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A Donegal man has admitted the use of fraudulent documents to obtain a €71,000 mortgage. 49 year old Kevin Molloy who now lives at Dublin Road, Celbridge, Kildare owns a debt recovery business, pleaded guilty to three offences under the theft and fraud act committed on dates between December 2014 and August 2016, including dishonestly inducing

An 18-year-old girl who was allegedly raped behind a building in a Co Donegal town has told a court she “closed her eyes and tried to think about something else” in the hope that it would be over soon. The girl broke down repeatedly as she was being cross-examined yesterday on the third day of

The motorcyclist who died in a fatal collision on the main Burnfoot – Buncrana road yesterday evening has been named locally as Eddie McIntyre of Craigtown, Fahan. He was in his fifties. The crash happened at around 5:30pm in the townland of Castlequarter when a car and a motorcycle collided. Mr McIntyre was pronounced dead

The North’s Department of Health has issued an emergency licence for the use of medicinal cannabis in the case of 12 year old Billy Caldwell. Billy, from Castlederg had been living in London since a licence for the use of the medicinal cannabis was granted by the Home Office for treatment at Chelsea and Westminster

Inland Fisheries Ireland is appealing to anglers and fishery managers to voluntarily cease salmon angling on catch and release rivers with immediate effect due to high water temperatures and the current drought conditions. The agency also advises for conservation purposes on open rivers, anglers should cease angling once their daily bag limit is reached. With

Letterkenny has been ranked as the joint most overcrowded hospital in the country today with 26 people awaiting admission there this morning. Four people were waiting on trolleys in its Emergency Department while a further 22 were waiting on wards. The number is up two on yesterdays figure of 24. University Hospital Limerick also returned

  As a result of a fatal road traffic collision yesterday on the main the main Burnfoot to Buncrana Road, a traffic diversion has been put in place by An Garda Siochána with assistance by Donegal County Council. This diversion is to facilitate the Garda Traffic Investigation teams and will be reviewed hourly in an

The Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Islands has called for greater funding for language planning groups in Gaeltacht communities. A report published on the 28th June, following a visit by a delegation from the committee to the Gaoth Dobhair Gaeltacht on February 5th this year, has set out 28 recommendations. Recommendations

Gardaí at Buncrana Co Donegal are investigating a fatal road traffic collision on the main Burnfoot to Buncrana Road on Wednesday evening. A male in his 50s was fatally injured when his motorcycle was involved in a collision with a car at Castleforward at approximately 5.30pm. He was taken to Altnagelvin Area Hospital in Derry

Irish Water has announced a hosepipe ban for the whole country. The measure has been in place in the Greater Dublin Area since the start of the week – but will be extended nationwide from Friday at 8am. The order bans the use of water for non-essential activities like watering the garden or filling a

The trial of a teenager accused of raping a 16-year-old girl in Co Donegal has continued in legal argument today in the absence of the jury. The accused, now aged 19, has denied one charge of rape and one of sexually assaulting the girl on March 18, 2016 after they met in a takeaway in

An exhibition celebrating the life and work of Seamus Heaney is to be launched in Dublin today. The display will be located at the Cultural and Heritage Centre within Bank of Ireland’s College Green complex. Visitors will be able to interact with the experience and follow Heaney’s life from his childhood in County Derry to