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It’s emerged that work on a major road project in Letterkenny has stalled because of issues with a newly laid sewer. The Joe Bonner Road will link Port Road and Neil T Blaney Road, but work has now stopped. Cllr Donal Coyle moved an Emergency Motion at a Letterkenny Municipal District meeting this afternoon, saying

  The mother of murdered Danielle McLaughlin has described today’s publication of a new and expanded Victims Charter as a step in the right direction. The previous version of the Charter dates from 2010. The Department of Justice and Equality has updated the Victims Charter to take account of this law and to enable victims

A Donegal schoolboy has been left stunned after receiving a personal letter from Jurgen Klopp. Daragh Curley wrote to the Liverpool manager to ask if the club could stop winning so many games. Klopp explained to the 10 year old Manchester United fan why he couldn’t grant his request. Darragh says he couldn’t believe what

Former Donegal Councillor Francis Brennan has died. Mr Brennan served in the Glenties Electoral Area for nine years. He was selected by Fianna Fail in late 1990, and formerly co-opted onto the council in January 1991. He was the son of Donegal TD Joe Brennan, a former Minister, Ceann Comhairle and Deputy Leader of Fianna

    The Cathaoirleach of Donegal County Council says more personnel and resources need to be deployed to the Buncrana Garda Division to combat the sale and supply of illegal drugs. Earlier this week, Gardai attached to Buncrana uncovered five thousand euro worth of cocaine during a search of a car in the St Johnston

  Work has started to pave the way for a new primary care centre in Newtowncunningham. The site is currently being cleared with the felling of trees and shrubbery while the demolition of the building known locally of the Castle is due to take place shortly. It had been anticipated that construction works on the

  Leo Varadkar and Micheal Martin have agreed to exploratory talks between Fine Gael and Fianna Fail. They spoke over the phone last night and Mr. Varadkar has said he has accepted an invitation for similar talks from the Green Party. Fine Gael has already said it’s intending to go into opposition and not form

  Serious health and safety concerns have led to calls for the temporary closure of the lighthouse road on Tory Island, and an immediate allocation of funding to improve it. The road is in a serious state of disrepair, and is now in a treacherous condition. Councillor Micheal Cholm MacGiolla Easbuig says the road should

The Dáil is preparing to vote on potential candidates to be Taoiseach. The names of Leo Varadkar, Micheál Martin, Mary Lou McDonald and Eamon Ryan have been proposed but none are likely to be elected. As expected Donegal Deputies Padraig MacLochlainn and Pearse Doherty are voting for their party leader Mary Lou McDonald to be

Locals in Fermanagh say they’re disgusted at the latest attack against Quinn Industrial Holdings staff. Q-I-H have said that the campaign of violence and intimidation against the company has resumed. An attempt to burn two vehicles belonging to a director’s relative last weekend, comes after a brutal attack on Kevin Lunney last year. Michelle Gildernew

  Donegal County Council’s Mica Redress Committee has met today for the first time. Members were told that the scheme will be a 3 stage process for affected homeowners. However, no time frame has been given as to when the local authority can accept applications as they are still awaiting guidelines from the Department. Initially,

Refurbishment works have commenced at the old Army Barracks in Lifford which has been laying vacant since 2009. Donegal County Council has confirmed that the site will provide office accommodation for use by the council. While it has yet to be established what exactly will be accommodated at the site, its believed the OPW are

  There’s widespread opposition to any proposals that would involve prospecting or mining for gold in the Donegal Town area. It follows a public meeting this week with over 70 residents voicing serious concerns about the issue. The meeting, was organised by the Save the Hills of Donegal group,its spokesman, Denis Slevin says there are

    Donegal farmers will be affected by a lack of knackery services next week. Knackery owners have voted unanimously to not collect fallen animals from Wednesday, as talks with the Department of Agriculture on a new fallen animal scheme remain in deadlock. Farmers can still deliver fallen animals to knackeries, but the Animal Collectors’

    A full assessment of the damage at the Aura Leisure Centre is being carried out today after a pipe burst in the attic space. The Letterkenny facility was evacuated last night after a major roof leak, resulting in structural damage to the internal roof of the reception area, swimming pool and gym. Despite

  There were 51 assaults against ambulance staff while on duty last year. According to details released under the Freedom of Information Act, 29 paramedics were physically attacked. There were also 22 verbal attacks on staff as they attended to patients. In the west region which covers Donegal, there were five verbal assaults and four