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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,

A Coleraine based councillor is calling for the closure of City of Derry Airport, saying the money spent on keeping the airport open should instead be invested in road and rail improvements between the North West and Belfast International Airport. David Harding, a Conservative member of the Causeway Coast and Glens Council, says there isn’t

A 27-year-old man has died after he got into difficulty in a Co Fermanagh river yesterday evening. The alarm was raised after he got into difficulty in the River Erne not far from the Glen Eden Hotel in Belleek. A major operation was launched with the rescue 118 helicopter, two ambulances and fire brigade personnel

Police in the North have launched a murder inquiry following the death of a man in County Derry. The victim’s been named as Piotr Krowka – who the PSNI say was a vulnerable homeless man. He was in his late thirties and originally from Poland. His body was found at a derelict property in Maghera

Emergency services were called to the scene of an incident in the village of Belleck last evening. The alarm was raised after a young man reportedly got into difficulty in the River Erne. A major operation was launched with the rescue 118 helicopter, two ambulances and fire brigade personnel all dispatched. The man was consequently

The N15 Donegal/ Sligo road has reopened following a fatal overnight collision. A 53-year-old male pedestrian was struck by a car at approximately 11:05pm last night in the townland of Lisalurg. The man was removed to Sligo University Hospital where he was pronounced dead a short time later. Investigations are ongoing and Gardaí are appealing

€109,000 in funding has been allocated to Donegal to support local heritage projects. The funding was announced today by the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, Josepha Madigan as part of a €3.3 million national investment for heritage projects. Donegal will receive €59,000 in funding through the Structures at Risk Fund which includes €30,000

Gardaí in Sligo are investigating a fatal road traffic collision which occurred on the N15 main Sligo to Donegal Road. The crash happened in the townland of Lisalurg at approximately 11.05pm last night. A 53-year-old male pedestrian was struck by a car and was removed to Sligo University Hospital where he was pronounced dead a

Irish Water has been fined €6,000 for delays in carrying out vitally needed work to improve drinking water and reduce levels of an environmental pollutant linked to cancer. The company was prosecuted by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for breaking the European Union (Drinking Water) Regulations 2014 requiring remedial action at six water treatment plants

Five men aged 29,31,42,45 and 50 have each been charged with taking part in an unnotified public procession. All men are expected to appear at Derry Magistrates Court on 25 April. As is usual procedure the charges will be reviewed by the PPS. The charges follow an illegal parade in Derry on Easter Monday.

Applications for the Student Grant Scheme open today. It’s hoped the earlier opening date will allow for the quicker acceptance of applications and lead to faster decisions and greater certainty for students. An extra 4 million euro has also been allocated to support the most vulnerable groups wishing to access higher education. SUSI processed 103

The PSNI have seized a Donegal registered van in Derry this evening. Police have confirmed that they received reports of the van being spotted in the Strabane and Derry areas with images of the vehicle circulated locally on social media in recent days. Police say the occupants of the vehicle, two men, told Police they

A Donegal-based Chinese take-away owner who challenged the legality of his detention has been released from Castlerea Prison, Co Roscommon. The challenge was brought by 36 year old Chinese national, Yuntao Yu who had been detained at the prison since March 25th last on foot of a deportation order issued in 2009. The High Court

Five men have been arrested and a number of items seized by police investigating an illegal parade and violent disorder in the Creggan area of Derry on Easter Monday. The males aged 29,31,42,45 and 50 were detained following a search at premises in Chamberlain Street in the city earlier today. Approximately seven petrol bombs were

Gardai have confirmed that a man has died following an incident in Raphoe on Monday night. Emergency services were called to the scene of a fire at a house in the town in the early hours of yesterday morning. The man who was in his late 60s was taken to Letterkenny University Hospital but passed