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  Gardaí are appealing for witnesses to a suspected arson attack at a derelict building in Newtowncunningham. The incident happened on Saturday evening at around 8pm. Emergency services attended the scene with the local fire service quickly bringing the fire under control. Garda Grainne Doherty is urging anyone with information to come forward:

The number of home help hours in Donegal is slightly above the national average, according to figures published this morning by the ESRI. The study found that Community health and social care services are not evenly distributed across Ireland. As a result, the report says non-acute services are not meeting population demands. Supply is worst

    Planning permission has been granted for the redevelopment of Burtonport Harbour. The project, which has been in the pipeline for many years, got the green light yesterday. The plans include improvements to public toilet facilities and car parking.   There are now hopes that a funding package for both the development of Burtonport

  Cllr Ian Mcgarvey will seek to meet Junior Health Minister Jim Daly today, saying it’s important that someone make it clear to the minister that the uncertainty over the future of Community Hospitals in Donegal is causing serious concern. Council officials said they are aware that a meeting room has been booked for Minister Daly

  It’s anticipated that the Housing Minister will provide further details surrounding the Mica Redress Scheme when he visits Donegal tomorrow. Eoghan Murphy is attending the County Houses in Lifford for a number of key engagements including a meeting with the Mica Action group. In May, the Government made the initial announcement that a redress

6,000 psychiatric nurses will resume their ban on working overtime tomorrow. It’s after talks to resolve a dispute between the Psychiatric Nurses Association and the HSE broke down last night. The dispute centres on the recruitment and retention of mental health staff and has been ongoing for over 5 months. A spokesperson for Health Minister

  Donegal County Council has been told that work on a new housing development in Letterkenny will get underway in the second week of August. Cllr Gerry Mcmonagle raised the issue of the long awaited project on Long Lane during the Chief Executive’s report at last evening’s council meeting. He told members he was sceptical,

  The Tánaiste says he believes Boris Johnson does understand the complexities of Northern Ireland. It comes as Mr Johnson looks set to be elected as Tory leader and Prime Minister. Voting in the leadership contest closes at 5pm this evening with the result to be revealed tomorrow. Tánaiste Simon Coveney says he dealt with

People are being urged to get behind the Foodie Destinations 2019 project and vote for Donegal. It was announced last week that Donegal Food Coast and Donegal Town had made it to the final list in the Restaurant Association of Ireland’s competition. The Donegal Food Coast initiative was developed by the Local Enterprise Office as

Donegal County Council has adjourned its monthly meeting as a mark of respect to Cllr Manus Kelly, who died four weeks ago. Officials and members spoke of the loss to Donegal of a man who had a lot to offer as a councillor and as a person Cathaoirleach Cllr Nicholas Crossan says the reaction to

A West Donegal Councillor has criticised Donegal County Council’s decision to sell a property in Fintown. The three bed detached dwelling which has been lying vacant since 2013 has been sold for €40,000. The Council says the reason for the sale was a lack of demand for the house and that refurbishment costs were prohibitive.

Junior Minister Jim Daly is being urged to outline plans being considered by Health chiefs for the future of Donegal’s Community Hospitals and older persons services when he visits the county tomorrow. Donegal Deputy Pearse Doherty says the lack of clarity and misinformation coming from Government over the future of the community hospitals in Lifford,

Micheál Martin says there’s growing anger in the north over the failure to restore power-sharing at Stormont. The Fianna Fail leader says there could have been a better conversation about Brexit between nationalists and unionists, if the northern assembly and executive were together. Deputy Martin says meeting senior citizens along with SDLP candidates in Newry,

A dispute involving 10,000 health service workers over the implementation of a job evaluation scheme will come before the Labour Court today. SIPTU, the HSE, the Department of Health and the Department of Public Expenditure will attend the court’s intervention. Strike action by SIPTU members remains deferred pending the outcome of the talks. SIPTU Health

An Action Group has been established in response to the erection of fencing in Portnoo which blocks access to Castlegoland beach. The Save Our Beach at Castlegoland Action Group are disputing the newly installed electric fence and gates around Narin and Portnoo Golf Links which they say block various rights of way through the property.

50,000 children living in border counties will be negatively impacted if there is a “No Deal” Brexit. That’s according to the Children’s Rights Alliance, which says it’s seriously concerned about the psychological impact a potential hard border could have on them. Chief Executive of the charity, Tanya Ward, says she’s also worried about a hard