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A man with an address in County Donegal has been ordered to pay more than £5000 in compensation to people defrauded by a series of clocking offences on second hand cars. Michael Gahan (25) of Garveahy, Brae Road, Burnfoot in Donegal appeared at Limavady Magistrate’s Court where he faced a total of 13 charges in

Donegal Labour Senator Jimmy Harte has hailed the Jobbridge scheme as a major success in Donegal with 658 placements having taken place in county. Nationally, the number of internships taken up under the controversial JobBridge has now passed 20,000. Jimmy Harte says the internship scheme is a success with three in five participants in JobBridge

The families of some Omagh bomb victims are to meet the Northern Ireland secretary of state this afternoon to further their campaign for a public inquiry into the attack. It comes days after Theresa Villiers ruled out their request for a cross-border inquiry into the 1998 attack. She said there were “insufficient grounds” for a

A man has died following a crash near Omagh. It happened at about 1230am this morning on the A5 Doogary Road. Four other men who were in the car have been taken to hospital for treatment. One of the men is in a serious but stable condition. The three other men’s injuries are not believed

It will be next summer before all service are restored back on site at Letterkenny General Hospital. That is according the hospital manager Sean Murphy who says that once re-building has concluded, the hospital will be more complient with regulations. It was revlealed yesterday that the total flood repair bill at Letterkenny General Hospital will

People in Raphoe are being urged to have their say in a public consultation on the long awaited proposals to alleviate flooding in Raphoe. The issue has been a major point of discussion since several hundred thousand euro worth of damage was done in Raphoe by floods in 2006 and 2007. It has now been

An Irish woman and Scottish woman charged with drug trafficking in Peru could serve their sentences at home if they plead guilty. Prosecutors say a deal could be done to get their sentences reduced. Michaella McCollum and Melissa Reid were arrested at Lima airport last month, after 11 kilos of cocaine were found in their

The A5 Doogary Road in Omagh, has been closed following a serious road crash. One vehicle was involved in the collision which happened during the early hours of Wednesday. The road is the main route between Omagh and Ballygawley. It has been closed at its junctions with the Seskinore Road and Moylagh Road.

Summer will return briefly this weekend. Despite the wet and wild weather over the last few days, temperatures are set to reach around the 20 degree mark. It also looks like the fine weather will stick around into early next week. Met Eireann’s Pat Clarke says it’ll take a few days to feel the difference

It will cost in excess of €10 million to rebuild Letterkenny General Hospital. A meeting of the West/Northwest Hospital Group was told this afternoon that the rebuild would cost around €8 million, while the cost of the interim arrangements could cost in excess of  two million euros. However, the figure could rise significantly when all

The Donegal Road Safety Group PARC has hit out at a town councillor who has questioned if GoSafe speed cameras are position more to make money than to save lives. Sinn Fein Councillor Ciaran McLaughlin has highlighted the case of a man rushing to NowDoc with his sick daughter. He says he was unable to

Both Rory Gallagher and Maxi Curran will not be part of the Donegal Senior Football team management set-up for the 2014 season. Francie Friel will also not feature – It is not yet clear if the trio chose to or were asked to leave. Rory Gallagher is already being linked with a move to take

About 80 people attended a public meeting in Omagh last night to try to find a solution to the growing number of assaults in the town. Two men have died in the last nine months, following one-punch assaults. Members of both of their families were at the meeting, to hear police and local representatives describe

The home of an elderly man on the outskirts of Castlefin has become the latest target of a robbery in the county. A number of men entered the mans home in Drumdoit near Donneyloop at around midnight last night. They made off with a small amount of money and a legally held firearm was also

A senior garda in Donegal has said the level of crime in the county is not as high as people believe, and in the vast majority of cases, figures are down. Addressing the Joint Policing Committee in Letterkenny, Inspector David Kelly said there’s been a reduction most areas of crime, particularly burglaries and thefts, although

A young Donegal man continues to fight for his life after being involved in a crash in London as he was travelling home from work. Conor Boyle is in a critical condition after his car left the road and collided with a parked lorry before hitting a tree on September 8. The 18-year-old from Loughanure,

The Parades Commission has been accused of double standards by the Chair of Strabane District Council. Up to 50 loyalist bands are expected to parade through the centre of Castlederg this weekend. But the parades commission have placed no restrictions on the parade. The event is the 21st loyalist parade in Castlederg this year. Just

Parents in Strabane are being warned of the dangers of legal highs. Police in the town say they have been contacted by a number of parents who discovered ‘legal highs’ in the possession of their teenage children. Legal highs are substances that mimic the effects of controlled drugs such as cocaine, ecstasy and cannabis. They

Donegal Action Against Austerity and the Donegal Campaign Against Home and Water Taxes have confirmed that they will be running candidates in next years local elections. The Anti-Austerity groups are hopeful of running one running candidate in each electoral area in the county. As of yet the only person confirmed to run is Joe Murphy

There was one winner of the weekends Lotto draw. The jackpot was €2,984,327. The winning ticket was sold in a shop on Main Street, in Carrick, Co Donegal. The ticket was purchased for €8 and bought on Saturday.

A weather alert for 100kmh gusts of wind is to remain in place today in the northwest. Met Eireann issued a ‘Status Yellow’ alert yesterday and Malin Head taking the brunt of the gusts with winds reaching speeds of 95kmh. West to northwest gales also buffeted the Atlantic and Irish Sea. And forecaster with Met

One of two women arrested in Peru on suspicion of drug smuggling is to plead guilty in exchange for a shorter sentence. Melissa Reid, of Lenzie, near Glasgow, and Michaella McCollum, of Dungannon were caught with £1.5m of cocaine at Lima Airport. reports Ms Reid told the Mail on Sunday she hoped a plea deal

Irish motorists are still using their phones while driving, despite the risk of an accident and penalty points. That’s according to a new survey by AA roadwatch, which found that almost 80% of drivers witness someone using a mobile phone while driving at least once a day. However less than 17% of road users admitted

Parents of primary and second-level students are being urged to sign up for new anti-bullying training. The Education Minister Ruairí Quinn has unveiled a 40-thousand euro fund which will provide for up to 70 training sessions by the end of the year. It’s being run with the help of the National Parents Councils and will

A man and a woman are in a stable condition in hospital following a serious single vehicle collision near Dungloe last night. The incident happened in the townland of Craugheyboyle between Dungloe and Loughanure. Five emergency vehicles including NowDoc, fire crews and ambluances attended the scene. Both the man and woman who were in their

A Sinn Fein cllr has condemned an attack on an Orange Hall outside of Derry on Friday night. Thugs broke into the hall and ransacked the building, spraying graffiti and stealing banners before making off. Sinn Fein cllr Paul Fleming has voiced his anger at the incident, stating that there is no place for such

It has been confirmed that Jim McGuinness will continue as Donegal manager for the 2014 season. Following a meeting on Saturday morning, McGuinness confirmed a willingness to stay on in the role despite a disappointing season. McGuinness steered Donegal to an Ulster and All-Ireland title in 2012 but this season, suffered relegation in the league and

Gardai are appealing for information following an attempted armed robbery at the Majestic Casino on the port road in Letterkenny last night. At around 10.45pm a man entered the casino and help up staff at knifepoint. The man continued to threaten staff demanding cash, however left the premises a short time later empty handed. The

The potential for more adventure tourism business in Donegal was highlighted this week, when a number of providers exhibited at Fáilte Ireland’s annual Adventure Tourism Forum in Ennistymon Co Clare. 45 specialist travel agents attended from several countries from India to the US. A number of operators from Donegal attended this week’s Ennistymon conference, accompanied

A new European Direct Information Centre has been opened at the library in Gweedore, providing full information services in the Irish language for the whole county. A centre has operated at the Central Library in Letterkenny since 2005, and when the county library service  was awarded the contract for the service again last year, the

A Sinn Féin councillor in Derry says some agency must take responsibility for St Peter’s School in the Creggan, which has been targeted by vandals and arsonists since its closure at the end of the last school year. Last week the fire service dealt with a major blaze at the former school, the second since

Police at Strand Road in Derry are appealing for witnesses to a hit and run RTC involving a pedestrian in the Buncrana Road area last weekend. At around 11 o’clock on Sunday night last, a black Peugeot hatchback car was driven down the Buncrana Road. The driver, believed to be male, turned right into Springtown

Donegal Action Against Austerity are to travell to Dublin next week to take part in a mass ”Peoples Assembly”. The protest will take place at the gates of the Dail on Wednesday, the day TD’s return from their Summer break. Donegal Action Against Austerity are urging people from the county to join them in Dublin.

A senior official with Donegal County Council says the newly established Letterkenny Gateway Economic Forum has the capacity to ensure the town maintains and enhances its gateway status. Michael Heaney, the council’s Director of Community, Culture & Planning Services says the forum is bringing together councils, businesses, community groups, educators and others to ensure that

It’s been confirmed that the board of the West – North West Group of Hospitals will hold a public meeting in Letterkenny on Tuesday afternoon next. It’s expected that the meeting, at 2 o’clock in the Mount Errigal Hotel, will see a presentation from management at Letterkenny General Hospital on specific plans to restore the

A North West MEP says rather than scrapping the Seanad, the second house should be reformed and given a very specific task of examining and analysing EU laws. Marian Harkin says the Dail does not have the time to do so, and what tends to happen is EU regulations are implemented without discussion. This, she

New guidelines will be published by the Government today which will see all schools forced to address cyber-bullying. Education Minister Ruairi Quinn will unveil the new procedures this afternoon – and it’s expected they’ll call for all primary and secondary schools to develop an anti-bullying policy with the input of parents, teachers and pupils. The

A woman in her 20s who was arrested last night over the hit-and-run death of Alan McSherry in Co Donegal has been released without charge. The body of 48-year-old Alan McSherry was discovered on a road at Ardfarn, Bundoran, in the early hours of Sunday, August 25th. The woman who is in her 20s was

The North West Cancer Support Group says the cancellation of its ‘Bling Ball’ at the end of this month will not effect the provision of subsidised flights from Donegal Airport to Dublin for cancer patients. In a statement on her Facebook page, organiser Mary Mc Ginley of Burtonport who founded the charity, said the lack