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  Four motorists have been caught speeding in the Letterkenny area on Bank Holiday Monday. Gardaí from the Letterkenny Roads Policing Unit operated a number of speed checks throughout the day. Drivers were clocked speeding at 141, 125, 128 and 126 kph in a 100 zone. Gardai issued Fixed Charge Notices and those in question

2,193 new cases of Covid-19 have been reported this evening. 513 patients are in hospital with the virus – the first time the figure’s been above 500 in nearly eight months. 97 Covid patients are in intensive care, down two from yesterday. Chief medical officer, Tony Holohan, says he’s ‘increasingly worried’ about the rising incidence

A number of vehicles have been damaged in Letterkenny in recent days. Gardaí are investigating the incident of criminal damage that occurred in the area of Gleann Eadan, between Wednesday night last at 11pm and Thursday morning at 8am. Two vehicles, a van and a car both of which were parked at the same address

Substantial damage has been caused during a weekend incident in the Twin Towns. It happened last Sunday night at 11.50pm, in the area of Aisling Court on the Donegal road in Ballybofey. Gardaí received reports that a black VW had been driving in a dangerous manner and had caused substantial damage to a number of

  Donegal County Council has issued a warning over bonfires ahead of the Halloween festivities. They are asking the community to remember that bonfires can cause serious damage and injuries both to our environment and to our health. In a statement, the Council says that there has been a significant reduction in the number of

  A number of people have been arrested in connection with the theft in a shop in Letterkenny. Yesterday, Gardaí were alerted to the fact that the theft had occurred at a sports shop on the Main Street in Letterkenny shortly after 3.30pm. A number of males had entered the store and had stolen a

  Gardaí are investigating a burglary in Buncrana yesterday evening. The incident happened at Earlsfort, at some stage between 7.30pm and 9pm. The key of a car was stolen from a house which had been left unlocked and the car, a white Hyundai Kona ‘VGZ’ was then taken from the driveway of the house. The

    Gardai have reissued an appeal for information after a jewellers was targeted during a burglary in south Donegal last week. The incident happened on Main Street in Donegal Town in the early hours of Friday morning last. At around 3am, two masked males are believed to have gained access to the premises by

Gardaí are investigating a burglary that occurred at Westside Apartments, Lower Main Street, Letterkenny between 8pm on Sunday the 17th of October and 11pm on Thursday the 21st of October. The door to an apartment there was forced open and entry was gained. The apartment was rummaged through and a substantial sum of cash was

  Letterkenny University Hospital is the second most overcrowded in Ireland today. As of this morning, there were 57 people awaiting admission with 18 people on trolleys and 39 waiting on wards or in overflow areas. Nationally, there were 477 admitted patients are waiting for beds this morning, according to today’s INMO Trolley Watch. 376

  Planning permission has been submitted to Donegal County Council to construct 30 new houses in the Twin Towns. McHugh Brothers Builders are seeking permission to demolish 21 partially built houses at Navenny to make way for 24 new two storey homes. The plans also include a new pedestrian crossing and a play park. Meanwhile,

  An expert government committee has released a programme to cut Ireland’s greenhouse emissions in half inside a decade. The government plans to make the two five-year carbon budgets legally binding within the next four months. The first five-year budget will require cuts of 4.8% a year compared with emissions in 2018. After 2025, a

  Six in ten companies say the risk of financial crime and cyber-attacks has increased because of remote working. 280 organisations were surveyed by the Association of Compliance Officers in Ireland, with four in ten saying data breach risks have also risen. It comes as financial cybercrime activities such as fraudulent emails, phishing attempts, ransomware

  A motorist has been clocked speeding at 115kph in an 80 zone at the weekend. Gardai caught the driver in the Muff area on Saturday evening. In a statement on Donegal Garda Facebook page, Gardai are reminding people to slow down.

1,845 new cases of Covid-19 have been announced by the Department of Health today. There are currently 497 people in hospitals with the virus here, up 24 on yesterday. 99 of those patients are now in ICU, an increase of 2. As the upward trend of hospitalisations from the virus continues, the number of people

Police are appealing for information after reports that shots were fired in in Derry last night. The PSNI say that there was a report of gun shots being discharged in the Sevenoaks area of Derry city, at approximately 9:40pm on Sunday night. While there have been no reports of injury or damage caused, Police are

Gardaí in Ballyshannon say the search operation that was ongoing in the Cashelard area near Ballyshannon earlier today has been stood down as remains have been found. No further updates are available at this time.

An Garda Síochana say that Gardaí as well as members of the Coast Guard have been carrying out a search operation for a missing woman in the Cashelard area near Ballyshannon this afternoon. Local reports suggest that the missing woman is in her mid thirties. There is no further information being made available regarding the