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Lifford is one of three towns found to be highly exposed, with almost ‘three out of five jobs’ at high risk. That’s according to an article by a Cork based Economist who has revealed that three out of every five jobs created in Ireland in 2018, were in Dublin. Dr Frank Crowley, Economist at the

Gardai have launched an investigation after two business premises in the Moville area were broken into in the early hours of Monday morning. Two males who had their faces covered and were wearing gloves gained entry through office windows to a business premises at Guladuff at 4:30am yesterday morning. A short time later, three males

There’s a call for all licensed money-lenders to carry warnings on their advertising and literature. The St. Vincent de Paul Society says the words “Warning: This is a high cost loan” should be on all ads. The society has made a submission to the Department of Finance calling for such a measure, and also asking

A candidate who contested the recent local elections in the Donegal Electoral Area is asking whether an investigation has taken place into the fact that approximately 70 ballot papers could not be counted because they were not properly stamped. Diarmuid Doherty says it’s a serious situation, which needs to be addressed, as people’s votes were

Gardaí in Inishowen have renewed their appeal for information about a weekend crash which left a motorcyclist seriously injured. It happened at Ardmore, Muff on Sunday afternoon at 2 o’clock. Sergeant Eunan Walshe has been appealing for information…….

Gardaí say the patrol car in Newtowncunningham is likely to be out of commission for over a week following a criminal damage incident at the weekend. A male has been captured on CCTV causing considerable damage the car, which was parked outside the Garda Station in Newtowncunningham. Sergeant Eunan Walshe appealed for information on today’s

The RNLI says its “Respect the Water” partnership with the GAA is an invaluable method of spreading awareness of the need for care in the water. At the weekend, a Tyrone family who were rescued from the water last year in Bundoran took to the pitch in front of over 60,000 fans at last weekend’s

  A Midlands North West MEP is calling on the Government to outline how it will protect Irish citizens in Northern Ireland in the event of a no-deal Brexit. Nearly a week after his appointment as British Prime Minister, Boris Johnson has yet to speak to the Taoiseach – but official contact has been made

Irish Water has confirmed that plans to build a wastewater treatment plant in Moville are progressing. The project is currently in design and pre-planning stage with on-the-ground investigations ongoing. The utility say mobilisation is underway for geotechnical site investigation works which will commence this week. Once investigations and detailed design are complete a planning application

The Donegal spokesperson for “Border Communities Against Brexit” says he doesn’t believe the appointment of Julian Smith as Northern Secretary is indicative of Boris Johnson seeking a closer alliance with the DUP. Mr Smith was one of the chief negotiators of the deal reached between Theresa May and the DUP when she was in power,

  Motorists travelling on the Donegal to Derry border are being urged to be vigilant following reports of a fake police /garda car in the area. There have been several sightings of a car with flashing blue lights and sirens, particularly at night time. The car has been described as cream in colour with a

  Serious concern has been raised over workers in Donegal who are working cross border in the North are losing tax benefits following changes introduced by the British Government. With the introduction of the Universal Credit system by the British Government, workers are now being asked to provide a post code of residence within the

    A Donegal Deputy believes that we are building a society that serves an economy rather than an economy to serve our society. Deputy Pearse Doherty was speaking in the wake of last week’s RTE investigates programme on the childcare sector. It follows other similar programmes by the broadcaster on nursing homes and with

    Almost 200 people in Donegal were awaiting home care packages at the end of May. New figures released to Donegal Deputy Pat the Cope Gallagher have revealed that 192 people are still waiting on the allocation of home help hours in the county. Deputy Gallagher says the Government has created crisis due to

A DUP politician says unless the EU and Ireland compromise on the Brexit Withdrawal Agreement, we are heading for a no-deal Brexit. Over the weekend the British government ramped up its preparations for such an outcome. Michael Gove, the minister put in charge of no-deal preparations for the UK says they are working on the

  Donegal County Council says there will be a full public display of the final routes once decisions are taken on the Ten-T roads network later this year. Responding to questions from Cllr Donal Coyle, senior engineers said there won’t be any more public consultations, but members will be briefed and plan’s will be published.

  The Minister for Agriculture has announced details of a new 100 million euro funding for beef farmers. The Beef Exceptional Aid Measure will provide financial aid to Irish beef farmers most affected by market volatility and uncertainty arising out of Brexit. It will be funded by a combination of EU exceptional aid and Exchequer