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Counting is underway in the Milford Local Electoral Area and will confirm that John O’Donnell will top the poll. Despite being the focus of an RTE investigation and a SIPO probe, for every 4 people that voted in Milford, 1 voted for Councillor O’Donnell. Liam Blaney of Fianna Fáil warned against apathy among this supporters […]

Fianna Fáil well on course for at least two seats in Letterkenny with one of the big stories being that Sinn Féin, barring a miracle, will lose one of its two seats. Counting got underway at the Aura Leisure Centre at 9am. Ciaran Brogan (FF) is on 1,522 first preferences is set to top the

As counting proper gets underway in the local elections, Cllr Gerry Mc Monagle has conceded that Sinn Fein will lose a seat in Letterkenny. At the Aura Leisure Centre in Letterkenny this morning, he acknowledged he is in a battle with party colleague and fellow councillor Adrian Glackin, but told Greg Hughes that he will

Ireland has voted overwhelmingly to ease restrictions on divorce and recognise foreign divorces. In a landslide vote – the second biggest since the Good Friday agreement – the country voted 82% Yes to 18% No in the divorce referendum. The result was announced at 4.30 am this morning. Donegal voted yes by 77% – 23%.

    The final tallies are in for the Glenties Electoral area which show Cllr Michael Cholm MacGiolla Easbuig in the lead.  Cllr John Sheamus O’Fearraigh comes in second with 11.5%. Cllr Marie Therese Gallagher is at 9% while Fine Gael candidate Michael McClafferty, FF candidate Noreen McGarvey and Cllr Seamus O’Domhnaill are all coming

  The latest tallies from the Stranorlar/Lifford electoral area have sitting Cllr Gary Doherty in the lead with 17.5%. Just under half of the boxes for this area have been open so far so it’s early doors. The tallies do however indicate that all sitting Cllrs, Gerry Crawford, Liam Doherty, Martin Harley, Frank McBrearty and

Cllr Noel Jordan looks set to top the poll in what is set to be a very long count in Donegal Town. These are the final tallies, excluding one box which has to be opened privately because of the small number of votes within it.

  It’s thought that the outgoing Cathaoirleach of Donegal County Council Cllr Seamus O’Domhnaill has a lot of ground to make up after more boxes open from the Glenties Electoral area. The sitting Cllr is coming in at just 5.2% of the vote according to early tallies. Meanwhile, other sitting Cllrs Michael Cholm Mac Giolla

The big question now in the Donegal Electoral Area is will Michael Naughton (FF) or Niamh Kennedy (Ind) top the poll. With eight boxes left to tally, the situation is – Michael Naughton    (FF)        1015   9.5% Niamh Kennedy   (Ind)            1000   9.3% Noel Jordan       

    Early tallies for the Glenties electoral area show that Independent Cllr Michael Cholm Mac Giolla Easbuig is the early front and runner on course to retain his seat.  15 boxes have so far been opened and tallies have indicated that Cllr Mac Giolla Easbuig has 14.9% of the vote followed closely by SF

      Three candidates in the South Inishowen MD could exceed the quota tomorrow as final tallies for the area have been assessed. Sitting Cllrs Paul Canning, Rena Donaghey and Jack Murray are all deemed ‘safe’ according to today’s tallies. If the tallies come to fruition, this would be the first time in the

    Boxes are beginning to be sorted from the newly named Lifford/Stranorlar Municipal District with early tallies indicating that Fine Gael Cllr Martin Harley could top the poll. So far, the sitting Cllr has 22.6% of the vote followed by Fianna Fail Cllr Patrick McGowan with 16.6%. Cllr Frank McBrearty who is running for

Donegal Sinn Fein Senator Pádraig Mac Lochlainn has been giving his reaction to the political performance of parties in the Midlands Northwest Constituency in the race for election to the European Parliament:

The counting of ballots is continuing for the Letterkenny area. With 50% of boxes yet to be opened, Fianna Fail’s Ciaran Brogan is polling well along with Michael McBride (Indep), Kevin Bradley (Indep), Jimmy Kavanagh (Fine Gael) and Donal Coyle (Fianna Fail) We’ll have a full tally available once the remainder of the ballot boxes

Local election candidate for South Inishowen Michelle McKenna has said her latest tally result in the local election count is soul destroying. It’s after it was indicated the Fine Gael candidate received only approximately 4% of first preferences during voting yesterday. All tallies are subject to change as official counting gets underway tomorrow. She gave

Cllr Albert Doherty (Sinn Fein) – 16.9% Arthur McGuinness (Independant) – 1.9% Marie Duffy (Fianna Fail) – 10.2% Mary-Rose Doherty (Aontu) – 2.7% Cllr Martin Farren (Labour) – 21.3% Cllr Bernard McGuinness (Fine Gael) – 14.4% Cllr Martin McDermott (Fianna Fail) – 28.6% Tracey Cullen (Independant) – 3.9%

Mickey Doherty FG 5.2% Jack Murray SF 16.8% Sinead Stewart Ind 4% Joe Murphy Aontu 2.2% Paul Canning FF 24% Mark McKinney Ind 1% Terry Crossan SF 10.3% Michelle McKenna FG 4% Frankie Lavelle Ind 4% Nicholas Crossan Ind 11.4% Rena Donaghey FF 16.9%

The Gardaí have thanked all those involved in and supported their National Slow Down campaign which ran yesterday. In total during the 24 hours between 7am yesterday and the same time this morning, An Garda Síochána and GoSafe checked 195,768 vehicles and detected 304 vehicles travelling in excess of the applicable speed limit. Of those,

A 32 year old man has been arrested in the Strabane area under the Terrorism Act by detectives from PSNI’s Terrorism Investigation Unit. The man was arrested on suspicion of membership of a proscribed organisation as part of an ongoing investigation into dissident republican activity linked to the New IRA. He was also arrested in

The mental-health watchdog has found serious issues with a facility in Sligo. It wasn’t in good condition, inside or out. The Mental Health Commission carried out its annual inspection of the Sligo/Leitrim Mental Health Inpatient Unit in Sligo town. The 32-bed premises was deemed ‘noncompliant’, with a ‘high-risk’ rating. The watchdog claimed it wasn’t in

The polls have closed and voters in Donegal have had their chance to cast their vote in the local and European elections. The sorting of boxes will commence this morning in Letterkenny and the official count of the local election ballot papers will take place tomorrow. The electorate of Donegal took to the polls yesterday

An RTE/TG4 Red C Exit Poll released on Friday night shows that Fine Gael’s Mairead McGuinness is set to top the poll in the Midlands North West constituency with 25% of first preferences. Ms McGuinness should comfortably retain her seat in the EU elections with the quota likely to be around 20%. Sinn Fein’s Matt

With 85 candidates, 37 seats and an electorate of 132,000 it will be a busy weekend as we found out the make-up of the new Donegal County Council. With coverage onair, online and across social media staying with Highland Radio, Donegal’s Number 1 multimedia platform, means you won’t miss a thing. The separation of votes

A 12 year old boy is due to appear at Derry Magistrates Court next month after being charged in connection with disorder in the Moss Park area of the city last evening. The boy is charged with possessing article with intent to damage property and riotous behaviour and is due to appear in court on

The National Treatment Purchase Fund has carried out an audit on how waiting lists are managed at a nine hospitals, including Letterkenny University Hospital. The report found procedures were partly in line with national protocols, but a number of issues were identified, which the hosptial has pledged to address. Health Minister Simon Harris has noted

  There were 31 people awaiting admission to Letterkenny University Hospital this morning according to the latest trolley watch report. 11 people were on trolleys in its Emergency while a further 20 were waiting on wards. The number is up 4 on yesterdays figure of 27. Cork University Hospital was the most overcrowded today with

  Donegal County has announced funding opportunities for Culture, Creative and Local Legacy initiatives. Groups are being invited to apply for funding to Donegal County Council under two grant schemes currently open namely the Donegal Culture & Creativity Grants Scheme and the Local Legacies 1919/2019 grant scheme. These funding opportunities are being made available through

  People across Donegal will cast their votes today in the local and European elections. As voters go to the polls they will also be asked to have their say on whether or not they agree with amending the provisions of the institution relating to divorce. Polling stations are open from 7am to 10pm. There