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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 […]

  Donegal County Council’s Mica Redress Committee is to meet for the first time this morning. The 10 members of the committee will be briefed on the Council’s engagement to date with the Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government in relation the the Mica Redress Scheme. Its also expected a timetable for the roll

  People are being invited to have their say on the impact of the Strabane Pedestrian/ Cycle Bridge project. An online questionnaire aims to establish whether the bridge has improved pedestrian and cycle connectivity and if there are any ways the service could be improved. Members of the public and sports clubs are being urged

SIPTU says hundreds of public sector representatives in Section 39 organisations will go on strike on Friday in a dispute over pay. The union says workers in areas such as homecare and dementia and Alzheimer services are low paid and have endured pay cuts of six per cent and a reduction in working hours. Strikes

The Mica Action Group says the attendance at its Redress and Financial Information event in Letterkenny last night was unprecedented, and reflects the extent of the issue. Chairperson Ann Owens says that with the first meeting of the Mica steering group taking place tomorrow, they’re hopeful of further updates on the redress scheme and how

There were 16 people awaiting in-patient beds at Letterkenny University Hospital this morning, four of them on Emergency Department trolleys. That’s up four on yesterday’s figure. Nationally, the INMO says 518 admitted patients were awaiting beds across the country this morning, the highest number, 63, at University Hospital Limerick.

  Searches are resuming in west Donegal this morning following the discovery of human remains.  A walker raised the alarm after coming across the remains on Bunbeg beach yesterday. Both the Gardai and the coastguard are involved in the searches which are continuing along the coastline. The area remains cordoned off with investigations on-going.

  The Fire Service in Donegal was mobilised 971 times during in 2019, and responded to 819 Fire Brigade incidents. The figures are part of a briefing made to councillors at Municipal District level this month. As well as 971 mobilisations of the Donegal Fire Service over the course of 2019, the Northern Ireland Fire

Emergency services are currently at the scene of a crash near the Old Town area of Letterkenny. No further details are known at this time. Motorists are advised to approach the area with care.

Human remains have been discovered on a beach in West Donegal. Gardaí and the Coast Guard are currently carrying out searches along the coastline following the discovery today of the remains on Bunbeg Beach. A scene is currently in place and investigations are ongoing.

  A teenager has been hospitalised after a weekend assault in Letterkenny. The attack happened in the early hours of Saturday morning between midnight and 00.30am. The youth had attended the Junior disco and was making his way to his bus at the Shopping Centre car park when he was set upon by a number

  Gardai have confirmed that five thousand euro worth of cocaine has been uncovered during a search of a car in the St Johnston area. The drugs were discovered by Gardai carrying out a routine traffic stop yesterday evening. The driver initially tested positive for driving under the influence of drugs with Gardai subsequently conducting

    A number of valuable items have been stolen during a weekend burglary in Letterkenny. It happened at some stage between Saturday night last at 10pm and Sunday at 3pm. No damage was caused to the property to gain entry. It has been reported that a number of items were stolen from the house namely a

There were 12 people awaiting in-patient beds at Letterkenny University Hospital this morning, one of them on an Emergency Department trolley. That’s up from six yesterday. Nationally, the INMO says 587 admitted patients were awaiting beds across the country this morning, the highest number, 68, at University Hospital Limerick.

  The New IRA is planning a bomb attack on a Sinn Féin member. The PSNI has told the party the dissident Republican group plans to blast a member using an under-car explosive device. The party says the attack could happen anywhere in the north. Sinn Fein’s vice-president, Michelle O’Neill, says it’s literally a threat

  Plans by Irish Water to rectify long-standing issues of flooding, overflow and capacity deficiencies in Buncrana, Ballybofey and Stranorlar are said to be progressing. The utility say, as part of the Sewerage Schemes the risk of flooding from sewers will be reduced and water quality in Lough Swilly and the River Finn will be

Construction will shortly begin on a new three-storey radiation oncology centre at University Hospital Galway. The Saolta Hospital Group says the new centre should be operational by 2023. While many Donegal patients now receive radiotherapy services at Altnagelvin Hospital in Derry, a large number are still treated in Galway. The new facility there will include

Detectives are appealing for witnesses following a serious assault in the Fahan Street area of Derry during the early hours of yesterday morning. It was reported that sometime around 2.15am a 34 year old man was walking along Fahan Street from the direction of Waterloo Street when he was attacked from behind by an unknown

A road safety poster designed by a national school pupil in Ballyshannon will be displayed at Finn Park for the coming season after winning a competition organised by the Donegal Road Safety Working Group, in conjunction with Finn Harps. The competition was won by Ella Willshire, from Holy Family National School in Ballyshannon. The winning