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Locals in Falcarragh have been left angered once again following yet another water outage in the area. A burst on an outlet pipe in Rocktown has left people in the surrounding areas, as well as Falcarragh main street left without water. Irish Water is on site working to rectify the issue however it’s anticipated it

Boris Johnson is the overwhelming favourite among Tory activists to succeed Theresa May as PM. A poll for The Times puts the former foreign secretary well ahead of his nearest rival, fellow Brexiteer Dominic Raab. There’s growing pressure on the Prime Minister, with her withdrawal deal being brought back to Parliament in under three weeks.

A further school climate strike is planned for Donegal. Its in response to the Dail’s declaration of a climate emergency. The strike coincides with local and European elections and will see students across the continent take to the streets to demand proper and adequate action is taken to tackle climate change. Students will be striking

There’s growing frustration over delays in progressing the Moville Community College extension project. €10 million in funding was ringfenced for the extension in 2015 but to date no work has been carried out. Its emerged that a new architect has been appointed for the project. However, Councillor Martin Farren says work has to be complete

A Donegal councillor says there is a need for diabetes clinics in every community, and education programmes in every school. Cllr Frank Mc Brearty, himself a diabetic, is backing calls for more progress on a Centre of Excellence at Letterkenny University Hospital, and the immediate recruitment of a replacement podiatrist. However, Cllr Mc Brearty says

There are calls for new legislation to tackle littering while the Government is also being urged to develop a long term plan for dealing with waste management. It comes as figures show that just 41% of litter fines issued in Donegal in 2017 were actually paid. There are also claims that current legislation could mean

The people go to the polls on May 24th to elect a new Donegal County Council. Over the next 10 days, between 11am and Noon, we will host a debate concentrating on each of the 6 districts in the Highland Radio Franchise area In the second of our election debates, we focus on the Letterkenny

The people go to the polls on May 24th to elect a new Donegal County Council. Between now and then we will host a series of debates concentrating on each of the 6 districts in the Highland Radio Franchise area. In the eighth of our election debates, we returned to the Letterkenny Municple District where

Further searches for Aidan Baldrick are to continue in Letterkenny and Derry over the weekend. It’s exactly one week on since the 33 year old went missing from Derry with a confirmed sighting at the Station roundabout in Letterkenny last weekend. Aidan is approximately 5ft 8in in height and of medium build and had been

Prosecution for littering offenses is both ineffective and inadequate in Ireland. That’s according to new research carried out by environmental group VOICE, which shows less than half of littering fines are actually paid. The research shows that 59 fines were issued in Donegal in 2017 but only 24 were paid, equating to just 41%. Mindy

    More than a dozen people have come forward to make allegations of historical child abuse in County Fermanagh. One woman has told the Impartial Reporter newspaper that her childminder sold her and other youngsters to paedophiles. The PSNI says it’s set up a specialist investigation team to look into the claims, as Detective

  A public meeting is taking place in Inishowen tonight over a number of local concerns. Key issues to be discussed include infrastructural and investment needs in Donegal and family concerns in relation to the Relationship & Sexuality Education. It’s getting underway in the Inishowen Gateway Hotel at 7.45pm MEP candidate Fidelma Healy Eames will