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  A status yellow fog warning remains in place nationwide. The alert from Met Eireann says there will be freezing fog in parts – and it will run until 1pm this afternoon. Motorists are being advised to use their fog lights in affected places and keep a safe distance from the car in front.

  Ten primary schools are set to benefit from an allocation of over €500,000 as part of the Summer Works Scheme. A total of €31m is to be shared among 275 school projects nationwide under the scheme. The money will go towards the likes of roof works and toilets facilities. In a statement, Minister Charlie

  A police vehicle has been damaged during a spate of antisocial activity in Sion Mills over the weekend. Police were trying to deal with a large crowd of people in the village when the incident occurred. Just before 8pm on Friday evening, police observed between 30 and 40 people who had gathered inside a

    Derry City and Strabane District Council have unanimously supported a proposal to allocate £50,000 between two local charities as part of its wider commitment to helping to alleviate hardship experienced by local people. The recommendation to support the joint Christmas campaign led by St Vincent de Paul and the Salvation Army, was made

301 more people have tested positive for Covid-19 in the Republic. Dublin had the highest number at 119, followed by Donegal with 32, 16 in Cork and 13 each in Kilkenny and Kildare. The national rate of infection is static on yesterday at 80.7 per hundred thousand — with the highest rates in Donegal, Kilkenny

Gardai say it was a busy day within the Donegal Division yesterday as a ‘Cross Border Joint Agency Task Force Operation’ took place. Checkpoints were conducted along the border by Gardai and the PSNI. Some checkpoints were also attended by the Road Safety Authority and Social Welfare & Immigration Officers as well as other specialist

Gardai in Donegal are urging all retailers during the Christmas Shopping season to adopt and promote shoplifting crime prevention measures It comes as a female was arrested for shoplifting offences at a number of stores in Letterkenny yesterday. Gardai say she was charged to appear in Letterkenny District Court on a later date. To discuss

According to the latest CSO figures up until Friday November 27th, there have now been 58 Covid-19 related deaths in County Donegal. Six of the additional deaths in Donegal were counted in the last ten days of November. Nationally, 1,682 Covid related deaths have been recorded where the person had an underlying health condition. 15

The importance of cross border collaboration to deal with the challenges of Covid-19 and Brexit was highlighted at the recent meeting of the North West Strategic Growth Partnership. The meeting was attended by senior officials from both Governments and officials from Donegal County Council and Derry City and Strabane District Council. The meeting heard about

265 cases of Covid-19 have been confirmed this evening, 19 of them in Donegal. The Department of Health has also reported 6 additional Covid related deaths. The 14 day incidence rate in Donegal has slightly dropped to 211.1 per 100,000 people, still the highest in the country.

A substantial amount of drugs have been seized in Letterkenny. Searches were carried out in the town this morning by the District Drugs Unit with assistance from other specialist units including the dog unit. As a result a substantial amount of Class A and Class B drugs and cash were seized. One person has been

Social Housing Agency, Respond has confirmed that all keys have been handed over for 40 houses in the Mountain Top area of Letterkenny. It was claimed earlier that a number of people had been put up in local hotels due to a delay in the handing over of the keys. Respond has confirmed that the

Power outages are affecting a number of parts of Donegal this afternoon. Hundreds of homes in Milford, Rossgier and Glencolumbkille are currently without electric as strong winds continue to batter the county. ESB say power should be restored to all areas by 5pm this evening. A status yellow wind warning for the entire country remains

The first consignment of Covid-19 vaccines have arrived in Northern Ireland. The initial batch of almost 25,000 doses of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine now paves the way for vaccinations to commence from early next week. The North’s Health Minister Robin Swann confirmed that vaccinators will be the first to receive the vaccine, followed by priority groups

A status yellow wind warning is in place across the country. Met Éireann are warning of winds of up 100 kilometres an hour. Motorists across Donegal are being warned to take extra precautions on the roads due to fallen trees and debris in some areas. With temperatures plummeting to 3 degrees and a wind warning

The Boots premises in the Letterkenny Retail Park is one of seven in Ireland offering an in-store COVID-19 testing service from today. The test, which costs €139, is only available to people without COVID-19 symptoms.

Donegal County Council has confirmed that Rathmullan Abbey can now reopen to the public following extensive restoration works. The abbey was closed in 2015 on Health and Safety grounds, with various sections in a state of collapse and held together by the enclosing Ivy. Now, the council says, the restoration work has rendered the abbey

It’s reported this morning that the medical diagnostics company Randox is building a new Covid testing laboratory at its Dungloe facility, with capacity for up to 30,000 tests a day. The Irish Times is reporting that the company expects to create up to 50 new positions as part of the move. Randox Teoranta, opened in

The 14 day incidence rate of Covid-19 in Donegal remains the highest in the country at almost treble the national average at 212.3 per 100,000 people. Latest figures show that as of last Monday, the rates had fallen in all but two of the county’s local electoral areas. The biggest increase was in the Lifford