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Letterkenny University Hospital is one of three for which HIQA has published inspection reports today on measures in place to prevent the spread of infection. As well as Letterkenny, HIQA has also published  reports on the Croom Hospital and Mayo University Hospital in Castlebar. This inspection focussed on the Medical 3 and Dialysis facilities, and found general […]

Fianna Fáil’s Parliamentary Party Think-In begins in Co. Carlow today. Last week, Fine Gael and Sinn Féin met to discuss their parties’ priorities for the upcoming Dáil term. Housing and the UK’s BREXIT vote will be among the issues on the agenda at the two-day meeting of Fianna Fáil TDs and Senators. Water charges are

City of Derry Airport has welcomed confirmation of a £7m support funding package for the airport. The news comes following weeks of high level talks and negotiations between CoDA and Derry City and Strabane District Council with the deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness to help secure the future of the airport. Airport Chairperson Roy Devine

The second quarter of 2016 has seen an upward trend in rent costs continue in Donegal. In the first quarter of this year the average monthly rent in the private sector in Donegal was €467, an increase of 27 euro compared to the same period in 2015. In the second quarter of this year there

A 28 year old lorry driver has been arrested on suspicion of a number of motoring offences following the death of a pedestrian in Omagh. In the early hours of this morning a man in his 20s died following a fatal collision with the lorry on the Great Northern Road in Omagh. The pedestrian named

    Yesterday thousands of people attended a demonstration in Dublin in protest of water charges. Water charges were suspended by the government, pending the outcome of an expert commission. Locals from the North West attended the Right2Water march in Dublin yesterday. Philip McFadden a Donegal member of Right2Water attended the march yesterday and said

The PSNI have confirmed that the Police search operation at Killen in Co Tyrone has now ended. Searches began after a local farmer reported a piece of disturbed land. Police were searching the land for the remains of missing Arlene Arkinson. The teenager went missing after a night out in Donegal in 1994 and was

Searches are continuing in County Tyrone, for the remains of a teenage girl who went missing more than 20 years ago. 15-year-old Arlene Arkinson disappeared after a night out in Donegal in 1994. Arlene’s sister – Kathleen – has thanked a local farmer who reported a piece of disturbed land to police. The PSNI along

A man with 159 previous convictions will be sentenced in two weeks time for his involvement in a crime spree which saw an attempted robbery of a credit union office and the theft of a car from a house in Derry. 34 year old Henry Marley of no fixed abode admitted three charges in relation

Derry City has picked up a number of awards in the Ulster in Bloom Competition, including first in the City Category. Foyle Street Bus Station and the Garden of Reflection also took prizes. The judges praised Derry’s well maintained open spaces and beautiful plant and floral presentations throughout the city. Mayor Hilary McClintock praised council

A dispute between the Psychiatric Nurses Association and the HSE in Donegal about whether permanent positions would be offered to temporary staff and new graduates has been resolved. It emerged at the end of last week that 11 graduates from LYIT would not be offered contracts, despite that terms of a national agreement, with the

  Police are advising people to expect traffic delays in Derry city tomorrow due to a band parade.  Participants will assemble at Rossdowney Gardens at 10.45am and the route will follow along Glendermott Road, Bond Street, May Street, Limavady Road, Clooney Terrace, Spencer Road, Craigavon Bridge, Carlisle Road, Ferryquay Street, The Diamond, Bishop Street, Palace

  Concern has been raised following reports of people from Northern Ireland not being able to renew their passports in Donegal and told they can only do so in the North. A number of people from the Strabane area and other border towns have been in contact with local representatives about the issue, saying that

  A Letterkenny man became overall winner of the Enterprise Awards last night in Dublin after expanding his business from a spare bedroom to a state-of -the-art premises. Derek Walker who is registered blind set up his business ‘Simple Health’ in 2014, which involves wheatgrass production and selling frozen wheatgrass shots. Mr. Walker has also

  A Donegal County Councillor is urging homeowners throughout Donegal to be vigilant for signs of defective blocks in their homes following reports of new cases in the Finn Valley and East Donegal areas. It’s understood the council is continuing to test homes throughout the county, with the first report from the expert panel due

  Thousands are expected to descend on the capital tomorrow for the latest Right2Water protest and people in Donegal are being urged to attend. This will be the 8th national Right2Water protest to take place since October 2014. Participants will be asked to gather at Sir John Rogerson’s Quay  at 1.30pm or Connolly and Heuston

    A campaign group against the A5 development has reignited its call for the project not to proceed. The Alternative A5 Alliance is to lodge a second legal challenge against the project. The group has already lodged papers with the High Court seeking a judicial review of plans to construct the so-called Western Transport

  Police are appealing for information following two incidents of fraud that occurred in the Strabane area. It’s understood the incidents took place within the last week but details are only emerging now. It has been reported that two businesses received payment over the phone by a man using a credit card which turned out

  A fresh search is underway in near Castlederg in Tyrone for the remains of Arlene Arkinson, who has been missing for 22 years. It’s understood that the PSNI have called in a specialist team to help examine a site which is approximately one mile from Castlederg. The area is close to a road the