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  Phase Two of the easing of Covid-19 restrictions comes into force from today. Many shops will open, while people’s travel limits have been significantly extended. From today, the advice from Government remains working from home where possible and avoiding unnecessary journeys. However, people’s travel area has been significantly extended – it’s been changed from

    Three people have been arrested in Derry after £30,000 of suspected Class A Controlled Drugs was seized by police in Derry yesterday. It’s after a concerned member of the public raised the alarm over a white Insignia being driven dangerously in the Strathfoyle area. The Insignia was reported to have crashed in to

  An investigation is continuing into an overnight fire at a factory in the Pennyburn area of Derry. The Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue service brought the fire under control before the structure was damaged. A group of young teenagers were seen running from the site as the fire service arrived on scene. Anyone with

One more person with Covid-19 has passed away in the Republic. The death toll from the disease since the beginning of the outbreak now stands at 1,679. In the past 24 hours 25 new cases have been detected. It brings the total number of positive tests in the country to 25,201

Resurfacing Works and other associated works will be starting on the N14 between Tullyrap to Rossgier on Monday 8 June. Donegal County Council say it is anticipated that the works will take 10 weeks to complete. Traffic flow will be maintained and pedestrians will be diverted around the works. The works will be broken into

An extensive, large scale public safety operation in Derry has concluded. The operation targeting dissident republican terrorist activity, which began in the Ballymagroarty area on Friday, uncovered a bomb, a handgun and ammunition. The items were found during a focused, two day search by police and military personnel of an area spanning more than 38

The National Car Testing Service has confirmed that the phased reopening of the NCT service will begin from tomorrow Monday 8th June with the reopening of 15 centres. Letterkenny and Derrybeg are among one of the first centres to open, while customer protocol guidelines must be followed. More information can be found at www.nct.ie  

An extensive large scale public safety operation is continuing in Derry this afternoon. The search operation, which began yesterday, is concentrated on an extensive area of land in the Ballymagroarty area of the city. Superintendent Gordon McCalmont said: “The 38 acre search covers land adjacent to a local housing area which we believe is being

The Guildhall Clockface in Derry is to be turned yellow today in a show of support for the Black Lives Matter Campaign. Following a request by the North West Migrants Forum, Mayor of Derry City and Strabane District Council Cllr Brian Tierney has also agreed to light the Council Offices on Strand Road yellow. It

Detectives investigating violent dissident republican activity arrested a 31-year-old man in the Derry area yesterday. It follows concerns from Police that terrorists may have left items in the Ballymagroarty area which would pose a risk to the public . Police say the man, who was arrested under the Terrorism Act, has since been released following

A number of homes and businesses in South Inishowen are without water this morning. Irish water say repairs to a burst water main may cause supply disruptions to Burnfoot, Bridgend, Newtown and surrounding areas. Works have an estimated completion time of 8pm this evening. While supply may take 2-3 hours to fully return to all

There has been a drop in the number of people who have tested positive for Covid-19 in Donegal. The Department of Health has revised the figures from 477 to 472, down 5. Its been almost two weeks since any new cases have been reported in Donegal.

A public safety operation has been carried out in the Ballymagroarty area of Derry today. District Commander Superintendent Gordon McCalmont, says as part of the operation searches were carried out as police had concerns that terrorists may have left items in the area which would pose a risk to the public . An item has

Letterkenny Institute of technology has secured a share of €6 million in funding under the Capital Equipment Fund. The funding will go towards a high-resolution scanner that will provide a suite of services to the manufacturing industry in the North West region and across the country. The scanner will provide reverse engineering capabilities for companies

A yellow wind warning has been issued for Donegal. It will be unseasonably windy tonight and for a time tomorrow. The warning will come into effect from 8pm tonight and will remain in place until 1pm tomorrow afternoon. People are advised that given the time of year, there may be some low level impacts from

  Covid-19 testing is to end at the Community Testing Centre situated at the Lakeside Camping and Caravan Centre, Ballyshannon from today.  People requiring testing will be seen at the Community Testing Centres in O’Donnell Park, Letterkenny, Co Donegal or in Finisklin, Sligo. Both centres have capacity to deal with the small number of referrals

    People will be allowed to travel anywhere within their county under a further easing of lockdown measures from Monday. It goes beyond the planned extension of movement to 20 kilometres. Cabinet Ministers met this morning and approved new measures to take effect from Monday that will allow people to move anywhere within their

  Further meetings are taking place today to discuss how schools can reopen in the autumn. The Department of Education is having discussions with teachers’ unions, to consider how they can operate post-Covid. Hygeine, cleaning and the training of staff are among the items on the agenda. Schools are due to open on a phased

  Donegal is among twelve counties which have recorded no deaths linked to COVID-19 in the last week. New figures also show healthcare workers continue to make up nearly a third of all cases. The latest information on COVID-19 deaths across the country show that twelve counties recorded none in the last week, and 13

  Donegal County Council has advised that resurfacing works and other associated works near Lifford are to start next week.  Works on the N14 between Tullyrap to Rossgier are to begin from Monday and will take about 10 weeks to complete. Traffic flow will be maintained and pedestrians will be diverted around the works. The

  A decision is set to be made next month on plans to demolish a derelict hotel in Inishowen to make way for a new build café and holiday homes. The Pollan Beach Hotel in Ballyliffin has been vacant since 2007 and has been described as an ‘eyesore’ in the planning application. Plans have been

  The temporary wage subsidy scheme is set to be extended until August. It involves the government subsidising the wages of about half a million workers during the pandemic. According to The Irish Times, the cabinet will extend it until the end of the summer today. The pandemic unemployment payment will also be extended –

  Phase two of the easing of Covid-19 restrictions is likely to get the go ahead today. Cabinet ministers are expected to approve the next step of the lifting of restrictions with some measures brought forward to earlier than expected. It’s expected phase two will get the go ahead today. It would mean that from

A further 5 people with Covid19 have died here. 38 new cases have also been confirmed. It brings the death toll in this country to 1,664 while there have been 25,142 confirmed cases. For the thirteenth day in a row, there were no new cases announced in Donegal, with the county’s total number of cases