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    A drug-driver is due in court after testing positive for cocaine on the road side in south Donegal. The driver was stopped by Gardai in Pettigo in the early hours of Sunday morning by the Donegal Town Roads Policing Unit. After testing positive, the motorist was subsequently arrested and a court appearance is

  There has been a significant increase in the number of confirmed cases of the flu in the North West this winter season. The HSE says 154 cases have been confirmed in the last 3 weeks, compared to 5 for the same period in 2018. The HSE Health Protection Surveillance Centre are asking the public

  Irish Water has confirmed that as part of the Gweedore Sewerage Scheme, the main pressure collection network for the Demonstration Project has been completed. The awarding of the contract for the installation of the pods and associated works at individual properties is expected to progress early in the New Year. The initial Demonstration Project,

  A redundancy scheme for senior Gardaí is expected to get the approval of the government today. 30 senior officer jobs will be cut as part of the plans to reduce and restructure Garda divisions. Those who take the voluntary package are expected to get six months pay on top of their normal pension and

  A 20-year-old man has been charged with a number of offences, including burglary, aggravated vehicle-taking causing damage to the vehicle and assault on police. He is expected to appear at Derry Magistrates’ Court today, Tuesday 17 December. As is normal procedure, all charges will be reviewed by the Public Prosecution Service.

Donegal County Council is advising motorists that a reduced road speed restriction of 50Km/hr is now in effect on the N56 Drumbeigh – Inver Road Scheme between the Frosses Road Junction and Inver Bridge. Caution is also advised as road sweeping is in progress from Monday to Friday 8am until 6pm.

  Detectives in Derry have arrested a young man on suspicion of a number of offences including burglary, aggravated vehicle-taking causing damage to the vehicle and assault on police. The arrest follows reports of two burglaries in the Coshquin Road area of Derry at some stage during Saturday night and the early hours of yesterday

25 year old Liam Whoriskey from Derry has been sentenced to fifteen years’ imprisonment for the manslaughter of three year old Kayden McGuinness in September 2017. Whoriskey was sentenced to 13 years imprisonment for the offence of manslaughter and two years’ imprisonment for a child cruelty offence, to run consecutively. Half of the sentence is

  The number of people living in rural areas fell in the six years to 2016, while there was an increase in the population of urban areas across the country. New CSO figures show a decline of 0.6 percent in the population of remote and highly rural areas between 2011 and 2016. However, in the

  It’s been confirmed that almost 150 new student places are being provided on 13 courses in Letterkenny IT as part of a special new Government fund. The additional opportunities for students are being created as part of a Government investment of €24 million across universities and colleges as part of the Human Capital Initiative.

Phone scammers have made several attempts to deceive Gardai attached to Ballybofey Garda Station today.  Gardaí have received a number of scam calls this morning from people offering to fix their Internet for them. It’s understood that the scammers asked for their bank details but the calls ended swiftly when they were informed they were

  Detectives are investigating a burglary at a house in Derg View in Castlederg at the weekend. The incident is said to have happened sometime between 7pm on Saturday evening and 2.30am yesterday morning. A home was entered and a significant sum of money was taken. In a statement Detective Inspector Michelle Boyd stated “It

  A quantity of cash has been seized during a search of a property in south Donegal. The search, carried out yesterday, is in connection with a major drug seizure in County Louth. Three people remain in Garda custody. During the operation personnel attached to the Garda National Drugs and Organised Crime Bureau intercepted two

  A snow-ice warning remains in place for Donegal and the rest of the country until later this morning. The yellow warning was issued by Met Eireann on Saturday, as snow and sleet fell in many areas – especially on higher ground. The warning is due to end at 10 O’clock this morning.

  A Buncrana councillor says Donegal County Council should start design works for two necessary bridge replacement projects in the town. Cllr Rena Donaghey says the Westbrook Bridge and Mill Bridge are both in a dangerous condition and need to be replaced. Cllr Donaghey has been told by officials that there is no money allocated

  Efforts to break the deadlock over power-sharing in the North are expected to resume today. The executive collapsed three years ago but all parties have indicated they are eager to make progress this week, following the elections in the UK. DUP Leader Arlene Foster says Northern Ireland can only move forward when all parties

Foyle Search and Rescue Duty Teams were alerted by the PSNI to a person observed close to the river’s edge at 11:25pm on Saturday night. The Police Service of Northern Ireland and Foyle Search and Rescue Duty Mobile Unit responded along with Boat crew to the location. While responding, Duty Teams were informed that the person

The RNLI has towed a fishing boat to safety overnight, in heavy seas off the coast of County Donegal. The Irish crab-fisher with a crew of 5 sent out a MAYDAY alert yesterday afternoon after its engines lost power, 20 miles north of Fanad Head. Three RNLI crews responded in the operation including those from

A rescue operation’s underway after an Irish fishing vessel lost power off the coast of County Donegal this afternoon. There are five members of crew on board the boat, which sent out a MAYDAY alert after getting into difficulty in rough seas around 20 miles off shore. Locals say weather conditions at sea are challenging