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  1,696 people in Donegal have applied to the Humanitarian Assistance Scheme, which was opened after extensive damage caused by Storm Éowyn in January. Nationally, there were 93,007 applications registered in respect of 75,733 people, totalling almost €12.8 million, according to new figures published by the Department of Social Protection. County Galway had the highest

Letterkenny University Hospital is the third most overcrowded hospital in the country today. 26 people are currently waiting on a bed at the hospital. 10 of those patients are on a trolley in the hospital’s Emergency Department, while a further 16 are on wards elsewhere in the hospital. According to the INMO, 419 admitted patients

Psychology waiting lists of over a year for children in Donegal have more than halved. 86 under-18s were waiting over 12 months to be seen by a psychologist in the county in October 2021. Figures from the Irish Independent show that the number dropped 58% to 28 in December of last year. Nationally, the number

171 doctors from Donegal have demanded an urgent meeting with the Minister for Health over the exclusion of Letterkenny from the Surgical Hub Plan. They say they feel as though patients in the county are not treated as equals in the health system. In the letter to Minister for Health Jennifer Carroll MacNeill, 171 senior

Letterkenny has seen one of the highest increases in driving without insurance and drink driving convictions in the country. According to the RSA, the number of people convicted for driving without insurance rose from 172 in 2023 to 193 in 2024. Meanwhile, Letterkenny had one of the highest rates than the average of drink driving,

A man was airlifted to hospital after being struck by a golf ball in Inishowen yesterday. At approximately 4.30pm, Sligo-based helicopter Rescue 118 was tasked by Malin Head Coast Guard to assist, after a man was hit in the head with the golf ball at Greencastle Golf Club. Local ambulance crews also attended the scene.

A man has been charged in connection with an assault in Strabane that left another man seriously injured. The incident occurred in the Main Street area on Saturday evening, when a man in his 30s was left with severe injuries to his face, head and body, and, as a result, he remains in a critical

The mother of Donegal soldier Private Sean Rooney is suing the United Nations and the Irish State for alleged negligence, which contributed to his death in 2022. The 24-year-old was shot and killed when his convoy came under fire. The Sunday Independent has reported that Sean’s mother, Natasha, filed a lawsuit against the Defence Forces,

A woman has been hospitalised following a road traffic collision in Milford yesterday morning. The collision involving two vehicles occurred on the R245 at Loughnakey at approximately 10:50am. A woman was subsequently taken to hospital for treatment. Gardaí say investigations are ongoing.

The woman who was killed in a road traffic collision in Milford on Friday evening has been named locally. 72-year-old Susan Hamilton was involved in the crash with a van on Bunlin Bridge. The mother-of-four was pronounced dead at the scene. The driver of the van, a man aged in his 50s, was taken to

Detectives are investigating the report of a serious assault in the Main Street area of Strabane yesterday afternoon. The victim remains in a critical condition at this time. Police responded to a report of an assault at approximately 2pm yesterday afternoon. A man, aged in his 30s, had been assaulted by another man inside flats

The funeral has taken place this morning of Buncrana drowning victim Matt Sibanda. He was laid to rest following the mass at St. Mary’s Oratory in Buncrana. Matt was remembered as a ‘kind person’ who made others feel ‘seen, heard and valued’. The ceremony was attended by Commandant Joe Glennon, Aide de Camp to An

Police in Derry are appealing for witnesses after a report of a fire at a derelict school building in the early hours of this morning. A report was received at around 5am of a school building on fire in the Drumahoe area. Police and emergency services attended the scene. Enquiries are ongoing and at this

Gardaí and emergency services are currently at the scene of a road traffic collision near Milford, Co. Donegal. The collision involving two vehicles occurred on the R245 at Loughnakey at approximately 10:50am this morning, Saturday 31st May 2025. Gardaí say no further information is available at this time.

Letterkenny University Hospital has announced that a new Computed Tomography Coronary Angiography service, led by a Consultant Cardiologist and his team, has been launched in the Radiology Department at LUH. CTCA is performed to gain knowledge about cardiac or coronary anatomy and may detect or diagnose coronary artery disease in patients. It is said to

People are being urged to check the weather forecast before going on trips this Bank Holiday weekend. Donegal Mountain Rescue and the Irish Coast Guard, RNLI and Water Safety Ireland have issued safety advice. There has been a 10% increase in drownings this year, compared to the same period last year. The public is being

There has been a slight decrease in the number of people accessing homelessness services in the North West. According to homelessness figures published by the Department of Housing, 156 people accessed emergency accommodation in April, compared to 169 in March. In Donegal, that figure was 54, a decrease from 67 the previous month. The number

Two teenagers have been arrested after a car was observed driving on the wrong side of a dual carriageway in Derry yesterday. The blue Renault Clio was witnessed being driven on the wrong side of the Clooney carriageway at around 4:20pm. It failed to stop for police and continued on in the Waterside area before