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  The Health Minister has cancelled his St Patrick’s Day trip due to the trolley crisis. Simon Harris was due to travel to Belgium and the Netherlands. He’s tweeted to say it wouldn’t feel right as Minister to travel when people across the HSE are ‘working extraordinarily hard to make progress in what is a

There are almost 1,800 homes and businesses without power in the area around Lifford and Rossgier. The fault was reported just after half past five this evening, ESB Networks are predicting it will be after 9 o’clock tonight before power is restored to all areas.

A Donegal councillor has asked if community clean-ups and other environmental initiatives are actually encouraging people to engage in illegal dumping. Cllr Niamh Kennedy says having taken part in a number of local clean-up programmes and helped several groups co-ordinate projects in their own areas, it seems the illegal dumping problem in Donegal is actually

The European Commission President says the issue of the Irish border is a European issue. Jean-Claude Juncker was speaking during a debate on Brexit in the European Parliament this morning ahead of a vote on future UK EU relations tomorrow. Mr. Juncker says both sides have agreed that there should be no hard border on

The number of patients awaiting admission to Letterkenny University Hospital this morning has almost halved. There were 14 patients waiting on a bed at the hospital this morning, down from 24 yesterday when trolley figures reached a record high across the country. 12 people were on trolleys in the hospital’s Emergency Department with a further

The HSE has cancelled all non-urgent surgeries following record trolley numbers yesterday. 714 people were waiting for a hospital bed yesterday morning, higher than the previous record of 677 in January. The Health Minister has announced 5 million euro in extra spending to speed up the discharge of patients.

It’s emerged there were tensions in Bridgend when a crowd gathered shortly after a road incident which led to the death of a Derry man in his 20s. Gardai are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of Emmet Mc Clelland, who was struck by a car close to the border just before midnight. A man was

The Housing Executive has announced a £1 million capital investment in housing in the Triangle area of the Waterside. Cllr Martin Reilly says this work has been in the pipeline for some time, and it’s good to see it finally progressing in earnest. Some disruption will be necessary, but Cllr Reilly says it will be

Government Chief Whip and Minister Joe Mc Hugh has just left Chile, where he has completed the first phase of his South American trip to coincide with St Patrick’s Day. He’s now en route to Brazil for a series of trade meetings. Minister Mc Hugh says with controversy over the proposed Mercosaur trade deal in

Donegal Travellers’ Project is to share in a national fund of over €200,000 to promote the inclusion of the Roma community in Ireland. 20 applications were received and assessed, the Donegal projerct is one of six to be chosen. The money will go towards the provision of a dedicated Community Development worker to work with

An application by the Springboard Raphoe Family Support Project to provide a Family Rescource Centre for the Finn Valley Area has been approved. Springboard was established in 2002 and since then has been providing family support in the Finn Valley, Lagan Valley, Lifford, Castlefin and Buncrana Primary Care Team (PCT) areas. It’s one of 11

A man who was questioned in connection with the death of a pedestrian following fatal collision in Bridgend on Saturday night has been released. Just before midnight, two pedestrians walking towards Derry were struck by a car traveling in the opposite direction. One of them, Emmet Mc Clelland from Derry who was in his 20s,

Car parking charges at Letterkenny University Hospital are among the cheapest in the country for long term parking, but among the highest for visits of an hour or less. At both Letterkenny and Sligo, the charges operate on the basis of €3 for four hours, or a daily charge of €6. However, because there is

A public meeting on Tory Island at the weekend has heard there is a total loss of confidence in the Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, with less than three weeks to go before the current ferry service is to be replaced. Islanders have again said they do not believe the replacement ferry, Queen

Irish Water are proceed with a demonstration project for the proposed Sewerage scheme upgrade in Gaoth Dobhair. The project, involving 40 houses, was proposed following a public consultation by Irish water last year. Leas Ceann Comhairle and Donegal Deputy Pat the Cope Gallagher has welcomed the project, saying that the proposals being considered are a

If border posts return to Northern Ireland they will be attacked, according to the Taoiseach. Leo Varadkar says they’ll become natural targets for people if they have to be re-established post-Brexit. But he believes there won’t be a return to the violence of the past in Northern Ireland. Speaking in the US at the start