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Bars and restaurants could soon face new rules around how they handle tips. Donegal Senator Padraig MacLochlainn is calling on Fianna Fail and Fine Gael to support a Sinn Fein Bill coming before the Seanad today which aims to give hospitality workers a legal right to their tips. However, Social Protection Minister Regina Doherty says […]

It’s emerged that the pathology Lab at Letterkenny University Hospital has begun outsourcing some tests to labs in Dublin because they don’t have sufficient to offer a full service in-house. A letter sent to GPs and other medical professionals who use the service makes it clear that the decision is related to the ongoing recruitment

An investigation has been launched by Letterkenny University Hospital after a patient’s medical files were found dumped in a park. The documents belonging to an elderly woman were discovered by a family in Bernard McGlinchey Park, near the hospital. Last month medical files were also found on the streets of Cork and Drogheda. Member of

The Taoiseach has told the Dail that discussions are continuing between the Irish and Scottish governments to de-escalate the tensions over Rockall, with the Scottish government threatening to challenge any Irish vessels fishing in the waters around the rock. The issue was raised during the Order of Business by Donegal Deputy Pat the Cope Gallagher,

Gardai are urging people to adopt security measures while on holiday, and in particular, not to make it obvious that their homes are empty. On today’s Nine til Noon Show, Milford based Garda Claire Rafferty said some peoples’ interactions on social media are the equivalent of putting a ‘vacant house’ sign outside their home for

    The Taoiseach and Fine Gael are being urged to clarify their position on fur farming. Currently, they are the only party in the Dail that hasn’t backed Solidarity’s Bill to ban fur farming in Ireland. Tazetta fur farm in Glenties is the only farm in Donegal currently in operation. Minister Michael Creed has

  The Errigal Arts Festival has been described as a major economic boost to the county. This year’s festival was officially launched at Rockhill House Estate with events officially getting underway from the 10th to 28th July. In one of her very first engagements, Newly-elected Leas Cathaoirleach of Donegal County Council Niamh Kennedy launched the

  The Saolta Hospital Group has confirmed a full investigation into the discovery of a medical file in a Letterkenny park will be carried out. The file, containing sensitive medical records of an elderly woman, a patient of Letterkenny University Hospital, was found at the Bernard McGlinchey Town Park. In a statement, Saolta says; ‘Letterkenny

A series of public meetings are to be held to present the draft of the Rosses Irish-Language Plan. The Rosses Language Planning Committee have been working over the past two years to prepare a plan for promoting Irish language in the area, in accordance with the requirements of the Gaeltacht Act 2012. The meetings being

Main Evening News, Sport and Obituaries Monday June 10th:

The ‘mood music’ in talks between Northern Ireland’s political parties is better than at any time in the past two years. That’s according to the Tánaiste, as negotiations to restore power-sharing resume later in Belfast. The latest efforts to bring back a devolved government began on May 7th, after journalist Lyra McKee was killed in

Planning permission has been granted for a new Primary Care Centre to be constructed in Donegal Town. The four storey Primary Care Centre and Ambulance Station at Drumlonagher will be constructed under a public private partnership following an agreement between the HSE, DHM Developments, and Remcoll Ltd. Deputy Pat The Cope Gallagher says this project

Donegal Deputy Pearse Doherty says the Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment has confirmed to him that they have received formal letters withdrawing applications for prospective mining licences in the Glenfin area. He’s now seeking a meeting with Minister Richard Bruton to discuss the issue. Deputy Doherty has praised the local community, saying a

Following the Annual General Meeting of Donegal County Council in Lifford on Friday last, the council’s five Municipal Districts will hold their AGMs on Friday morning next to elect Chairs and Vice Chairs for the year ahead. The county council’s meeting saw the implementation of an inclusive pact, under which Cllr Nicholas Crossan was appointed

Tanaiste Simon Coveney says the navy will not be deployed to Rockall despite calls for that to happen from a Donegal TD. It’s after the Scottish authorities declared Irish vessels fishing there were doing so illegally, and would be challenged. The UK claimed Rockall in 1955, but Ireland, Iceland and Denmark have previously challenged that

DNA results have confirmed that bones found washed up on a Canadian beach are those of Irish Famine victims. The bones are believed to be those of three children who fled starvation in 1847. Darragh Doyle from the EPIC Irish Emigration Museum in Dublin says they were on board a ship which left Sligo with

Irish fishermen are continuing to defy Scotland’s ban on fishing at Rockall for a third day today. Sean O’Donoghue from the Killybegs Fishermens’ Organisation says Irish crews have been legally fishing Rockall for decades. He believes that the Scottish threats represent a major challenge to their livelihood…………. Sinn Fein is among those saying Ireland cannot