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A man has been seriously injured in a crash in Inishowen. Gardaí attended the scene of the crash on the Slavery Road in Buncrana at approximately 5.40pm on Friday evening. A young male pedestrian collided with a van during the incident . The young male sustained serious injuries and was later taken to Altnagelvin Hospital […]

A major power outage is affecting Inishowen this evening. Currently, 5,936 homes and businesses are affected by the outage. ESB estimate that power will be restored by 8pm tonight. Earlier, over 1,000 properties in Convoy were also affected by a power outage. Supply has since been returned there. Elsewhere, 49 ESB customers in Gweedore are

The Slavery Road in Buncrana is currently closed due to a serious road traffic incident. The road which is adjacent to the Woods housing estate will remain closed until further notice. Motorists are advised to avoid the area.

€8.4 million in funding has been announced today for the development and maintenance of outdoor amenities such as trails, walkways, cycleways and blueways. Part of the funding announced jointly by Fáilte Ireland and the Department of Rural and Community Development will go towards a Sustainable Access and Habitat Restoration project on Mount Errigal.

Donegal County Council have activated their Severe Weather Assessment Team and are continuing to monitor the evolving situation and all Council resources are at a heightened state of readiness in response to this period of unsettled weather. A status yellow wind and rain warning is in place for Donegal until 3am tomorrow morning. The weather

Update:  Power has been restored to all areas of Convoy. ___________________________________________________ A major power outage is affecting Convoy this afternoon. 1088 homes and businesses have been left without electricity. Power is expected to be restored before 6pm this evening. ESB crews are also working to restore power to a number of properties in Gweedore and

  A motorist has been caught with a quantity of drugs paraphernalia on the Donegal/ Derry border. Gardai from Buncrana were conducting a routine rural border patrol in the Bridgend area yesterday evening when they came upon a car pulled in at the roadside. Gardai subsequently carried out a search of the car and a

  There were 17 people awaiting in-patient beds at Letterkenny University Hospital this morning according to the INMO, down four on yesterday’s figure of 21. Seven people were on trolleys in its Emergency Department. University Hospital Limerick was the most overcrowded with 54 people waiting there. Nationally, there were 470 people waiting at hospitals across

  Two separate status yellow weather warnings are in place in the west and north west this morning. A rainfall warning is in place for Donegal, Leitrim, Mayo and Sligo, with the risk of flooding. Meanwhile, a wind alert has been issued for Donegal, Galway and Mayo, with gusts of up to 95 kilometres an

  Around a thousand healthcare workers are to strike across the country today in a dispute over pay restoration. Homecare, dementia and Alzheimer’s services are among the sectors involved. SIPTU and Forsa say the cost to resolve the dispute would be no more than seven million euro. Paul Bell is SIPTU’s Health Division Organiser and

  Donegal County Council has announced a project to explore how Letterkenny town centre can be best regenerated to become a vibrant, competitive and attractive place in which to live, work and invest. Consultants are now being invited to tender for the project, which will be formally launched in May. It’s envisaged that the project

25mm to 35mm of rain is expected to fall in Donegal and across the North West from early tomorrow morning. A further yellow level rain warning is due to come into effect from 3am tomorrow morning and remain in place for 24 hours. Donegal County Council says with the ground already saturated, the expected rainfall

Seán Ó Fearghail has been re-elected as Ceann Comhairle of the Dáil. The Fianna Fáil TD saw off Independent Denis Naughten 130 votes to 28. In the next hour voting will begin to elect a Taoiseach, with no candidate likely to be successful.

  A status yellow rainfall warning has been issued for Donegal, Leitrim, Mayo and Sligo. Met Eireann is forecasting heavy rain and says there is a risk of localised flooding. The warning is valid from three o’clock tomorrow morning until three o’clock on Saturday morning.

There were 21 people awaiting in-patient beds at Letterkenny University Hospital this morning, three of them on Emergency Department trolleys. That’s up five on yesterday’s figure. Nationally, the INMO says 497 admitted patients were awaiting beds across the country this morning, the highest number, 56, at University Hospital Limerick.

  Aura Leisure Centre in Letterkenny was evacuated last night due to a flooding incident. Emergency services responded to the scene at around 8.30pm with the facility evacuated around an hour before it was due to close. There are reports of significant structural damage with the internal roof of the reception area particularly affected. The

The 33rd Dáil meets for the first time today, however no party leader is expected to have enough votes to be named Taoiseach. TDs gather in Leinster House for the first time since last week’s election. For 47 fresh faces it’s the first day at work as they take up their seats in the 33rd