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An investigation has been launched into the death of a woman in Killygordon. Gardaí were called to a house in the early hours of this morning and it’s understood that two young children were removed via ambulance. The house and surrounding area has since been sealed off with the scene currently being examined by forensic

Irish Water has confirmed that it is to extend its water main at Malin head after an extensive lobby from local residents and businesses. Previously, Irish Water had laid new pipes as far as the chapel. Now, local Cllr Martin McDermott says he’s been promised that the new pipe will be extended following numerous bursts

  A Donegal based nursing home group has secured a €10m deal which will see it increase its bed capacity to 1,000 by 2020. BGF has made its first investment in the Republic with the acquisition of a stake in Brindley Healthcare. Brindley, which now has 400 beds in eight nursing homes across the country,

There’s said to be a record level of public interest in the consultation on exemptions from Irish in schools. Education Minister Joe McHugh has now extended the consultation period with over 2,100 responses already submitted to the online survey. The consultation is seeking views on the way students can apply to be exempted from the

The Taoiseach says work is ongoing to stockpile medicines in the event of a no deal Brexit. Concerns are being raised about the availability of prescription drugs after March, if the UK crashes out of the EU without a deal. While big pharmaceutical companies are located in Ireland, many generic brands of medicines are made

The new All Ireland Movement initiated by former Sinn Fein TD Peadar Tóibín will hold its first public meeting in the Clanree, Hotel in Letterkenny next Tuesday. Deputy Tóibín says he’s had an avalanche of support have had an avalanche of support, with 1,400 people already signed up and 20 Cumainn established. He says the

Donegal Action for Cancer Care says it will be pressing Donegal County Council to ensure that 50 disabled parking bay signs are erected across the county before the end of the month. Last year, the council agreed that new signs would be placed on 10 disabled parking bays in each Municipal District by the end

A Letterkenny based councillor says CCTV may have to be considered as a deterrent after another life belt was removed from the pedestrian bridge over the Swilly at Oldtown. It comes just weeks after a similar incident, which was widely condemned. Cllr Gerry Mc Monagle says on that occasion, members of the 3 Rivers Search

The Donegal Abortion Rights Campaign Group says the focus now will be on ensuring free, safe, legal and local abortion for women who choose to avail of the services which are legally available for the first time in Ireland. While welcoming legal access to abortion services becoming available on January 1st, Donegal ARC believe waiting

Sinn Fein says the trolley crisis in our hospitals will get worse in 2019. The party’s health spokesperson Louise O’Reilly says a “radical change” in government health policy is needed to tackle the issue. Yesterday, INMO figures showed the number of people awaiting in-patient beds was down to 366 from 656 on the same day

The total new car registrations for the year 2018 is down over 4%. According to statistics released today by the Society of the Irish Motor Industry the total new car registrations for the year 2018 finished, at 125,557 4.4% down on 2017. In Donegal the total new car registrations from the period January to December

It’s emerged that the first salmon of 2019 was caught in Donegal. Inland Fisheries Ireland have confirmed that Derry angler Michael McCann from Templeard Derry landed the salmon in the Garden Pool on the Lackagh River at 9.25 yesterday morning. The salmon, which weighed approximately five pounds and was caught on a single barbless hook

This morning, Letterkenny University Hospital was the fourth most overcrowded in the country with 26 people awaiting in-patient beds, four of them on Emergency Department trolleys. Nationally, there were 366 people awaiting beds, with the highest number, 48, at University Hospital, Limerick. Meanwhile, Senator Padraig Mac Lochlainn is rejecting the government claim that this is

  A number of warning signs have been erected on Carrickfinn beach after a child partially sank in moving sands at the weekend. The incident happened when the three year old was walking on the beach with his mother. It’s understood that the mother came to the child’s rescue after he sank up to his

The Donegal Domestic Violence Centre was full to capacity over the Christmas period. It’s understood that the centre has seen a huge increase in the number of calls and requests for help over the last few weeks with the centre having to seek assistance from other facilities to cope with the demand. It comes as

  Irish nursing unions claim 2018 was the worst year on record for hospital overcrowding. Figures released today by the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation say a record 108,227 patients went without hospital beds – a nine percent increase on 2017. In Letterkenny University Hospital, the increase was five percent, with a  total of 5,174

  House prices are expected to rise by around 5 per cent in 2019. That’s according to the latest house price report from MyHome.ie. It shows prices nationally fell by 0.9% in the last 3 months of 2018 and were unchanged in Dublin. The average house price across the country is now 266 thousand euro.

A new survey has found that Brexit will have a huge impact on house prices in 2019, particularly in counties such as Donegal. ON average prices could rise could rise by 4.2 percent next year, according to research carried out by Real Estate Alliance, but they are warning that a hard Brexit would take Ireland

Hospital waiting lists have dropped by a third compared to this time last year. The HSE has given an update on its Winter Plan, with figures showing 224 patients were waiting to be admitted to hospital from Emergency Departments. South Tipperary Hospital and University Hospital Limerick were among those with the highest waiting numbers. Over

An overnight fire in Buncrana is being treated as malicious. Shortly before 3.45 this morning, a fire was reported in a caged oil tank serving a HSE office building at the car park in the centre of Buncrana. The area also includes shops, restaurants and a bank. There was some damage caused to the roof

  Presidential candidate Peter Casey has told Highland Radio that as far as he is concerned, his life in politics is not over, and he will be making an announcement shortly. Speaking to Greg Hughes and his panel on a special edition of the Nine til Noon Show, Mr Casey would not say whether or

There’s been a drop in the number of people who have died on Irish roads this year, but in Donegal, the year on year figure has almost doubled. Six people have lost their lives over Christmas bringing the death toll so far to 151. The latest deaths happened yesterday, in separate crashes in Cork and

There’s been a 22 per cent increase in the number of people from the UK applying for Irish passports. New figures show 98,544 applications were processed by the Passport Service for residents in the UK this year alone. Over 822,000 passports were issued in 2018, with more than 6,500 applying in a single day. The