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    Members of the Teachers Union of Ireland are to strike on Tuesday the 4th of February. The union represents 19,000 members in second level schools, colleges of further education, as well as Institutes of Technology/Technological universities. It’s in a row over what it says is pay discrimination.

  Donegal County Council has welcomed a new €1.6 million Fund for social enterprises in Ireland. The Fund, which originally launched in 2018, now totals €3.2 million, making it the largest private investment in social enterprise to date. It aims to create 300 jobs and provide services to 100,000 people over four years The new

  The number of penalty point disqualifications in Donegal rose by over 40% last year when compared with 2018. Figures show that there were 29 drivers in the county disqualified last year compared with 17 in 2018. More than 27-thousand penalty-point notices were issued to drivers for holding a mobile phone while driving last year.

  Detectives investigating an arson attack in Limavady last night are appealing for witnesses and information. Police received a report from the Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service at approximately 11:55pm of a house fire in Coolessan Walk in the town. A door at the back of the property was destroyed, while damage was also

A large quantity of suspected cannabis has been seized in Sligo As part of an ongoing investigation into the sale and supply of controlled drugs in the area, Gardaí attached to Ballymote District and Sligo Divisional Drugs unit carried out a search of a property in Castle Burn, Ballymote, Co. Sligo yesterday. During the search

  There were nine people awaiting in-patient beds at Letterkenny University Hospital this morning according to the INMO. The number is up one on yesterday’s figure of 8. Nationally, there were 518 people waiting at hospitals across the country today with Cork University Hospital the most overcrowded, 55 people waiting there.

There were eight people awaiting in-patient beds at Letterkenny University Hospital this morning, down one on yesterday’s figure. One of them was on an Emergency Department trolley. Nationally, the INMO says 530 admitted patients were awaiting beds across the country, the highest number, 54, at Cork University Hospital.

  Councillor Michael McClafferty is no longer a member of the Fine Gael party. Cllr McClafferty is the second Donegal County Councillor to leave the party since the local elections last year with Cllr Frank McBreartys exit over the summer. Cllr McClafferty said he made his decision on what he termed as broken promises on

  Police in Derry have confirmed that an object discovered at house in Bann Drive was nothing untoward.  The road was closed for a time yesterday evening and a number of homes were evacuated.  

It’s hoped work on a cinema in Donegal Town can begin later this year after the project cleared it’s last planning hurdle. No objections were lodged against the Council’s decision last month to Grant permission for the development at the second time of asking WJ Dolan Construction plans to start work as soon as possible

A number of homes have been evacuated in Derry this evening following the discovery of a suspicious object. Police have closed a section of Bann Drive in the city after the object was found at a house in the area. No further details are currently known.

The HSE says it is commencing a €4 million upgrading and refurbishment programme at St Joseph’s Hospital in Stranorlar. The HSE says in the short term, work will begin next week to deal with HIQA compliance issues, including the provision of extra bathroom and ensuite facilities. The planning and implementation works will continue into 2020

E coli was found in 62 private water supplies in Ireland last year. A new report from the Environmental Protection Agency found more than 1,000 people got a serious infection as a result. In Donegal, there are six Public Group Water Schemes, four Private Group Schemes and 29 Small Private Supplies, one of which is

There were nine people awaiting in-patient beds at Letterkenny University Hospital this morning, down seven on yesterday’s figure. Four of them were on Emergency Department trolleys. Nationally, the INMO says 527 admitted patients were awaiting beds across the country, the highest number, 63, at University Hospital Galway.

    It’s been confirmed that the body found during last nights searches of the Foyle is that of Derry woman Helena McElhennon. The 42 year old from Draperstown has been missing since late November. Ms. McElhennons car was found after witnesses reported her pulling into a layby near the Foyle Bridge in Derry. A