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The daughter of the owners of the Caiseal Mara Hotel in Moville says the family could have been attending a funeral today after the building was set alight at the weekend. Aoife Mc Kenna has lived in the hotel with her parents for the past four years, and spoke on today’s Nine til Noon Show

The Sinn Fein Leader has dismissed calls for the party to end it’s policy of abstention from the British House of Commons. Taoiseach Leo Varadkar believes the party should use its votes to boost support for the Brexit deal. A vote on the agreement will take place on December 11th. Mary Lou Mc Donald claims

The TII and appointed contractors have agreed to suspend road works a Cappry, Ballybofey in the run-up to the Christmas period. The works will end on December 7th and recommence on January 7th. A special speed limit will be imposed for the duration however, no traffic management systems will be in place. Cathaoirleach of the

The Campaign for a Clean Estuary in Moville is accusing Irish Water of persisting with a discredited model for a new Moville sewage system. At an information meeting last night, Irish Water representatives presented an outline of their draft plans for a new Moville sewage system, with the campaign claiming the plan is effectively built

Donegal County Council is asking the government to clarify a number of planning issues, amid claims that decisions are being made in the basis of guidelines which the EU has called into question. Cllr Paul Canning raised the issue in the context of the recent decision to house up to 100 asylum seekers in Moville.

Main Evening News, Sport and Obituaries Monday November 26th:

  The Justice Minister has condemned an arson attack on the Caiseal Mara Hotel which was to be used as a direct provision centre, saying it is not representative of the local community. The reception area of the hotel in Moville – which is to be used to accommodate 100 asylum seekers next month –

  There are further calls on Management of Letterkenny University Hospital to provide more accountability over car parking charges. It comes as a new report recommends that car parking charges nationwide be capped at €10 per day. The report, commissioned by the Health Minister also says that hospitals should be required to introduce flexible charging

  Two people remain in police custody after being arrested in connection with the murder of a man in Derry. The 35 year old woman and 51 year old man were arrested after the body of a young man was found in an alleyway, on Creggan Street, at around a quarter to three yesterday morning.

  Donegal county council has been told there is a need for joined up thinking when it comes to policy on signage and posters. Cllr Niamh Kennedy told members that posters are becoming a major issue, and rules need to be enforced. Concern was expressed by Cllr Paul Canning that passing this motion would impact

It’s emerged that the family who own the Caiseal Mara Hotel were in the building when the blaze broke out in the early hours of yesterday morning. The hotel, which is due to house around 100 asylum seekers in the coming weeks, has been extensively damaged in what Gardai are investigating as an arson attack.

Letterkenny has secured €1million from a special Government regeneration fund to revitalise the town and promote enterprise. The funding will go towards creating a masterplan to improve the town centre, housing, public transport, create jobs and enterprise and modernise the overall environment of the town. The Urban Regeneration and Development Fund is one of four

Tourism Ireland is to pump an additional 10 million euro into attracting overseas visitors here next year. 45 million euro will be spent overall and a new global campaign will be launched. 11.2 million people will have visited Ireland by the end of 2018, spending over 6 billion euro while here. CEO of Tourism Ireland,

  Former Taoiseach Bertie Ahern says a hard Brexit is less likely now following the EU leaders summit in Brussels. He’s called on the DUP to work with other parties in the North to re-establish the executive in Stormont. Mr Ahern believes Arlene Foster should take a different approach to the Brexit agreement:

An investigation is continuing into a suspected arson attack at the Caiseal Mara Hotel in Moville. The building which is due to house around 100 asylum seekers in the coming weeks has been extensively damaged after the blaze broke out at 4.30 yesterday morning. A man in his 50s was taken to hospital for treatment

  The Taoiseach believes support for Theresa May’s Brexit deal will increase as it gets closer to a vote in the House of Commons. The draft Withdrawal Agreement was approved by the UK government and EU 27 leaders yesterday at a summit in Brussels. Theresa May now has to win support for the deal in

Hospital car parking charges are ‘a burden on families’ that need to be decreased That’s the view of the Irish Patients Association as plans for capped fees are set to be introduced. Minister for Health, Simon Harris has received a review into the charges and plans to bring in new measures. Stephen McMahon from the

European leaders have agreed to a deal that sets out how Britain will leave the EU. UK and European Union leaders signed off on the Withdrawal Agreement this morning in Brussels – but the deal could still be shot down in the British parliament. There is no Plan B if this Brexit deal fails. That’s