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A human foetus has been discovered outside a property at Brenter, near Dunkineely. The foetus was found at about 5.15pm yesterday and taken to Letterkenny General Hospital where tests confirmed an age of approximately 13 weeks. Gardaí say it is unclear how the foetus came to be there, but they are concerned for the welfare […]

The Government’s guaranteeing the cut in the lower rate of VAT to the end of next year. It was reduced to 9% last year for certain tourism and leisure businesses as part of the jobs initiative. The VAT rate applies to a range of services in the tourism sector, including hotels, restaurants, leisure centres, and

A man who shone a laser at a police helicopter was told his action could have had ‘catastrophic consequences’. 28 year old Jagpal Irwin of 22, Ard Na Smoll, Dungiven admitted the offence which occurred on January 30. The court was told that at 10.30 that night, police were on an operation in Dungiven. A

Gardai are investigating the discovery of a foetus near a house in the greater Dunkineely area of Co. Donegal. The foetus, aged between 12 and 16 weeks, was found on Tuesday afternoon. Gardai said they are trying to establish the identity of the mother as a duty for her care and well-being.

The HSE in Donegal has been accused of again putting Killybegs health services on the back burner to facilitate shortages in staff in other locations. The area has been without a physiotherapist for the past number of months as the person providing the service was moved to Ballyshannon to cover maternity leave. Local TD Thomas

Gardai are appealing for information after three holiday homes at The Beaches in Rathmullan were broken into between Monday and Tuesday this week. A quantity of items were taken including TVs and DVDs. Anyone with  information is asked to contact to gardai in Rathmullan or Milford Meanwhile, owners of holiday homes in Downings are being

Nurses and midwives from Donegal will join others from around the country  in Kerry for the INMO’s annual conference. 50 motions are up for debate amongst the delegates over three days, covering areas like the recruitment moratorium, overcrowding and cutbacks. New figures this week have given an update on the level of absenteeism in the

A Donegal Campaigner who is seeking to host an impartial debate on the EU Fiscal Treaty Referendum says no politicians who back a ‘Yes’ vote are willing or available to take part. Joe Murphy, who hit the headlines when he walked to Dublin from Inishowen in protest against Austerity measure, plans to host the public

A Donegal man who suffered serious facial injuries after he fell through a glass door following an incident outside a nightclub has been awarded €100,600 in High Court damages. The award was made to 37 year-old Paul Brady of The Beeches, Ballybofey. Mr Brady was left with severe facial disfigurement after he tried to break

A large crowd turned out at a recent  Letterkenny meeting to hear Northern Ireland’s former Water Minister, Conor Murphy outlining his alternatives to water charges in the republic. Last Month Phil Hogan predicted that by the time billing commenced in 2014, up to 95% of Republic households would be metered with the remainder being assessed

Martin McDermott who was convicted of killing Garda Gary McLoughlin has had a four-month prison sentence imposed on him after his arrest in Derry upheld at an appeal in the city. McDermott (26) whose address was given as c/o Maghaberry Prison in the North was arrested in Derry after he absconded from a prison in

Gardai are investigating a number of break ins and car thefts in the Killylastin and Glencar Scotch area of Letterkenny over the weekend. Details are today beginning to emerge about the thefts, which are believed to have taken place in less than an hour on Saturday night. Jewellery, handbags and electrical items were taken by

There are renewed calls for the HSE to locate an ambulance in Buncrana. The calls followed a weekend incident in which a young man playing sport suffered a broken leg – it is claimed that it took over 40 minutes for an ambulance to arrive. A rapid response unit was based in Buncrana for a

An MLA in Fermanagh says he believes cannabis found in the county over the weekend would have been sold in Donegal, Tyrone and Leitrim. Phil Flannagan was was speaking after a suspected cannabis factory was found close to the Donegal border at the weekend. Around 130-thousand pounds worth of cannabis was uncovered when police searched

Parents from the Domiciliary Care Allowance Warrior Group are in the Dail today to raise the issue of allowances for the families of children with disabilities, partiuclarly those with autism.. They claim that reviews of their payments by Department of Social Protection staff are designed to cut or reduce the allowance wherever possible. Tonight, Donegal

A bomb alert at Omagh PSNI station has been delcared a hoax after a security operation last night. A number of houses in the vicinity were evacuated after a suspicious package was found at the police station. After it was examined by amy bomb disposal experts, the object was declared a hoax late last night.

Donegal North East Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn has said the polictical campaign to prevent the closure of rural garda stations must continue. At the weekend, Deputy Mac Lochlainn led a Sinn Fein Deputation to meet with Donegal’s Acting Chief Superintendent Jim Sheridan to discuss a number of concerns. Deputy Mac Lochlainn says the Chief Superintendent

There were 20,847 people on the live register in Donegal at the end of April, 204 down on last month and 880 down on April 2011. While the drop is being welcomed, campaigners say when emigration is taken into account, there’s little comfort to be found in the figures, and little evidence of major job

Authorities on both sides of the Border are said to be closing in on companies responsible for large-scale illegal dumping 10 years ago. Prosecutions are being sought against a number of firms who illegally transported 250,000 tonnes of household and commercial waste across the Border to be buried, with files being prepared on both sides

Cardinal Sean Brady has used a visit to Donegal today to apologise to the victims of clerical abuse. He also said he would welcome the appointment of a Coadjutor Bishop with succession rights in Armagh, though he’s again refused to resign his position as the Primate of All Ireland. Speaking at a pilgrimage in Lough

A security alert is ongoing in Co. Tyrone. The PSNI and the army are dealing with the incident on the Drum Rd (A505)- which has been closed at Teebane Cross, west of Cookstown. Diversions are in place on the road, which is the main route between Cookstown and Omagh.

The man who died in a single car collision at Murlog outside Lifford yesterday afternoon has been named as 22 year old Bobby Rodgers from 26 Colehill, Newtowncunningham. He was a passenger in a wine coloured which left the road just past the Raphoe turn off at around 1.30 yesterday afternoon. Two other people who were in

An injured climber has been airlifted to hospital following a rescue near Glencolmcille. The Donegal Mountain Rescue Team, Killybegs Coastguard Unit and the Coasguard Helicopter were tasked to Scalpuna Bay to help a fallen rock climber. The helicopter reached the casualty and flew him to hospital with a suspected broken ankle and shoulder. The mountain

The body of a man has been found in the River Bann during the search for a 21-year-old man who went missing near Kilrea in County Derry last night. Police say the man, who was seen going in to the River Bann near Kilrea at about 6 o’clock yesterday evening, is a 21 year old

There’s been a fatal crash outside Lifford on the N14 Letterkenny Road. One man in his early twenties was killed, and two others injured when a car left the road at around half past one this one this afternoon.  The crash happened close to Murlog,  just beyond the turn off for Raphoe. Gardai are appealing

Sinn Fein are challenging the Finance Minister to disclose the cost of a YES vote in the fiscal treaty referendum. The challenge comes after Michael Noonan rejected Sinn Fein’s claim that a YES vote would lead to an additional 6 billion euro consolidation after 2015. The party’s Finance Spokesperson Deputy Pearse Doherty claims the Government

Police in Fermanagh have uncovered a suspected cannabis factory close to the Donegal border. Around 130-thousand pounds – or 160-thousand euro – worth of cannabis was uncovered by officers when they carried out a search of a property in the Brollagh Road area of Garrison last evening. The PSNI is appealing for anyone with information

Police in County Derry say a man seen getting into difficulty in the River Bann near Kilrea at about 6 o’clock yesterday evening, is a 21 year old from the Ballymena area. Rescue teams have this morning resumed their search for the man around the Bann Road bridge area of the river. Three men aged

The HSE has launched a ‘Clean Hands Save Lives’ campaign aimed at healthcare workers, patients and the public. The campaign’s been launched to coincide with the World Health Organization’s World Hand Hygiene Day which takes place today. The HSE’s Public Health Specialist in Donegal is Dr Anthony Breslin. He says hand hygiene is the most

Donegal business leaders have come out in support of a YES vote in the upcoming Fiscal Stability Treaty referendum. At a meeting last evening organised by IBEC North West a number of high profile business people endorsed a Yes vote. Speaking following the meeting Peter Mulrine of P Mulrine & Sons said: that A yes

A Sinn Féin delegation including Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn, Letterkenny’s Mayor, Cllr Gerry McMonagle and Cllr Jack Murray has met with Acting Chief Superintendent Jim Sheridan to discuss a number of concerns. Deputy Mac Lochlainn says a number of questions were raised about a number of issues, including Speed camera locations, violent assaults and garda

A man arrested in connection with a stabbing incident in Letterkenny on April 23rd has been released pending a file to the DPP. The incident happened when the assailant approached a man close to the junction of High Road and Main Street, and asked for a cigarette. When the man refused, he was stabbed in

A public warning has been issued about the risk of gorse and forest fires in the North-West over the Bank Holiday weekend. The Department of Agriculture says factors such as temperature, wind conditions and humidity are creating a high risk of fires in certain areas. Land owners, farmers and forest managers are being reminded that

A man’s been arrested in connection with a stabbing incident in Letterkenny on April 23rd. The incident happened when the assailant approached a man close to the junction of High Road and Main Street, and asked for a cigarette. When the man refused, he was stabbed in the face, requiring plastic surgery. The local man,

Family, friends and colleagues of the late Garda Gary McLoughlin have gathered at the County House in Lifford this afternoon for an occasion to officially honour him. 24-year-old Garda McLoughlin was killed when the patrol car he was in was struck by another car in Inishowen three years ago. His brother Enda earlier spoke of

A Derryman who made what were described as ‘vile and disgusting’ comments about murdered PSNI constable Steven Carroll and Derry’s judge was jailed today at the local Magistrate’s Court. Gary Campbell (28) of Northland Road in Derry was charged in connection with offences at the A&E department of Altnagelvin Hospital on February 29. The court

The Swilly Group has been asked to assist in the recruitment of 20 Articulated Truck drivers for a major haulage company for work in Ireland. The Letterkenny-based driving school were also asked last month to find dozens of bus drivers for Australian bus company Ventura. Drivers with an E+C licence, 2 driver CPC modules completed

Gardaí in Donegal are calling on motorists to be mindful of driving conditions over the Bank Holiday weekend. Last May Bank Holiday weekend, 4 people were tragically killed and 9 people were seriously injured on our roads. 11 people in total were killed in the month of May 2011. 33 people have lost their lives

The father of a man who was shot in the arm and both legs on Tuesday night in St Johnston has said his son almost died as a result of losing so much blood. 39-year-old James Curtis was shot four times in front of his partner, while his 8-month old child slept upstairs. Republican Action

Foyle MLA Colum Eastwood, has hit out at the RAAD statement released yesterday that ‘no amount of protest’ will stop their activities. He added that any cloak of republicanism should once and for all be discarded from the organisation, saying that the true Irish republican position believed in the authority and will of the Irish

The Minister for Children will address an information session on the EU Stability Treaty in Letterkenny this evening. Frances Fitzgerald will hold a question and answer session at Arena 7 at 5 o clock. The Minster will also meet with representatives from family resource groups and visit the Donegal Youth Service earlier in the day.

The latest independently compiled listenership figures show that Highland Radio remains the most listened to local radio station in the country. Of those that listen to any radio station during the week in this franchise area, 66% choose Highland Radio with the station enjoying a market share of 62%. At the weekend, Highland Radio’s market

A man from Newtowncunningham in Donegal will be sentenced next week for driving into a group of people at a garage forecourt in what was described as a ‘moment of madness’. 32 year old Paul Mc Bride of Gortree, Newtowncunningham admitted three charges of attempting to cause GBH on April 5th. The court heard that

Colm Bryce was speaking after the group issued a statement today admitting the shooting of a 29 year old man in St Johnston on Tuesday night and an 18 year man in Derry a week ago. The group also defended their death threat against a Derry shopowner stating that they had been ‘innundated’ with complaints

Two patients at a Roscommon Nursing Home – where there’s been an outbreak of seasonal flu – have died. The HSE has confirmed that 42 of the 76 residents have been affected by the outbreak of influenza A-H3. This is the same strain that claimed six lives in less than a fortnight at Nazareth House

Republican Action Against Drugs have claimed responsibility for two gun attacks in the north west in the last week. An 18-year-old man was shot in Derry last week, while a 39-year-old was shot in St Johnston on Tuesday night. Republican Action Against Drugs said it was responsible for shooting a man at his home in