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Visiting restrictions at Letterkenny University Hospital will remain in place over the course of the weekend. The restrictions have been in place at the hospital for over a week now due to a significant outbreak of the flu. General Manager of the hospital Seán Murphy has appealed to people to cooperate with the visiting restrictions […]

A Memorial Service for former patients at St Conal’s Hospital patients interred at Leck Graveyard in Letterkenny has been postponed, as a result of tomorrow’s Orange weather warning. The service was to have taken place at Leck Graveyard tomorrow, but the committee says they have decided to defer the service to facilitate those coming from

Letterkenny and its environs will be one of the first parts of the country to be serviced under the National Broadband Plan. The Irish Times is reporting that the locations of the first 35 network points have been revealed at a private industry meeting. The points, known as Optical Line Terminals will be spread across the

Tributes have been paid to former Letterkenny Town Councillor PJ Blake, who passed away last evening. Mr Blake, an Independent, served 25 years on the town council, taking the chair on four occasions. He was a member of the inaugural Letterkenny Joint Policing Committee, and was a passionate campaigner against drugs, and in particular, the

A 36 year old man has been arrested today in Strabane as part of ongoing investigations into the discovery of a mortar device in the Church View area of the town in September. Police say the New IRA were responsible for the planting of the device and today’s arrest brings to six the total number

Donegal County Council says its Severe Weather Assessment Team is currently monitoring the situation ahead of the arrival of Storm Atiyah on Sunday. Orange and yellow alerts will come into effect on Sunday morning as the storm tracks between Iceland and Ireland with gusts of up to 130 km/h set to batter Donegal. Met Eireann

Almost €300,000 in funding has been announced for Letterkenny Institute of Technology under a new plan to drive links between higher education and businesses in the county. The Letterkenny IT plan is to establish the Killybegs Marine Cluster with a funding package of €297,314. Education Minister Joe McHugh says; “The big ambition is to use

    A severe weather warning has been issued for Donegal ahead of the arrival of Storm Atiyah. The storm is expected to bring strong winds with a heightened risk of flooding in coastal areas. Its set to batter Donegal much of Sunday with gusts from 110 to 130km/h expected. The orange alert for Donegal

    Intoxication will play a major part in the defence of two Donegal men accused of murdering a 66-year-old man in Sydney, a court has heard. 22 year old Nathan Kelly and 25 year old Christopher McLaughlin are alleged to have murdered Paul William Tavelardis in the Summer Hill area of the city in

  There were 36 people awaiting in-patient beds at Lettekenny University Hospital this morning according to the INMO. The number is up 16 on yesterdays figure of 20. University Hospital Limerick was the most overcrowded with 62 waiting there Nationally, 525 people were waiting at hospitals across the country today.

  One third of TDs have a second job or income. The Irish Independent conducted a survey of 158 deputies in the wake of the controversy of double-jobbing ex-Fine Gael TD Dara Murphy. It found that at least 54 TDs – mostly in Fianna Fail and Fine Gael – are also landlords, barristers, farmers pharmacists

People are being reminded that visiting restrictions at Letterkenny University Hospital remain in place. General Manager Sean Murphy is appealing to people to cooperate with visiting restrictions and to not visit the hospital due to the significant increase in the number of the cases of flu in the Donegal area recently. Restrictions are in place

  Bus Éireann wishes to advise customers of its timetables for the Christmas and New Year period, with some extra services over the festive season. Buses will run every day across the Christmas holiday period – apart from December 25th – with services operating standard timetables with some slight exceptions. 24 December 2019 Apart from

  There were 20 people awaiting in-patient beds at Letterkenny University Hospital this morning according to the INMO. The number is down significantly on yesterday’s figure of 30. Cork University Hospital was the most overcrowded with 56 people waiting there. Nationally there were 532 people waiting at hospitals across the country today.

  A status yellow wind warning is now in effect for Donegal with gusts of up 100km/h expected. The alert came into effect for Donegal, Mayo and Galway from 8am and is valid until 8pm this evening Thursday: Met Eireann is also forecasting heavy rain in places today with a risk of hill and coastal

  Emergency services are currently attending the scene of a two vehicle collision just outside Letterkenny this morning. The minor crash between a car and a lorry happened near the Dry Arch roundabout at around 7am. It’s understood that the road is partially blocked which is causing a significant build-up of traffic. Motorists using all

    The Department of Agriculture and the Marine has granted 14 of the 18 licences for shellfish farming at Ballyness Bay near Falcarragh. The controversial applications for aquaculture and foreshore licences have been strongly opposed by a campaign group. Ballyness Bay is a special area of conservation featuring mudflats, sandflats and dunes. The licences are

  The Creeslough water supply has been removed from the Environmental Protection Agency’s remedial action list. The latest report from the EPA shows that Irish Water has reduced the number of schemes on the RAL in Donegal from 11 to 4, since 2015. Over 3000 people in Creeslough now have safe drinking water as the

Two men arrested as part of an investigation into the discovery of a mortar device in Strabane in September have been released. The 25-year-olds were arrested by Detectives from the Terrorism Investigation Unit yesterday and have been released after questioning. Police say the discovery of the improvised explosive device in the Church View area of

Management at Letterkenny University Hospital are requesting people to not visit the hospital due to the significant outbreak of flu in Donegal. Visiting restrictions were first implemented at the hospital on Friday last but have since tightened, in a bid to protect vulnerable patients and prevent further spread of the virus. In a statement this

  The HSE has acknowledged that non compliances were found at an Inishowen car home and various measures are underway to address them.  The James Connolly Memorial Centre in Carndonagh provides residential Care for 16 adults with Intellectual Disability, both male and female in County Donegal. This Centre was registered by the Health Information and