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Detectives in Derry are appealing for information a serious assault in the Shantallow area in the early hours of Monday 1 June. A man, aged in his 20s, was punched and kicked by a number of males. He remains in hospital, having undergone surgery for a broken jaw. It happened between the Carranbane Walk and […]

Three men from Tyrone, Derry and Armagh have been arrested following what’s been described as the biggest ever drug seizure in Northern Ireland. The PSNI and the National Crime Agency recovered 600 kilos of cannabis from a lorry in Templepatrick, Co Antrim, early yesterday morning. The haul has an estimated street value of between 10

Water supplies in Letterkenny have been impacted as a result of a burst water main. Irish Water say customers along High Road area of Letterkenny may be affected, and traffic management measures are in place while the burst is dealt with. It is expected that the repairs will be completed by 3.00pm today. Meanwhile, in

  The McDonald’s Drive Thru in Letterkenny is reopening today with new measures in place to help keep employees and customers safe. This follows a successful pilot in May. With restaurant teams adjusting to new procedures to enable safe working and social distancing, things may take a little longer – and high demand is anticipated.

  The administrative guidelines for the Mica Redress Scheme have been formally circulated to Donegal County Councillors yesterday. It has been described as a weighty document but the Council intend to break it down to a user friendly version in the coming days and it’s expected that it will open for online applications as soon

  Gardai have arrested a third man in connection with a shooting in Limerick in 2015. On the 29th of June, 5 years ago, at approximately 6.35am a man in his 50s was shot and injured by two masked men as he parked his car in the grounds of the University of Limerick. On Tuesday,

  Four important Donegal community projects have today been granted funding of €356,000, Minister Joe McHugh has announced. Major funding is going to the Leitir Corn Mill in Kilcar with support also for a project to build a new multi-purpose hall in Ray, Manorcunningham. The funding is being released from the Department of Rural and

  It’s emerged that the state is paying €8,000 per return trip to keep Donegal airport open. The Government has paid a subsidy of more than €8,000 for each passenger return journey in a bid to keep air routes operational between Donegal and Kerry airports and Dublin throughout the Covid-19 pandemic. According to the Irish

  It’s expected that an Autism Therapist will be appointed to serve in Inishowen in the coming weeks. Deputy Charlie McConalogue says he’s been told in response to queries that there was significant interest in the position after it was advertised, and interviews recently took place. He said many people and their families in Inishowen

  The Pandemic Unemployment Payment is to be cut by 42 per cent for part-time workers. The Irish Independent reports the 350 euro a week payment will be reduced to the Jobseeker’s allowance rate of 203 euro. The payment for full-time workers will be phased out over time. The emergency scheme is to due to

    Irish Water has declined a request from a West Donegal councillor for a site meeting to discuss outages in the Curransport, Derryconner and Meenlaragh area. The request had come from Cllr Michael Cholm Mac Giolla Easbuig. In a letter to Cllr Mac Giolla Easbuig, Irish Water says the Derryconner and Curransport mains rehabilitation

A further 3 people with Covid19 have died in the Republic. 47 new cases have also been confirmed. It brings the death toll to 1,659, while there have been 25,111 confirmed cases. No new cases have been confirmed in Donegal, where the figure remains at 477 for a 12th consecutive day. Earlier today, eight further

The Burtonport Festival, which was to have taken place in July, has been cancelled. The organisers say they hope to run a small festival with a series of events on a smaller scale from the 25th-27th september. These plans are dependent on the successful re-opening of the country, and will be reviewed closer to the

Two men have been arrested in connection with the shooting of a man in County Limerick in 2015, one of the arrests was made in Donegal.. A man in his fifties was shot by two masked men as he parked his car in the grounds of the University of Limerick on June 29th that year.

People are being encouraged to have their say on the proposed Donegal Town One-Way System Due to Covid 19 restrictions currently in place, viewing of the plans and particulars for this proposed development will only be available for inspection or download online until 5pm Tuesday 23rd June. It is proposed to introduce a One-Way System

The Irish Wheelchair Association says a Garda clampdown has led to a sharp increase in disabled bay fines. The force collected over 870,000 euro from drivers in 2018 and 2019. Last year in Donegal, 101 drivers were fined a total of €16,010. The standard fine for someone who parks or stops in a disabled bay

  An appeal has been made for a missing woman who could be in Donegal. Maura Donnelly who is from Caolisland was last seen at 2pm yesterday afternoon. Maura was driving a white Hyundi i30 with the car spotted in the Strabane area. Her family believe that Ms. Donnelly may have crossed the border into

    The former Head of Letterkenny IT’s Tourism School is to spearhead the drive to establish a Technological University for the West and North West. Dr Seán Duffy has been appointed Executive Project Lead of the Connacht Ulster Alliance, which brings together three of the regions third level colleges. The Connaught Ulster Alliance brings

  The European Commission is to make 9.4 billion euro available to prevent the spread of virus-driven pandemics in the future. The money will fund prevention, preparedness, surveillance and response to cross-border health threats. It will also build emergency reserves of affordable medicines, medical devices and other health supplies.

A further 8 people with Covid19 have died. 10 new cases have also been confirmed, none of them in Donegal. It brings the death toll here to 1,658, while there have been 25,066 confirmed cases. The number of confirmed cases in Donegal has remained at 477 for 11 days.     Press Release: Tuesday 2

There has been another drop in the number of people claiming the Pandemic Unemployment Payment. 543,200 received the payment today, that’s down 36,200 on last week. 20,200 people received it in Donegal, 1,700 fewer than last week. In addition there are over 57,000 employers registered for the Temporary Covid-19 Wage Subsidy Scheme. While 214,700 people

There have been a number of incidents of criminal damage across Donegal in the past week. Gardai in Letterkenny, Milford and Buncrana have made separate appeal for information. Gardaí in Letterkenny are investigating an incident of Criminal damage that happened at Callan, Drumkeen Wednesday night last at around 11.40pm. Two windows at the rear of

  A car wanted believed to have been involved in a fatal hit and run in Tyrone has been located in Donegal. A 21 year old man lost his life in the crash which happened in the Meenacloy road on Sunday. In a statement, Detective Inspector Michael Winters said that working with their colleagues in

  A shore based dredging operation at Magheraroarty Pier is getting underway tomorrow until Saturday. It’s to coincide with low tides which accommodate such operations. The dredged material will be re-utilised for beach nourishment at a nearby facility. Donegal County Council says that this is essential work to ensure the safe operation of the harbour

A large quantity of seed bags have been stolen from an Oyster farm in Clonmany.  The theft happened on the Isle of Doagh at some stage between the 23rd and the 26th of May. 110 seed bags were stolen from the farm between those dates. The property stolen was worth a substantial amount of money.

    An investigation is continuing into a weekend assault in Inishowen. The incident happened in Muff in the early hours of Sunday morning. Two males were walking along the pathway close to the Church of Ireland on the Burnfoot Road in Muff when they met a male and a female coming towards them. A