternoon, around a half past four. It’s believed a white Skoda Octavia crashed into a parked car, which subsequently hit

There are 906 patients with Covid-19 in Irish hospitals for the first time since mid-April. The total is around 44 per cent higher than two weeks ago. At Letterkenny University Hospital, there are 61 infected patients, the second highest figure in the country. None of the Letterkenny patients are in ICU.

A man has been killed in a crash on the Letterkenny to Derry Road. Gardai say the collision involved three cars, and occurred at approximately 10.50 last night. A man in his early 70s was taken from the scene to Letterkenny University Hospital, where he was pronounced deceased. A man in his 40s was also

mi The Taoiseach is to meet with Ukraine’s President tomorrow. Micheál Martin’s expected to visit Kiev, after being invited by Volodymyr Zelensky. He was absent from the Dail earlier, and is said to be travelling to the region today. Details of the trip have been kept quiet for security reasons. A number of Fianna Fail

Gardaí in Buncrana say they’re investigating an incident where a number of flower boxes were damaged. They say they are investigating a criminal damage incident that occurred at Westbrook Bridge in the town between Saturday the 2nd of July at 10am, and 8am on Sunday the 3rd of July. A number of flower boxes along

Gardaí say they’re investigating the theft of a GPS system from a tractor in the Newtowncunningham area. Letterkenny Gardaí say they are investigating an incident of theft that occurred at Killyverry, Newtowncunningham, between Friday the 24th of June and Tuesday the 28th of June. According to Gardaí, a tractor had been parked in a yard

Two men guilty of the murder of Edward Meenan in Derry in 2018, and another man guilty of his manslaughter, have been sentenced at Laganside Crown Court. Two were given life sentences, the third was sentenced to eight years. Edward Meenan’s body was found in an alleyway behind Creggan Street in the city shortly before

Gardai are investigating the theft of a landrover in Bundoran in the early hours of last Friday morning. The vehicle was seen the following night in Ballyshannon before it crossed the border into Fermanagh. It was found abandoned in Ballyshannon the following morning. Between 4 and 5am on Friday last July 1st, the black Landrover

Police in Derry are trying to determine the sequence of events that led to a badly damaged car being abandoned in a field on the Letterkenny Road this morning. Police say they received reports this morning that just before 8am, a woman was observed at the vehicle – a grey-coloured Mercedes – but, when a

Part of the discussion on the Order of Business  in the Dail this afternoon will focus on how much time should be given to debating the Remediation of Dwellings Affected by Defective Conll debatecrete Blocks Bill 2022 which was published last week. By Thursday’s deadline, 80 amendments had been proposed following lengthy discussions involving opposition

A project in Ramelton was the winner of the Royal Institute of Architects’ Urban Design Award at its national awards ceremony in Dublin recently. The Ramelton Historic Towns Initiative took the prize after repairing and renovating twelve unused buildings in the town.   Ramelton is one of 5 towns in Donegal that has been granted