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A 41-year-old Derry man charged with carrying out a series of IRA gun and mortar bomb attacks in the city for over six years before the 1994 ceasefire is to be sent for trial. Christopher Paul O’Kane, whose address was given as care of Maghaberry Prison, faces 18 charges and will appear before Belfast Crown […]

Aldi has created a jobs boost for Donegal with the opening of their new store in Ballybofey. The store opened yesterday and will create around 20 jobs. Aldi now operates 110 stores across Ireland with 6 of them in Donegal – two in Letterkenny, one in Donegal Town, one in Dungloe, one in Buncrana, and

Anyone who hasn’t paid their second home tax will have to pay double what they owe if they do not pay by Sunday. The Non-Principal Private Residence payment was brought in five years ago to target landords and holiday home owners – but it’s now been replaced by the general property tax. Anyone who misses

The Donegal Investment Group is reporting an increase in profits but a fall in turnover in its half yearly report which has been published today. The statement says the board is satisfied with the first half performance, and is very pleased with the performance of the speciality dairy business, which is to be consolidated into

  Derry’s Policing and Community Safety Partnership are to hold a public meeting tonight to discuss the impact of drug use/abuse on families and communities. The meeting will be held at St Columb’s Park House in the Waterside at 730pm. At tonights meeting, a number of mothers who have suffered bereavement due to drug related

West Tyrone MP Pat Doherty says that the Irish government should examine the potential of European Investment Bank funding to fulfill its A5 funding commitment, saying the bank is already funding works on the N17 between Sligo and Galway. Mr Doherty says the Irish government has given a general commitment that it will re-assess it’s

The chairperson of the Glenties Action Group says the delay in the replacement of the Mullantiboyle Bridge is being caused by an edict from the Department of the Environment, but the department has not responded to invitations to local meetings. Brian Carr says Donegal County Council had set aside 100,000 euro to replace the bridge,

Services are returning to normal at City of Derry Airport after significant delays this morning because no member of the UK Border Patrol was in place. Dozens of passengers on flights which landed from Alicante and Birmingham were not allowed leave the airport, and were accomodated in the baggage area until a member of staff

A Strabane SDLP Cllr has said that he is the right person to run for the party in the Westminster elections in West Tyrone. The selection process for the Westminster 2015 election is now open, and voters will go the polls on May 7. As well as Cllr Patsy Kelly, another SDLP party member in

Passengers arriving at Derry City Airport this morning are facing delays because no member of the UK Border agency was in position to clear their arrival. Dozens of passengers on a flight which landed from Alicante this morning are effected. The airport says it is accommodating the passengers who have been allowed to get off

A man was knocked unconscious by hijackers who then ran him over with his car, a court has heard. The 25-year-old suffered a fractured arm in the incident at Fountain Hill in the Waterside area of Derry. It happened at about 3am on Monday. Two men and a woman, in their 20s, appeared in court

A coroner at the inquest into the death of an Artigarvan schoolgirl who died at a show jumping event has said what happened will never be fully known. 13-year-old Hannah Jessica Wiley died after her pony fell on her at Eglinton Equestrian Centre in August 2012. The coroner said a horrific combination of circumstances led

An 81-year-old woman has been knocked down and killed in County Derry. Rhoda Kearney, who was from Magherafelt, was killed in the collision on Broad Street in the town earlier today. Insp Alan Hutton said: “Shortly after 12:10pm, it was reported a Volvo articulated lorry was involved in the incident.” Police are appealing for witnesses

The first meeting of the new Commonage Implementation Committee is underway in Dublin. The Minister for Agriculture Minister Simon Coveney says the committee will play a key role in assisting Commonage owners as they make the transition to a new Common Agricultural Policy. It’s chaired by Joe Healy, a former President of Macra na Feirme

One of the biggest ever cruise ships ever to anchor off Co Donegal has arrived today. The Crystal Symphony – and its 830 passengers – has docked off Greencastle. The passanegers are being taken on tours of Co Donegal and Derry throughout today. Facilities on the ship include two swimming pools, a show lounge, cinema,

Make-A-Wish Ireland says a “heartbreaking” drop in revenues means it won’t be able to grant all of the wishes of seriously ill children it receives this year. It says it’s suffered a 30 per cent drop in donations – because of the Rehab and CRC controversies. Make-A-Wish granted 210 wishes in 2013 – up 63

The Donegal Road Safety Working Group’s Road Safety campaign is asking motorists to take extra care when driving near schools around the county as new school term gets underway. In 2013, six children lost their lives across the country. So far in 2014 the number of child casualties is thirteen. “The first week of school

Up to 50 people attended a protest in Glenties last evening calling for a a bridge which collapsed almost four years ago to be replaced. In November, Donegal County Council promised to examine the possibility of replacing the collapsed  Bridge in Glenties with a temporary structure. It is claimed there is no money currently available

A Donegal Deputy has said he wouldn’t put people off trying to stop Irish Water engineers installing water meters at their property. The installation of water meters is due to begin in Donegal during the next fortnight. Deputy Thomas Pringle says while people may face consequences, he supports peoples rights to oppose water charges:

Bus Éireann will issue temporary tickets to thousands of school students after delays caused by its new computer system. Around 115-thousand primary and second level students use the annual school bus service – and so far only 82-thousand tickets have been issued. Families are being advised that evidence of payment will be accepted on buses

Two members of the SDLP in Strabane are planning on putting their names forward to run on the party ticket in next years Westminster elections. Cllr Patsy Kelly has declared his intentions to run, while Highland Radio News has learned that another unelected party member intends to run. A reported split in the SDLP in

Letterkenny woman, Mary Foley came home with a total prize worth €20,000 after she took part in the final of the popular TV Money Spinner programme last Saturday. The National Lottery’s final Money Spinner event was presented by Brian Ormond and took place at National Lottery Headquarters in Dublin. Mary joined four other players from

Householders could be charged 188 euro for an engineer from Irish Water. The Irish Examiner reports that an hourly rate that will be charged for a call out in response to complaints about potential waterpipe and meter problems. It also claims that cost will rise to 282 euro per hour if the request is made