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The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Michael Creed announced today that Killybegs Harbour is to receive €6.2 million for upgrade works. As part of the 2017 Fishery Harbour and Coastal Infrastructure Capital Programme, €28 million has been made available nationwide for Ireland’s Local Authority owned small harbour network. €5 million of the funding

Gardai in Ballyshannon are investigating an incident in the Market Street area of the town in which a woman was discovered with injuries. The incident which happened at approximately 2:30am this morning when Gardai discovered the woman who is believed to be in her 20’s. The woman was taken to Sligo University Hospital for treatment to

Searches are continuing around the River Foyle in Derry for missing man, Jack Glenn. The 23-year-old was seen entering the water on Thursday. Searches are being carried out each hour leaving from the Peace Bridge in the city. The PSNI have warned those searching to take care and consider their own safety along the river

The Minister for Finance says Ireland is heading towards full employment. Michael Noonan says unemployment is at just over 7%, a drop of 9% from five years ago when it was at 16%. Despite the economic upturn, Mr Noonan said some people are still struggling to buy a home and send their children to school.

A local Councillor is praising building merchants who have donated materials for a new footpath in Gaoth Dobhair. Councillor Michael Cholm Mac Giolla Easbuig felt that a footpath was needed on the industrial estate road in light of the renovation work at the Amharclann Theatre in the area. Materials have been kindly donated to facilitate

The death has been announced of former Donegal person of the year Hugh Gallagher. The 92 year-old from Carrigart was the winner of more than one hundred and fifty All Ireland track and field athletic gold medals. Donegal County Council held a civic reception for the Mr Gallagher in 2015. Born in Creevy, Carrigart in

Almost 93 surgeries were cancelled each day during the month of January. That’s according to Sinn Fein which also says hospitals across the country currently face up to 100 percent occupancy each week. The party says that patients’ health is being severely undermined by underinvestment in the Public Health Service. Sinn Féin Health Spokesperson Louise

Smoking is the cause of almost 3000 cancer deaths in Ireland each year. Today marks World Cancer Day and the Irish Cancer Society is urging the Government to follow Australia and make a bold pledge on tobacco. Cigarettes cost over 17 euro per packet in Australia with plans to increase it to 28 euro by

Donegal County Council are receiving applications for the Structures at Risk Fund on behalf of the Department of Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht affairs. The total national fund available of €824,000. The purpose of the Structures at Risk Fund is to assist with works to safeguard structures protected under the Planning and Development Act

The sister of a missing Derry man is pleading with people in the North West to assist them in their search for him. Jack Glenn is understood to have entered the River Foyle on Wednesday sparking a major search and rescue operation in a bid to locate him. That search is continuing today with groups

  Serious concern has been raised after human excrement was found during a voluntary clean-up on the outskirts of Letterkenny. The operation is centrally focused in the Lower Dromore area of the town close to the dual carriagway. A significant amount of rubbish has been collected by a local team this week and it’s thought

The Agriculture and Marine Minister says he won’t scrap a controverial review of mackerel quotas, despite the fact that an expected quota increase will not now materialise. The review follows a request to the minister to allocate the bulk of any quota increase to vessels in the south of the country, with fears in Killybegs

There were almost 2000 less people signing on in Donegal last month compared to January 2016. The latest figures from the CSO shows the live register total in Donegal stands now at 14,240. The number signing on in Letterkenny last month was 4,233 down 665 over the course of the year – the number signing

The makers of the whiskey which is to be distilled in Derry from next year say they want consumers to develop an “emotional link” with the product. Quiet Man whiskey is already blended and bottled in the city by the Niche Drinks company, and it’s now hoped the new distillery at Ebrington will be operational by

People from Creeslough Falcarragh and all neighbouring Towns are invited to a meeting tonight with a view to establishing a text alert system in the Dunfanaghy area. The initiative is borne from a perceived lack of gardai in the area and the success of text alert systems in other areas of the county. The aim

  The Irish Natura and Hill Farmers Association is launching a campaign to have Areas of Natural Constraint payments to farmers in mountain and more severely handicapped areas doubled. The initiative would require increasing the ANC budget to €300 million, which the association says can be achieved by adjusting the department’s overall budget. Farmers in

Donegal County Council is to request a meeting with the housing Minister Simon Coveney to discuss, what have been described as, the limitations of the current tenant purchase scheme. Councillor Michael McBride says the meeting is necessary to highlight the difficulties faced by the people of Donegal who wish to purchase County Council and S.I.

  Donegal’s five TDs should attend at least four Donegal County Council meetings a year, with a view towards creating a better form of communication on local issues between them and Councillors. The motion was brought forward at the most recent sitting of Donegal County Council by Councillor Ian McGarvey. He believes that this would pave

35 new jobs are on the cards in Derry after the Department of Finance at Stormont approved the business case for a new Niche Drinks distillery at Ebrington. It follows Derry City and Strabane District Councils’ decision this week to grant planning permission for the development, which means it can now go to construction. Foyle

  Emergency services are currently at the scene of a two car collision near Lurgybrack School in Letterkenny. It’s understood the crash happened at around 4.30 this evening. The road remains open but Gardai have advised motorists to approach the area from both directions with caution. There are no further details at this stage.