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The Donegal born father of three young children found dead in Dublin last Friday night has issued a statement through the Garda Press Office. In it, Andrew McGinley says “There are no words. There is only devastation, grief and anguish. Every breath is a struggle. Conor, Darragh and Carla are adored. They all had beautiful,

  People are being urged to be on the alert following a significant oil theft in the Letterkenny area. Gardaí received a report from a resident at Gaeltex, Oldtown, that their oil burner and 4 drums of oil were stolen at some stage between the 18th of January (Sat) at 1pm and the 21st of

  A car has been significantly damaged in the Long Lane area of Letterkenny  The incident of criminal damage happened at some stage between 5pm on Friday and 8am on Saturday last. A resident in Meadowbank had parked his car overnight and it was damaged. There was damage caused to the front windscreen, the driver’s

  Gardai investigating weekend crimes in the Convoy area have issued an appeal for information. A car was set on fire on Friday while an apartment was burgled on Saturday. Gardaí in Letterkenny are investigating the burglary that happened at an apartment on the Main Street in Convoy on Friday afternoon between 2.30pm and 9.30pm.

  The Health Watchdog has found eight issues of non-compliance at Hillcrest Nursing Home in Letterkenny. The inspection was carried out by HIQA in October of last year with the facility carrying out various measures to address the concerns raised by the inspector. The report said that “the facilities provided for cleaning staff were not

  There were 17 people awaiting in-patient beds at Letterkenny University Hospital according to the INMO. then umber is up six on yesterdays figure of 11. Nationally there were 554 people waiting at hospitals across the country today with University Hospital Limerick worst affected – 73 people waiting there.

A man in his mid 30s has been arrested in the East Donegal area as part of a cross border operation investigating Paramilitary Style Attacks. The man arrested this morning, is currently being detained at Letterkenny Garda Station under Section 30 – Offences Against The State Act 1939. Gardai say the arrest relates to an

A man has been arrested in Strabane today under the Terrorism Act as part of a cross border operation investigating Paramilitary Style Attacks. Detectives from PSNI’s Terrorism Investigation Unit conducted a number of searches in the town this morning. The 32 year old man is currently being held in Musgrave Serious Crime suite. Gardai have

There were 11 people awaiting in-patient beds at Letterkenny University Hospital this morning, four of them on Emergency Department trolleys. Nationally, the INMO says there were 502 admitted patients awaiting beds today, the highest number, 57, at University Hospital Limerick.

Gardai in Donegal are urging motorists to be extra careful and to allow extra time for their journeys today. There is some snow on the ground across the North West this morning. There are no reports of school or road closures, but people are being urged not to assume that any road is clear, and

There was disruption for a time in the Eastway area of Derry last night after police received reports of a suspicious object in the area at approximately 9.30. The object was examined by Army Technical Officers, and was subsequently declared a hoax. Police in the city are urging anyone with any information about the incident

Met Éireann has issued a Status Yellow warning for snow and ice in Connacht and counties Donegal and Cavan. The warning will come into effect at 6pm this evening until 11am tomorrow morning. The forecaster says temperatures will drop tonight to between minus 1 and plus 2 degrees. Gardai in Donegal have issued a warning