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Strong winds to continue tonight, but will ease towards end of week

Met Eireann is warning that there will be extremely windy conditions again tonight. The West and North of the country will be among the areas worst affected by the adverse weather – which has caused some travel disruption today. Siobhan Ryan of Met Eireann says conditions will remain extremely windy this evening and tonight. But […]

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Eircom working to restore thousands of faults to phone services in Donegal

The strong winds and heavy rain are also causing disruption to some Eircom phone services. The company says it has received reports of almost 5,000 faults on its system. The areas worst affected include counties Donegal and Sligo. Eircom says it has deployed additional crews to repair the faults as quickly as possible.

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‘No plans’ for further vote row inquiry in Northwest 2009 European Elections

The Department of the Environment has said there are “no plans” for any further inquiry into the alleged misappropriation of 3,000 votes in the 2009 European elections in the Ireland North West constituency. The department was commenting on last week’s confirmation that the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission has closed its file on the investigations. However,

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Donegal priest due before Derry court on indecent assault charges

A County Donegal priest is to appear before Derry Magistrates Court tomorrow on a number of indecent assault charges. Fr Eugene Boland, whose address is listed as the Parochial House, Killyclogher County Tyrone faces four charges of indecent assault on a female. On WednesdayFr Boland, originally Moville, appears in Court on what is called a

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ESB says work is ongoing to return power to homes affected by storms

Power is starting to return to homes after storms battered the country overnight. 15-thousand ESB customers were in darkness this morning, after power lines were damaged – but this number has been reduced to 10-thousand homes within the last hour. Donegal and Sligo in the North West were the worst hit areas with thousands also

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Roads blocked, power and phone lines down as storm rips through Donegal

High winds and heavy rain have left many roads across Donegal in a treacherous condition this moring. Debry and fallen trees have blocked or partially blocked a number of roads. The Harry Blaney and the Foyle Bridges are expected to remains closed through out the morning. The high winds, which are expected to persist through

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Clinics cancelled as Letterkenny General experiences a bed crisis

Letterkenny General Hospital is experiencing, what has been described as, a beds crisis this morning. The emergency department was very busy over the holiday weekend and most notably last night which has lead to an over spill of patients in to the outpatient department. Twp outpatient clinics for today have been cancelled – they are

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Motorists warned about driving on New Years morning after drinking night before

Motorists in Donegal are being warned not to get behind the wheel on New Years morning if they are going out drinking tonight. Gardai will be operating a number of checkpoints around the county tonight and tomorrow morning, and will be carrying out random breath tests. New lower drink-driving limits are now in force –

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New report shows that money remains serious problem at Letterkenny General

The most recent hospital performance indicators published by the HSE show Letterkenny General Hospital is generally performing well, but money remains a serious problem. The hospital is rated as performing very well in many areas, with room for improvement in others. However, the figures show that at the end of October, Letterkenny General was just

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Number of arrests for drink-driving in County Donegal down over Christmas period

The number of people arrested in Donegal on suspicion of drink-driving over the Christmas period has shown a significant drop on last year. 22 people were arrested on suspicion of drink-driving across the county from December 1st up to St Stephens Day, compared to 29 last year. Gardai say there was the same number of

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Former Donegal Oireachtas members receive over €400,000 in pensions

Former Oireachtas members in Donegal are paid a combined total of just over €404,000 in pension payments. According to the figures collated by the Irish Independent, the largest Oireachtas pensions being received by former Donegal Oireachtas members are going to Dr James Mc Daid at just over €97,000 and MEP Pat The Cope Gallagher at

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Donegal set to lose status as one of the three most dangerous counties for road users

Donegal may be set to lose its unenviable reputation as one of the country’s most dangerous counties for drivers, with the number of deaths so far this year just a third of last year’s total. A comparitive study published by the Irish Independent today shows that based on last year’s Road Safety Authority statistics, Donegal

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