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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,

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