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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

Sinn Féin’s government negotiators are meeting with the head of the Department of the Taoiseach this afternoon. The party will hold talks with a number of independents tomorrow as efforts continue to form a government. Donegal TD Pearse Doherty says they’re working with government departments to try and form a programme for government:

As speculation about the make-up of the next government continues, Donegal Fine Gael TD and Acting Education Minister Joe McHugh today acknowledged that his party had come third in the election, and said those on the left should be given the time and space to see if they can form a government. However, he said

Letterkenny Institute of Technology is one of nine colleges across the country that have signed up to an online system for students to report sexual assault. The new service will allow victims of assault and harassment to report their cases anonymously. The aim is to provide a space for people to feel comfortable in coming

Two pensioners have been left badly shaken after their home was broken into and ransacked in Strabane yesterday evening. Its believed that thieves entered the house in St Mary’s Place which was unoccupied at the time, via a window at the rear of the property sometime between 2:20pm and 6:50pm. A number of rooms were

  Donegal County Council’s Director of Economic Development says there will be more Donegal Connect events into the future, but each year will see a different emphasis. Garry Martin was speaking after the inaugural 2019 event won the Best Tourism Initiative at the All Ireland Community and Council awards 2020 last weekend. In late September

    An Independent Donegal TD believes that a left wing Government is still possible and it’s what the electorate have voted for. However, Thomas Pringle says it would be a minority Government with the opposition allowing the way forward. Deputy Pringle says the onus is on all elected TDs to ensure that that happens:

  Serious safety concerns have been raised over students having to cross a busy main road in Brucklesss to get from a bus to a nearby housing estate. It’s understood that students have to wait for five minutes or more and resort to holding and hands and running across the road. The issue has led