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  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

Nowhere in the country has the recommended amount of ‘older-age’ acute mental health beds. A report by the Mental Health Commission has also found that 19 counties, including Donegal have NO such beds. It’s recommended the provision of 127 older age beds nationwide, but currently there are just 56. Author of the report Dr Margo

A Donegal Deputy says he doesn’t believe there is an appetite for another general election, but it will take several weeks to put a government together. Deputy Charlie McConalogue, who is now the sole Fianna Fail TD in Donegal, says between Sinn Fein, smaller parties, and independents, there are 87 deputies, and they must be

  Gardai say that a definite line of inquiry is being pursued in relation to the discovery of human remains at Bunbeg beach yesterday. An intact limb, believed to be a woman’s leg, was found washed ashore by a walker yesterday. Both the Gardai and the coastguard are continuing searches along the coastline this afternoon.

  Property marking devices are to be rolled out in Donegal as part of a scheme to combat crime. The machines will be used to mark property with the owners own Eircode number, using a unique numbering system which will greatly increase the chances of it being reunited with the owner should it be stolen.

  Sinn Fein will meet smaller parties and Independents today as talks intensify to form a coalition government. Housing, health and climate will be the focus at the discussions with the likes of Labour, the Greens and Independents for Change. The Fianna Fail parliamentary party will meet this evening to discuss its next moves after

  It’s emerged that Randox in Dungloe is involved in manufacturing the diagnosis system used for a Coronavirus test which the company has developed. Randox say the test can speedily and accurately detect the potentially lethal Covid-19 strain, which has been the cause of global concern for the past few weeks. Crucially, Randox says the

  Weather forecasters are warning of more flooding in parts of Ireland over the next 24 hours. A yellow rainfall warning is in place until tomorrow morning for Donegal, all of Connacht, along with Longford, Clare and Kerry. It follows two storms over the past ten days, which also brought torrential rain, and lots of

  A West Tyrone MLA has called on the North’s Deputy First Minister to support the families of the victims of the Omagh bomb in their efforts to secure a full public injury. Daniel McCrossan questioned Michelle O’Neill on what efforts were being made by the Assembly to support the families in their quest for