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Residents in Bridgend are being warned to be extra vigilant following reports of two women acting suspiciously in the area. It’s understood that the pair were spotted trying to gain access to a number of homes by checking doors yesterday evening while also trying to take children’s toys from local gardens. Gardai have been notified […]

With the Minister for Flooding due in Donegal today, there are calls for action on towns which were not included in the first instalment of flood relief funding. Last month, a programme of works worth almost €6 million was earmarked to protect Lifford from flooding under the CFram programme. Three other smaller scale flood relief

A Donegal Deputy says the publication of a report into the Irish Rural Broadband Strategy by the EU Court of Auditors must act as a wake up call for the government. The report concludes that the €275 million euro set aside for the strategy is unlikely to be enough, and the 2020 target for completion

A Reuse and Save Initiative has been launched by Letterkenny Chamber to reduce the number of single use coffee cups in circulation in the town. Various ShopLK outlets will be offering incentives to encourage customers to bring their own reusable travel cups, reducing waste and reducing costs for both the customers and the businesses involved.

The Irish Blood Transfusion Service is urging people to attend clinics in Donegal this week, as supplies are low after the bank holiday weekend. Operations Director Paul Kinney is urging people to attend the clinics in Donegal Town today and Killybegs tomorrow, particularly as the last Killybegs clinic was cancelled as a result of Storm

Donegal County Council is being urged to carry out a full review of the traffic lights system in the Twin Towns. It’s emerged that the lights at McClays corner in Stranorlar have been broken for the past few days with claims that traffic is actually moving more swiftly through the town without them. Some local

Concern has been raised that despite a growing number of people visiting An Grianan of Aileach, there are currently no tour guides employed there. It’s estimated that around 100,000 people visited the historic site in Burt last year, with on-going calls on the OPW to develop the landmark further. Figures also show that while other

  There are calls for a greater cross border strategy between Gardai and Police as car criminals are said to be causing havoc in both Donegal and Derry. It’s after a stolen vehicle was reportedly driven recklessly around the Galliagh area of Derry last night before crashing into the front of the local Co Op.

Over four thousand students in Donegal are set to begin their State exams today. A total of 2,043 are sitting the Leaving Cert in Donegal, almost exactly a 50/50 split between girls and boys. 106 students in the county are sitting the Leaving Cert Applied. English is the first paper for everyone – those sitting

A Donegal Deputy has welcomed Minister Shane Ross’ €2.24 million funding allocation announced yesterday but says it is not enough. The funding is part of a €23 million national two year programme with around 15% of the cost being raised by the local community. Deputy Pat the Cope Gallagher says, the county sumitted applications for

The National Standards Authority of Ireland is today, issuing a new draft protocol for the assessment of buildings damaged by defective concrete blocks. The draft standard is one of the reccomendations set out in the Expert Panel Report which was published last June and outlines a protocol which will be used to assess and categorise the

Main Evening News, Sport and Obituaries Tuesday 5th June:

The new County Donegal Development Plan 2018-2024 has come into effect as of today. The plan which sets out a land use policy framework to guide how Donegal develops into the future, was adopted by members of Donegal County Council last month following extensive public consultations and engagement with numerous stakeholders. Cathaoirleach of Donegal County

A meeting to discuss the need to source funding to reconstruct Swan Park in Buncrana is to be held next week at Leinster House. Senior officials from the Department of Local Government, Donegal County Council, Fáilte Ireland and local Oireachtas members will be present. Donegal Senator Padraig MacLochlainn says the fact that no department has

Transport Minister Shane Ross says he receives more deputations about roads from Donegal than from anywhere else in the country. Mr Ross was speaking on the Nine ’til Noon Show, on which he confirmed that Donegal County Council has been allocated €2.24 million under the Community Involvement Scheme. He says it’s a two year programme

Design work has started on a new Library and General Education Building at Letterkenny Institute of Technology, which will accomodate a learning resource centre, IT and innovation laboratories and online learning facilities. The 5,100 square metre facility is one of 11 public private partnership projects being advanced at at Institutes of Technology around the country.

The British Prime Minister is being asked to become involved in the case of 12 year old Billy Caldwell from Castlederg whose prescription for medicinal cannabis has been revoked without warning. West Tyrone MLA Daniel Mc Crossan has written to Theresa May and other senior politicians and officials saying it’s unacceptable that the home office

The number of patients awaiting on in-patient beds at Irish hospitals in May has reached the highest figure ever for that month. However, the Letterkenny figure fell. The Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation says 9,091 people were waiting on trolleys or in overcrowded wards, a rise of 12% on May last year. The two highest