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The Stranorlar to Lifford road between Liscoolley and Killygordon is currently closed, and will remain closed for a number of hours, according to gardai. Earlier today, a large truck went off the road, and a crane has now arrived at the scene to help remove it. That operation is continuing, and local diversions are in

    The 12th Golden Bridges Conference and Awards ceremony took place this week and was held virtually for the first time in its history. Delegates taking part heard at first-hand how political leaders, business and community representatives and education providers from Ireland North West and Boston in the United States, have been collaborating to

Police are appealing for information regarding an attempted weekend hijacking in the Waterside area of Derry. The incident happened between 4.30pm and 4.40pm on Saturday. Police received a report of two males attempting to hijack several vehicles as they drove along Rossdowney Road towards the roundabout at Crescent Link Retail Park. If you have any

  Donegal’s 14 day incidence rate has fallen slightly to 231.2, but is still more than double the national average of 109. 21 further cases were confirmed in the county last night. Meanwhile there are currently 32 confirmed cases of the virus being treated on site at Letterkenny University Hospital, two in ICU.

  Government ministers will meet today to discuss what Covid-19 restrictions will be in place between now and Christmas. An announcement is expected on Thursday detailing if and how the country will exit level five restrictions. The government will have to make a call this week on how Ireland exits level five and what the

  A man’s due in court today charged after drugs worth almost 200 thousand euro were seized in County Sligo. The discovery was made by gardai during the search of waste ground in Cranmore on Saturday. Cocaine worth almost 178 thousand euro, cannabis with a value of over 13 thousand euro, and ecstasy worth 5

  The number of assaults on gardai increased by 22 per cent last year. Justice Minister Helen McEntee says there were 763 in 2018, and 929 last year. They range from minor assaults to serious attacks. Figures for 2020 show the increase has continued this year – with 837 assaults by mid-October.

  Donegal Railway Heritage Centre are inviting the public, if they haven’t already, to vote for them in the National Rural Networks Impact campaign. Voting can be done on donegalrailway.com with voting will closing at 6 this evening. Donegal Railway Heritage Centre has been shortlisted in the National Rural Network’s (NRN) Impact campaign to celebrate

Gardaí investigating the sale and supply of drugs in the Sligo area carried out a search of waste ground in Cranmore, Sligo, assisted by the Garda Dog Unit, yesterday. Cocaine with a value of €177,800, Cannabis worth €13,240 and Ecstasy with a value of €5,070 were discovered and seized along with a quantity of ammunition.

Killybegs Coast Guard say they were tasked yesterday evening to a report of a missing person in the Dunkineely area. The Coast Guard along with HSE Ambulance crew and Gardaí located the missing person after a short search. Killybegs Coast Guard have confirmed the person was transferred to a waiting ambulance and taken to hospital.

Met Eireann has issued a yellow rainfall warning for counties in the West tomorrow. It’s expecting heavy downpours tomorrow evening into the night and again on Tuesday. The counties affected include all of Connacht along with Donegal, Cork, Clare and Kerry.

Gardai in Donegal have issued a warning to the public of the potential risk to personal and payment data while shopping online. The warning comes as online shopping and parcel deliveries increase due to COVID-19 and with further increases expected around the Christmas season. Gardai have advised shoppers to never click on an unsolicited text

Two men are due in court in the North today, charged with arson. They’ve also been charged with robbery, aggravated vehicle taking, dangerous driving and other offences. It’s after a robbery in the Blighs Lane area of Derry on Thursday. The men, aged 36 and 31, will appear at Derry Magistrates Court via video link.

Letterkenny University Hospital is extremely busy this evening which has resulted in pressure on bed availability in the hospital. In a statement this evening, Saolta say they regret that patients are currently experiencing long waiting times to be admitted from the Emergency Department to an acute bed in the hospital.  We know these delays are very difficult for

A homeless woman, who tried to help her brother get away with murder, is back in prison after breaching the conditions of her suspended sentence. Janice Brady, with a last address at Maryville Hostel, Finisklin, Sligo, pleaded with the judge to let her serve what’s left of her sentence. Keith Brady, from Cartron Estate in

An additional 330 new cases of Covid-19 have been reported this evening, with eight more Covid related deaths. 22 of the new cases are in Donegal, which has an 14 day incidence rate of 266.3 cases per 100,000 people. That compares to a national rate of 113.1 Since the pandemic began, there have been 2,018

The Midlands North West Euro constituency officially has a new MEP. Fine Gael’s Colm Markey has taken up the seat vacated by Mairead McGuinness when she became EU Commissioner. The now former member of Louth County Council is a businessman and farmer, and has cited ongoing CAP negotiations and Brexit as priorities as he takes

  Donegal County Council has confirmed that mitigation works are ongoing at the site of the landslide at Meenbog one week on. The second meeting of the Cross Border Multi-Agency Working Group took place yesterday, where updates on various works and investigations were discussed. The Group includes representatives from Northern Ireland Water and the Department

  There’s some good news for Lifford today as Irish Water has confirmed that problematic water mains at Ballindrait have been replaced. The area was prone frequent outages and the utility has stated that this latest project will result in less leaks and improved water quality for customers They say that this will ensure a