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There are reports of flooding across Donegal with Inishowen again one of the worst effected areas. A yellow weather warning was in place for Storm Eleanor which has brought heavy rain and strong winds with spot flooding and fallen trees affecting the north west region. Six fire tenders were deployed to a number of incidents

Main Evening News, Sport and Obituaries Tuesday 2nd January:

New car registrations in Donegal are down over 16% compared to 2016. According to the Society of the Irish Motor Industry, over 2,900 new registrations were recorded in 2017, compared to 3,523 the previous year, a decrease of 16.46%. Nationally new car registrations are down 10% SIMI Director General, Alan Nolan says; “Without Brexit we

The Department of Justice has announced additional funding for the 2017 Text Alert Rebate Scheme. The rebate will be available to local groups across the country with the application deadline extended until Januray 31st. €100,000 in funding for the scheme was announced in September with a further €50,000 being made available from today. Applications can

There are further calls for schools to close for a period of two weeks as a preventative measure if a pupil contracts the flu virus. Donegal GP Dr James McDaid says children are now returning to school following Christmas and after recovering from the virus but are put in a situation where they could potentially

Donegal County Council has been allocated just over €55,000 to help offset the costs associated with Storm Ophelia on October 16th last. The money from the Department of Housing Planning and Local Government is on top of a grant of €1.76 million to offset the costs of the flooding in Inishowen on August 22nd last.

  People are being encouraged to dispose of their Christmas trees correctly with a number of recycling centers opening across Donegal later this week. Centers will be open from the 5th to the 20th of January at specific times with people being reminded that if they leave trees outside the Council premises out of hours,

The Transport Minister says he wants to bring in bigger speeding fines as soon as possible. Shane Ross thinks the faster people drive the more penalty points they should get. His comments are in response to the latest road safety figures which show there’s been a drop in the number of deaths on our roads.

  The CEO of Udaras na Gaeltachta says the priority for the authority is finding alternative employment for the 32 staff who lost their jobs with the shock closure of SLM in Gweedore just four days before Christmas. Speaking on the 9 til Noon show this morning, Michael Heaney said while over €800,000 was approved

A leading economist has suggested that a fall in house prices in Donegal is due to the ongoing uncertainty surrounding Brexit. The latest report by property website Daft.ie shows that in Donegal, prices in the final three months of 2017 were 2% lower than a year previously, compared to a fall of 11% seen a

There were 35 people waiting for a bed at Letterkenny University Hospital this morning according to the INMO. 10 people were waiting on trolleys in its Emergency Department while a further 25 people were waiting on wards. St. Luke’s Hospital in Kilkenny was the most overcrowded this morning with 57 people waiting there. Nationally, there

House prices in Donegal fell in the final quarter of 2017. The latest report by property website Daft.ie shows that in Donegal, prices in the final three months of 2017 were 2% lower than a year previously, compared to a fall of 11% seen a year ago. The average house price in the county is

  There were almost 5000 people waiting for a bed at Letterkenny University Hospital last year.  Nationally, there was a six percent increase in the number of hospital patients waiting on trolleys in 2017. The Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation says overcrowding is unlikely to decrease unless drastic action is taken. Letterkenny University Hospital recorded

Donald Trump probably won’t be able to solve the impasse in Northern Ireland, according to the Taoiseach. There’s been no government in Stormont for almost a year now. The Taoiseach says fresh elections or more meetings between the Irish and British government may be needed. Leo Varadkar was asked if Donald Trump could intervene, given

The first storm of 2018 is due to make landfall this afternoon with Eleanor bringing winds of up to 130 km an hour. An orange wind warning has been issued for Munster, Leinster and South Galway, with a yellow warning everywhere else. Forecaster with Met Eireann is Pat Clarke:

Derry City and Strabane District Council have confirmed that the new wheelchair-friendly play area will be open in Brooke Park in the spring of next year. The development will help families whose children are affected by access issues to standard play equipment. Sinn Féin Councillor Mickey Cooper welcomed the news, saying: “I would like to

Police in Northern Ireland are investigating a number of separate incidents which were reported over the bank-holiday weekend. Detectives are appealing for witnesses following the burglary of a house in the Melmount Road area of Sion Mills sometime between 10.30am on Saturday, December 30th and 3pm yesterday. Its reported a number of items including passports,

Police in Limavady are appealing for information following a report of a car on fire in the town in the early hours of this morning. PSNI recieved the report shortly after 2am and attended the incident along with units from the Northern Ireland Fire & Rescue Service. The car, a white Volkswagen Golf was completely

An orange wind warning has been issued for a number of counties, including Donegal between tonight and tomorrow morning. Storm Dylan is expected to track close to Connacht and Ulster coasts. The biggest impact from the winds will be felt in the north-west of the country with forecasts expecting gusts of between 110 and 125km/h.

A senior adviser to British Prime Minister Theresa May, who’s quit his role, has said her approach to Brexit is a “nationalist spasm worthy of Donald Trump”. Labour peer Lord Adonis headed up the National Infrastructure Commission. He’s accused the PM of aligning with the hard-right. But Conservative MP, and Brexiteer, Peter Bone claims Lord

The North’s Civil Service has been told the proposed Derry Medical School must not be delayed because of the political deadlock at Stormont. Following correspondence from the University of Ulster regarding the business case for the school, Foyle MLA Mark H Durkan, the SDLP’s Health and Wellbeing Spokesperson. says it would be “lamentable” if the

The N56 between Leitermacaward and Glenties has been closed following a collision. Diversions are in place at the Maas Junction following the crash this afternoon. Emergency Services are on the scene, the extent of injuries if any, has not been confirmed.

There were 27 people waiting for in-patient beds at Letterkenny University Hospital this morning, 19 of them on Emergency Department trolleys. Nationally, there were almost 330 people awaiting admission hospitals across the country this morning. According to the INMO – University Hospital Limerick was the most overcrowded, with 39 people in need of in-patient beds.

The trial is continuing in India of Vikat Bhagat, the man charged with the rape and murder of Buncrana woman Danielle Mc Laughlin in Goa, India in March of this year. The Times of India is reporting that Bhagat’s father is seeking the release of a scooter which has been kept by policeas it was