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Britain’s Brexit Secretary says he’s confident a workable solution can be found for the Irish border. But Dominic Raab has insisted the backstop measure can only be in place for a limited amount of time. He was speaking in Brussels yesterday following a meeting with the EU’s chief Brexit negotiator Michael Barnier. Dominic Raab insists

Main Evening News, Sport and Obituaries Thursday 26th July:

Over €697,000 is being invested in coastal based projects in Donegal under the Fisheries Local Area Action Group Strategy. The FLAG programme, whicyh promotes sustainable marine development, is administered by BIM, which is promising a €12 million national investment by 2020. Donegal is covered under FLAG North, with 47 coastal projects in the county being

Cannabis-based medicines will soon be available on prescription in the UK – after cases like that of Billy Caldwell from Castlederg. The Home Secretary’s making them legal across Britain from the autumn. A review had recommended the change but the Government has said it’s not a first-step to legalising cannabis for recreational use. Billy’s mum

Brexit talks resume in Brussels today. The UK and EU’s chief negotiators Dominic Raab and Michel Barnier are to meet for face-to-face talks amid increasing fears of a ‘hard brexit”. The British Brexit Secretary says he’s confident a deal can be reached so long as the EU fulfils it’s side of the bargain. Tanaiste and

Irish Water has been urged to maintain the Eddie Fullerton Dam to a high standard after concerns were raised once again over its current dilapidated state. The upkeep of the amenity was once the responsibility of Donegal County Council but was transferred to the utility in recent years. The local authority has now been asked

The site at St. Catherine’s Well in Killybegs was the subject of further debate this week but a recommendation on its future has been taken a stage further, after Cllrs voted 27 to 4 to amend the zoning of lands on a proposal from Cllr Niamh Kennedy. Assurances were given that a buffer zone of

The future of the Áras Gaoth Dobhair nursing home has been brought into question once more with further calls on the HSE to take over the running of the facility. It’s felt locally that to secure the future of the nursing home going forward, the HSE needs to develop it as part of the elder

The Chancellor of the Exchequer Philip Hammond has announced that proposals are now being invited for a Derry City Deal. The Mayor of Derry City and Strabane District Council, Councillor John Boyle says the news is very positive and gives the Council the green light now to move to the next stage of pospoals. He

Main Evening News, Sport and Obituaries Wednesday 25th July:

It’s emerged that roads in the Omagh and Fermanagh District Council Area are the third most dangerous in the UK. Following the publication of the report by Teletrac Navman, West Tyrone MLA Daniel McCrossan says this reinforces the case for the A5 upgrade to proceed without delay. Mr Mc Crossan says investing in road upgrades

It has emerged that a pharmacy in Newtowncunningham was robbed just hours after a man was convicted for a previous robbery at the premises. Investigations are continuing after €20,000 worth of damage was caused to the building after it was robbed and rammed by a jeep which was later recovered in Derry. The thieves made

It has emerged that the HSE is now in favour of the retention of long stay care and dementia beds at St Joseph’s Hospital in Stranorlar and the community hospitals in Ramelton and Lifford. In 2016. the Government announced proposals to replace the existing long stay residential care beds at the hospitals in favour of

Planning permission is to be sought for a new €10 million retail-led development for Donegal Town centre. The developer, Railway Road Trading Ltd, is a private Company owned by the McCann family from Belfast. They say the proposal has the potential to provide an injection of confidence to the local economy and have a very

  A pharmacy in Newtowncunningham which was the target of an overnight ram raid is situated just metres away from an unmanned Garda Station, it has emerged.  An investigation is underway after thieves made off with two tills and a quantity of goods in the early hours of this morning. Gardai have confirmed that no

The European Commission has issued a warning to the Irish Government to improve the safety of drinking water. It follows recent data showing that water in certain counties has excessive amounts of a substance called Trihalomethane, with Donegal identified as one of the worst affected areas. Grace Bolton is an official at the EU Commission

The Chief Executive of Donegal County Council has agreed to set up monthly meetings as part of the new economic development directorate with a view towards strengthening supports of new and existing businesses. The Council say that it also intends to establish a proactive approach to help businesses in their on-going development. Cllr. Ciaran Brogan

Valuable staff members at local schools are being unfairly treated, according to a Donegal County Councillor. Discrepancies surrounding pay and benefits paid to ancillary staff such as cleaners and caretakers were highlighted this week with the local authority pledging to write to the Education Minister, uring him to increase the capitation grant. Cllr Gary Doherty

A Donegal Councillor says every effort must be made by An Post to ensure that Bunbeg Post Office remains open to the public. Cllr John Sheamais Ó Fearraigh was commenting after it was confirmed the postmistress in Bunbeg is retiring. He says in the wake of the agreement reached earlier this year between An Post

Fianna Fail leader Michael Martin has pledged to seek the reopening of the Short Stay ward at Letterkenny University Hospital as part of his ongoing discussions with the Taoiseach. Mr Martin visited the hospital last evening as part of a brief tour of Donegal following his address to the Macgill Summer school earlier this week. There