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The AA is urging road users to take extra precautions since the clocks have changed. As the months get darker it’s warning cyclists and pedestrians in particular to increase their visibility. At this time of year, it’s highlighting the importance of checking your lights, wipers and being aware of weather conditions.

Detectives in Coleraine are investigating after another paramilitary style shooting in the Kurin lane area of Garvagh last night. Investigators say a 45-year-old man was shot in both arms and legs after a number of masked men broke into his home in Garvagh just before 10.30pm last night. The victim was also beaten with a

Michael D Higgins topped the poll in Donegal following the first count of ballot papers in Letterkenny’s Aura Leisure Centre today. The incumbent, who is expected to garner 58% of firsts preferences nationwide, secured 15,052 votes. He was followed by Businessman Peter Casey who secured an impressive 12,952 votes. Opinion polls had Mr Casey, who

Early indications from the count centre in the Aura Leisure centre show a tight contest between incumbent Michael D Higgins and businessman Peter Casey. A sample of boxes from both rural and urban areas of Donegal indicate Mr Casey head in Donegal on 38.7% with President Higgins sitting on 34.9%. Mr Casey had been polling

Counting has gotten underway in Letterkenny this morning in the Presidential election and blasphemy referendum. The exit polls suggest Michael D Higgins will comfortably win the election, and that blasphemy will be repealed from the constitution. It looks like a landslide victory for Michael D Higgins with two exit polls putting the current President on

Derry Magistrates Court has heard that Police believe someone could be murdered as part of an ongoing feud within a family of travellers. The Court was told that Gardai are investigating an incident in a bar in Bridgend, Co Donegal which may be linked to the feud. Eamonn Stokes, 23, of Glengalliagh Park in Derry

A man has been taken to hospital following a crash on the main Lifford to Ballindrait Road this morning. At around 9:45am, two articulated trucks crashed with the road closed for a period. Gardai say the driver was taken to Letterkenny University Hospital as a precaution. The road has since reopened.

The family of a young Donegal boy who was left with medical debris in his throat following a surgery have received €12,500 in compensation. Jill Johnston, of Corkey, Manorcunningham, Letterkenny, told Circuit Court President, Justice Raymond Groarke that the main reason she instituted proceedings was to ensure “this does not happen again to some other

Police in Derry are appealing for information as to the whereabouts of a remand prisoner who is unlawfully at large. 30 year old James Donegan, who is awaiting sentencing for a number of serious offences including attempted hijacking, did not return to custody as required on Monday 22nd October, after being granted compassionate bail by

Police in Derry are appealing for witnesses and information following the report of a hate incident that occurred in the Ballymagroarty area of the city on Wednesday night.  Police received a report around 9.50am yesterday (Thursday, October 25) that sometime between 9.30 pm and 10.00pm on Wednesday night, a man out walking a dog in the

Letterkenny University Hospital was the third most overcrowded hospital in Ireland today with 25 people awaiting admission there this morning. Six people were on trolleys in its Emergency Department while a further 19 were waiting on wards. University Hospital Limerick was the most overcrowded with 48 people waiting there. Nationally, there were 312 people waiting

Parents of thousands of pupils have an anxious wait over the midterm break to hear if their child’s school is safe. Over 40 schools including Letterkenny Educate Together are being examined. The Department of Education has been in contact with all schools constructed by Western Building Systems, the company at the centre of the controversy.

The Taoiseach says he’ll be listening to all sides of the community in relation to Brexit and the peace process, when he visits Derry later. Leo Varadkar will be meeting senior members of the loyalist Apprentice Boys at the start of the visit. Later he’ll meet community members in the nationalist Creggan area. This evening

Polls have opened across the country for the Presidential election and blasphemy referendum. People will have until this evening to cast their vote. After a largely low-key campaign people will have the chance today to elect the President of Ireland. Incumbent Michael D Higgins is seeking re-election to Áras an Uachtarain – the first sitting

  A Donegal man, the owner of a debt recovery business who used fraudulent documents to obtain a €71,000 mortgage for his family home has been ordered to complete 240 hours of community service. Dublin Circuit Criminal Court heard that 49 year old Kevin Molloy still lives in the home with his family, is paying

There are fears the ill-fated National Broadband Plan could cost more than 3 billion euro – six times the original estimate for the state programme. The Irish Times says officials are now working on a ‘plan B’ in case the whole project collapses. Rollout of the plan was put in jeopardy earlier this month when

Over 300 fireworks and 100 firework fuses have been recovered from a property in Derry during an early morning raid. Detectives from the Terrorism Investigation Unit supported by local officers recovered 330 functioning fireworks and 100 fuses that had been removed from other fireworks following a search of a property in the city last night.