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  The grounds of Ballyraine soccer pitch in Letterkenny have been vandalised in recent days. The matter was reported to Gardaí on the Sunday the 28th of February as the damage was discovered then. It would appear that a small fire had been lit at some stage in the seating area causing a small amount […]

  Stormont ministers are due to meet again this morning – to discuss Northern Ireland’s lockdown exit strategy. The executive had initially hoped to publish the blueprint yesterday – but work to finalise details is ongoing. It’s understood Stormont Minister asked civil servants to clarify some points of the plan before giving approval. It’s now

  The Society of the Irish Motor Industry is calling for more scope to be given to car retailers to trade. It follows the publication of figures which shows a drop of nearly 5% in new car sales in Donegal over the first two months of the year. In Donegal, there were 964 new cars

  Derry City and Strabane District Council has agreed its budget for the coming financial year, with a 1.89% increase in the District Rate. The council says when coupled with a regional rates freeze, this will see overall rates bills increase by 0.99%, the lowest rate increase in almost 50 years. The council says this

469,000 people are receiving the Pandemic Unemployment Payment across the country today, a fall of 4,500 on last week. In Donegal, 16,050 are receiving the payment today, down 128 on last week. 4,159 people in the county are now claiming Enhanced Illness Benefit, up 53 on last week and up 105 on the week before

687 new cases of Covid 19 have been confirmed in the Republic this evening, with one more death. 31 of the new cases were in Donegal, which now has a 14 day incidence rate of 191 per 100,000 people, compared to the national figure of 209. There have now been 220,273 Covid 19 cases confirmed

Derry and Strabane Councillor Eamon McCann has announced he is retiring from the council on health grounds. The People Before Profit representative, who previously served as an MLA, says he was diagnosed with epilepsy 15 years ago. While that did not impact on his political work, he says he was recently diagnosed with  Ataxia, a

Sinn Fein has announced details of a number of public meetings via Zoom to take place next week to discuss the planned Bank of Ireland closures in each are. Meetings relating to Bunbeg and Moville will take place on Monday, Bundoran and Dungloe on Tuesday, and Glenties on Wednesday. The meetings will be facilitated by

138 people tested positive for Covid 19 north of the border in the last 24 hours. There have been 2 additional covid related deaths. 302 patients are being treated for the disease in hospital, with 34 in ICU.

  The Saolta University Health Care Group is currently recruiting staff to support the roll out of the COVID-19 Vaccination Programme. The Group is looking for clinical staff who are eligible to administer vaccines for an initial 3 month contract, which may be extended. Specifically Saolta is looking for registered healthcare professionals including Nurses, Midwifes,

  Donegal is set to lose five Bank of Ireland branches later this year.  The outlets set to shut in the county are Bunbeg, Bundoran, Dungloe, Glenties and Moville. It’s the fourth highest amount of closures nationwide and follows Dublin, Cork and Limerick. The bank is shutting 88 outlets in the Republic, and 15 in

  Over €1.7m in funding is being allocated to Donegal for Housing Adaptation grants for older people and those with a disability. It’s part of a €75m national fund. Grants of up to €30,000 are available to assist people with a disability in carrying out necessary works to make a house more suitable for their

  The number of fines issued for breaches of Covid-19 regulations in Donegal has now surpassed 300. It comes as the Donegal Garda Division plan to maintain stringent Covid checkpoints in the coming weeks ahead of the Easter Bank Holiday weekend. Gardai in Donegal have confirmed that 54 150 euro Covid related fines has been

  A woman was airlifted to hospital yesterday evening following an accident on Croaghan Hill near Lifford. It’s understood that the woman sustained leg injuries with the emergency services alerted to the scene shortly after 5pm. The Rescue 118 helicopter airlifted the casualty to Letterkenny University Hospital. The woman’s injuries have been described as non-life

  612 new coronavirus cases have been confirmed and 6 more patients have died. Five new cases have been reported in Donegal this evening with the county’s incidence rate dropping to 188.5. The national 14 day incidence rate per 100 thousand people is 212.2 and 133 people are in intensive care. In Letterkenny University Hospital,

  A man is to appear in court tomorrow, charged in connection with a creeper-style burglary in Derry. Detectives investigating the incident in Balmoral Avenue in Derry on 5th November last year have charged the 28-year-old with a number of offences. The man is due to appear in Derry Magistrates’ Court tomorrow charged with eight

   Fianna Fail ministers are set to turn down a pay rise of around 2 thousand euro. It comes after Fine Gael said its ministers won’t accept the 2 per cent increase to the TD part of their salary. The Business Post reports the Green Party is expected to do the same – but hasn’t

  A teenager has been shot in the leg in Derry. Detectives in Derry investigating the shooting in the Curryneirin area last night are appealing for witnesses and information. The incident in Milldale Crescent was reported to police shortly before 9:10pm. It was reported an 18-year-old male was shot in the leg in an alleyway

  Almost 130 people in Donegal have died with Covid- 19 since the pandemic began. The figures which cover up to the 19th February also show that almost 8,300 people in the county have been diagnosed with the virus over the same period. The latest CSO data shows that the crisis began last year, 129

  Derry City and Strabane District Council are inviting people to have their say on the future direction of its Playing Pitch Strategy. The strategy is a two part study into the current pitch provision across the City and District that aims to develop the existing infrastructure to best meet the needs of users. An

  Northern Ireland’s agriculture minister has halted work on building new inspection ports for goods arriving from Britain – as a result of Brexit. Gordon Lyons says he won’t allow construction while there’s such uncertainty around the Northern Ireland protocol. Unionists claim the need for checks in the Irish Sea has driven an economic wedge

  Fine Gael ministers will not accept a pay rise in July. A spokesperson for the party’s told the Irish Independent that ministers will not avail of the increase, which is part of a wage restoration process. The 2 percent rise is due on the TD portion of ministers’ salaries that is also paid to