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A Donegal organisation, which supports all parents of persons with autism is to receive financial support from the HSE. The Buncrana-based charity iCARE, has been awarded grant aid of €35,000. iCARE promotes improved treatment, education, welfare and acceptance for children with autism. Their Chair Angela Tourish says while the funding will keep them afloat in

Police in Australia are investigating the circumstances around an incident which left a young Donegal man seriously injured. 21 year-old Shaun Dunworth from Ramelton was found lying on the road near the Sydney Harbour Bridge in the early hours of yesterday morning. It’s believed he suffered head injuries following a fall. His family have flown

Wanting to live somewhere with a sea view could see you paying up to a third more for a house. New research from DAFT-dot-ie shows a full sea view adds an average of 11 thousand euro to the value of a property. The findings are based on half a million listings over the last decade.

A member of Donegal’s Joint Policing Committee has threatened to resign if plans to reduce the opening hours of Donegal Town’s Garda Station are not reversed. Earlier this year, plans announced by An Garda Síochána to cut opening hours at the station from 24 hours to 12 were met with much opposition. JPC member Lawerence

Assurances have been given that Gardai in Donegal are working on a cross-border basis with the PSNI, in a bid to tackle the surge in criminality in Inishowen over recent weeks. A Sinn Fein delegation met yesterday with Senior Gardai after numerous reports of suspicious actitivty and break ins in the locality. Donegal Senator Padraig

Main Evening News, Sport and Obituaries Monday 30th July:

A Donegal Deputy says the government must urgently review the National Broadband Plan after the withdrawal of SSE from the Enet consortium whichg is the final bidder in the process. Eir, Vodafone and ESB had already withdrawn their interest. There are 500,000 homes across the country still awaiting broadband services, after 300,000 were taken of

Figures published today show that nationally, there are almost 350 vacant hospital consultant posts across the Health Service. There are eight vacancies in Donegal. Five of the them are at Letterkenny University Hospital in General Medicine, Urology, Radiology, Gynaecology and Microbiology. The other three are within the Donegal Mental Health Service, including vacancies in child

The Irish Postmasters Union expects An Post to announce at least two more post office closures in Donegal in August, both of them in Inishowen. Breid Gallagher, the IPU’s Donegal spokesperson expects a total of 15 or 16 to close between now and next January, with the closure of Quigley’s Point and Ballymagan, Buncrana believed

Ireland West Airport in Knock says work has recently been completed on Phase 1 of the airport’s €15m facilities investment plan, which will be complete in 18 months time. The first phase covers new passenger facilities, terminal upgrades and infrastructural works across the airport facility, and also runway resurfacing. Still to come is a comprehensive

Rural communities and prospective entrepreneurs in Donegal are monitoring the latest stumbling block to hit the Government’s Broadband plan to deliver high speed broadband across the country. It follows the withdrawal of SSE from its consortium with Enet as the final bidder. Eir, Vodafone and ESB previously withdrew from the same process earlier this year.

Almost €40,000 of interim funding has been approved for the Bluesstack Foundation in Donegal Town, after it missed out on more substantial investment under the Ability Programme early in the year. The Foundation assists young people with disabilities in south and west Donegal and has thus far been operating soley on voluntary contributions. 36,000 euro

Donegal has been revealed as Ireland’s second luckiest county in terms of lotto wins. Louth has topped the table with 76 players scooping the lotto jackpot since the game began in 1988. The National Lottery has today revealed Irelands Luckiest counties with Donegal and Mayo coming in second and third respectively. Fran Whearty, Communication Executive

Donegal County Council has signed off on two plots of land in the Finn Valley area. The first plot of 4.7 acres allows for the development of the new Finn Harps stadium in Stranolar which was agreed back in 2009. The second plot of 2.1 acres, is for a new all weather pitch, marked for

A number of measures are to be introduced in local schools in a bid to encourage young people to vote. Donegal County Council is to engage with schools in September to raise awareness around the arrangements for registering to vote. Information is to be provided where requested while a member of the Youth Council will