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Investigations are continuing into a fire in Kilmacrennan last evening. The blaze broke out at a derelict building at around 8pm. Gardai and the fire service were in attendance. Gardai say no one was injured.

Social distancing in pubs and restaurants will be halved to one metre when they re-open. The Irish Independent reports new regulations will mean hospitality businesses are allowed to welcome more customers. The revised rules will also see time limits for indoor and outdoor dining scrapped – and there’ll be no requirement for a 9 euro

Campervan and motorhome users who visit Donegal are being invited to get involved in an online survey as part of Donegal County Councils Caravan and Camping Study which is being undertaken by KPMG. This will augment an existing survey that is underway to garner the views of the general public in the county on the

  The service disruptions at Letterkenny University Hospital as a result of the ransomware attack on the HSE IT systems are expected to continue next week.   CANCELLATIONS ·         All outpatient clinics are cancelled. ·         All diagnostics including x-ray, CT scans, MRI appointments and cardiac investigations are cancelled. ·         Endoscopy services are cancelled. ·         All elective inpatient and day

Further and Higher Education Minister Simon Harris has confirmed he has received an application from the Connacht Ulster Alliance seeking the establishment of a Technological University encompassing the campuses of Letterkenny Institute of Technology, Sligo Institute of technology and Galway Mayo Institute of Technology. Minister Harris says such a Technological University would have the potential

A senior Donegal County Council official has acknowledged that people may be reluctant to move to the next stage of the Mica Redress Scheme because they believe there is a prospect of the scheme being changed. Director of Housing Joe Peoples also suggested that the committee would be the appropriate vehicle for deputations and meeting

The HSE’s Community Health Office says its services continue to be affected. Attend Anywhere virtual health care appointments have been impacted and are suspended, and all Donegal Community Diagnostics X-rays are cancelled until further notice. If your child has an audiology appointment or you have an adult appointment people are being asked to please phone

524 new cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed this afternoon. No information on Covid-related deaths is available, and county by county numbers and incidence rates are not being published due to the effects of the recent cyber-attack on HSE computer systems. As of this morning, 107 COVID-19 patients were in hospital, 38 of them in

Today marks a significant step in Letterkenny Institute of Technology’s bid for University status. Members of the Teachers Union of Ireland in LYIT, Sligo IT and GMIT have voted in favour of a submission for the formation of a new Technological University. 80% of staff at LYIT voted in favour of the move. Further Education

The Rescue 118 helicopter was tasked to assist Foyle Search and Rescue in the early hours of this morning after the activation of an Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacon on the River Foyle and reports of a strobe light. Foyle Search and Rescue were tasked at around 3:25am by Police to conduct searches of locations

A Sinn Féin MLA is calling on a Donegal Senator to stop hiding behind parliamentary privilege, and abusing it to make unfounded and scurrilous allegations. He also said similar tactics were being employed by the DUP. Gerry Kelly said there is absolutely no basis to scurrilous allegations made in recent days by Niall Blaney and

Members of the Mica Action Group have met online with Housing Minister Darragh O’Brien as pressure continues to mount on the government to amend the Mica Redress Scheme. Members of the group presented the minister and his officials with details of the costs being incurred by many of the affected householders, figures which they say

  In a statement this evening, Andrew McGinley says today’s verdict is probably the right one, adding that everyone who knows Deirdre knows how much she loved our children and how devoted she was to them. However, he says. whatever the outcome of this trial, it remains that Conor, Darragh and Carla have died. and

469 new cases of Covid-19 have been reported in the Republic this evening. 103 patients are in hospital with the virus, 38 of them in intensive care. No information on Covid-related deaths is available, and county by county numbers and incidence rates are not being published due to the effects of the recent cyber-attack on

By reason of insanity, Deirdre Morley has been found NOT guilty of murdering her three children at the family home at Parson’s Court in Newcastle, Co Dublin. The 44-year-old nurse was found to be suffering from a severe mental illness when she killed her two sons, Conor and Darragh, and her daughter Carla, last year.

  Saint Vincent De Paul received more than 500 calls every day during the first three months of the year from people struggling to makes ends meet. The charity is launching a special appeal for donations as it’s expecting a ‘wave’ of calls for help. It’s also worried that the end of the moratorium on

It’s emerged that bones found in a forest area in Ballybofey yesterday are not human. Gardai have confirmed that the bones are those of an animal. It follows expert analysis of the remains and a technical examination of the scene.