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Main Evening News, Sport and Obituaries Tuesday August 28th:

The British Local Government Minister James Brokenshire was in Derry today for discussions on a potential City Deal for the region, following other recent visits by senior department officials. Among those he met was Foyle MP Elisha Mc Callion, who says momentum is growing around the campaign for a deal. She says today’s talks were

Donegal TD and Leas Chean Comhairle Pat the Cope Gallagher says ththe closure of 159 post offices across the country will be raised in the Dail when it resumes next month. 17 of the post offices are in Donegal. In the meantime, Deputy Gallagher is calling on local communities to organise and campaign to keep

The hosepipe ban has been lifted in the North West, but extended in other 16 counties until Sunday the 30th of September. Irish Water says it’s necessary to conserve water supplies, as levels in rivers lakes and ground sources remain lower than normal. From this coming Friday, the ban will be lifted for 10 counties,

The Presidential election will be held on Friday October 26th. Housing Minister Eoghan Murphy has confirmed he’ll sign the order to hold the Presidential election today. County Councils will be officially able to nominate candidates from Thursday, with many candidates already pitching for their support. Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government Eoghan Murphy outlines

Protests are planned across Northern Ireland later over its lack of a devolved administration. It’s now equalled Belgium’s peacetime record for the longest period without a government. The powersharing executive collapsed 589 days ago – and no date for new talks has been announced. Democratic Unionist leader Arlene Foster wants things to get moving.

It’s emerged that eleven students traveling from Kilmacrennan to Milford will now have to find their own way to school after being refused their bus pass for this current school year. Most pupils are currently on concessionary tickets which mean that they can by law be refused if the school bus has reached capacity. This

The Cathaoirleach of the Stranorlar Municipal District is warning those behind vandalising flower displays in the Twin Towns that they will be apprehended. A number of displays were reportedly tampered with in recent days with Gardai said to be reviewing CCTV in the area. Cllr. Patrick McGowan says such displays cost a considerable amount of

Serious concern has been raised over the future of the Donegal fishing sector with claims that key issues within the sector are being left out of on-going Brexit negotiations. There are fears that if clear future guidelines are not set out before the deadline, local fishermen will be left in limbo. Cllr. Martin McDermott says

A recent meeting on border crime has heard that Gardai in Donegal are working closely with the PSNI and patrols have been increased in affected areas. Parts of south Inishowen have been subject to a heightened amount of suspicious activity in the last couple of months with residents urged to be on the alert. Cllr

A majority of Irish people say that the Pope didn’t go far enough when he addressed clerical abuse during his Irish visit. An Ipsos MRBI Poll carried out yesterday for the Irish Times suggests that around 400 thousand people saw the Pontiff at the various public events over the weekend. But four out of five

It’s claimed spiralling cost of transition year is leaving some parents in financial difficulties. The Society of Saint Vincent De Paul says some schools are asking for up to 900 euro to cover the costs of extra activities in transition year. The charity’s fielded over 6 thousand calls in recent months from parents who are

Main Evening News, Sport and Obituaries Monday August 27th:

It’s emerged that more than 30 soldiers based at Finner Camp in Donegal applied for sick leave ahead of the Pope’s Visit at the weekend, after reports surfaced last week about the pay and conditions they were facing for their extra duties. It’s reported that the majority of them were refused sick leave by army

The Donegal Road Safety Working Group is highlighting the need for care as school starts up again this week. Road Safety Officer Brian O’Donnell says motorists need to be wary of extra traffic on the roads, and also to take care around schools, particularly this week as some children are going to school for the

Senior Conservative MP Jacob Rees-Mogg has come under fire for suggesting people seeking to cross the border post-Brexit would be subject to inspections similar to those during the troubles. Ms Hannah described the comments as “pig ignorant”, and a disturbing warning about the aspirations of extreme Brexiteers. She added “it’s offensive that a senior politician

Only four private nursing homes have taken part in a review of fees charged to residents. The Department of Health’s review on extra charges was promised over a year ago, but so far the ‘additional charges project team’ has visited four private and four publicnursing homes. The examination’s in response to the public’s concern over

The Pope has asked the Irish people to forgive senior members of the clergy who kept quiet about the sex abuse scandals. Pope Francis asked for forgiveness from the survivors of abuse as he addressed hundreds of thousands of people in Phoenix Park. In the final event of his two day visit Pope Francis also