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The PSNI has arrested two men in connection with their investigation into the attempted murder of a female member of police staff, who is also a part time police officer. A viable device was discovered beside the young mother’s car in Ballyquin Road, Dungiven on Monday April 19th, a week ago today. A 47 year

Tenders are currently being sought for a heritage led regeneration project in Rathmullan. Donegal County Council in partnership with ‘Rathmullan The Way Forward,’ are looking for an experienced Architect Led Design Team with particular expertise in relation to architectural conservation, heritage led design and place making to develop the project. The Project aims to strengthen

Gardai have launched an investigation after a man was assaulted at a retail premises in Stranorlar on Saturday night. The man in his 40s was injured during the incident at around 9pm on Saturday. A man in his 30s was subsequently arrested and taken to Letterkenny Garda Station. He has since been released and a

The Wild Atlantic Way has been named as one of the World’s Most Beautiful Road Trips. Research carried out by Pentagon Motor Group has revealed the Wild Atlantic Way to be the 8th most beautiful road trip in the world. The research involved analysing over 7 million Instagram hashtags associated with the world’s most popular

People in the Newtowncunningham area are being urged to take part in a collaborative community online survey. The survey being conducted by the Newtowncunningham Community Focus Group is asking people to make their views known on what they consider important and necessary for the future sustainable development of the village and surrounding environs now and

The border region has the highest poverty rate in the Country. Latest figures from Poverty Focus 2021 show the border region has a poverty rate of 22.4%. The CSO poverty data shows an uneven national distribution of poverty. According to the latest data, poverty levels are recorded as higher than the country as a whole

Zoos and heritage sites can reopen to the public while some outdoor sports can resume from today as part of the latest easing of Covid-19 restrictions. Young people can resume non-contact training in pods of less than 15, and the number of people allowed to attend a funeral has increased to 25. On Thursday, the

Gardai and emergency services are attending an incident on Muff Main street. Incident was reported this evening on the main street. Diversions are in place while no further details are known at this time.

Gardaí from the Buncrana District were on patrol last night when they discovered a large gathering of youths at the football pitch and at the beach in Culdaff. The youths had a quantity of alcohol in their possession. Gardai say besides the fact that these young people are not the legal age to drink alcohol,

429 new cases of Covid-19 have been confirmed today, and one additional death. Today’s figures brings the total death roll to 4,873 since the pandemic began. As of 8am today, 174 people are in hospital with the virus, of which 45 are in ICU. There were 13 additional hospitalisations in the past 24 hours.  

Gardaí are investigating an incident which occurred on the College Road in Sligo yesterday evening. A fire occurred in a derelict building, known as Old Summerhill College. Fire Services attended the scene and extinguished the fire. Gardai say the scene was preserved for a technical examination earlier this morning while investigations are ongoing.

An 18 year old man is due in court in the North this morning in connection with child abduction. He was charged last night and is before Belfast Magistrates Court later. In a statement, the PSNI says the charges are in relation to a CRI Alert issued by the Gardai during the week.

The HSE is continuing with its programme of COVID-19 walk-in test centres, with a temporary one being established from today. People can attend the test facility in the St Conal’s Hospital campus. Starting from today, the walk-in tests are being carried out for seven days from 9.30am to 6pm daily.

10 Covid 19 fines have been issued in Donegal since restrictions were eased a week ago last Monday, down from 46 over the previous period. Nationally to date, 20,566 fines have been issued by gardai across the range of all COVID-19 breaches. Of the fines issued across the country by gardai since the start of

434 new cases of Covid 19 have been confirmed in the Republic today, with one additional Covid related death reported. There were 21 new cases in Donegal, which now has a 14 day incidence rate of 251.3 cases per 100,000 people, compared to a national figure of 117.4. Donegal once again has the highest incidence