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Sligo murders: Vigils for Aidan Moffitt & Michael Snee to take place

  Vigils are to take place across the country today in memory of Aidan Moffitt and Michael Snee, who were both murdered in Sligo this week. Yesterday evening 22-year-old Yousef Palani appeared in court charged with the murder of the two men and the assault of a third in Sligo. Vigils, organised by the LBGTQ+

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Dublin Airport expects busiest weekend since before pandemic

  Dublin Airport says it’s expecting one of it’s busiest weekends since before the Pandemic – with over 50,000 passengers a day expected to fly out of Dublin. Airport delays due to staff shortages have been happening in Dublin over the past few weeks as demand for travel has exceeded the expectations of the industry.

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Dedicated slipway for emergency services ‘needed’ at Meevagh

  There’s calls for a dedicated slipway for emergency services to be installed at Meevagh, following a recent incident where the coastguard was delayed in deploying from there. Currently the coastguard at Meevagh has to launch from a commercial slipway – meaning that there are other boats that use the slipway during working hours. Cllr

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Investigation underway into hit and run incident in Strabane

An investigation is underway into a hit and run incident in Strabane. Police are investigating the collision which happened in the Tulaccor Gardens area of the town. A significant amount of damage was caused to a Virgin Media street cabinet housing fibre optic cables. The collision occurred at around 3pm on Wednesday afternoon Police are

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22-year-old man charged with murders of Aidan Moffitt and Michael Snee

A 22-year-old man has been charged with the murders of Aidan Moffitt and Michael Snee in Sligo town that occurred earlier this week. Yousef Palani – with an address in Markievicz Heights in Sligo – was brought before the courts this evening. He will appear via video link at Sligo District Court on April 21st

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Repairs to sewage system taking place in Letterkenny this evening

Irish Water say they’re working along with Donegal County Council to carry out essential sewage system repairs in Letterkenny this evening. In a statement, Irish water said that to minimise disruption to homes and businesses in the area, repair works will take place from 6pm until 10pm this evening. To facilitate the safe delivery of

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Preparatory work underway for improvements to island roads

    Preparatory work is underway for improvements to non-county island roads for this year. Tenders have been issued and are expected back in the coming weeks. The condition of non-county roads on Donegal’s Offshore Islands has been the focus of attention for a number of years now. With support and collaboration between the Island

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HSE recorded over 2,000 data-protection breaches last year

  The HSE recorded over 2,000 data-protection breaches last year. They include patients’ files going missing, or being sent to the wrong service-users or GPs. There were over 1,000 data-breaches relating to the Digital Covid Cert – with people getting them by mistake. Solicitor Jason O’Sullivan says many data-breaches are down to human error.

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Meeting held over Killybegs fish weighing debacle

  The Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority has met with the Irish Fish Processors and Exporters Association as part of an ongoing dialogue relating to the EU Commission approved interim Fisheries Control Plan. The SFPA has confirmed that the meeting discussed a number of items, including the two options for conducting weighing before transport currently available in

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Gardaí continue to investigate fatal house fire

Gardaí are continuing to investigate all the circumstances surrounding a fatal house fire that occurred on Tuesday in the Doochary area. The fire was extinguished by Emergency Services at approximately 4.40pm. The body of a woman aged in her 80’s, was discovered deceased inside the premises. The results of the post-mortem examination will determine the

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Sligo murders: Gardai examining online dating history of suspect

  Gardai investigating the murders of Michael Snee and Aidan Moffitt in Sligo town this week are believed to be examining the online dating history of a suspect in custody. A man in his 20s was arrested yesterday morning on suspicion of murder Although two separate murder investigations are underway, one line of inquiry is

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ASTI may refuse to negotiate over Leaving Cert reform plans

  The Association of Secondary Teachers in Ireland may refuse to negotiate with the Education Minister on plans to reform the leaving cert. Norma Foley unveiled proposals last month which would see teachers conducting in-school assessments which would account for up to 40% of the marks in some subjects. However the Irish Independent reports that

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Donegal Tweed set to benefit from increased EU protection

  It’s been announced that Donegal tweed will be one of a number of indigenous European craft products set to be protected under new laws proposed by the European Commission. The new regulations will aim to protect the intellectual property of these crafts, for products that rely on authentic traditional practices to be produced. Spokesperson

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Calls for dedicated staff to help people with Mica applications

There are further calls for dedicated staff at Donegal County Council offices to help people with applications for the Mica Redress Scheme. Inishowen has been deemed as the epicentre of the ongoing crisis and its thought that the focus should be housing the staff in the Carndonagh and Buncrana offices. Cllr Renda Donaghey says there’s

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Dublin Airport urge passengers not to arrive excessively early for flights

Dublin Airport is urging passengers not to arrive excessively early for their flights as the busy Easter period kicks in. Half a million people are set to travel in and out of the airport between now and Monday as the airport continues to deal with staff shortages. Passengers are advised to arrive up to three

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Calls for more action to attract visitors to South Inishowen.

  More work needs to be done to attract visitors to South Inishowen. That’s according to Councillor Paul Canning who says there are missed opportunities in terms of attracting tourists to the South of the peninsula and benefiting economically from such. He says while positive strides have been made in promoting Inishowen, the offering outside

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