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Letterkenny Town Council is seeking to have a footpath extended from Arena 7 to Thorn Road, with all members agreeing that with a marked increase in the number of people walking in the town, it’s important that a proper footpath is provided in this area.   The issue was raised this week by Cllr Jimmy […]

A Donegal Solicitor has raised concerns about the quality of the water supply in the county after he was approached by a client. The client has an Environmental Protection Agency report which raised issues with the water supply in the county. And Letterkenny solicitor Dessie Shiels claims that the Environmental Protection Agency has issued various

A man has appeared in Letterkenny Court this morning charged with nine counts of burglary and one count of theft. 19 year-old Thomas Ward, who lives in Buncrana, was remanded in custody to appear before Harrowstown Court tomorrow. Gardai says the man was arrested on Tuesday evening following an appeal on Highland Radio Radio, gardai

Officers from Revenue’s Customs Service seized 16,320 cigarettes and 2.8kgs of tobacco in Letterkenny on Wednesday with an estimated total retail value of €8,515 and potential loss to the Exchequer of €6,681. The tobacco and ‘E-mail Red’ and ‘E-mail Blue’ cigarettes were seized as part of a joint search of a private dwelling with An

The government is being accused of not doing enough to tackle the mortgage arrears crisis. The latest data released by the Central Bank today shows that 1 in 8 residential mortgage holders are now in arrears, while 1 in 5 of buy-to-let owners are in trouble. Opposition parties say the new figures point to a

A man charged with causing the death of Constable Phillipa Reynolds has “accepted his responsibility”, a court has heard. 25 year old Shane Frane has again been remanded in custody, to appear again via video link on April 4th. Shane Frane, whose address was given as Simon Community, Bonds Hill, is charged with causing the

Highland Radio News can confirm that Fianna Fail will not be sending a party representative with Donegal County Council, on its trip to America for St Patricks Day. It had been agreed that a member of the party would accompany the Mayor, Deputy Mayor and County Manager on the trip to New York. However the

A Derry man has said that if police had properly investigated a complaint he made then one man may still be alive and another could have avoided serious injury. In 2011 John McLaughlin was seriously assaulted by Paul Greenbanks in Derry who months later murdered Patrick Harkin and left his friend, Letterkenny man Paul Mythen

Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness says he has been warned by police of a death threat from dissident republicans in Derry. In a statement released this morning he said he was visited at his home by a senior PSNI officer last night to inform him of what has been described as a “real and active”

An Bord Pleanala has upheld a controversial decision by Letterkenny Town Council to award planning permission to Tesco Ireland for petrol pumps. The Council granted planning to Tesco for a filling station in June of 2012. The plans include the demolition of  a shed, to be replaced by a 4-island petrol filling station and a

The price of agriculture land has decreased in Donegal, despite increasing across the rest of the country for the first time in six years. According to the Irish Farmers Journal Agricultural Land Price Report 2012, the average price per acre in Donegal dropped by 5.5%, yet the average price per acre across the rest of

Donegal North East Deputy Padraig MacLochalain says he agrees with the Ministers trips abroad on St Patrick’s Day. A number of Ministers will travel to America, Australia, Japan and the Middle East for St Patrick’s Day. However he says he doesn’t agree with local authority’s sending Councillors across the world on St Patrick’s Day. The Mayor of Donegal, his Deputy, a Councillor from

The people of the Northwest are being invited to take part in The Return of Colmcille to be held in Derry in June. Taking place over the weekend of the 7th – 9th June ‘The Return of Colmcille’ will celebrate both the iconic and fascinating figure of Saint Colmcille and also the City of Derry and its

The Dail has been told that structures should be put in place to allow for more cross border cooperation in community policing. Donegal North East Deputy Joe Mc Hugh said that while communication between the gardai and the PSNI has improved  more formal structures could be put in place. He says that could mean more local

Details have emerged about the ministerial trips abroad for St Patrick’s Day, with the first setting off today. Chief Whip Paul Kehoe will head for Australia later today. The Transport Minister Leo Varadkar will travel to Japan later in the month, the Children’s Minister Frances Fitzgerald is going to India, the Environment Minister Phil Hogan

Donegal Senator Jimmy Harte has again called out Sinn Fein on its stance on the Property Tax. He was speaking during a debate on the second stage of the bill to enact the property tax which is going through the Seanad. Revenue are expected to send letters out from next week with property valuations. Senator

Donegal Senator Brian O’Domhnaill has launched a scathing attack on the government for giving the Revenue the right to determine what a home is worth. Senator O’Domhnaill told a debate on the second stage of the bill to enact the property tax that the legislation is being rushed through so the Revenue can begin sending

There was a heavy police presence both inside and outside Derry Magistrates Court today as two men appeared charged over the discovery of four mortar bombs in a van in Derry on Sunday night. 35-year-old Seamus McLaughlin of 19C Eastway, Creggan and 37-year-old Gary McDaid of 121 Glenowen Park, Creggan both faced three charges. The

The North’s Environment Minister says he has been reassured that no decision has been taken to close the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency centre in Coleraine which would result in the loss of 300 jobs. The British government wants to move more services online  – this has lead to fears that the services provided in

Donegal Action Against Austerity have hit out at claims from the Mayor that this weeks protest outside LYIT was a ‘militant protest’. Up to 150 people took part in a protest as the Taoiseach addressed the British-Irish Parliamentary Assembly in Letterkenny on Monday.   But, the Mayor, Frank McBrearty said such protests was bringing shame

Two men have appeared at Derry Magistrates Court today accused of conspiring to cause explosions, possessing four mortars, a pipe bomb and  possessing of a van for terrorist purpose 35 year-old Seamus McLaughlin from Eastway in Creggan and 37 year-old Gary McDaid from Glenowen Park, Creggan were both remanded in custody. There are reports of

There are five Donegal names on the latest list of tax defaulters. The list covers the last three months of 2012 and gives details of settlements made by 135 taxpayers, totaling almost 28-million euro. The biggest settlement in Donegal was made by Letterkenny landlord Frank Coyle of 53 Carolina Park who paid just over 363,000

The 46th plenary session of the British-Irish Parliamentary Assembly has concluded at Letterkenny Institute of Technology. The inter-parliamentary group of public representatives heard from a variety of speakers on the theme of ‘Energy across Borders – Delivering the Economic Opportunities”. Assembly members heard that energy policy and energy cooperation is an element which goes to

A fourth man has been arrested in Derry following Sunday night’s foiled mortar attack. Policer say detectives investigating the discovery of four mortars in a van on the Letterkenny Road have arrested a 31 year old man in the City. The suspect has been taken to the Serious Crime Suite at Antrim police station for

There was a huge turnout at a public meeting in Creeslough last night which was called following the news that three local businesses face closure with the potential loss of up to 40 jobs. Danny Lafferty owns a pub, shop and filling station in Creeslough which are now in examinership. Last night, as many as

There have been another two robberies in Buncrana. Last night a premises on the town’s main street was broken into while a house in the Gransha area was also targeted. There were a further four robberies in the town at the weekend. One man has been arrested and charged  – he remains in custody. Gardai

Euro Car Parks has rejected any critisism over increased parking charges at Letterkenny General Hospital stating that it will not benefit financially from the move. The company rejects that it makes large profits from its contract with the HSE and says that only the hospital will benefit from any increased charge. It will now cost

Letterkenny is to get a second post office, to be located in the Glencar area. For years, An Post has resisted calls for a second office, arguing that the best thing would be to upgrade the existing base on Main Street. However, at a briefing with members of the local town council last night, An

The Supreme Court is to finish hearing Marie Fleming’s landmark right to die case later today. The 59 year old Donegal native is in the final stages of multiple sclerosis and has lost control of almost all of her body. She wants to die with dignity at a time of her choosing and is challenging

A Kilcar Taxi firm was one of three in the country to have gotten over one million euro from the Health Service Executive, according to the Irish Independent. The Donegal Company was eirbhís Iompair Tuaithe Teo. Another taxi firm was paid 1.8 million euro by the HSE last year, in a total bill of 24.8

The Mayor of Letterkenny says he believes the British Irish Parliamentary Assembly meeting which is continuing today would not have happened if the town did not have Gateway status. The discussion, which is focusing on the future of energy provision, is based at Letterkenny Institute of Technology, which was chosen partially because of the work

It’s been confirmed that six companies have already expressed an interest in the new business park at Melmount Road in Strabane. The facility has been developed by Invest Northern Ireland, which has now confirmed the first phase of the development is ready, with 16 acres of new serviced land available to qualifying businesses. Invest NI’s

The Taoiseach is in Donegal this evening to address the British-Irish Parliamentary Assembly at  Letterkenny Institute of Technology. This year the theme is ‘Energy across Borders – Delivering the Economic Opportunities’. Enda Kenny is delivering today’s keynote address. Over a hundred protestors gathered outside LYIT this afternoon, but they’ve been kept on the road by

The SDLP has withdrawn the party whip from Derry City Councillor Jimmy Carr over comments he made last week in which he suggested a fellow councillor from Scotland needed subtitles. Despite originally standing by the comments directed at Sinn Fein’s Eric McGinley, Councillor Jimmy Carr later made a full and frank apology for his ‘rash