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  There were 16 people awaiting in-patient beds at Letterkenny University Hospital this morning according to the INMO. The number is down eight on yesterday’s figure of 24. Cork University Hospital was the most overcrowded with 58 people waiting there. Nationally, there were 479 people waiting at hospitals across the country today.

  A motorist has been clocked travelling at 161kph through the gap on the main Donegal Town to Letterkenny road. Gardai were carrying out routine speed detections in the area yesterday and noted the driver speeding excessively through the 100 zone. Court proceedings are to follow.

16 of Met Eireann’s 25 weather stations recorded their wettest February ever last month as a result of storms, Ciara, Dennis and Jorge. These include Dublin’s Phoenix Park and Malin Head in Donegal where the previous records stretched back to 1850. Met Eireann says all of its stations rainfall totals were above their Long-Term Average

45 tax defaulters have been listed by Revenue today, five of them in Donegal, and one in Tyrone. The Donegal and Tyrone settlements totalled over €1,772,000. The single biggest settlement in the region was reached with Ballyshannon haulier Jason Taylor, trading as TLS Ireland, who faces a total bill of almost €657,000 in respect of

  Three youths are wanted in connection with an alleged assault in Ballybofey. The incident happened on Main Street in the early hours of Sunday morning at around 2.25am. A man is believed to have been assaulted by the youths who then fled the scene. He sustained injuries to his face/head and had to be

  Two derelict houses in Newtowncunningham were burgled at the weekend. Gardaí in Letterkenny were contacted to attend at the scene of burglaries in Bogay on Sunday last – both were reported at around 3pm The lock was forced on the front door of both houses. Nothing was stolen from either house. Gardai are appealing

  A house in Muff has been ransacked during a weekend burglary. At some stage on Saturday last between 9.30am and 11am, a home in the Mullaban area was targeted. The rear door of the property was forced open and the entire house was ransacked. Nothing was stolen from the property. If anyone can offer

There’s been a sharp rise in the number of people awaiting in-patient beds at Letterkenny University Hospital. This morning, the INMO says there were 24 waiting this morning, up from six yesterday. That’s a rise of 18. Of those waiting today, five were on Emergency Department trolleys. Nationally, the INMO says there were 509 admitted

  People living in Donegal have less disposable income than anywhere else in the country. Recent figures released by the Central Statistics Office show that the disposable income per person in the county was 15,662 euro in 2017. The data shows that people who reside in Donegal continue to earn considerably less than other parts

    Lidl Ireland has invested over €4.1 million in local suppliers and external partners in County Donegal over the past year. The chain employes over 120 employees across 8 stores in the county. According to the Lidl Ireland’s 2019 Impact Report, over €4.1 million has been invested with local suppliers and external partners in

  Donegal County Council is currently inviting applications for funding under the Regional Festivals & Participative Events Programme. The application process for 2020 funding is now open. The Regional Festivals & Participative Events Programme aims to support festivals and participative events which drive domestic tourism and help to improve the visitor experience by animating destinations

  The cabinet is due to meet today to discuss the response to the Coronavirus and severe flooding in parts of the country. Elsewhere efforts continue to form a government ahead of the first sitting of the Dáil later this week. Fine Gael and the Green Party will meet for a second day in a

A Sligo-based councillor is to replace Matt Carthy as the MEP for the Midlands North West constituency. Chris MacManus, has served as a councillor for over 20 years and steps into the role after Matt Carthy was elected as a TD for Cavan Monaghan in the recent general election. Mr MacManus says the focus continues

  There were six people awaiting in-patient beds at Letterkenny University Hospital this morning according to INMO. Meanwhile the monthly trolley watch report has just been published which shows over 350 people waited at Letterkenny Hospital in February, a fall on figures from 2019. 10,446 admitted patients were without beds in Irish hospitals this month,

  Fine Gael and the Green Party will meet later for further talks on government formation. It comes as the Dail meets again later this week, however it’s understood there won’t be an attempt to elect a new Taoiseach. Fine Gael’s also expected to hold a policy exchange with Fine Fail in the coming days

  A man who sustained injuries on a hike yesterday has been safely stretchered off Errigal Mountain following a four hour rescue operation. The rescue operation involved a number of emergency services including the Irish Coast Guard, the Rescue 118 helicopter and volunteers from Donegal Mountain Rescue. The alarm was raised at around 3pm yesterday

  BirdWatch Ireland is reminding the Donegal public that, under the Wildlife Act 1967, as amended, it is prohibited to cut, burn or otherwise destroy vegetation not then cultivated as of Sunday 1st March and August 31st, except in the case of any of the derogations permitted under the Wildlife Act. The restrictions on the