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Irish Water, working in partnership with Donegal County Council, continues to make progress on works to replace problematic water mains to the Cashel reservoir in Gortahork. The works will reduce high levels of leakage and ensure a more secure supply of drinking water for local residents and businesses who have been affected by frequent bursts […]

  Rural mobile phone reception is being weakened by the rise in illegal roof aerials and signal boosters. A new ComReg report has revealed that there’s been a sharp rise in the use of such illegal equipment. 60 per cent of the interference in mobile networks in Ireland is caused by people using illegal roof

Minister for Education and Skills Joe McHugh has praised the work of Donegal Youth Service after securing a grant for work with young people on LGBTI+ issues. The organisation has secured funding of €9,705. The funding has been secured under the LGBTI+ Capacity Building initiatives for professional service providers who deal with young people. Minister

  186 people have attended the Emergency Department at Letterkenny University Hospital since yesterday morning. In a statement issued by Saolta today, they say the number of people attending the ED is significantly higher than the average number which ranges between 105 and 115 patients per day. Following the high attendances, the group says a

It’s just been announced that Letterkenny is to be the headquarters of the new garda division of Donegal, Sligo and Leitrim. The division will be part of a new North Western Region, which will have its headquarters in Galway and a Regional Superintendent based in Monaghan. Announcing the details of the changes this afternoon, Garda

Health Minister Simon Harris is once again being urged to order an immediate review into the diagnosis and treatment of gynaecological cancers at Letterkenny University Hospital. The call has come from Bristol based hospital consultant Dr. Margaret Mac Mahon, a Letterkenny native whose sister Carol died of Cancer of the Womb, a treatable condition which

It’s been confirmed that Local Link will operate a bus route linking Moville and Letterkenny from the 14th of October, travelling along the Foyle. It follows the announcement this week that the North West Busways service which links the two towns will cease the previous week. Meanwhile, another private operator is in discussions with the

A senior garda officer says the laws governing how traffic offences are dealt with in court are wholly inadequate. Inspector Michael Harrison’s comments following confirmation that since 2017, nearly half of the speeding cases before the courts in Donegal were struck out because summonses had not been served. Inspector Harrison was speaking on the eve

  Letterkenny University Hospital is once again one of the most overcrowded hospitals in the country today with 39 people awaiting in-patient beds there this morning – 14 on trolleys in its Emergency Department. The number waiting is down just one on yesterdays figure of 40. University Hospital Limerick was again the most overcrowded with

  Consumer spending in the hospitality and tourism sectors in the North West has increased. According to AIB’s Hospitality and Tourism outlook for 2019, an estimated €183m was spent in restaurants and pubs in the region last year. According to the Outlook, consumers spent in the region of €96m in restaurants last year, while pubs

  Irish Water has confirmed that works on the Pearse Road, Oldtown Road, Ballymacool Road and Slate Row in Letterkenny will cease for the last two weeks on November until mid January. Projects are being carried out in the town to improve both the drinking water supply and sewer network to benefit businesses and residents

  Minister for Education and Skills Joe McHugh has announced that Cockhill NS has been given the green light for important external works at the school. The project has been approved by the Department of Education and Skills’ Building Unit under the Emergency Works programme. Education Minister Joe McHugh says the work to ensure there

Detectives from PSNI’s Organised Crime Unit have welcomed the sentencing of two women at Derry Crown Court earlier today, following the seizure of drugs with an estimated street value of over £130,000. 38 year old Piper McClenaghan from Limavady was sentenced to three years imprisonment, half to be served in custody and half on licence

  Derry City and Strabane District Council says work is continuing to ensure homes affected by the weekend flooding in Sion Mills and surrounding areas are restored to normality. In the wake of Sunday night’s flash floods which damaged several properties in the area, the council says a number of support funds have been made

  Over 300 Big Beach Clean-ups took place across Ireland over the weekend with at least 45 tonnes of marine litter removed. With the involvement of the National Spring Clean programme, the Big beach Clean 2019 was opened to all residents of Ireland, including volunteering groups who are not based around the coast, who tackled

A woman is in serious condition in hospital after her car struck a fence and consequently overturned in a river in Ballyshannon. The crash happened shortly after 4.30pm at Cavangarden on Sunday afternoon. The 22 year old was driving a silver Bora and was travelling from the Donegal Town direction towards Ballyshannon. Anyone witnessed the

  The Twin Towns is the latest area to be hit with a spate of burglaries. Thieves targeted a home in at Blackrock Drive in Ballybofey on Saturday evening last. The occupants of the house were attending Mass at the time of the incident. Two rear windows of the home were forced open and the

There’s been a 208% rise in the number of people awaiting in-patient beds at Letterkenny University Hospital. This morning, there were 40 people awaiting beds, up 27 on yesterday’s figure, making Letterkenny the fourth most overcrowded hospital in the state this morning. 14 of those waiting today were on trolleys in the hospital’s Emergency Department.

  A man remains in a serious condition at Letterkenny University Hospital following a collision at Rossgier Lifford last week. The single vehicle crash happened on Friday afternoon last at approximately 3.50pm. The vehicle in question, a silver Toyota was travelling from the St Johnston area towards Lifford when it collided with a pole. The

  Gardaí are continuing to appeal for witnesses to a fatal road traffic collision at Clar Donegal Town.  The single vehicle crash happened just after 8pm on Sunday night. 69 year old Kathleen Pryal was fatally injured as a result of the collision. Anyone was on that stretch of road at the time and witnessed

Almost half of speeding cases before the courts in Donegal are struck out. Over 1400 speeding offences have been listed in the county’s courts over the last two and a half years. 46 per cent of these speeding offences listed in courts across Donegal between 2017 and the end of May of this year were

  It’s emerged that the latest public inquiry into the planned A5 improvements should get underway within four months. The North’s Department of Infrastructure has indicated it still hopes to begin Phase 1 of the project next year. West Tyrone MP Orflaith Beglay has been told the latest Public Inquiry into the planned A5 Upgrade

  Taoiseach Leo Varadkar will meet the British Prime Minister in New York later to discuss Brexit. It’s the second time in a matter of weeks the two leaders have met as the Brexit deadline looms. After a day mainly dealing with climate change yesterday the government’s focus at the UN general assembly today will