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  Donegal’s Garda Chief Superintendent is to further pursue the possibility of installing defibrillators in patrol cars. While some Garda stations in the county are equipped with the lifesaving equipment, it’s thought that their vehicles should be too. The call was made at the latest sitting of the Joint Policing Committee by former Garda Sergeant

  The Department is advising that all further and higher education institutions that are currently or forecast to be in a Red or Orange weather warning area should remain closed tomorrow. This will allow for assessment of the impact of Storm Barra to take place. This includes counties Donegal, Sligo, Leitrim, Cork, Kerry, Waterford, Limerick,

  All schools currently or forecast to be in a Red or Orange weather alert area tomorrow should remain closed. The Department of Education says this will allow for assessment of the impact of Storm Barra to take place. This includes counties Donegal, Sligo, Leitrim, Cork, Kerry, Waterford, Limerick, Clare, Galway, Mayo and Wexford. Meanwhile,

  A boiled water notice has been issued for more than 3,500 households in Glenties and Ardara. The notice was issued to protect the health of people supplied by the Glenties – Ardara Public Water Supply. Irish Water says it cannot guarantee that the drinking water entering the supply is being properly disinfected, due to

  5,590 cases of Covid-19 have been confirmed today. 505 Covid19 patients are in hospital, that’s down from 536 yesterday. 117 are in ICU, an increase of 7. Chief Medical Officer Dr Tony Holohan says the trajectory of the disease remains uncertain, and people eligible for a booster should not delay in getting it.

  Listen back to the main evening news, sport and obituaries for Tuesday December 7th:

  Letterkenny and Donegal Town COVID-19 Testing Centres will remain open as normal this evening. However due to the Orange Weather warning coming into place from 2am tomorrow morning, both COVID-19 Testing Centres will remain closed until 1pm tomorrow Wednesday 8th December, in the interest of service user/staff safety. Please check www.hse.ie/stormbarra for updates on

There’s been a crash in Strabane.  Motorists are asked to avoid the Victoria Road, Ballymagorry following the two vehicle collision which happened at around 3pm Diversions are in place, police are asking people to seek an alternative route for their journey.

  1,658 new coronavirus cases have been recorded in the North in the last 24 hours. There were five additional covid related deaths. There are 317 patients in hospital being treated for the disease in hospital in Northern Ireland, with 35 in ICU.

  The number of people on the Pandemic Unemployment Payment dropped in the past week, despite new restrictions on the hospitality sector. The benefit is reopened for those who’ve lost their jobs in the latest measures today. Just over 53,000 people are in receipt of PUP this week – a three percent drop on last

  As storm Barra approaches, weather warnings have been issued across the country. Donegal is set to escape the worst of the storm, with a yellow wind warning in place for the county, but the county council’s Emergency Response team is monitoring the situation. Winds will strengthen this evening and tonight, with an Orange Wind

  An investigation is continuing after a large sum of cash was stolen from a vehicle on Arranmore Island last weekend. The incident occurred outside a home at Upper Plough between 6pm Friday 3rd December and lunchtime Saturday 4th December. Gardaí said that a local man, who lives with a disability, discovered his van was

  Gardaí have reissued an appeal for information over an arson attack last week. The incident happened in Abbey Park in Manorcunningham shortly after 5am on Friday morning. The fire brigade were on the scene quickly to extinguish the flames enough for Gardaí to carry out forensic examinations successfully. Anyone with information is being urged

  Work has been completed in replacing old water mains in Bundoran. This is the second phase of water mains replaced in Bundoran in most recent times, with approximately 1.4km of water mains replaced last year as part of the Donegal Countywide Water Mains Rehabilitation Project. The water mains replaced were prone to frequent leakage

Latest INMO figures show there were 59 people awaiting beds at Letterkenny University Hospital this morning, 19 of them on ED trolleys. In Sligo, there were 36 admitted patients without beds, 21 of them in the ED. The Letterkenny figure is the second highest in the state, and with a combined figure of 95, the

  Detectives from Police Service of Northern Ireland’s Terrorism Investigation Unit, investigating the activities of the New IRA, have today arrested a woman under the Terrorism Act in Derry. The 36 year old was arrested as part of investigations into the discovery of a suspect device in a parked car following a search operation in

All of the homes and businesses affected by power outages in Falcarragh, Derrybeg and Glenties have had their supplies restored. Over 17,000 people had been affected across the three areas In Stranorlar, 86 homes and businesses have had their power restored. In South Donegal, 367 people are affected by an outage near Ballyshannon, with restoration

International arrivals into Northern Ireland need to provide a negative Covid-19 test before boarding a plane from this morning. The pre-departure tests are in response to the emergence of the new Omicron variant. Experts in the UK believe the gap between infection and infectiousness may be shorter with the new strain. New Covid-19 restrictions for

Over 14,000 people are without power in the vicinity of Falcarragh. ESB networks hope to have supplies restored within an hour. However, Pobalscoil Chloich Cheannfhaola has announced it will remain closed today as a result of the power outage. Meanwhile, 552 people in South Donegal are affected by a fault which is centred on Ballyshannon.

All roads on Donegal County Council’s gritting programme are being gritted this morning as snow falls in some areas. Motorists are being urged to take care, with slippy conditions and poor visibility in many areas.

A strong unanimous message is to be sent from Donegal County Council to the Government that the sliding scale in the Mica Redress Scheme must be scrapped. The reconvened plenary meeting heard from local representatives all around the county, with each saying that this controversial element of the scheme must be removed. Meanwhile, Cllr Martin

  The proposed Culture & Peace Activity Trails, which are one of the community animation programmes for the Riverine Community Park, were launched at the weekend. The Shared Space project is being funded through the EU’s PEACE IV Programme which is managed by the Special EU Programmes Body. Match-funding for the project has been provided

  The Department of Health has confirmed a further 2,950 cases of Covid 19. There are 536 patients being treated in hospital with the virus, an increase of 33 on yesterday, 110 of whom are being treated in ICU. The Chief Medical Officer, Dr Tony Holohan said it is vital that if anyone experience symptoms

Listen back to the Main evening news, sport and Obituaries for Monday 6th December:

  Storm Barra will bring very strong and disruptive winds and heavy rain to Ireland on Tuesday and Wednesday, with the strongest and most impactful winds expected across western areas. A yellow rain warning is also in place nationwide, as the strong winds from Storm Barra are accompanied by heavy rain which will bring challenging

  All Donegal routes will be gritted from 6pm this evening.  The Donegal gritting route index as follows: 06: Inishowen West 04: Inishowen South 01: National Primary North 02: National Primary Central 03: National Primary South 07: Milford South 08: Milford North 09: Cill Ulta East 10: Cill Ulta West 11: Na Rosa 12: Binswilly

  As expected, the Mica Redress Scheme is dominating the adjourned sitting of Donegal County Council. Standing orders have been suspended after Cathaoirleach Councillor Jack Murray took the decision to facilitate a full discussion on Mica. A number of local representatives have voiced their concern over the sliding scale element of the scheme and have

  Five rates of Pandemic Unemployment Payment will be available to people who lost their jobs as a result of the latest Government restrictions. The payments will range from 150 to 350 euro a week, depending on what people earned before losing their jobs. The hospitality sector met with Government Ministers this morning with CEO