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A major new housing development has been approved for the Waterside in Derry. Derry City and Strabane District Council has approved the plan, which will see the development of 295 homes. 110 of them will be detached houses, 166 semi-detached houses and 19 of them apartments. The site is located to the east of the

Signage has been erected at a number of illegal dumping hotspots in South Inishowen. There have been numerous incidents of fly tipping in the peninsula in recent times which subsequently result in costly clean-up operations for Donegal County Council. Councillor Terry Crossan is hopeful that the erection of the signage will be enough of a

  The Health Watchdog has raised concern over hand hygiene and housekeeping practices at an east Donegal nursing home. Brindley Manor Nursing home in Convoy is a purpose built single storey residential care facility that can accommodate 43 residents who need long-term, respite, convalescent and end-of-life care. The unannounced risk inspection took place on October

  Údarás na Gaeltachta is providing learning and growth opportunities for marine tourism in Gaeltacht areas. Three information & networking sessions on the development of Gaeltacht marine tourism have been arranged for the weeks ahead. The sessions, to be held on the 11th , 18th and 25th March, are targeted at Gaeltacht marine tourism businesses

A motorist has been caught driving under the influence in south Donegal.  Gardai from Ballyshannon stopped a car at Rockfield yesterday morning at an Operation Fanacht Checkpoint and the driver was arrested on suspicion of drug driving. They subsequently tested positive for the presence of cannabis. The driver and passenger were both also issued with Fixed

359 new cases of Covid 19 have been confirmed in the Republic this evening, the lowest figure since mid-December. 14 deaths were confirmed, three of them in March, 10 in February and one in November. Less than five of the new cases were in Donegal, which has a 14 day incidence rate of 191 per

A 33 year old man has been arrested by detectives investigating the suspicious death of a 21 year old woman at Altnagelvin hospital on 9 August 2020. Her death followed an incident at an address in Gortnessy Meadows, Derry on 3 August. He remains in custody at present. Detectives are keen to hear from anyone

    Parents are being urged to talk to their children about the effects of vandalism at local play facilities after a spate of incidents in recent days. Equipment in a number of play parks in Derry and Strabane were damaged at the weekend resulting in the closure of one park at Springhill in Strabane

  Gardaí in Letterkenny are investigating the theft of a large piece of machinery from a farm at Lettershambo, Drumkeen. The theft is believed to have happened between Sunday the 21st and Tuesday the 23rd of February. The machinery in question is a Krone Grass mower EC3201 CV and is green and yellow in colour.

Donegal County Council has confirmed it wants to vary the County Development Plan to allow for three major road developments under the Ten-T Programme. Maps and environmental reports have been published today for the Twin Towns By-Pass, and roads linking Letterkenny to Manorcunningham, and on to Lifford, Strabane and the A5. Section 1 of the

  An investigation is continuing into a burglary in Ballybofey. The incident happened yesterday at a house in the Meencarrigagh area between 3pm and 7.30pm. The resident of the house came home from work to discover their front door laying open and a number of TV’s had been moved from bedrooms and the sitting room

  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,