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The Donegal Branch of the Diabetes Society of Ireland says they are shocked that Donegal has been refused two Advanced Nurse Practitioner by the HSE. An application was made for two diabetes nurses following, what was described as, a positive meeting with the Health Minister Simon Harris last year. However it has emerged today that […]

€884,000 has been announced for Local Improvement Schemes in Donegal. The funding will cover 4,841 square kilometres of road improvements in Donegal, and is the third highest allocation in the country. Earlier this week, it was confirmed that Donegal County Council had recveived over 1,200 applications, and 928 had been submitted to the government. Government

A Donegal County Council official says its time for Donegal to assume its rightful place as one of the leading centres of culture and creativity in Ireland. Donegal County Council is opening up a consultation process ahead of the preparation of a five year Culture and Creativity Plan which will form an important part of

  There were 22 people waiting for a bed at Letterkenny University Hospital this morning according to the latest trolley watch report. Nine people were on trolleys in its Emergency Department while a further thirteen were waiting on wards. The number is down eight on yesterdays figure of thirty. University Hospital Limierick was the most

Two men from the Republic of Ireland have been sentenced to 10 years at Laganside Crown Court today for planting a bomb ahead of a PSNI Recruitment event at the Waterfoot Hotel in Derry in 2015. 42 year old Darren Poleon and 35 year old Brian Walsh pleaded guilty earlier this year, to possession of

The campaign group Border Communities against Brexit says the meeting with EU Brexit Coordinator Guy Verhofstadt yesterday was a positive one at which the importance of speciasl status for Northern Ireland was centre stage. Tom Murray says Mr Verhofstadt showed a keen understanding of the political situation in the border area, and recognised that the

An Air Accident Investigation Unit report has noted it was not able to carry out an on-site examination a microlight aircraft which crash landed on Tory Island on May 9th last year because the aircraft was moved before the incident was reported. The investigation report has now been published. In its report on the investigation’s

The cabinet is being asked to approve new protocols to respond to floods, with provision being made for the approval of immediate action at local level. Minister Kevin Boxer Moran has brought proposals to the Finance Minister on foot of his visit to Donegal after last month’s floods. He says there were times when it

A garda whistleblower has denied threatening his partner and saying he would burn her during an argument the Charleton tribunal has heard. Garda Keith Harrison told his partner Marisa Simms she would “end up getting burnt”, meaning she would be injured by the actions of her family, the garda’s counsel, Mark Harty SC told the

The Rural Transport Programme has been officially rebranded by Community and Rural Affairs Minister Michael Ring. Local Link Donegal is designed to provide quality, community-based, public transport for passengers living in rural areas across the county. Local Link provides both demand-responsive, door-to-door services on request, and scheduled bus services on fixed routes. In a statement

A local Abortion Rights group has branded Tim Jacksons fast outside the Dail as opportunistic and insensitive. The former Donegal Independent General Election candidate Tim Jackson has been participating in a fast outside the Dail for the last number of days. He’s demanding that Taoiseach Leo Varadkar and the Oireachtas Committee on Abortion watch a

Gardaí say they’re employing high visibility policing on our roads today as part of ‘European Day Without A Road Death’, or ‘EDWARD’. The annual 24 hour safety project started at midnight and aims to reduce fatalities and improve driver safety. The initiative was marred by tragedy last year when two women died following a collusion

  Lawyers for the partner of a garda whistleblower have given details to the Charleton tribunal of an argument which led to a 999 call in April 2013. In its current module, the tribunal is investigating contacts between An Garda Síochána, Tusla, the Child and Family Agency, and Garda Keith Harrison. Tribunal chairman, Mr Justice

  Police are investigating the theft of 23, four month old lambs, from a field in the Castledamph Road area of Plumbridge. The theft was reported to police on Tuesday 19th September, however, it is believed that the theft occurred sometime within the last month. The lambs are not tagged due to their age and

  Police in Omagh are appealing for information in connection with an assault outside a takeaway premises on John Street in the early hours of Sunday morning last.  At approximately 12:20 am it was reported that a man in his 20s was assaulted by another man believed to be wearing a light blue shirt and

Fianna Fail has launched a document outlining what at believes should be at the heart of reform of the EU’s Common Agruicultural Policy. The document, which was launched by Donegal Deputy Charlie Mc Conalogue calls for prompt payments, upper limits on what can be received and measures to protect prices paid to farmers. Deputy Mc

The Pan Celtic Charter has been officially handed over to Letterkenny, marking the beginning of the preparations for the return of the Pan Celtic Festival next year. Up to 5,000 people will attend a range of events and activities in Letterkenny from the 3rd to 8th April next, celebrating the Celtic languages, music, song, and

Gardai have confirmed that a residence was searched at Fortwell Court in Letterkenny this week as part of an ongoing investigation. A small quantity of drugs with an estimated street value of €500 was found. No arrests were made, and investigations are continuing. The Letterkenny search is understood to be linked to a drug find

There’s been a steep rise in the number awaiting admission at Letterkenny University Hospital today, with 30 people in need of in-patient beds, 17 of them on Emergency Department trolleys. That’s up from 13 yesterday. Nationally, the INMO say there were 456 people awaiting admission across the hospital network this morning, 47 at University Hospital,

The number of patients awaiting surgery at Letterkenny University Hospital has risen by 12% since the start of the year. The National Treatment Purchase Fund has published figures showing that during August, there were 2,752 people awaiting procedures compared to 2,452 in January. The figures come less than a week following the party’s criticism of

The A5 Victoria Road at Bready is full operational again following a lane closure earlier. Traffic was down to one lane for a time following a three vehicle collision.

The Chair of the European Parliament Brexit Steering Group is visiting the Irish border today along with Midlands North West MEP Marian Harkin for a number of engagements. Guy Verhofstadt, the parliament’s Brexit coordinator, will have discussions with a number of groups whose members will be significantly affected by Brexit. He will also visit a

A Speed Awareness day is getting underway later outside the school in Liscooley, on the N15 between Kilygordon and Castlefinn. There have been further reports of motorists driving at excess speed since road surface improvements were carried out on the stretch of road recently. Residents in the area fear that someone will be killed if

Donegal County Council says it will reconsider an application for housing support to a family on foot of a hearing in the High Court. The journal.ie reports that Brian and Eileen Ward and their five children, who are members of the Travelling community, had sued the council after it decided not to offer them housing

A doctor who worked as a Senior House Officer in the Emergency Department at Letterkenny University Hospital is facing a Medical Council inquiry regarding her care of six patients. Dr Niveen Al-Khayyat is facing allegations of professional misconduct and or poor professional performance in relation to events between January and July 2015 at Letterkenny. RTE

  The European Court of Justice has ruled against Ireland over whether operators importing cars from Northern Ireland should have to pay the full amount of Vehicle Registration Tax up front, even if the vehicle was only being leased for a limited period of time. The Court ruled that Ireland was in breach of EU

The court of appeal in Belfast has given the go ahead for roadworks to go ahead between Castledawson and Randallstown, with work expected to begin later this year. The works on the nine mile stretch of the A6 Derry Belfast Road had been challenged by an environmentalist on the basis of the potential impact on

  Gardai are urging business people to review their security systems following a break-in at Kernan’s Filling Station at Tullygay near New Mills on the outskirts of Letterkenny. A quantity of cash was taken, along with a number of other items. Access was gained through the roof, in what gardai believe was a well planned

It’s been confirmed that four people will be presented with Tip O’Neill Irish Diaspora Awards at a ceremony in Buncrana next month. The four recipients will be former Ireland and Celtic goalkeeper Packie Bonner, Fraser Doherty, founder of Super Jams in Scotland, Barbara Koster, Senior Vice-President of Pramerica and Marty Meehan, President of the University

Donegal Deputy Charlie Mc Conologue has hit out at the government’s decision not to include any provision for agricultural losses caused by adverse weather in the Rural Development Programme 2014 to 2020. EU rules allow for measures to support the restoration of agricultural land and production damaged by natural disasters and adverse climatic events. Responding

A Donegal Councillor has slammed the Education Minister after it emerged four letters from the Donegal Education and Training Board to him, on the Buncrana three school campus, have been ignored. The campus has been on the agenda for over 10 years but the identification of a suitable site is still being deliberated on. The

Loyalist campaigners are meeting Garda officials in Dublin today to discuss their plans for a demonstration in the capital. They say they’ll hold the protest, unless the government gives greater co-operation to the inquiry into the 1976 Kingsmill massacre, in which 10 Protestant men were killed. Loyalist campaigner William Frazer says they’re demanding legislation to

Fianna Fail leader Micheal Martin has thrown the government’s plans to alter tax bands in next month’s budget into doubt. Micheal Martin says the confidence and supply agreement underpinning the government, only allows for reductions in USC. He refused to say if that means he’ll block elements of Paschal Donohoe’s first budget. Meanwhile, Sinn Féin