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It’s been confirmed the pope will not visit Northern Ireland this year. Pope Francis’s itinerary for the World Meeting of Families has been finalised which includes a visit to the President at Aras Un Uachtarain, the Capuchin Day Centre, and the Pro Cathedral on the 25th of August. He will also visit the Knock Shrine […]

Gardai in Inishowen are appealing for information following the death in a single vehicle crash of Jamie Doherty from Moville last week. It happened on a minor road close to his grandparents’ home at Tullyally shortly after 6 o’clock on Friday evening. Superintendent Eugene Mc Govern made this appeal on today’s Nine til Noon Show……….

Gardai from Milford have recovered a stolen vehicle near Kilmacrennan. At the time of the discovery, the car was also found to be bearing false registration plates One male has been arrested and remanded in custody.

Twenty-five services for Early Years in the Donegal Gaeltacht are set to benefit from €810,000 of additional funding. The funds are being made available by Donegal Minister Joe McHugh for the Comhar Naíonraí Na Gaeltachta organisation to support childcare across all Gaeltacht regions. Comhar Naíonraí na Gaeilge oversee and run 25 Early Years services in

A new graphic illustrating the allocation of Ability Programme funding has sparked concern in the North West. The Inishowen-based i.C.A.R.E committee shared the graphic to their social media, which shows allocations of €16 million in funding for young people with disabilities, none of which occur in Donegal. It has sparked widespread concern that the North

Irish Water is holding an information evening at the Old School House Kerrykeel, on Monday from 5.30-7.30pm to present plans for the Kerrykeel Sewerage Scheme. Irish Water is working in partnership with Donegal County Council to end the unacceptable practice of discharging untreated wastewater into the Burnside River, which flows into Mulroy Bay by developing

A 14-year-old boy has died following a road crash in Co. Donegal. It’s believed he was driving the vehicle at the time of the incident yesterday evening. Just before 6pm yesterday evening, emergency services were called to the scene of a single vehicle collision at Tullyally near Redcastle. The area’s around a half an hour

Emergency services are currently at the scene of crash on the main Letterkenny to Derry road. The collision between a bus and a car happened just before 4pm this afternoon close to Magherabeg School in Manorcunningham. Gardai say one person is thought to have been hurt in the crash though their injuries are understood to

Met Éireann has issued a Status Orange thunder warning in 15 counties mostly in the west and Midlands. The warning is in place from noon until 11pm today in the following counties: Thunder warning for Connacht, Laois, Longford, Offaly, Westmeath, Meath, Cavan, Monaghan, Clare, Limerick and Tipperary. Met Éireann has also issued a Status Yellow

Gardai in Donegal have caught a disqualified motorist driving a tractor in Lifford.  It’s understood that the driver in question was caught in recent days and found to have no insurance and no licence. The driver was subsequently charged and will appear in court at a later date. The incident was shared on the Garda

While overnight works will still take place on the Finn Bridge on the N15 between Ballybofey and Stranorlar next week from Tuesday 12 June to Friday 15 June, the road will not now be closed overnight instead a single lane closure will be used while works are underway. However, temporary road closures are still planned

The State has formally apologised for the failings 37 years ago of Defence Forces operations, when a Donegal soldier was killed and another disappeared as they came under attack while manning an isolated observation post in Lebanon. Minister of State for Defence Paul Kehoe apologised to the families of 20 year-old Private Hugh Doherty from

There’s been a slight decrease in the number of people awaiting in-patient beds at Letterkenny University Hospital, with 20 recorded there this morning by the INMO, three of them on Emergency Department trolleys. Nationally, 347 people were awaiting admission across the country, with the highest number, 40, at University Hospital Limerick.  

Fáilte Ireland has published its annual list of Ireland’s most popular visitor attractions, with Glenveagh again the most popular attraction in Donegal. In the “Fee Charging” category, Glenveagh Castle and Grounds came 20th with 211,000 visitors. In the “Free to Enter” category, the malin head viewing site was in 19th place with 172,329 visitors, while