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Only 10% of patients brought to Letterkenny University Hospital received an ambulance within 20 minutes. Latest figures from the HSE reveal that of the 760 calls received by the National ambulance Service in Donegal in September of last year, almost 83% of patients waited up to an hour. Over the four week period, two patients […]

A senior Coastguard officer in Donegal is urging people using the water to ensure they are adequately prepared. As the weather improves, more and more people are taking to the water in boats and other pleasure craft. Charlie Kavanagh of Greencastle Coastguard, who was involved in yesterday’s rescue of two divers at Bunagee, says when

Emergency services are currently at the scene of a road traffic collision on the main Manorcunningham to Derry Road. The two vehicle collision happened this morning at approximately 9:10am with Gardai and the fire service at the scene. Gardai say when they arrived to the scene of the collision one person was trapped but there

Two divers were rescued yesterday near Bunagee following a rapid ascent. The Greencastle Coast Guard and the Rescue 118 Helicopter were tasked to the scene after Malin Head Coastguard were alerted at about 12:15pm. The Coastguard says the divers weren’t displaying any symptoms but were airlifted to Altnagelvin Hospital in Derry as a precautionary measure.

  Police are appealing for witnesses following an arson attack on a car, belonging to the former Mayor of Derry, Kevin Campbell, in the town in the early hours of this morning. Shortly before 2.45am it was reported that a blue coloured Renault Modus parked in the Lislane Drive area had been set on fire.

People who take their driving test in Buncrana face the longest wait to sit it. It takes an average of just over 19 weeks from the date of application to sit the test in the Donegal town. Gorey in Co Wexford is next with a wait of around 18 and a half weeks, despite the

Police in Strabane have issued a warning alerting people to two scams currently targeting people in the area. Police say they have received a very large number of calls in the Northern Contact Management Centre especially for the Foyle area about HMRC phone calls. The PSNI have warned that this is a scam with callers

The Lough’s Agency is demanding improved efforts to maintain biodiversity, after an estimated 387,000 rainbow trout escaped from a fish farm in Newtownstewart into the River Strule during last August’s floods. A report into the escape has just been published. At the time of the escape, Loughs Agency personnel carried out an initial assessment of

The trial of a man accused of the rape and murder of a Donegal woman in Goa, India has begun today. Danielle McLaughlin was killed while visiting India to train as a yoga teacher. She was found dead on March 14 2017 and a local man, Vikat Bhagat, with whom she had been friends since

The Inishowen Development Partnership has been allocated €55,000 as part of a national €1.18 million funding announcement made today by the Tánaiste and the Minister of State for the Diaspora and International Development. The funding is being made available to 30 organisations under the Irish Aid development education budget for 2018. A number of the

Two men have been arrested in connection with a robbery at Sligo-Leitrim Mountain Rescue last week. Gardai have recovered thousands of euro worth of equipment which they believe was stolen from the team’s base. A planned search of a premises in Sligo town this morning led to the seizure of a number of items. Following

There were two patients awaiting admission at Letterkenny University Hospital this morning, one of them on an Emergency Department trolley. Nationally, there were 437 people waiting on in-patient beds in hospitals around the country today. University Hospital Limerick was the most overcrowded with 55 people in need of a bed.

Two more men have been arrested in connection with an illegal republican parade in Derry on Easter Monday. The 29 and 64 year old were arrested in the city yesterday and are expected to appear before court on April the 25th. It brings to 7, the number of people arrested in connection with the parade,