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The local community in North Inishowen has been praised after the response to the loss of a family home in Culdaff last week. Diane Smyth and her children Rachel, Hayden and Jerome lost everything when their rented home was destroyed by fire. Diane’s sister Annette says since then, there’s been a steady stream of people

  Residents in Leitir Ard Estate in Letterkenny are said to be at their wits’ end over various health and safety concerns. There are currently no traffic calming measures in place in the estate and in recent months, it’s reported a child escaped uninjured after being knocked down by a passing car. Meanwhile the green

  The European Affairs Minister says the government is concerned there still hasn’t been decisive progress on Brexit. Helen McEntee has also called on the UK to honour its commitments on the Irish border ahead of a summit of EU leaders tomorrow. The backstop is still the main stumbling block in negotiations. But Helen McEntee

An Post has confirmed that the closure of Dunkineely Post Office will not be reversed. It’s understood that the appeal lodged by the community has been rejected by the Government appointed appeals process for Post Office closures. This is despite a major public campaign locally in a bid to retain the post office there. Donegal

  The EU’s Chief Brexit negotiator will meet with the Tánaiste later to discuss the state of play in Brexit negotiations. Simon Coveney will again stress the government’s position that there needs to be a backstop to prevent a hard border on the island. Talks have stalled ahead of tomorrow’s crucial EU Council meeting. While

Work on the Crolly Water Treatment Plant is set to commence in the coming weeks as part of a €1.2 million project by Irish Water. Upgrade works to the plant will include, new pipework, a new chemical storage building and the upgrade of the monitoring and control systems of the coagulant and flocculation process. This

Main Evening News, Sport and Obituaries Monday October 15th:

Other options are to be explored with a view to establish traffic calming measures in Ballina Estate in Falcarragh. A proposed design had been set up last week as a trial however this was deemed unsuitable as it would take up some car parking facilities in the area. Other suggestions are now to be considered,

With Minister Joe McHugh’s new appointment as Education Minister imminent, there’s further pressure on him to resolve the school bus debacle in South Inishowen. It’s after confirmation from Minister Halligan last week that transportation will be provided to students from Kilmacrennan and Termon wishing to travel to Milford for school. However, students in South Inishowen

Work is to start this week on a new footpath at Killygordon. The footpath is to stretch from the crossroads village to the Red Hughs football club, linking to pathways at Monellan Woods which will equate to 6km The project has come about through a mixture of CLAR funding and Community assisted scheme funding along

  Irish Water is facing criticism after thousands of South Inishowen residents were left without water over the weekend. A major burst in the main supply in Buncrana resulted in many homes and businesses across the peninsula going without water for much of Saturday. Meanwhile a pipe burst has left hundreds of residents on Inch

Serious concern has been raised once again over ambulance response times in Inishowen after a number of recent cases relating to significant delays have been highlighted. In late August it’s been claimed that a man with a suspected stroke had to wait over two hours before an ambulance came to his aid. It later emerged

Talks between the UK’s Brexit secretary and the EU’s chief negotiator have broken down in Brussels over the Irish border issue. Negotiations have been suspended until Wednesday, when Theresa May will meet other EU leaders including the Taoiseach. Meanwhile, a senior Sinn Fein delegation is heading to London today to meet with the British Prime

A Donegal County councillor has requested an urgent meeting with Minister Joe McHugh in relation to the removal of DEIS funding from a number of schools in the Glenties area. Minister McHugh is set to appointed as the new Minister for Education and Skills subject to a Dail vote tomorrow (Tues). Councillor Micheal Choilm MacGiolla

The Alcohol Beverage Federation’s warning a ‘No Deal’ Brexit would be disastrous for the drinks industry across Ireland. The industry group says it would disrupt 23 thousand cross-border truck movements and would apply unnecessary tariffs to supply chains. It also says a no-deal scenario would put 364 million euro worth of trade between the UK

A Letterkenny Municipal District Councillor says it’s important that a full assessment of all housing stock in the area is carried out to check for the presence of MICA. Cllr Adrian Glackin was told that testing has not yet been carried out, but a standard protocol is being developed under which blocks will be checked. Officials

Eir has apologised to customers following a widespread broadband outage yesterday. The company today confirmed the issue leading to the problem had been resolved and service restored. This issue is believed to have affected thousands of customers nationwide, many of whom took to social media complaining about the service disruption.