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    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

National Slow down gets underway this morning. The Garda initiative which aims to reduce the speed of motorists runs for a 24 hour period, commencing today at 7am. During the previous National Slow Down Day in October a motorist was detected travelling at 99 km/h in an 80 km/h zone on the N56 in Donegal.

  A 12-year-old boy and two 17-year-old youths have been arrested following what’s been described as ‘orchestrated’ rioting in Derry. Police were responding to reports of a suspect device outside a polling station in the Moss Park area of the city last night. When attending the scene, five petrol bombs were thrown at officers. The

The latest report from the Western Development Commission has revealed that people in Donegal are travelling further to work. A study of census data by analysts at the WDC suggests the county’s larger towns such as Donegal and Letterkenny are continuing to draw workers away from smaller towns such as Ballybofey/Stranolar, Bunbeg, Ballyshannon and Killybegs.

Police in Derry are appealing for information on the whereabouts of a teenager missing from her home in Magheramason. Police say they are concerned for the whereabouts of Serena McDermott who is believed to have left her home sometime overnight. She is described as being approximately 5ft 5in in height with long dark hair. Police say

There were 27 people awaiting in-patient beds at Letterkenny University Hospital this morning, 10 of them on Emergency Department trolleys. That’s a rise of 11 on yesterday’s figure. Nationally, the INMO says there were 395 admitted patients awaiting beds at hospitals across the country, the highest number, 63, at Cork University Hospital.

  A fast track design has been confirmed for the planned development at St. Eunan’s College in Letterkenny. The school is one of two Donegal school selected nationwide for the latest round of the Adapt design and planning programme. The Department of Education and Skills has confirmed that the competition for a design team for