Author name: highlandnews

  More than 12-and-a-half thousand further cases of Covid-19 have been reported. 5,381 cases were confirmed through a PCR test, while 7,127 people logged a positive antigen test result on the HSE’s online portal. 1,610 people are in hospital with the virus, of whom 49 are being treated in ICU. The number of Covid-19 patients

    Twelve swimming pools in Donegal are to share funding of just over €125,000. The funding was announced by Sport Ireland and Ireland Active and forms part of the Covid funding to support the sport sector announced by the Government in December 2021. The funding allocation is an acknowledgement of the importance of the

  Four men have been arrested in connection with a shooting in Strabane in February. The men are currently in Musgrave Serious Crime Suite where they are being questioned. The men, one aged 22 years old, one aged 27 years old, and two aged 37 years old, were arrested under the Terrorism Act at locations

  A man’s been hospitalised after being stabbed in the head in the North. It happened at a house in the Clifton Park area of Coleraine at around ten past four this morning. A man in his 40s answered a knock at his door and once outside the home, he was hit a number of

  Police in Derry are investigating the theft of lead, which is believed to have occurred earlier this week. The theft from the roof of a Presbyterian Church on Rossdowney Road in Kilfennan is believed to have occurred sometime between 9pm on Monday night and 7pm last night. In a statement Inspector Spence said: “This

  Several critical business supports have been provided by Donegal County Council to many businesses in the county since the pandemic began.  These supports included several grant schemes and initiatives delivered through the Council’s Finance Directorate and Local Enterprise Office. Within months of the pandemic in 2020, the Finance Directorate of the Council delivered two

The new Atlantic Technological University officially comes into being on Friday, with the Governing Body convening for the first time at ATU Donegal in Letterkenny, formerly LYIT. The Governing body will confirm Dr. Orla Flynn as president. The ATU will be officially opened on Monday April 4 by Further Education Minister Simon Harris at an

A 36-year-old man arrested in Strabane yesterday in connection with a shooting incident in the Springhill Park area in February, has been released without charge. The PSNI say their investigation continues.

  There’s been a significant reduction in the Donegal social housing waiting list over a five year period. According to figures published in the 2021 Summary of Social Housing Assessments, the social housing waiting list in the county has seen a reduction of 32% compared with the first annual assessment conducted in 2016. The 2021

  14,549 new cases of Covid19 have been confirmed today. There are 5,962 PCR-confirmed cases, while 8,587 people registered a positive antigen test through the HSE portal. 1,605 patients are in hospital, which is a decrease of 19 since yesterday. There are 50 people in ICU, which is down by 4.

  Funding of £3 million has been awarded to City of Derry Airport. The money is set to secure the airport’s future and help to facilitate growth. In a statement Foyle MP Colum Eastwood said: “Far too often in recent years doubt has been cast over the future of City of Derry Airport. This merry

The Criminal Assets Bureau conducted a search operation in Donegal today. The search operation was conducted by Criminal Assets Bureau Officers, supported by the Milford District Drug Unit and the Customs Dog Unit. The target of today’s operation was referred to the Criminal Assets Bureau by a profiler attached to the Milford District. Today’s operation

  Continuous assessment will form a key part of a revised programme for the Leaving Cert. Education Minister Norma Foley says new subjects will be developed for the Leaving Cert while the curricula for all existing subjects will be revised. Two of those subjects will be ‘Drama, Film and Theatre Studies’; and ‘Climate Action and

A Donegal travel agency has been named as the best in the Republic of Ireland. Atlantic Travel was named Ireland’s Top Agency as part of the TTG Top 50 Travel Agencies 2022: an annual power-list of the nation’s best agents by industry bible, Travel Trade Gazette. TTG group editor Pippa Jacks said: “Now in its

A man’s been arrested and a number of searches carried out in Strabane in connection with an assault in the town last month. Police have confirmed the arrest is linked to an incident at 7.20 on the evening of February 9th, in which a 19-year-old man was beaten with a baseball bat before being shot

A security alert on Derry’s Waterside has ended. The alert was sparked by the discovery of a suspicious object in the Campsie area shortly after 3 o’clock this morning. Police and army technical experts attended the scene on the Clooney Road ; the object was examined and declared as nothing untoward. The access road to

The validity of online Municipal District Meetings has been questioned by a councillor today. Speaking as an online meeting of the Lifford Stranorlar MD got underway this morning, Cllr Frank McBrearty said there was no facility for the public to attend the meeting, and in his view, that rendered the meeting illegal. On advice from

Gardaí are investigating criminal damage incidents in Milford and Buncrana. At Golan, Milford, between 7 o’clock on Wednesday night and 7 o’clock on Sunday morning last, the windows of a Komatsu digger parked in the area were smashed. Meanwhile, at St. Egney’s Terrace on the Cockhill Rd in Buncrana, the front window and the glass

PSNI Update – “Our officers remain at the scene of a security alert in the Campsie area following the discovery of a suspicious object. The dual carriageway remains open, however, the access road into the Covid test centre is closed. We’ll keep you updated”.   Police are currently in attendance at a security alert in

Employees will have 4 euro paid into their pension for every three euro they contribute under the auto-enrolment scheme going to Cabinet this morning. The move from Minister Heather Humphreys will mean 750-thousand people without any pension will be automatically signed up for one in 2024. Auto-enrollment will see all workers earning over 20,000 euro

A woman is in a critical condition following a three-vehicle crash in Co. Sligo. The collision, involving a lorry, a car and a van, happened on the N15 at Grange at around a quarter-to-four yesterday afternoon. The female driver of the car was taken to Sligo University Hospital, where her condition is described as critical.

  Ryanair is advising its passengers to arrive at least three and a half hours early for flights out of Dublin airport. It follows long queues at security over the weekend, for all flights. The airline says the issue is due to DAA staff shortages. Ryanair says its check in desks and baggage drop will

  The Department of Agriculture has issued a Fire Danger Notice, Condition Orange, for all areas where hazardous fuels such as gorse, heather, dried grasses, and other vegetation exist. The Notice is in effect from now until midday on Friday, 1st April 2022. Donegal County Council is appealing to landowners and members of the public

  39,561 new cases of Covid-19 have been confirmed over the past three days. There are 11,729 confirmed today, and figures for the weekend have also just been released. 15,460 cases were confirmed on Saturday, along with 12,372 on Sunday. 1,624 Covid patients are hospitalised, of whom 54 are in ICU.

There’s been a minor crash on the main Letterkenny – Derry road this afternoon. Gardaí attended the two vehicle road traffic collision at Burt at around 13.30pm. Gardai say that no injuries were reported and that the road will reopen shortly.

  Ulster Bank will start writing to current and deposit account customers in the coming weeks, to give them notice to move and close their accounts. They’ll be written to in tranches and given six months notice in order to facilitate orderly account switching. The bank has also announced it will not accept new mortgage

  Police in Strabane investigating the theft of machinery from a premises in the town have released images of the equipment. The machinery is believed to have been stolen at around 9:30pm on 16th March. The stolen machinery includes a JCB telehandler, a JCB Micro digger and a JCB Micro dumper. A blue DAF lorry