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There were 26 people waiting for a bed at Letterkenny University Hospital this morning according to the latest trolley watch report. 14 people were on trolleys in its Emergency Department while a further 12 were waiting on wards. Cork University Hospital was the most overcrowded with 51 people waiting there. Nationally, there were 511 people […]

There are calls for the new Social Enterprise Centre to be constructed in Letterkenny to be named the “John Hume Social Enterprise Centre” in recognition of the Nobel Peace prize recipient. The new building earmarked for the town will cost 4 million euro to construct and will act as a hub for local community groups.

Officers from the Paramilitary Crime Task Force conducted a number of planned searches in the Derry area today, in relation to ongoing INLA activity. This is the second operation of its kind carried out the in the last few weeks. A number of items were seized today, including a number of electronic devices. Detective Inspector

The community food growing fund ‘Energia Get Ireland Growing’ created by GIY (Grow It Yourself) in partnership with Energia has awarded a fund of €75,000 to food growing projects all across Ireland.   In Donegal an Energia Get Ireland Growing funding award goes to Artlink, Buncrana, St. Francis N.S., Donegal Town and Moville Community Garden.

Gardai are currently investigating a burglary in the Ramelton area over the weekend in which a stolen key was used to gain entry to the property. A Garda spokesperson said they believe sometime between 3am and 8:30am on Sunday morning last, a number of items and a sum of money was taken from the premises

Over €927,000 has been invested in Donegal Arts by the Arts Council for 2018. The grants are part of a nationwide investment of €68.4 million due to be issued over the coming year with a focus on creating opportunities for the public to experience large scale work, as well as work of real artistic ambition.

Irish Water and Donegal County Council must meet as a matter of urgency to discuss the area of the Port Road close to Station Roundabout. That’s according to Cllr Ciaran Brogan, who says the road surface there is in need of serious repair. The council says it cannot act until Irish Water has carried out

  A Donegal Councillor says he believes there will have to be a public consultation if the council proposes to ban bathing at Tullan Strand in Bndoran. Following comments from the coroner at the inquest into the death of 27-year-old Corporal Gavin Carey, from Mullingar, Co Westmeath, who drowned at the beach in August 2016,

The number of people awaiting admission at Letterkenny University Hospital rose again this morning, with 24 people in need of in-patient beds, 11 of them at the hospital’s Emergency Department. Nationally, the INMO says there were 585 people waiting at hospitals across the country, with the highest number, 49, recorded in both Limerick and Cork.

The European Parliament will today vote on how post-Brexit EU-UK relations may look. The draft resolution suggests that an association agreement between Britain and the EU could provide an appropriate framework for the future. Midlands North West MEP Marian Harkin says now, the UK needs to start addressing the real issues…………….

Two Donegal men, and two others from Tyrone and Armagh, have been jailed in the north after pleading guilty to involvement in what police describe as a “cross-border drug gang”. The PSNI says the gang were supplying large quantities of drugs into the Derry and Donegal areas. 34 year old Desmond Enfield from Ramelton, Co

The 20th anniversary of the signing of the Good Friday Agreement has been commemorated in Washington DC. Taoiseach Leo Varadkar gave a keynote address at an event at the Library of Congress. Political Correspondent Sean Defoe reports…………….

Police in Derry are appealing for information following reports of a man being assaulted at the weekend in the Glenabbey area of the city. On Monday, police received a report that three men attacked the victim at around 2 o’clock on Sunday morning. A female passerby came to the man’s aid and he was treated

  A skills audit has been published in the North West to help identify the needs of existing and prospective companies, and ensure that skilled workers are available for the Information, Communication and Financial Technology sectors. The audit was carried out by the North West Regional Skills Forum, in collaboration with FIT, Fasttrack to IT.

Donegal Deputy Charlie Mc Conalogue says he expects substantial progress on the issue of a redress scheme for people whose homes are affected by Mica in Donegal and Mayo. An expert panel report published last year found up to 5,000 homes were affected, and recommended consideration of a redress scheme, similar to that offered in

  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.