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The jury in the trial of a Donegal teenager accused of raping a schoolmate is due to begin its deliberations today at the Central Criminal Court. The accused, aged19 has denied one count of rape and another of oral rape of a then 16-year-old girl behind a building in a town in Co Donegal in

The British Prime Minister begins her two-day trip to the North today. Theresa May is to meet business leaders and address concerns around Brexit: The issue of the the Irish Border remains a crucial sticking point in the UKs withdrawal negotiations with the EU. Theresa May will today visit the area where she will meet

The Buncrana Road has now reopened. The road was closed for a time this afternoon following a road traffic collision close to the border at Bridgend, at the Three Flowers Bar and Restaurant.

There’s been a traffic collision in Derry close to the border at Bridgend, with traffic diversions in place. Motorists are experiencing delays as a result, and people are being advised to avoid the area. The N13 is closed close to the Three Flowers Bar and Restaurant. All traffic travelling to Derry from Bridgend is being

Investigations are continuing after two people died after their boat capsized off Malin head yesterday afternoon. There were three people onboard the boat when it got into difficulty. A man in his 60’s, named locally as Gerry Doherty and understood to be from the Burt area, was pronounced dead at the scene and a 16

  Two people have died after their boat capsized off Malin Head. A 16-year-old boy and a man in his 60s lost their lives after getting into difficulty yesterday afternoon. It’s understood that the youth was from Scotland and had been holidaying in Donegal. Emergency services were alerted to an incident in the water off

Police in Derry attended the scene of a security alert in the Waterside area of the city overnight. At around 11.15pm police received a report of a loud bang outside a house in Bann Drive. Police attended and discovered the remnants of a suspected pipe bomb at the property. A number of homes were evacuated

The cabinet is meeting in Co Kerry this morning to discuss Brexit contingency plans. The Taoiseach has said preparations need to be stepped up for a no-deal Brexit. The cabinet is paying a flying visit to Kerry to discuss the contingency plans for a hard Brexit. The current political instability in Westminster has cast further

Two people have died after their boat capsizing in the sea off the North coast of Donegal Three people were taken from the water on Tuesday afternoon after their leisure fishing boat capsized off Malin Head. A 16-year-old boy, who was holidaying from Scotland, was airlifted to Altnagelvin Area Hospital in Derry where he later died

A third person has been recovered from the sea off the coast of Malin Head following a search and rescue operation. Lough Swilly RNLI, the Coastguard and the Coast Guard helicopter were tasked to the scene after a fishing vessel capsized at about 4pm this afternoon. One person was airlifted to hospital earlier this evening

There’s an ongoing search operation off the coast off Malin Head after a boat capsized this afternoon. The Coastguard was alerted at about 4pm. There were 3 people onboard the fishing vessel, two have been recovered from the water, a third person is still missing. Lough Swilly RNLI, the Coast Guard and the Coast Guard

It’s been revealed that Donegal has the highest number of holiday homes in Ireland. That’s according to figures from the latest GeoView Residential Buildings Report which has just been published. A total of 445 residential addresses in Donegal were also added to the GeoDirectory database in the 12 months to June 2018. In total, 224

There’s been a rise in the number of people awaiting in-patient beds today at Letterkenny University Hospital, with 18 people waiting this morning, compared to 13 yesterday. Two of those were on Emergency Department trolleys. Nationally, the INMO says there were 361 people awaiting admission at hospitals across the country, the largest number, 44, at

Volunteer lifeboat crew with Bundoran RNLI rescued three swimmers last night from the sea off Bundoran Beach after they got caught in a rip current. Sea conditions changed suddenly when the father and his two sons went swimming and the call for help was made. Bundoran RNLI were called by Malin Head Coast Guard at

Police in Derry deployed a helicopter over the city overnight in an attempt to find three missing persons, the force has confirmed. Shortly before midnight the PSNI at Strand Road stated: “We have the police helicopter up with us at the minute to help us try and locate three separate missing people we have at

€156,000 in funding has been announced for Ballybofey United. The money, allocated by the Donegal Local Development Company will go towards the development changing rooms and other facilities at the club with the estimated overall cost of the project, €208,000. Councillor Martin Harley has welcomed the funding announcement and says it is a major boost

The jury in the trial of a teenager accused of raping a schoolmate in Co Donegal has been told that the complainant’s injuries were not consistent with a voluntary sexual encounter. In his closing speech, at the trial in the Central Criminal Court, prosecution counsel Patrick McGrath SC suggested that the injuries to the girl