The North’s Economy Minister has told the Assembly her department will continue to fund City of Derry Airport as a driver for development across the entire North West region. Answering questions from West Tyrone MLA Daniel McCrossan, Minister Caoimhe Archibald said the prospect of a new Derry Dublin air service is very welcome, but stressed […]
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The 39-year-old man who was arrested in connection with the hoax security alert in Strabane on Tuesday has been released on bail to allow for further inquiries. The PSNI is continuing the investigation into the device that was found in the Evish Square area. Those who noticed any suspicious or unusual activity or believe they
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The Health Minister will meet with a delegation of Donegal Healthcare workers next week. Minister Jennifer Carroll MacNeil met with Donegal representatives last night to discuss the issue of a surgical hub for the North West. Last month, it was confirmed that Sligo University Hospital was being nominated as the preferred location for the facility.
Donegal County Council is being asked to provide metered electricity points at established and traditional casual trading locations across the Letterkenny-Milford Municipal District. The issue was raised by Cllr Declan Meehan, who said such a move would reduce the need for generators. Officials said a review of Casual Trading Byelaws is continuing, but no
The Northern and Western Regional Assembly has presented a briefing report to Government Ministers and Oireachtas members in Dublin. The Briefing report presented to Oireachtas members contains a list of 33 Infrastructure Projects that the assembly says could transform the region. The report, titled “Regional Infrastructure Priorities for the Northern and Western Region”, identifies the
Highland Radio and Coimisiún na Meán are joining forces once again for series two of Ours To Protect! We’re diving deep into the future of our planet, and the brilliant young minds of Donegal will be leading the conversation! Get ready to hear from experts and fantastic local children as Donna-Marie Doherty explores all things
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The Children’s Rights Alliance has launched the latest edition of its annual Child Poverty Monitor, which they say gives an insight into the lived reality of children and young people experiencing poverty, with a need for more supports in rural areas. Chief Executive Tanya Ward says the number of children in consistent poverty rose by
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It’s emerged that attempts are being made to block social housing developments in North Inishowen, with evidence that people tried to set fire to timber frames at one of the developments in Carndonagh. Meanwhile, graffiti has been daubed on walls at a development in Gleneely, suggesting those behind it believe the houses are intended for
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The North’s Infrastructure Minister Liz Kimmins today visited Foyle Port. Speaking in Derry during her visit, Ms Kimmins said her department has recently consulted with the board on a Review of Trust Ports, and she looks forward to reviewing the views of respondents and considering the next steps. Minister Kimmins said Foyle Port plays a
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Detectives from The Police Service of Northern Ireland’s Serious Crime Branch investigating a hoax security alert in Strabane have made an arrest and conducted a search in the town today. The hoax alert occurred in Evish Square in Strabane yesterday, after a suspicious device discovered in a vehicle in the area was reported to police
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The Nine til Noon Show is broadcast live weekdays 9am til 12noon! If you missed Wednesday’s live show, you can listen to the podcast below! In this hour we hear from two listeners on the issue of housing – Caroline has lung cancer and is due to be evicted at the end of November, she
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Nine in ten fishermen say they’re extremely worried about their livelihoods. A survey, commissioned by Sinn Fein, found 63% of people working in the fisheries and seafood sector say it’s unlikely they’ll still be involved in the industry in 10 years time. The Fisheries and Seafood survey is being published as world leaders meet in
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Donegal will come under a yellow thunderstorm warning from 7 am tomorrow morning. Met Eireann says we can expect heavy showers with scattered thunderstorms, localised flooding, lightning damage, poor visibility and difficult travel conditions. It will last until 5 o’clock tomorrow evening. Status yellow thunderstorm warnings have been issued for much of the country over
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461 private cars have been licensed for the first time in Donegal last month. It’s a 7% increase on the figure of 431 in May of last year. According to the Central Statistics office, BMW, Ford, Kia and Audi accounted for 36% cars licensed.
Rise seen in cars licensed for first time in Donegal in May Read More »
Extreme concerns are being raised about how 13,000 retired civil servants and some government ministers had errors around pension payments. It’s understood that most ministers are affected and the majority owe money to the state, while others are due money. The sums range from hundreds of euro to just above €30,000, and the error is
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Over 5,000 families in Donegal will receive the Back-to-School Clothing and Footwear Allowance next month. Nationally €54 million will be distributed to over 114,000 families. The rate of payment for 2025 is €160 for children aged 4 to 11, and €285 for children aged 12 years and over in second-level education. The announcement has been
The Housing Minister was urged yesterday to reconsider the inclusion of the proposed fixed date of March 29th, 2024 in the upcoming Defective Concrete Amendment Bill. If implemented, it would see an increased scheme cap and updated grant rates to all applicants who have incurred costs since that date. However, Donegal Deputy Charles Ward says
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A power outage has left 94 premises in the dark this morning in Stranorlar, including a local primary school. The fault was first reported shortly after midnight and is estimated to be repaired at 8 o’clock this evening. St. Mary’s National School, Stranorlar has also been impacted by the outage and will remain closed today
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The head of the RSA says he is dedicated to reducing the driving test wait times to 10 weeks. Sam Waide will appear before the Oireachtas Transport Committee this morning, as the average time for a test currently stands at just under 21 weeks. He will also face questions about NCT waiting times and a
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One person was hospitalised following a five-vehicle collision at Magheracorran yesterday evening. The crash happened at around 7:30 pm on the N13 near the Kilross junction. Gardaí and the emergency services attended the scene and say no other injuries were reported.
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Police have used a water cannon against rioters in Ballymena. 20 baton rounds were also fired, as masked youths attacked Police for a second night running. However, calm was eventually restored in the early hours of this morning. Hundreds of people again gathered in the County Antrim Town last night, 24 hours after the serious
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It has emerged that the suspicious device which prompted a security alert in Strabane yesterday has been deemed a hoax. Police responded to a report made at around 9:10 am yesterday, following the discovery of the device in Evish Square. Cordons were implemented in the Mount Carmel Heights and Newtownkennedy Street area with some roads
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A North West Regeneration Fund has been established. Its purpose is to utilise government loan funding for the regeneration of buildings within Derry’s Historic City Conservation Area. The North West Regeneration Fund will be delivered by the Londonderry Inner City Trust with up to £10 million available over the next 5 years.
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Donegal County Council’s Roads Section is going to carry out basic improvement works between the Ballyraine Roundabout and the old Creamery Roundabout ahead of the Donegal International Rally, which gets underway on Friday week. The promise was made to Cllr Donal Mandy Kelly, who told an MD meeting this week that the stretch will be
Donegal County Council has been asked to initiate a compulsory purchase order process for the land required to construct a slip road from Ballyraine onto the N56 at the Polestar Roundabout. Officials said such a lane would potentially require an Environmental Impact Assessment and other studies due to its proximity to Lough Swilly. They also
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The Health Minister has agreed to meet with Donegal TDs today to discuss the issue of a surgical hub for the North West. There’s been widespread disappointment after it was confirmed last month that Sligo University Hospital was being put forward as the preferred location for the facility instead of Letterkenny. The HSE has since
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Cllr Ciaran Brogan is the new Mayor of the Letterkenny Milford Municipal District, with Cllr Pauric McGarvey elected Deputy Mayor. Speaking to Highland Radio News after his election, Cllr Brogan said addressing transport issues will be a major priority, and he and the council will be very vocal in pursuing the Bonagee Link and the
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The North’s Agriculture and Environment Minister says there’s ‘merit’ in holding a public inquiry into a large illegal dump near Derry. Last week, two company directors were jailed for their role in what Minister Andrew Muir has described as an ‘abhorrent crime of an industrial scale’ at Mobuoy. He claims it could cost up to
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Four people have been taken to hospital following a crash in Buncrana earlier today. A man and woman, aged in their 70s, have been taken to Letterkenny University Hospital after being hit by a car at around 11:55am this morning. Gardai have described their injuries as non-life-threatening. The driver of the car, a man aged
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Two men have been convicted of possession of an illegal salmon drift net off Arranmore Island. Two salmon and 371 yards of monofilament net were seized during an operation off Arranmore Island as Inland Fisheries Ireland officers were carrying out a boat patrol during the early hours of July 9th, 2024. They apprehended Glenn O’Donnell
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Buncrana Main Street is currently closed following an incident that occurred within the past hour. Emergency services are at the scene. No further details are known at this time.
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Detectives are investigating an overnight incident in Creggan in Derry in which a man escaped serious injury. The car he was travelling in was set alight, in what police describe as a reckless attack. At 2.10 am, police received a report that as a food delivery driver left Rinmore Drive, he was flagged down by
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A Donegal Senator is among those calling for a legal change in how child abuse images are defined in court. At present, they are legally described as ”child pornography.” A group of Senators are tabling a motion in the Seanad for the term to be replaced with ‘’child sexual abuse material’’. Independent Senator Eileen Flynn
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The Nine Til Noon Show is broadcast, live Weekdays from 9am to 12noon- the podcast is below: In this hour we who are calling for reform of inheritance tax claiming it discriminates against childless couples. Marie, with strong Donegal connections, is crossing the desert to Turkey to highlight the plight of the people of Gaza
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Uisce Éireann says a €6m wastewater upgrade will get underway this month in Pettigo. They say significant upgrades will be carried out at the existing wastewater treatment plant in the village which will increase capacity at the plant, and also see the construction of a state-of-the art Integrated Construction Wetland, which they say will provide
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There’s been a three car crash near Illistrin this morning. Gardaí say they received a report of a three-car road traffic collision on Kilmacrennan Road, Letterkenny, at approximately 9:45am. No injuries were reported.
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Gardaí Milford have renewed an appeal for information in relation to what appears to be an attempted carjacking incident between Milford and Termon almost two weeks ago. On today’s Nine til Noon Show, Garda Claire Rafferty made this appeal for information……….
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Gardai say a number of a number of cars were tampered with and damaged in the Ramelton area on Friday and Saturday last. Between 8pm on Friday and 7am on Saturday, a Toyota Scion was damaged in the area of The Mall. A window was smashed and the lock was interfered with. Between 11.30pm on
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Gardaí are investigating the theft of a blue Toyota Sienta with a partial registration of ‘171D62’ that was stolen from Letterkenny University Hospital Carpark in the early hours of Saturday morning last, June 7th of June between 4am and 8.25am, when it was located crashed into a ditch at Manorview Park, Letterkenny. Gardai are
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It’s emerged that six gazebos bearing the ‘Rockshore’ logo were stolen, along with 19 weights, from the Market Yard, Ballyshannon between 3pm on Monday June 2nd and 9am the following morning. The items had been in use at the Rory Gallagher Festival. Gardai are appealing to anyone who may have relevant information about the current
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Gardaí are investigating the theft of a blue twin axle trailer from outside a house in the area of Mill Street, Pettigo on Friday last at approximately 8.30pm. A blue Transit van pulled up alongside the trailer and a male passenger got out and attached the trailer to the van before leaving in the direction
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Gardaí are appealing for information in relation to the theft of a Boulonnais horse from a field at Ture, Muff over the June Bank Holiday weekend. It happened between 5pm on Saturday the May 31st and 10am the following morning. The horse in question is male, white in colour, 3 years old, 16 hands in
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Gardaí are appealing for the assistance of the public in connection with a burglary that occurred at a closed down factory at the Glebe, Stranorlar between 7pm on Thursday evening last and 10am the following morning. A front window of the building on the Letterkenny Road was smashed and entry was gained. Nothing was stolen
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Three vacant houses in the Baile Na Finne estate in Fintown were broken into over the course of the June Bank Holiday weekend. Gardai say that sometime between Friday May 30th and Monday June 2nd, most of the windows in the three houses behind the Údarás na Gaeltachta building were smashed and entry was gained.
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Gardaí are investigating an incident that occurred in the area of Gort Na Rí, Kimacrennan in the early hours of this morning. The incident happened at approximately 00.15am, and as part of their investigation, gardai are seeking dash-cam footage from Gort Na Rí and surrounding areas between 11.30 last night and 00.30 this morning. They’re
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The Oireachtas Committee on AI will hold its first-ever public meeting this morning. TDs and Senators will discuss how Ireland can become a world leader in artificial intelligence. The Committee will hear from experts on how the new technology will reshape Irish jobs, the economy, and everyday life. Committee Chair Malcolm Byrne says the Committee
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The average spend for an Irish wedding is around €10,000. One in four couples spend up to €50,000, according to the survey by online savings platform Raisin Bank. 45% of those surveyed said they’re willing to go into debt to fund the cost of the wedding. While 85% said they’d like to receive cash as
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Over 100,000 children in Ireland are now living in consistent poverty, a number that’s risen by 45,000 in just one year. Spiralling rents and high prices are being cited as the main reasons. The Child Poverty Monitor from the Children’s Rights Alliance found that a scarcity of housing has led thousands of families into homelessness,
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Rent Pressure Zones are to be extended to cover the entire country. Sweeping new changes will be presented to the Cabinet for approval today, following a meeting of government leaders last night. In a major change to how renting works in the country, every single tenancy will be in a Rent Pressure Zone This means
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An Inishowen Councillor is urging the government to swiftly provide the funding necessary to transition Radharc na Sleibhte in Carndonagh from a residential model to a recovery focussed crisis intervention and set down facility. In a response to Cllr Gerry McMonagle at a recent meeting, the HSE confirmed all the necessary paperwork has been completed
Government urged to approve funding for Radharc na Sleibhte transition Read More »
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