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There were 41 people awaiting in-patient beds at Letterkenny University Hospital this morning, seven of them on Emergency Department trolleys. That’s a drop of seven on yesterday’s figure. The hospital was the fourth most overcrowded hospital in the country this morning. Today’s figure means the cumulative total of patients awaiting beds at the hospital this

  Detailed plans for a major new housing development comprising over 350 dwellings for the Drumahoe area of Derry have been given the go ahead by members of Derry City and Strabane District Council’s Planning Committee. The proposed residential development of 362 new homes, featuring a mix of 61 detached, 248 semi-detached, 32 quad bungalows

  Glenmore Generation LTD have had a planning application appealed to An Bord Pleanala.  Planning permission had been granted by Donegal County Council. The company is in the business of processing alternative feedstocks and the production of renewable energy and fertiliser and the application applies to their business at Aghaveagh in Ballybofey The company wants

  Irish Water, working in partnership with Donegal County Council, would like to inform customers in Cashel, Gortahork that a section of the Ardsbeg Water Treatment Plant Road will be closed from 8am on Monday next 11th November to 6pm on Friday, 20 December 2019 to facilitate works. Emergency and local access for residents will

Main Evening News Sport & Obituaries Wednesday November 6th:  

Management at Letterkenny University Hospital have confirmed that the full capacity protocol remains in place this evening.  It comes as there were almost 50 people awaiting in-patient beds at the hospital this morning. The Emergency Department at Letterkenny University Hospital is extremely busy again today and the hospital has admitted a significant number of ill

A jury has found two Donegal residents guilty of raping a student who they brought back to their flat after a night out drinking. 29 year old Boakye Osei, of Tooban, Burnfoot and 33 year old Kelvin Opoku of Cill Graine, Letterkenny had pleaded not guilty to rape of the woman in February 2015. After

    Anam Cara Donegal is hosting a Bereavement Information Evening in Donegal later this month.  During the Anam Cara Bereavement Information Evening mothers and fathers will have the opportunity to hear a bereavement specialist speak on different challenges that will face them on their journey after the loss of their precious son or daughter. They

Working to enhance and further develop the strong educational links between the North West region and the US will be a key objective of the joint cross border trade mission that is travelling to Boston and Philadelphia next week. The trade mission, led by Donegal County Council and Derry City and Strabane District Councils, will

The latest report from the RSA has revealed that Donegal is among the counties with the highest number of fatal collisions during off-peak hours. An analysis of fatal and serious injury collisions on Irish roads shows that more than a quarter of fatal collisions between 2014 and 2018 occurred during off-peak hours while almost 1

The Full Capacity Protocol has been implemented at Letterkenny University Hospital. 138 people have registered at the Emergency Department since yesterday morning at 8am until 8am this morning which the hospital says is significantly higher than the average number of patients per day. In a statement, the hospital says efforts are continuing to be made

  A book of condolence has opened for the late Gay Byrne at the Dungloe Ionad Teampall Chrione. The legendary broadcaster, who died yesterday after a long illness, hosted The Late Late Show for 37 years. A frequent visitor to Donegal, he made his second home in Tubberkeen just outside Dungloe where he spent his free

There is to be a new inquest into the death of Derry schoolgirl Raychel Ferguson, who died at Altnagelvin Hospital in 2001 after what was supposedly a routine appendix operation. Last year, an inquiry determined she died after being administered with a lethal dose of intravenous fluids, and there was a “reluctance among clinicians to

A car has been stolen from a home at Church View in St. Johnston.  The theft happened between Friday evening last at around 7.30om and Saturday morning at 11am. The car, a black VW Passat reg. no. PK 60 NBM was parked on the driveway of the home. If anyone has any information in relation

Letterkenny University Hospital was the third most overcrowded in the state this morning. The INMO says there were 47 people awaiting in-patient beds at the hospital this morning, 17 of them on Emergency Department trolleys. That’s one more than yesterday. Nationally, the INMO says there were 679 admitted patients waiting on beds at hospitals across

    Gardaí are investigating a shed fire in Letterkenny believe that it was started deliberately.  The incident happened in the early hours of Friday morning last in the Glencar Irish area of the town. CCTV has been viewed and a male has been observed on the footage. If anyone was in that area and

A rear patio door has been smashed at a home during a weekend incident in Carrigart. While the glass of the door was smashed but entry was not gained to the property. Gardai say that this stage it’s unclear if this was an attempted burglary or an act of criminal damage. If anyone observed any

  It’s been confirmed that a Donegal woman has died following a kayaking accident in Kerry at the weekend. Aisling O’Connor from Ballyshannon was one of two students rescued after getting into difficulty while kayaking in a river in Killarney on Saturday. The 21 year old was one of a group of more than 30

    Plans for a footpath/ cycleway from Carrigart to Downings has gone out to public consultation. People are being urged to have their say on the proposed development with the closing date for submissions Friday November 15th. It is proposed to construct a 2.6km, 3 metre wide combined footpath and cycleway along the western

  A commercial rates revaluation has formally commenced in Donegal. Valuation Orders have been made by the Commissioner of Valuation as part of the National Revaluation Programme. Donegal is one of the few remaining local authorities that has never carried out a review of commercial rates. The revaluations in Donegal will be carried out in