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Letterkenny University Hospital is the second most overcrowded hospital in the country today. 52 people are without a bed at the hospital. The latest INMO Trolley Watch Report shows 18 patients are on a trolley in the hospital’s Emergency Department while a further 34 are on a trolley elsewhere in the hospital. 541 people are […]

Today is the final day for people to have their say on a proposed goldmine in Co Tyrone. A transboundary consultation is ongoing, and the Save Our Sperrins campaign group is encouraging people to support their campaign to halt the development by Dalradian. The group has been raising concerns over the potential environmental impact of

The wind energy company Ørsted says over €48,000 is available for Donegal communities this year through their national Community Benefit Fund. Among the successful applicants that received funding previously were the North West Community Development, Sprai Agus Sport, Scoil Naomh Padraig and Buncrana GAA.  The company operates three wind farms in Donegal, with the potential

A multi-agency rescue operation was initiated last night after a person was injured near Termon. Emergency services, including the fire service, National Ambulance Service and the Rescue 118 Coast Guard helicopter, along with Donegal Mountain Rescue were tasked to the scene at Lower Lough Salt at around 9pm. Donegal Mountain Rescue assisted the fire and

Works to reduce water supply disruption in East Donegal have been completed. A 1km stretch of old water mains has been replaced in Raphoe in a bid to deliver a more reliable water supply. Uisce Eireann says the works will put an end to the leakage of treated water into the ground in the Miltown

Letterkenny University Hospital is the third most overcrowded hospital in the country today. According to the INMO’s latest Trolley Watch report, 27 patients are waiting on a bed at the hospital. 14 people are on a trolley in the hospital’s Emergency Department while 13 are waiting on wards. A total of 482 patients are waiting

Investigations are continuing into an incident at a licenced premises in Gortahork last month. Two men were reportedly assaulted by another man at the premises at Main Street between 9pm and 9:30pm on Monday, March 31st. Their injuries were not life-threatening. Gardai say they are keen to speak with anyone present at the time of

Gardaí are appealing for witnesses to an assault in Buncrana on Tuesday evening last. A man required hospital treatment after being assaulted shortly before 7pm at Causeway Road. His injuries are not believed to be life-threatening. Gardaí are urging witnesses to contact them in Buncrana.

Investigations are continuing after two teenagers were assaulted in Ballybofey. Both were allegedly attacked in the Lower Main Street area on Wednesday evening last. A female teenager is believed to have been assaulted by a male teenager in an alleyway at the side of the old cinema building, leading to St Vincent’s Close in the

A man remains in hospital after being assaulted in Letterkenny on Easter Sunday. The man, aged in his 50s, was injured when a disturbance broke out at the side of a licenced premises on Upper Main Street between 9:05pm and 9:10pm. He was transferred to Letterkenny University Hospital for treatment of what Gardaí have described

Investigations are underway after five people, including two children, were brought to hospital following a road crash in County Sligo. The two-car collision occurred yesterday on the N59 in Ballysadare at around 2:30pm. Two women, aged in their 20s and 40s, along with a 9-year-old boy and a 3-year-old girl, were hospitalised with serious injuries.

Police were attacked with petrol bombs and fireworks after a dissident republican parade in Derry yesterday. Violence broke out during the annual march to mark the 1916 Easter Rising in the Creggan and Bogside areas. Disorder broke out in the Nailors Row area of the city at around 2:50pm as masked individuals paraded towards Lecky

Community groups in Donegal are being urged to apply for digital literacy fund for older adults. Rethink Ireland and Vodafone Foundation have launched €540,000 in funding to help bridge the digital divide for older adults in Ireland. This two-year fund will support five innovative organisations that are providing services for older adults aged 65 and

Over 50 drivers were arrested for driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol on Easter Sunday. Gardai are into day five of their Easter Bank Holiday road safety campaign as they urge drivers to slow down and take care when driving over the weekend. Yesterday, over 550 drivers were detected exceeding the speed limit

Gardaí are appealing for witnesses to a fatal crash in Dublin. A man in his teens was killed when scrambler bike he was driving collided with a car on Citywest Avenue at about 8 o’clock last night. No other injuries were reported. Anyone who was travelling in the area at the time, especially those with

Over 350 drivers were detected exceeding the speed limit yesterday as Gardaí continue their road-safety campaign across the Easter Bank Holiday weekend. One of the top speeds detected was a motorist travelling at 110km per hour in a 50km per hour zone in Dublin. Another 24 drivers were arrested in this same period for driving

Coast Guard Rescue Helicopter 116 has joined a search operation for a man reported missing ‘overboard’ from a yacht off the Waterford Coast. RNLI lifeboats from Dunmore East, Ballycotton and Kilmore Quay are also assisting. The rescue began last night when the alert was raised by a 2nd person who was still on board the