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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

A long fin Pilot Whale has been washed up on Arranmore Island. The Donegal Irish Whale and Dolphin Group believe the mammal may have been there for a while. The Group say pilot whales frequent deep water habitats along the Rockall trough and continental shelf year-round. Sightings of the species in inshore waters are said

There were six people awaiting in-patient beds at Letterkenny University Hospital this morning, none of them on Emergency Department trolleys. Nationally, the INMO says 583 admitted patients were awaiting beds across the country this morning, the highest number, 64, at University Hospital Limerick.

    Police say that a missing man from Derry may be in the Donegal area. Mark Joseph McCarron was last seen on the evening of Thursday 13th February on Lower Bennett Street in the City. Police say that they are concerned for this welfare. The 41 year old is described as 5ft 11, large

  An Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has said his party is preparing for opposition – and that it will only enter government as a last resort. Fine Gael’s Parliamentary Party will meet for the first time since the election to decide what its next steps should be. Mr. Varadkar says that Sinn Féin should try to

  Speed camera vans will be operating in hundreds of new locations all over the country starting this morning. Gardaí are increasing the number of areas where drivers’ speed is being monitored after reviewing nearly a decade of data. From this morning, GoSafe vans will be parking up at over 900 new locations across Ireland