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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

  A Donegal Deputy says he will be protesting during Donald Trump’s visit to Ireland. His party, Sinn Féin says they will be organising protests around the US President’s expected visit next month. The Taoiseach has said the office of the President needs to be respected. But Deputy Doherty says he does not agree with

  Up to 17-thousand hospital staff around the country could be set to strike next month. SIPTU has been balloting staff in health-service support grades in 36 hospitals. The result of the vote will be revealed this morning. Paul Bell, the union’s health division organiser, says early indications are in favour of a strike in

  Gardai have confirmed that a third Garda has been allocated to the Community Policing Unit in Letterkenny. The Chair of Donegal’s Joint Policing Committee has welcomed the announcement after repeated calls were made for more resources to be deployed to the town to help tackle a recent spike in anti social activity. Councillor Gerry

Donegal County Council is to examine whether there is a need for more road safety signage in Churchill and Glenswilly. The issue was raised at a Letterkenny Municipal District meeting by Cllr Adrian Glackin, who said the issue is particularly important in Churchill, since the opening of a new play park there. Cllr Glackin says

The Tánaiste has accused Sinn Féin of hunting for cheap headlines rather than addressing the housing crisis. The government came under fire in the Dáil for its handling of the housing crisis. Donegal Deputy Pearse Doherty told Ministers that action is needed rather than heckling from the Government benches. The Sinn Fein Finance Spokesperson says

The people go to the polls on May 24th to elect a new Donegal County Council. Over the next 11 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 first of our election debates, we focus on the Stranorlar

The Government is facing further criticism over the ongoing failure to adequately resource and overhaul diabetes services in Donegal. Patients in the county have been experiencing challenges in accessing podiatry services locally due to no replacement podiatrist being posted at Letterkenny University Hospital. A further concern highlighted by Donegal Senator Padraig MacLochlainn is the lack

Laws need to change to avoid a repeat of the cost overruns at the National Children’s Hospital. That’s according to a South Donegal Deputy who says it’s madness that the government’s top procurement official could be on the board of the hospital, and not pass information to his Department. Paul Quinn is on the hospital’s

Irish Water has confirmed today that they hope to commence work on upgrading problematic water pipes in Falcarragh this Autumn. Engineers from Irish Water met with Councillors from the Gortahork and Falcarragh areas this morning to discuss the utility’s plans to replace two sections of water pipes that are prone to frequent bursts. The meeting