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  Cabinet Ministers are expected to extend protection from eviction for tenants in rent arrears this week. Housing Minister Darragh O’Brien is expected to bring the legislation to cabinet tomorrow morning. It means those in rent arrears and at risk of eviction will be protected until the 12th of July, unless the eviction notice is […]

  The CAO system for accessing third level education could be reformed under new plans from the government. The changes would see easier access to apprenticeships and other alternative paths to college. The Department of Higher Education and Research is a new creation of this government and this morning Minister Simon Harris will set out

  This week, Donegal Business Network will present a free lunchtime learning session for businesses struggling with Brexit. The 30-minute guide on navigating Customs’ Clearance will be followed by a 15 minute Q&A for businesses. The sessions will be hosted by Chartered Accountant Conall Dunne and Clare McEldowney of Easy Customs. During the webinar both

Police have confirmed that a woman in her 50s has died following a report of a fire at a house at the Rossdowney Road area of Derry this morning. Inspector Hamilton said: “Police received a report of the fire at 7:30am. One woman was taken from the property, but tragically died at the scene. “The

Five teenage males have been arrested by police following an incident in Strabane last night. Around 9.10pm last night it was reported that a group of four boys aged between 15 and 17 had been attacked and assaulted in the Ballycoleman Estate by another group of five teenagers, one of whom is thought to have

A 41 year old man has been charged with two counts of interference with vehicles, possession of a Class B controlled drug, criminal damage and attempted criminal damage. The charges are in relation to the report of vehicles being tampered with in the Strand Road area of Derry on Thursday. The PSNI say he is

The President of the Derry Chamber of Commerce has called on the Executive to deliver for North West businesses hopeful of a strong economic recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic. Dawn McLaughlin made the comments to over 100 business leaders and politicians at the chamber’s Annual President’s Lunch, which was held virtually for the first time

Buncrana Roads Policing unit arrested the driver of a van yesterday evening. It transpired that the driver was disqualified from driving, had no insurance and they also tested positive for the presence of cannabis. Gardai say the van was detained and the driver will now face a Court appearance.

There’s been a slight drop in the number of people on the Live Register in Donegal. Latest figures from the Central Statistics Office show there were 8,968 people on the register in Donegal at the end of February, down 5.2% on the same period last year. The figure does not include the 16,050 people in

The first group of asylum seekers are arriving in Letterkenny today. The residents will be moving from the emergency accommodation they are currently being housed in in Portsalon where they have been staying since 2019 to Letterkenny’s direct provision centre. Work has been carried out on the former student accomodation on the Port Road which

There’s been a slight drop in the number of people on the Live Register in the North West. Latest figures from the Central Statistics Office show that 19, 838 people were on the live register in February, down from 20,106 the previous month. More than 186 thousand people across the country were on the Live

Is your home in need of some improvements, What would you change if you had €10,000? Would it be a new Kitchen, new Windows or would you transform your Garden? Highland Radio have €10,000 Cash up for grabs. Yes €10,000 Cash must be won!! On April 1st, on the Nine to Noon Show, one lucky

Covid vaccines have been administered to the over 70s on Tory Island. William Duggan and Mary Diver, both aged 88 were the first and the oldest Islanders to receive the first dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine yesterday. The vaccine is expected to be administered to the remaining island residents in the coming weeks, in line

Over €640,000 has been announced by the Arts Council to support projects in Donegal during the Covid-19 pandemic. Meanwhile, €200,000 has been allocated to Ballyshannon under the Heritage Council’s Historic Towns Initiative. It’s the third year running that funding has been secured in Donegal ; last year saw a project supported in Ramelton, while in

A former Taoiseach is accusing the British government of showing a ‘lack of respect’ for the European Union. It’s after the UK decided to postpone the introduction of some post-Brexit checks in Northern Ireland, without the backing of the EU. The inspections, on goods coming across the Irish Sea from Britain, are required under the

Police have been given an extra 24 hours to question a man over the suspicious death of a 21 year-old woman at Altnagelvin hospital in Derry. The woman died at the hospital on the 9th of August last year, after an incident at an address in Gortnessy Meadows in Derry on the 3rd of August.

It’s emerged that on Monday last, five of Donegal’s seven electoral areas had 14 day Covid 19 incidence rates which were less than the national average. The national rate was 201 cases per 100,000 people, Lifford/Stranorlar and Donegal are the only areas where the rate is higher. Donegal had 113 cases, up 31 on the

462 new cases of Covid 19 have been confirmed in the Republic this evening. 39 additional deaths were confirmed, 10 of these deaths occurred in March, 12 occurred in February, 13 in January, and three occurred earlier than that. Less than five of the new cases were in Donegal, which now has a 14 day