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  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

  The Irish Postmasters’ Union claims up to 400 post offices are in danger of closing in 18 months’ time. According to research by Red C, 86 percent of people favour the government providing financial support to keep their branch open. It’s after more than 160 post offices closed last year. Ned O’Hara, from the

86% of people are in favour of financial support from Government to keep their local Post Office open and would like to see more State services offered. A recent survey also revealed that 91% said their Post Office provided a valuable service. The Irish Postmasters Union has commissioned a major report to cost and recommend

A South Donegal TD says there needs to be a national discussion on the abuse that some people have to endure on social media. The issue emerged as a major topic of discussion following the death in the UK of TV presenter Caroline Flack at the weekend. Frank Feighan, who was elected in the Sligo

  A large crowd is expected at a Mica Redress scheme and financial information event this week. The scheme was given the green light in recent weeks with Donegal County Council now actively pursuing a way forward in accepting and processing applications. The public information evening is getting underway at the Clanree Hotel in Letterkenny

  It’s emerged that families in Donegal are borrowing money to pay off their children’s drug debts. The comments were made by Chief Superintendent Terry McGinn at the latest sitting of the Donegal Joint Policing Committee who also said that there was massive increase in cocaine use in Donegal The meeting was also told the

    A Lifford Cllr has hit out over a lack of progress on improved safety measures at a notorious black spot in the area. The section of road at Tullyrap on the main Letterkenny to Lifford road has been subject to numerous crashes, the latest last Thursday involving a lorry, resulting in the road

  Cross border trade has reached an all-time high of 7.4 billion euro. InterTrade Ireland’s Business Monitor for quarter 4 of 2019 also shows over a third of firms in the North buy from suppliers in Ireland. The vast majority of firms are either in growth mode or stable. InterTrade Ireland policy and research manager,