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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.

  The HSE has confirmed that plans to build a new Primary Care Centre at Donegal Town are progressing as planned. This new development will provide state of the art facilities to accommodate a range of primary care services within a single Primary Care facility. This new facility will accommodate a wide range of services

Letterkenny Educate Together National School is to be examined by independent teams and Department of Education officials over the next week. Talks will get underway today between the Department of Education and Western Buildings Systems. The company constructed over 40 schools here, and some have been found to be structurally unsafe. Tyrrelstown Educate Together and

The first votes in both the Presidential Election and referendum on blasphemy will be cast today as people living on islands off the coast of Donegal and the west coast of Ireland have their say. The rest of the country goes to the polls tomorrow. In the northwest, over 700 residents are registered to vote

  There were 20 people awaiting admission to Letterkenny University Hospital this morning according to the latest trolley watch report. Two people were on trolleys in its Emergency Department while a further 18 were waiting on wards. University Hospital Limerick was the most overcrowded today with 63 people waiting there. Nationally, there were 391 people

Confidence and supply talks between Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil will begin this afternoon. The two parties will meet to discuss the deal that’s keeping the government in place. Negotiating teams for Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil will sit down this afternoon to begin reviewing the deal that keeps the government in place. Simon Coveney,

A 21 year old man has been arrested following two burglaries in the Sion Mills area at the weekend. St Theresa’s Church and a restaurant across the street were both targeted by thieves in the early hours of Sunday morning. Two tills and an ATM reader were stolen from the restaurant. The man, who was

Revenue has warned of a new ‘tax payment’ scam doing the rounds. They say a scammer has been phoning people claiming to be from the Revenue – and demanding a tax payment. The fake Revenue official states that a criminal case is being taken against them in order to receive personal information. Revenue is advising

Submissions have been delivered to Senior Management of An Post today on behalf of the communities in Bun Beag and Bun na Leca in a bid to halt the imminent closure of the local post offices. The documents, outlining a number of arguments in favour of retaining the branches were compiled in consultation with local

The Government has been heavily criticised after revelations that none of the extra €18m to help repair storm damaged roads is going to be allocated to Donegal. Additional funding is to be made to local authorities under a new ‘Special Maintenance Grant’ to assist in the repair of regional and local roads damaged by severe

  Irish Water, in partnership with Donegal County Council, is working to develop a plan for the provision of a sewerage scheme for the residents and businesses of Gweedore. The utility say that the solution will meet the needs of the local community and ensure compliance with the Urban Wastewater Treatment Directive. This will ensure

There were 27 people awaiting admission to Letterkenny University Hospital this morning according to the latest trolley watch report. Six people were on trolleys in its Emergency Department while a further 21 were waiting on wards. University Hospital Limerick was the most overcrowded today with 56 people waiting there. Nationally, there were 415 people waiting

  Investigations by experts at the National Museum of Ireland have confirmed that the four gold rings unearthed in Tullydonnell Lower, Donegal earlier this year, date back to the late Bronze Age. The hoard of gold, which goes on public display at the National Museum of Ireland from today, is among the heaviest hoards of

In response to the publication of the latest EPA report which found Irish Water isn’t doing enough in waste water treatment infrastructure, the utility says their investment in wastewater treatment is being felt by communities across the country including Donegal as new wastewater plants are built and more are being upgraded. The report from the