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Unions and management at Bus Éireann are locked in talks at the Workplace Relations Commission. Despite hours of talks so far, both sides have failed to reach a deal over plans to implement cost cutting measures. Strike action at the company is now in its 17th day – which is affecting tens of thousands of […]

New Government measures designed to protect the Community Employment Scheme has been welcomed in Donegal. An additional 1,700 places have been announced for Donegal along with amendments to age limits. The entry age for CE Schemes has been reduced from 25 to 21 while those over 55 years of age will be allowed to remain

Police in Derry say they are concerned for the welfare of missing person Erin Stockman. The 12 years old was last seen near McDonalds, Strand Road around 6.30 pm on Saturday evening. She is 4’6”, long light brown hair wearing glasses, Black Hooded Top, Denim shorts, Black Vans shoes. If you have any information to

Gardaí investigating the murder of Andrew Allen in Buncrana have arrested a man in his early 50s. The man was arrested on Saturday 8th April 2017 in the County Donegal area. He is currently detained at Letterkenny Garda Station under Section 30 of the Offences Against the State Act, 1939 as amended. 24 year old

ShopLK, Love Shopping Letterkenny, has reached another important and amazing milestone. Just 16 months after the launch of the ShopLK Gift Card, sales have hit €3million. Letterkenny Chamber created the ShopLK brand way back in 2004 and added the Vouchers in 2006. Since then sales have increased year on year as Letterkenny people got behind

There was a huge turn out at a public meeting in Raphoe last night to discuss plans by Ulster Bank to close its branch in the town. The bank is closing its branches in Raphoe and Ardara this year and despite numerous representations, the bank insists it won’t reverse its decision. Margaret O’Doherty is a

Search efforts to find the remaining missing crew members of Rescue 116 will resume this morning. The RNLI, Coastguard and Naval service will conduct a land and sea search from Donegal to Mayo. Search teams will also be looking for debris from the helicopter that crashed over three weeks ago off the coast of Mayo.

A 14-year-old boy’s appeared in court in the north, charged with trying to buy a sub-machine gun and 100 rounds of ammunition. The teenager was arrested in Coleraine, Co Derry on Thursday. Ballymena Magistrates Court heard he may have planned to intimidate someone, after using the “dark web” to try to get the weapon. The

There are calls from Donegal for the Irish government to ban US military planes landing in Shannon. Independent Councillor Micheál Choilm Mac Giolla Easbuig reiterated his stance following yesterday’s US airstrikes on Syria. The West Donegal Councillor has labelled the strikes as ‘another chapter in US imperialism’. He says the Irish government has played it’s

Orders were singed in court today allowing sheep stolen from Donegal to be returned to the farmers that own them. The stolen sheep turned up in marts in County Cavan. At Ballyshannon District Court today, Judge Kevin Kilrane heard of the sales of rustled sheep and lamb at different marts in Dowra, Co. Cavan, last

Two Donegal school are to receive extensions for Special Needs areas. The additional accommodation projects will go ahead at Scoil Roisin at Roshine, Dungloe and Finn Valley College in Stranorlar. The School Building Unit of the Department of Education will issue further details to both schools in coming days. The projects will now progress to

It has emerged that up to 20 cats across Donegal have recently died from suspected poisoning. Up to ten cats have been found dead in Porthall Lifford, a further six in Ardara with dead cats also found in St Johnston. It is not yet clear if the cats consumed poison by accident or where intentionally

Letterkenny Municipal District has agreed to take over the maintenance of the monument commemorating the Battle of Scariffholis at New Mills The battle was fought between the Ulster Army commanded by Heber MacMahon, the Catholic Bishop of Clogher, and an English Parliamentarian army commanded by Charles Coote. The Ulster army was routed, with 3,000 men

There are renewed calls for the suspension of all imports of Brazilian beef and poultry into the EU. Midlands North West MEP Matt Carthy says the move is necessary following recent revelations of serious fraud and corruption in the Brazilian beef and poultry trade. A two-year investigation by the Brazilian Federal Police showed that potentially

There’s been a significant drop in the number of patients awaiting admission at Letterkenny University, with eight patients without beds this morning, compared to 30 yesterday. None of the affected patients this morning were on Emergency Department trolleys. Over 300 people are on trolleys at hospitals across the country. According to the Irish Nurses and

The Irish Coastguard has this morning updated its social media sites with details of tomorrow’s search for Paul Ormsby and Ciaran Smith. This is the post and attached map…… On Saturday the 8th of April the Irish Coast Guard,RNLI, Irish Air Corps, the Irish Naval Service andCivil Defence, boats, aircraft, land search and UAV teams,

Independent MEP Marian Harkin says maintaining equality between businesses on both sides of the border will be a huge issue after Brexit. The Midlands North-West MEP is warning that businesses in the South could be put at a major disadvantage if their counterparts in Northern Ireland can operate under better circumstances. Ms Harkin was speaking

As the search for the remaining crew members from Rescue 116 continues, the Coast Guard is asking all Mariners in the North Mayo – South Donegal area to keep a close lookout for any debris in the course of their routine activities. Any findings should be reported to the Malin Head Coast Guard Coordination Centre.

Donegal County Council has launched a new scheme to help bring vacant private houses back into use. The Repair and Leasing Scheme will see the council help owners of vacant properties carry out repairs. The local authority will pay for initial costs up to a limit of €40,000, in return for a 10 to 20

Concern has been expressed at the Census 2016 findings which show the number of people speaking the Irish language in Donegal has decreased since April 2011. 56,738 stated that they could speak Irish in Donegal, but there’s a 16% decrease in the number of daily Irish speakers in the county. Deputy Pearse Doherty says the