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Following a public consultation it has been decided that the new 3G pitch at Melvin in Strabane is to be named in honour of the late Felix McCrossan. Derry City and Strabane District Council’s Health and Communities Committee have this week, fully endorsed a recommendation to adopt the outcome of the recent consultation and name

Main Evening News, Sport, Nuacht and Obituaries Friday October 12th:

Concern has been raised over a serious case of illegal dumping in West Donegal. Up to a thousand used beer cans and other items were discovered strewn in a rural area of Ghaoth Dobhair in recent days. Donegal County Council has been informed of the matter. Local Councillor Micheal Cholm MacGiolla Easbuig says there is

  €20,000 has been allocated to Donegal Parish Church in Donegal Town to carry out urgent repair works. A Save Our Spire campaign was launched earlier this year after concerns were raised that conditions would rapidly deteriorate unless funding was secured. The funding provided by the Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht will go

A young family are said to have had a lucky escape after their home was gutted in an overnight house fire in Culdaff. The alarm was raised at around 2.30 this morning and while the emergency services reportedly attended the scene within the minutes, the fire had already destroyed the house. A mother and her

Northern Ireland’s Department of Health has announced that doctors will be able to prescribe medicinal cannabis products to patients from next month. In a statement from the Department they say they will be taking measures to enable patients for the first time in Northern Ireland to be prescribed cannabis-based medicinal products without a licence. West

Parents of second level students who have been denied school transport in South Inishowen will be expecting their issues to be addressed next week in the same way that a similar situation in the Milford catchment was resolved yesterday. A commitment was given to a parents’ delegation from Termon and Kilmacrennan in the Dail yesterday

It’s been confirmed that the proposed site for planned the three school campus in Buncrana has indeed been sold. Some confusion arose in recent days after the Education Minister declared that he was not aware that the site had been sold to a third party and was of the opinion that negotiations were progressing. Cllr.

A Donegal Deputy has described the broadband saga as yet another major blow to homes and businesses in the county. Deputy Pearse Doherty says areas of Donegal have endured a poor broadband service for long enough. He fears that this latest development will only kick the can further down the road: The future of the

Thousands of homes and businesses are without power this morning after Storm Callum hit the country with high winds overnight. Nearly 2500 homes and businesses are currently without power in the Derrybeg area with the restoration time there unknown at this point. A Status Orange Weather alert is in effect in coastal counties right around

The plan to deliver high speed broadband to every home in Ireland is now in doubt following the resignation of the Communications Minister. Denis Naughten stepped down yesterday after it emerged he held a number of private meetings with businessman David McCourt, who is involved in the bid for the National Broadband Plan tender. Taoiseach

Donegal County Council is being urged to seek a hard shoulder and climbing lane on the new Bluebanks to Letterkenny scheme which is under construction on the N56. Cllr John O’Donnell raised the issue at a Municipal District meeting this week, but was told by officials that a climbing lane was determined not to be

Funding has been secured by Letterkenny Institute of Technology in support of the Memorandum of Understanding signed in February by the four main education providers on both sides of the border. €250,000 has been allocated to strengthen links between LYIT, Ulster University, North West Regional College and Donegal ETB. LYIT President Paul Hannigan says the

Main Evening News, Sport and Obituaries Thursday October 11th:

Minister John Halligan has met with a delegation of parents from the Milford catchment area, and confirmed the school transport issue will be resolved. Mairead Giles is a spokesperson for the parents, she says this is the breakthrough they’ve been waiting for……..  

The minister with responsibility for school transport has told his department officials to find an immediate resolution to the impasse over school transport in the Milford area of Donegal. Over 30 pupils have been left without bus tickets, even though it’s claimed the vast majority qualify as of right. A number of parents are in

Transport Infrastructure Ireland and Donegal County Council are being urged to take action on a dangerous stretch of road outside Ardara. The road, near Brackey Bridge, has seen a number of accidents in recent years. In the past few weeks, residents say a wall was damaged when a car hit it. An hour earlier, children

Serious concern has been raised after drug paraphernalia was discovered at a children’s play park in Strabane. A local parent noticed the paraphernalia walking through Courtrai Park this morning. Both the police and the Council have been contacted regarding the matter. West Tyrone MLA Daniel McCrossan says this an ongoing issue and one that needs

A Donegal councillor says elected members should have more say in the planning and location of Sewage Treatment Plants. Cllr Liam Blaney this week asked Donegal County Council to clariofy if it was planning a single plant to service Milford, Ramelton and Rathmullan as is now being proposed by Irish Water. He was told that

As Storm Callum is set to hit the North West later tonight a Donegal County Councillor says he has been reassured that the local authority has an effective contingency plan in place. An orange weather warning will be in place for all coastal counties from 10pm, and will be valid until tomorrow morning. Cllr John