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Books of condolence in local Garda Stations for Detective Garda Horkan

  Books of condolence are open at Letterkenny, Buncrana, Milford and Ballyshannon Garda Stations for people to pay their respects to Detective Garda Colm Horkan. The 49 year old was shot dead with his own gun in Castlerea, Co. Roscommon late on Wednesday night. A man in his 40s was arrested and remains in Garda

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No decision yet on restoring court services to Carndonagh

  The Courts Service while acknowledging that a refurbishment is vital, has yet to make a decision on restoring services to Carndonagh courthouse. In a response received by Councillor Albert Doherty, following receipt of a recent survey, the Courts Service has said overall expenditure is required in both the short term to remedy immediate defects

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Further calls for hairdressers & barbers to open on June 29th

  An infectious diseases expert says hairdressers and barbers should be allowed to reopen at the end of this month. It’s ahead of a meeting of the National Public Health Emergency Team this morning. They’ll discuss the accelerated roadmap for reopening the country, which was reduced to just four phases recently. Hairdressers and barbers are

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Urgent clarity sought over future of medical rehabilitation unit

  There are calls for urgent clarity over the future of the medical rehabilitation unit in St. Conal’s Campus in Letterkenny. A number of families locally are said to be concerned over proposals to relocate to Letterkenny University Hospital and how this will impact on the care of their loved ones who are scheduled for

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Full trade agreement with UK in months would be “a miracle” – McGuinness

  It would be a miracle if the EU managed to broker a full trade agreement with the UK within the next few months. That’s according to a Midlands North West MEP. The European Parliament will vote today on a resolution that calls on the UK to abide by the Brexit Withdrawal agreement. The President

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FAI and Clubs making progress

There’s renewed hope that the SSE Airtricity Premier Division can resume in early August. Positive talks between the clubs and the FAI were held yesterday, with the financial package on offer reportedly increased. It’s believed clubs have been offered a package of 191-thousand euro each to resume the current season. It’s suggested the League of

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Cllr Rena Donaghey elected Cathaoirleach of Donegal County Council

Cllr Rena Donaghey has been officially installed as the new Cathaoirleach of Donegal County Council. Cllr Donaghey replaces fellow Inishowen Cllr Nicholas Crossan in the role and is the first female Fianna Fáil member to do so. The Buncrana based Cllr was proposed by Cllr Ciaran Brogan and seconded by Cllr Paul Canning. Speaking at

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Details of new cancer research at LUH released

Details of new Cancer Research carried out at Letterkenny University Hospital have been published today. The data identifies the importance of reducing infective complications after cancer surgery to improve cancer outcomes. Results from this research undertaken in Letterkenny University Hospital and in conjunction with Ulster University at the Magee campus, identified that infective complications have

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