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Donegal County Council has been allocated almost €44,580,000 for national roads next year, with the vast majority of the allocation on road improvement projects. Over €33 million will be spent on the N56, continuing a number of major projects in West and South West Donegal. €2 million will go towards the Ten-T project, €1.2 million […]

Police in West Tyrone are reminding people to take extra care to keep homes and belongings safe, its after another house was broken into in Castlederg. Sometime between 9am on Sunday morning and 2pm yesterday afternoon entry was forced into a property in the Ashleigh Court area. It’s believed a sum of cash and some

A man who Gardai have been seeking for drug related offences since 2015 has been arrested following a search in the Mountcharles area of Donegal on Friday. The search was carried out by the District Drugs Unit, the Regional Support Unit and local Gardaí. Gardai say the amount of equipment discovered at the premises has

  Motorists are being advised to drive with extreme caution this morning following storm force winds overnight. Drivers are being urged to watch out for fallen trees and debris. Several hundred homes and businesses are currently without power in the west of the county with Glenties and Dungloe worst affected. Crews have been tasked to

  An investigation is continuing after shots were fired at a family home in Omagh. The incident happened in the Clonmore Gardens area yesterday evening at around 6pm. It’s understood that number of shots were fired through the kitchen and an upstairs window of the house. A woman and two children who were inside the

  The European Commission has awarded the government a grant of 4.3 million euro to save the Corncrake from extinction in Ireland. Numbers of the birds have declined in rural Ireland by 85 percent since 1978. The Government is adding an additional 1.6 million euro for conservation programmes in counties Donegal, Mayo and Galway.

A man has been arrested in Derry in connection to two pipe bomb attacks in the city earlier this year. Detectives in Strand Road investigating the attacks at Montgomery Close and Curlew Way in Derry, in March and May arrested the 23 year old today. He has been arrested under section 41 of the Terrorism

Visiting restrictions at Letterkenny University Hospital have entered a third week. The hospital is reminding members of the public that restrictions remain in place and they should not visit the hospital. There has been a very significant increase in the number of flu cases in the North West so far this year. Seán Murphy General

Dental Services have recommenced at Lifford Community Hospital. The HSE has confirmed that the clinic will operate 3 days a week. In September Dental Services were temporarily transferred from Lifford to Dental Clinics in both Stranorlar and Letterkenny as remedial building works were required on the premises to ensure they complied with HIQA standards. The

  A High Court judge in Britan has ruled John Downey was responsible for the 1982 Hyde Park bombing. It’s after a civil action brought by relatives of four British soldiers killed in the attack in London. Downey did not play any part in the trial, but filed a written defence in which he denied

  A 47-year-old woman who stole over €700, 000 from her employer over a six- year period has pleaded guilty to 20 sample counts of theft at Donegal Town Circuit Court. The court heard that Tara Sweeney, The Glebe, Donegal Town had spent most of the money on high end fashion goods. The defendant pleaded

  Routine medical appointments will be cancelled and some health units will be forced to close in Northern Ireland today. It’s because of a strike by nurses which will see around 9-thousand staff walking out for 12-hours in a dispute over pay. Industrial action is also planned by some paramedics, as well as those working

    It’s emerged that a transatlantic jet had to divert to Shannon Airport this week after the crew declared an emergency over Donegal with a suspected fuel leak on board. The incident happened on Monday evening and it’s understood that this is the third time in less than a month that the same jet

The government has announced it will not be introducing a nationwide ban on smoky coal. Environment Minister Richard Bruton says this is due to legal concerns, and fears it would hurt people in rural areas who rely on the likes of turf and logs to heat their home. From September next year, the ban will

A major power outage has left over 2000 homes and businesses without power in Inishowen today. The problem is affecting parts of Clonmany, Carndonagh and Malin Head with 2,225 outages reported. ESB say they are currently working to repair the faults with power due to be restored to some properties later this afternoon.

Once again Highland Radio will make it an extra special Christmas for one lucky family with our big big giveaway! There are loads of great prizes up for grabs including: 500 litres of Home Heating Oil from O’Donnell’s Fuels Crolly. A Fantastic Gold Meat Hamper from Joe McGee butchers in Letterkenny, Glencar Shopping Centre and

  The Transport Minister has announced a funding package of almost €690,000 for Donegal Airport. The money, which is being sanctioned under the Government funded Regional Airports Programme, is set to go towards safety and security investments at the airport. The grant aid announced for the county’s airport is part of a €3.7 million package

  2.7 per cent of the population live less than 10 kilometres from an official border crossing into Northern Ireland. The largest number of people within that distance of the border was in Louth at 41-thousand, followed by 39-thousand in Monaghan, and 34-thousand in Donegal. CSO figures just released from 2016 show over 7-thousand people

    Gardaí in Milford have re-issued an appeal for information on the anniversary of an arson attack whereby a young family’s new home was destroyed by fire. The young Donegal family were expected to move into their new home at Ballykeeran, in Kilmacrennan in January 2019, but on the 16th of December 2018 they

  A teenager is wanted in connection with an attempted handbag theft in Letterkenny. The incident happened on the Pearse Road area of the town last Tuesday evening at around 5pm. A lady was approached by a young male aged approx.15/16, wearing a black hoody and had fair hair. After attempts were made to snatch

  Gardaí in Letterkenny are appealing for information in relation to two burglaries. The incidents happened in Convoy and in Letterkenny within the past week. At some stage between 2pm on Friday last and 4pm on Sunday a window of a house at Ballyboe in Convoy was forced open and entry was gained to the