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  Donegal has received its first Green Flag Award. The Green Flag Award for Parks is a mark of a quality park or green space recognised throughout the world. Barrack Hill Town Park in Carndonagh is the first park in Donegal to receive a Green Flag Award. The accolade is only awarded to parks for […]

20 new cases of Covid-19 have been confirmed in Donegal. 3 new Covid-19 related deaths have been reported today across the country along with 254 confirmed cases. The death toll in Ireland now stands at 1,788 while the total number of cases is 31,799.

All swimming lessons have been suspended at Aura leisure centre in Letterkenny today as a result of a member of their swim teaching team testing positive for Covid-19. In a statement issued this afternoon, the centre says the staff member contracted the virus outside the leisure centre and in line with safety procedures and HSE

The North’s Minister for Infrastructure has announced a £1.28 million investment for two Greenway projects in Derry and Strabane. £980,000 has been sanctioned for the Strabane North Greenway project while the remainder will go towards the delivery of a greenway in Strathfoyle. The funding is part of a £2.8 million package for the development of

There will be no income tax cuts or income tax hikes in Budget 2021. The budget is also being prepared under the assumption that there will be a no-trade deal Brexit at the end of the year. The government expects to borrow between 15 and 19 billion euro to deal with the cost of COVID

There have been 129 new cases of Covid 19 in the north in the last 24 hours. Two deaths have been recorded. It brings to 8,631, the total number of cases in Northern Ireland while there have been 573 Covid 19 related deaths.

  The HSE has confirmed that the planning application for the development of Letterkenny Community Nursing Unit has been granted. The development in Letterkenny will provide a new 110 bedded unit on a green field site at Kilmacrennan Road, Letterkenny. The proposed development will comprise of a community nursing unit / hospital totalling 9400sqm in

  New Covid-19 safety checks are to take place at schools, however the findings won’t be published. A plan to monitor compliance with health rules has been agreed between the Department of Education’s inspectorate and the Health and Safety Authority. The Irish Times reports the results will be shared with school leaders but not parents

  Ibec’s calling on government to provide an extra six billion euro for businesses in October’s budget. It says as current supports are gradually withdrawn, new measures will be needed to help the economy recover in 2021. Roughly 20 billion euro has been made available to businesses by government this year. Ibec says the new

    Dubliner’s are being asked to stay within their own county and limit social contacts from today as part of new measures aimed at stopping the spread of coronavirus. The capital’s on level two of the new five-tier alert system with the rest of the country, but is under additional restrictions due to higher

  Donegal County Council and the Donegal Local Community Development Committee after inviting applications under the Community Enhancement Programme for Community Centres and Community Buildings. The closing date for applications is 3pm on Thursday October 1st. €5 million in funding is being made available for the Community Enhancement Programme for Community Centres and Community Buildings

  Volunteers from Lough Swilly RNLI have been praised after bringing a broken down boat with five people on board to safety. The alarm was raised shortly after 11am yesterday morning with the Irish Coast Guard tasking the RNLI to a cruiser four nautical miles off Fanad head. It’s understood that the boat suffered mechanical

It’s after the entire cabinet has been told to restrict their movements pending a COVID test for Health Minister Stephen Donnelly. Donnelly began feeling unwell this afternoon following this morning’s cabinet meeting and his colleagues will work from home until the result of a test. Earlier this evening Ceann Comhairle Sean O Fearghail said the

Three more deaths from Covid-19 have been confirmed as well as 357 new cases. The total number of positive cases in Ireland now stands at 31,549. While, the death toll associated with the disease is 1,787. Of today’s cases, 60 are community transmission, while 38 percent are associated with outbreaks or contacts. 218 of the

Cabinet ministers are to restrict their movements and the Dail have been suspended after the Health Minister began to feel unwell earlier today. Stephen Donnelly is to contact his GP to begin the process of being tested. The Ceann Comhairle announced that the Dail will be adjourned until next Tuesday.

A 49 year old man has been questioned by Police in connection with an investigation into a video which appears to show a young girl driving a truck down the M1 in Co Tyrone. He was arrested in connection with a number of offences including aiding and abetting driving while disqualified by reason of age,

Donegal Airport has been named the most scenic airport in the world for the third year. The airport tipped airports across the world to the post in Private Fly’s annual poll. One voter described it as ‘the most wonderful scenery in the world…’

The 2021 Census is being postponed until the following year. It will take place on April 3rd 2022 instead. The CSO says the decision was taken to ensure the safety of the general public and field staff and to deliver a census that achieves the highest possible response rate.

79 new cases of Covid 19 have been reported in the north. There has been one new coronavirus related death. It brings the death toll to 571 in Northern Ireland. The total number of cases since the start of the pandemic now stands at 8,502.

  The entire country has been placed onto level two restrictions under a new government plan. It means the current restrictions will be in place for another three weeks. However, further measures are being introduced in Dublin. Spectator sport is returning under the plan being announced at the moment with some small theatre and musical

  Over €1.6 million has been allocated to refurbish social housing units in Donegal. The money will go towards upgrading over 100 housing units right across the county, allowing Donegal County Council to re-let them to individuals and families, struggling with homelessness or on the social housing list. It’s part of a nationwide stimulus programme

  Gardai have issued a warning over distraction burglaries after a woman was targeted in Letterkenny. The incident happened on Thursday afternoon at a house in the Gortlee area of the town. A white van and 3 males pulled up at the lady’s house between 3.30pm and 4pm last Thursday. One of the males requested

    A quantity of school computer equipment has been stolen from a property in Buncrana. An investigation is continuing into the burglary which happened on Crana road between Saturday the 22nd and Sunday the 23rd of August. The matter was only recently discovered and reported to Gardaí. A building on Crana Road that is

  A large quantity of gold jewellery has been stolen from a house in Raphoe. The burglary happened on Wednesday last between 1pm and 8.15pm at a house on Guesthouse End Street with entry gained by forcing the back door open. A quantity of jewellery was stolen from a jewellery box in one of the

  A lorry driver is wanted in connection with a crash in St. Johnston last week. The incident happened at Magheracloy on Thursday evening at 4.45pm. A collision occurred between a lorry and a garden fence and the lorry continued on its journey afterwards without stopping. A significant amount of damage was caused to the

  A plaque commemorating Jason Black’s expedition to the top of Everest has been removed from its standing place at the foot of Errigal Mountain. The plaque was erected by Donegal County Council to mark his successful conquest of Everest in May of 2013. Jason was the first Donegal person to summit Mt Everest and

  The new roadmap for living alongside Covid-19 will be published this morning. It will contain a system whereby different counties will have different restrictions based on the prevalence of the virus locally. The new system will have five levels – with level one being the lightest and level five being the most restrictive and

  The number of people in receipt of the Pandemic Unemployment Payment in Donegal continues to fall. The number receiving the payment nationally, is down 64% this week. 6,016 people in Donegal will receive the Pandemic Unemployment Payment today, down from 6,500 last week and down 73% from May 5th. In the past week, 9,974