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  The UK government’s going to spend more than 350-million pounds helping businesses in Northern Ireland deal with Brexit bureaucracy. The new Trader Support Service will assist firms importing goods, once the transition period with the EU runs out. Opposition parties in the UK have accused the government there of leaving it to the “last […]

5 further deaths and 69 extra Covid-19 cases have been confirmed this evening. At least one of the new cases is in Donegal. It means there have been 1,768 deaths and 26,372 confirmed cases. ******************* Statement from the National Public Health Emergency Team The Health Protection Surveillance Centre has today been informed that 5 patients

Police in Derry investigating incidents in the Galliagh area of the city earlier this week have made two arrests. Two teenage boys, aged 14 and 15 years old, were arrested in the city this afternoon on suspicion of riotous behaviour and attempted criminal damage. The 14-year-old boy was also arrested on suspicion of possessing petrol

  A new wind farm has been given the green light for the outskirts of Letterkenny. The farm is joint venture by SSE renewables and Coillte renewable Energy. The proposed Lenalea Wind Farm is in the rural upland setting of central Donegal, approximately 8km south west of Letterkenny. The provisional results of the first round

  Pubs could have to wait more than two months before a financial support package is announced. The Irish Independent reports ministers may wait until the Budget on October 13th before deciding on bailouts for particular sectors. Tanaiste Leo Varadkar has told the paper pubs could still re-open in September. His comments follow those of

Police have come under attack with petrol bombs in Derry overnight. It comes following a day of violence on Tuesday when several vehicles were hijacked. Officers were responding to a security alert on Skeoge Road in the city yesterday evening when they came under attack with both petrol and paint bombs. Police confirmed that a

  Two men are being questioned in the North in relation to activities of the New IRA. They were taken into custody following four searches in county Tyrone by the North’s Terrorism Investigation Unit as part of ongoing investigations into criminality. Cash was taken in one of the searches which was found in a recycling

50 new cases of Covid-19 have been confirmed in the Republic this evening, but no new deaths have been reported. Five of the new cases are in Donegal, but that won’t be reflected in the National Dashboard figures until Friday, as the published county by county breakdown is two days behind. Nationally, the total number

The current Covid-19 testing and tracing system is facing ‘severe stress tests’ in the coming months. This is according to An Oireachtas Committee, which is calling for changes to be made to the system to make it more efficient. As part of 22 recommendations in its Interim Testing and Tracing Report, the committee says that

The funeral of former SDLP leader and Nobel Laureate John Hume is underway at St Eugene’s Cathedral in Derry. The politician was widely regarded as the most influential figure in the peace process. President Michael D Higgins, Taoiseach Micheál Martin and Northern Ireland’s first and deputy first ministers Arlene Foster and Michelle O’Neill are among

Two men who were arrested in Strabane in recent days have been released following questioning. The two aged 26 and 34 were arrested by detectives from the Police Service of Northern Ireland’s Terrorism Investigation Unit on Monday following several searches in the town. Enquiries are continuing.

  The Government hasn’t ruled out reopening pubs on a regional basis. Pubs that don’t serve food will not be able to open until August 31st at the earliest, after Phase 4 was pushed back for a second time. The Health Minister says the decision was made as reopening pubs or increasing the numbers allowed

  The funeral mass of one of the giants of Irish politics John Hume will take place in his native Derry this morning. The Nobel Peace Laureate died on Monday at a nursing home at the age of 83. The former SDLP leader is considered the prime architect of the Northern Ireland Peace Process. The

  Police in Derry are appealing for witnesses after a spate of hijacking incidents yesterday. A van was taken and set alight at about four o’clock in the afternoon. About 45 minutes later a delivery driver had his van taken in the Glenowen Park Area. Then a bus was hijacked in Ballymagroarty, it was set

  Two men have been arrested following a two-day operation into criminality linked to the New IRA in the Strabane area. Detectives from the Police Service of Northern Ireland’s Terrorism Investigation Unit conducted six searches in the town in recent days. In a statement, Detective Chief Inspector Andrew Hamlin said that two men aged 26

  The number of people receiving the Pandemic Unemployment Payment in Donegal has dropped a further 5%. According to figures from the Department of Social Protection, 8,500 people in the county are currently receiving the payment, down from 9,000 last week. 300 people in Donegal have closed their claim this week. Overall, numbers nationally have

A number of vans have been hijacked in Derry. Its believed over the past 24 hours, a number of postal and delivery vans have been hijacked and later found burnt out across the city.

45 new confirmed cases of Covid-19 have been reported today. Latest figures show there have been no new deaths. Of today’s numbers, 33 cases are located in County Kildare and 77 percent are under the age of 45. The total case number is 26,253 and the death toll stands unchanged, at 1,763.

An online Book of Condolence has opened in Donegal for John Hume. The Cathaoirleach of Donegal County Council, Cllr. Rena Donaghey has expressed her condolences to the 83 year old’s family following his passing. She’s described him as ‘a man who gave his life to social justice and the pursuit of peace on our island’.