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  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

  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.