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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 fifth of our election debates, we focused on the North Inishowen District where

A Donegal woman who was raped while working at a gaming convention in Dublin almost four years ago welcomed a Court of Appeal ruling upholding the 12-year prison sentence imposed on her rapist. 30 year Keith Hearne, of Allenton Drive, Tallaght, Dublin 24 pleaded guilty to two counts of rape, one count of oral rape

Gardai in Donegal are exploring possible links to burglaries carried out yesterday in the Inishowen area and reports from PSNI of a number of elderly people being targeted in a spate of similar incidents across the Strabane and Castlederg areas yesterday afternoon. Between 2pm yesterday afternoon and 6:30pm, two properties were targeted in the Muff

Formal approval has been granted for the Dungloe Community Housing project to proceed to construction stage immediately. The project, funded by the Department of Housing consists of 3 housing units providing accomodation for 12 people and 4 individual self-contained bedrooms at Fair Hill. There were a number of issues recently highlighted by the HSE over

Efforts to restore power-sharing in Northern Ireland will continue today. Political leaders in the North spoke with British Prime Minister Theresa May yesterday as efforts continue to secure the return of devolved government at Stormont. Negotiations between Sinn Fein and the DUP to restore the north’s Government began last week – over two years after

Sinn Fein is calling for a rent tax relief following the latest Daft.ie report which revealed the average rent in Ireland is now €1,300, at a time when the number of available properties is at an all time low. The average rent in Donegal is up 8.5% compared to the same period last year. Renting

The Department of Education has been criticised over the continuous delays in progressing a new building for Moville Community College. Local election candidate Marie Duffy says it is totally unacceptable that the college has been waiting 15 years now for a new permanent building to replace the existing prefabs. The Department of Education has devolved

There may be progress on the horizon for the long awaited Three School Campus in Buncrana. Donegal Education and Training Board was told at a meeting last evening that another site is being assessed, and initial discussions have been “positive”. No details about the new site have been disclosed, but we understand it was one

Ireland’s publicans have expressed anger at the lack of Government support for rural communities. The Vintners’ Federation of Ireland strongly criticised the Government for abandoning rural communities in the wake of changes to the drink-driving legislation introduced last October. They say there hasn’t been thought put into providing alternative transport solutions and are holding their

The UK’s ambassador to Ireland says the Good Friday Agreement will be protected, no matter what happens with Brexit. Robin Barnett was speaking at a gathering of the British Irish Parliamentary Assembly in Wicklow. Climate Change and Brexit were the two crucial issues being discussed by politicians from across both islands. Ambassador Robin Barnett says

A European Election candidate says there is no point in designating areas like Letterkenny as ‘Gateway Towns’, if there isn’t follow up funding available to develop and rejuvenate the smaller towns beyond them. Fine Gael candidate Maria Walsh was speaking as she begins a three day visit to Donegal as part of her campaign. Ms

  There are fears that the school transport debacle in Kilmacrennan and Termon may arise again after reports that the tender for the bus is not being renewed. Last September, up to 32 students from the area wishing to travel to Milford for school missed out on bus places because they had concessionary tickets and

  A number of homes in Clonmany were said to be seconds from being flooded after torrential rain on Friday afternoon. The river running nearby burst its banks as it was unable to cope with the heavy rainfall. Efforts were made locally in a bid to stop the water from going into some of the

  There are calls for an urgent review of the recruitment policy at Letterkenny University Hospital. It follows concern locally that there’s too much red tape around the current process and the time-gap between a position being advertised to the date it is filled is far too long. Cllr Ciaran Brogan believes that handing the

  There’s pressure on the Government to sign off on a Mica Redress Scheme at a cabinet meeting tomorrow. Housing Minister Eoghan Murphy said in recent days that it was anticipated the scheme would be brought before cabinet this week. A redress scheme was first promised in October last year. Senator Padraig MacLochlainn believes that

    88 percent of people feel the prospect of Brexit isn’t impacting on their saving decisions. That’s down slightly on the same time last year, according to the latest Bank of Ireland/ESRI Savings and Investment Index for April. The survey found half of those concerned about Brexit when it came to their savings were