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All charges dropped against Donegal taxi driver accused of rape in Derry

A former taxi driver has told how his life has been left in “tatters” after a rape allegation saw him dragged through the courts. All charges against 39-year-old Kieron Coyle from Killygordon relating to an alleged rape of a female on December 15 were withdrawn at Derry Magistrate’s Court today. Speaking afterwards Mr Coyle said

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Sinn Fein say streaming Donegal County Council meetings is not affordable

A Sinn Fein County Cllr says his members have already looked at the possibility of having the County Council meetings recorded and made available to the public for viewing. Cllr Mick Quinn says he believes the initiative will cost in the region of around €20,000 This weekl the Fianna Fail party issued a statement calling

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42-year-old Ballyshannon man charged with child sex offences

A 42-year-old man was accused of child-sex offences at Ballyshannon District Court today. Patrick Lenihan of Erne Street. Ballyshannon, was accused of exploiting children, exposing himself in his window, and having child pornography on his mobile phone. Some of the summonses were issued under the Child Trafficking and Pornography Act 1998. Lenihan was accused of

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GRA says minister has questions to answer about Mc Dermott escape

The Donegal prisoner who absconded from prison yesterday has been apprehended by police in Derry. 26 year old Martin McDermott from Raphoe, serving a seven year sentence for the manslaughter of Garda Gary McLoughlin in Inishowen, went missing from Loughan House prison in Cavan. The Garda Representative Association has accused the Government of being “soft”

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Deputy Doherty supports Dublin Fianna Fail Councillors challenge to household charge

A Fianna Fáil Councillor has won the right to legally challenge the Household charge, because it’s not published in Irish. The High Court granted the right to Dublin City Councillor Thomas Brabazon, who is a full-time Irish speaker. It will come before the High Court again in two weeks time. Donegal South West Deputy Pearse

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Strabane man charged over paramilitary style shooting to appear in court today

A man has been charged over a paramilitary-style shooting in Strabane two years ago. The victim, a 24-year-old man, was shot in both legs at a house in Lisnafin Park in April 2010. Yesterday, officers from the PSNI Serious Crime Branch detained a 42-year-old man in connection with the attack. He has been charged with

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Fianna Fail launch attack on Mayor and call for meetings to be streamed online

Fianna Fail have questioned the impartiality of the Donegal Mayor and want all future Council meetings streamed online. The party has made the call off the back of ongoing discipline issues occurring during recent meetings. Fianna Fail believes the situation is spiralling out of control. Fianna Fail want meetings streamed so the public of the

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Councillor calls for changes in rules for publishing planning notices

A Donegal Councillor is calling for changes to the approved list of newspapers for the publication of planning notices. Cllr Jack Murray says there was recently a case where a potentially contentious application for wind turbines in Inishowen was missed by local people, because the notice appeared in the Irish Times. He says with three

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Mc Conalogue says many Donegal schools have been overlooked in government plan

A number of key school projects across Co Donegal have been overlooked in the five-year School Building Programme according to Fianna Fáil Spokesperson on Children Charlie McConalogue. The Donegal North East TD says while the Donegal projects confirmed yesterday are welcome, there are other schools not mentioned, and it now seems they will have to

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E-coli and high levels of aluminium found in Donegal drinking water

The latest statistics on drinking water quality in Donegal show that last year Aluminuim Levels in parts of the county were relatively high. In parts of east Inishowen, some samples from the public water supply showed aluminium levels 20 times greater than that recorded in Letterkenny. A sample taken from the water in Donegal Town

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Councillor questions logic behind septic tank inspection priorities

A Donegal Councillor says flawed logic appears to be governing policy relating to septic tank inspections. It’s emerged that septic tanks in parts of Donegal will be among the first to be targetted when inspections begin next year. The Irish Independent has published figures this morning suggesting that tanks in the Swilly and Crana catchments

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