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Four men remain in custody this morning, by detectives investigating a car bomb explosion in Derry. Among them, are two men aged 34 and 42 who were arrested in the city yesterday evening. The attack happened outside Bishop Street courthouse on Saturday night. The dissident group the New IRA is suspected of being responsible for

A post mortem is due to be carried out on the body of man who died in a tree felling incident in Creeslough. The man, who was in his 50s and from the locality, was killed at around 4.30 yesterday afternoon. Gardai have confirmed that he was pronounced dead at the scene and his body

  PSNI detectives investigating the murder of Constable Michael Ferguson in Derry in 1993 have made a fresh appeal for information on the 26th anniversary of his murder. The 21 year old from Omagh was shot dead while on duty in Shipquay Street at around 2 o’ clock on the 23rd of January 1993. Detectives

  The Transport Minister has announced a three month extension of the Local Link evening service in rural areas. Existing services were extended last year on a trial basis to address unmet transport needs during evening and night time hours. Since last summer, 65 additional services across the country have been running from 6 to

Two men in their 20s have been arrested in connection with a car bomb in Derry last night. It happened shortly after eight o’clock outside Derry Courthouse. The PSNI say their main line of enquiry is that the attack was the work of dissident republicans. Two men in their 20s have been arrested by the

There’s been widespread condemnation of a suspected car bomb attack close to the Derry courthouse on Bishop Street tonight. Police were in the process of evacuating nearby buildings when the device went off. No injuries have been reported, the area remains sealed off. Foyle MP Elisha Mc Callion said “This incident has shocked the local

A man has died suddenly in the North after being electrocuted at a shed in Co. Derry The Northern Ireland Ambulance service confirmed it received an emergency call around 11.05am yesterday morning. 44 year old Ian Patterson was understood to have been changing a lightbulb in the shed when he was shocked. It’s reported that

It’s emerged that management at Letterkenny University Hospital deployed the full capacity protocol on 318 days last year, up from 242 days in 2017. This morning, there were 22 people awaiting in-patient beds at Letterkenny University Hospital, one of the lowest numbers this week. The latest figures were received by Senator Pádraig Mac Lochlainn, who

Failte Ireland is to invest € 5 million euro to support tourism in Ireland as it ramps up its preparations for Brexit. New figures show Brexit is the biggest concern for 70 percent of businesses involved in the tourism sector. Fáilte Ireland is warning that a hard Brexit could cost more than € 380 million

A €1 million Support Fund has been rolled out to enable over 250 community organisations nationwide pay staff the increased minimum wage. The Community Services Programme Support Fund announced today by Minister Michael Ring will benefit over 980 full-time equivalent staff across the country. €99,550 has been allocated for Donegal to share among 28 organisations.

A Donegal-based couple suspected of planning to engage in a sham marriage have won their legal battle to be allowed to marry. High Court proceedings brought by the couple against the Civil Registration Service and the HSE have been struck out after a superintendent registrar concluded there was no evidence to uphold an initial objection

There were 22 people awaiting in-patient beds at Letterkenny University Hospital this morning, two of them on Emergency Department trolleys. That’s 10 down on yesterday’s figure, according to the latest INMO trolley watch report. Cork University Hospital was the most overcrowded today, with 51 people waiting there. Nationally, there were 460 people waiting at hospitals