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Donegal County Council has unveiled a plaque to acknowledge the role of the former Letterkenny Town Council in the development of the town. The plaque is located at the Letterkenny Public Services Centre. The Town Council, previously known as the Urban District was the main body for Local Government in the town for over 100

Bord Iascaigh Mhara has today confirmed the Brexit Blue Economy Enterprise Development Scheme is officially open for applications. The €25 million scheme offers grants to enable coastal communities to restructure, reconfigure, retrain, and diversify post-Brexit, with companies and communities within 10km of the coastline qualifying. Marine Minister Charlie McConalogue says the scheme will help strengthen

20 new jobs are being created in Donegal. Bon Appetit by Dudie’s Street Food, based in Killygordan has announced the creation of the posts which include full and part time positions for chefs, food production operatives, delivery drivers, cleaners and admin staff. The food production company supplies over 60 retailers across the Northwest.

The Housing Minister has announced an increase in the discretion rate for all HAP tenancies. Darragh O’Brien says the increase from 20 to 35% will secure and expand more tenancies and prevent new entries to homelessness. He’s also signalled that future applications from single people will be eligible for the couples rate of the Housing

Donegal County Council has opened a second call for the Caravan, Camping, Campervan and Motorhome grant scheme. This round will specifically target voluntary or community-based groups. The grant scheme will be open until the end of June, and will focus on supporting new and additional overnight facilities in locations currently underserved in the county, including

A video which mocks the death of Michaela McAreavey in Mauritius has been met with shock and anger. Police in the North have confirmed they’re examining the video to determine if any offences may have been committed. The video, which is alleged to have been filmed during centenary celebrations in the north has been met

Gardai in Donegal are warning that they will be out in force this Bank Holiday weekend. High visibility checkpoints and speed checks will be carried out across the county. Gardai say their focus will be the detection of key lifesaver offences including speeding, drink/drug driving and the non-wearing of seat-belts. During National Slow Down Day

Parks, beaches and other swimming spots are likely to be busy this weekend – with temperatures set to reach 21 degrees. There will be some heavy downpours in places this afternoon and evening. However the sun will return tomorrow, over most of the country. Cathal Nolan, from Ireland’s Weather Channel, says Monday will be the

A woman missing from Dublin who was known to frequent Donegal has been found. Gardai say she has been located safe and well.

Over 64,000 ambulances spent over an hour at a hospital last year, before offloading a patient and getting back on the road. It’s nearly one in every four ambulances that arrived at hospitals. According to freedom of information figures, the ‘turn-around time’ was over five hours in 165 cases. David Hall, the chief executive of

Donegal County Council says additional staff have been approved by government to assist with the delivery of housing, both in terms of construction and acquisition. All targets are subject to the Council undertaking due diligence on concrete blocks, including professional testing and geologist reports on blocks utilised on each construction and turnkey scheme. Officials were

374 drivers have been detected breaking the speed limit so far on National Slow Down Day. 78,911 cars have been checked during the first nine hours of the operation. A car was detected travelling at 85km/h in a 50km/h Zone on the R265 Porthall Ballindrait Road, while another was caught doing 101km/h in a 80km/h

The PSNI say Toni Ann Shea, who had been missing from Derry has been located. Gardai and Police are continuing to appeal for information on two other missing people. The PSNI are liaising with Gardai in a bid to locate a woman missing from Derry, while Gardai say they are very concerned for missing woman

National Slow Down Day is in effect until 7am tomorrow as Gardai call on drivers to reduce their speed for the weekend. New research from the Road Safety Authority has found three quarters of drivers speed on roads with posted limits of 50 kilometres. The Junior Minister for Transport has called the study ‘concerning’ as

  The PSNI and  Gardaí are in communication about missing person Georgina Hamilton. Georgina has been missing from the Lisnagelvin area in the Waterside since Tuesday last, May 31 2022. If you have seen or have any information about Georgina, please call 101 and quote reference number 1029 of 01/06/22.

A 20 year old man has been charged with attempted murder in Derry. It follows a stabbing in the Drumard Park area of the city on Tuesday. The man is to appear at a special sitting at Dungannon Magistrates this morning. As is usual procedure the charges will be reviewed by the PPS.

A special meeting to discuss the future of the angiogram service at Letterkenny University Hospital is taking place today. It was previously confirmed that the weekly angiogram service will no longer be provided at the hospital as of the end of this month. The Saolta Health Care Group agreed to meet members of the Regional

Nearly 18,000 people over the age of 75 have been on a hospital waiting list for at least 18 months. In total, almost 87,000 people in this age-group are waiting for an inpatient or outpatient appointment, throughout the country. Sinn Féin’s health spokesman, David Cullinane, says it’s a scandal:

A Donegal County Councillor is calling for Ukrainian nationals to be entitled to qualify for the TÚS scheme. The Tús initiative is a community work placement scheme providing short-term working opportunities for unemployed people. Speaking at a recent Donegal County Council meeting, Cllr Barry Sweeny put forward a motion asking for Ukrainian Nationals to be