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Six local seafood companies in Donegal are to benefit from over €700,000 in funding announced as part of a national grants announcement of €1.3 million. Grants have been funded under the Sustainable Aquaculture Scheme and the Seafood Innovation and Business Planning Scheme. €721,188 in funding has been announced for the six seafood companies in Co

Disappointment and concern has been raised after it has been revealed that Donegal County Council has taken charge of only 1 housing estate in the Stranorlar Municipal District. The Taking in Charge scheme was brought in in 2014. Through this the council would assume liability for ensuring works were completed on roads, sewerage, lights and

The two teenagers who were killed in a fatal road traffic collision yesterday morning have been named locally as Nathan Dixon-Gill and Nathan Farrell. The single vehicle collision occurred on the Quigley’s Point to Moville Road in the early hours of yesterday morning. One male was pronounced dead at the scene and the second was

The Taoiseach says he’s hopeful European Union leaders will include Ireland’s priorities in their guidelines for the Brexit negotiations. The remaining 27 EU leaders are meeting in Brussels this afternoon to agree the key points. Entering the summit, the President of the European Council Donald Tusk said the EU must stay united during the talks.

  A community based playgroup in Clady, Co Tyrone has expressed their disgust at discovering their property had been targeted in an overnight incident. On arrival to the property yesterday morning staff found heating pipes had been cut, damage was caused to a fence and the oil tank emptied. Donna McAnneny, Chairperson of the Happy

Gardai in Buncrana are investigating a fatal road traffic collision that claimed the lives of two males in their late teens. The single vehicle collision occurred on the Quigley’s Point to Moville Road at approximately 3:35am this morning. One male was pronounced dead at the scene and the second was taken to Altnagelvin Hospital where

Motorists are advised that diversions are in place following a fatal road traffic collision on the road from Quigley’s Point to Moville last evening. Traffic is being diverted via Moville and Carndonagh.

Connected Health has unveiled plans to create 63 new jobs in the North West by the years end. The Health and Wellbeing company, which established operations in the Western Health and Social Care Trust area in November of last year, currently employs 62 staff in the region. The new posts will include roles in care

Irish Water and Donegal County Council have marked the start of construction on the €4 million investment by the national utility in a new water treatment plant at Owenteskna to benefit almost 4,000 consumers in the South West Donegal area. When completed the new plant will benefit consumers in South West Donegal covering the area

  The sister of Arlene Arkinson has launched civil action against police for the way she was allegedly treated by officers investigating her sister’s disappearance more than 20 years ago. Police dug up Kathleen Arkinson’s garden and searched her home after receiving a false tip off. Out of 23 witnesses to give evidence it’s understood

  The head of the Donegal Traffic Corps is urging all road users to be aware that Gardai will be out in full force this Bank Holiday weekend. To date this year, 50 people have been killed on Irish roads, which is four less when compared to the same period last year. Last year two

Detectives from PSNI’s Serious Crime Branch investigating a shooting incident in the Central Drive area of Derry on Monday, 27 March have this week carried out four searches in the city and arrested four people. Officers arrested two men, aged 35 and 42, on Tuesday (April 25), a 30 year old man on Wednesday (April

A number of historic figures with links to Derry and Strabane are to be honoured with blue plaques. The Ulster History Circle has reached agreement with Derry City and Strabane District Council to back a five year plan for the erection of Blue Plaques in the area. At the launch in the Tower Museum this

The were 36 patients awaiting admission at Letterkenny University Hospital this morning, making it the joint second busiest hospital in the country. Of those, 28 patients were on Emergency Department trolleys, while the remainder were in overflow areas on the wards. Earlier this week, the Full Capacity Protocol was implemented at the hospital, while yesterday,

353 people died in work-related accidents in Ireland between 2010 and 2016, 24 of them in Donegal. Today marks International Workers Memorial day, which remembers those who have died and highlights the importance of health and safety at work. The Health and Safety Authority says most accidents are preventable and is encouraging businesses to hold

European leaders could sign off on plans to allow Northern Ireland immediately rejoin the EU in a United Ireland at their summit this weekend. Ireland’s pushing for the guarantee to be allowed in the EU’s formal Brexit plans which will be agreed tomorrow. The Financial Times this morning says it’s been included in a draft

The HSE is seeking planning permission for a Primary Care Centre in Newtowncunningham. It’s to be situated on the Castle site on town’s Main Street which will see the demolition of a building which was formerly a Mother and Baby Home. Subject to planning permission, plans for the new development include new car parking facilities

A Donegal sex offender who punched his former girlfriend as their six month old baby lay beside her on a bed has been jailed for one year. 31 year old Martin O’Hara, who has a previous conviction for rape, “lashed out” at the woman a second time after he left the house with their baby

It’s been claimed that there are a number of unregistered lobbyists operating in the Letterkenny area who are acting outside of the normal public consultation planning process. Donegal County Council is presently at an advanced stage of finalising a Working Draft County Donegal Development Plan for the forthcoming years 2018-2024 However Cllr Dessie Sheils believes

A Donegal Deputy is calling for reassurances from the Minister for Social Protection on the future of Community Employment Schemes which he says are vitally imporant to Donegal. Deputy Thomas Pringle Responding to Minister Varadkar’s recent announcement that he will expand certain aspects of the Community Employment Scheme. As it stands Deputy Pringle says the

Donegal County Council has unveiled three new pilot initiatives that will support new and existing Tidy Town groups throughout Donegal. These initiatives include the new Clean & Green Awards, a Tidy Towns Start-Up Fund and a Tidy Towns Improvement Project Fund. The Clean and Green awards will be set up on a pilot basis with