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  New figures show that Highland Radio has cemented its position as Ireland’s number one listened to local radio station. Highland Radio also retains it’s position as the station with the country’s highest market share, a key indicator for advertisers. According to the independent figures released by JNLR/MRBI – 59 percent of people that listen […]

  The British Prime Minister says she’s got an open mind about Britain’s future ties with the European Union, after the UK voted to leave. Theresa May says she might not copy any other existing trading relationships with countries which are outside the EU. Speaking after a meeting with the Italian Prime Minister in Rome,

An English businessman has failed in his legal challenge to have three charges including withholding information about the murder of Paul McCauley dropped. In a reserved judgement at Derry Magistrates’ Court today, District Judge Barney McElholm said he was satisfied that the defendant, 61-year-old Charles Buckingham from Margate, Kent had been properly connected to the

  Sinn Féin MLA Martin McGuinness has called on British Secretary of State James Brokenshire to release funding for legacy inquests. The call comes following the Secretary’s visit to Derry city yesterday. In a statement Mr McGuinness said that James Brokenshire made positive comments in Derry yesterday on dealing with the legacy of the past

€1000’s worth of damage has been caused to Tullyarvan Mill Park, Buncrana. Yesterday morning it was discovered that 3 picnic Picnic benches were vandalised on Monday night. The park is used by many people from the local area as well as tourists who visit the park from across the continent. Tullyarvan Mill Park manager, Michael

Irish Water is today urging all homeowners in Donegal whose houses were built before 1980 to check their internal plumbing for lead pipes. The utility says public drinking water supplies are lead free, but lead can dissolve in drinking water from internal lead pipes which are common in older homes and buildings. Irish Water, which

Gardai are appealing for information following this morning’s double fatality as a result of a head on collision on the dual carriageway outside Letterkenny. Earlier, Inspector Michael Harrison spoke on the Shaun Doherty Show……

  Letterkenny’s participation in the Communities in Bloom competition is centre stage this week with the judges in the area for three days, beginning today. The competition originated in Canada, with the results of the competition being announced in Canada in the autumn. Omagh is also a competitor in Letterkenny’s section. Anne Mc Gowan is

Two men have died following a collision on the Letterkenny Dual Carriageway at quarter to five this morning. The inbound lane is closed following the collision, which happened close to the Dry Arch roundabout. Diversions are in place. We understand one of the two men was in his late teens, he other was in his

The Patient Safety Authority should be brought in to act as a watchdog over the National Treatment Purchase Fund. That’s the call from Nursing Homes Ireland, which says elderly people may be put at risk, because the fund is unaccountable. The NTPF is charged with reducing waiting lists by purchasing health services from the private

The Donegal branch of the Irish Cattle and Sheep Farmers Association is hosting a meeting this week to discuss the possible implications of BREXIT for farmers. The meeting is taking place in the Mount Errigal Hotel, Letterkenny this Friday at 8pm, and will be addressed by MEPs Mr Luke Ming Flanagan and Stuart Agnew, Independent

The inbound lane of the dual carriageway outside Letterkenny is closed between the Manor Roundabout and the Dry Arch roundabout following a serious road traffic collision overnight. No further details are available, but we understand at least one person has been very seriously injured.

Gardaí investigating the murder of Denis Donaldson at Cloghercor, Doochary, Co Donegal in April 2006 have arrested two men in connection with this investigation. The men aged in their 40s and 70s, were arrested in the Donegal area on Tuesday and are currently being detained at Letterkenny Garda Station under  the provisions of Section 30 of

  It’s been confirmed that Donegal has the most patients waiting a year a more for appointments in Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services. Figures obtained by Sinn Fein have also revealed that Donegal ranks second in the total number of patients waiting a year or more on the service’s waiting lists. This is despite

  The British Prime Minister Theresa May has suggested there’s no reason why the common travel area between Northern Ireland and the Republic should end after the UK leaves the EU. Taoiseach Enda Kenny met with the Prime Minister in Downing Street earlier this afternoon to discuss the relationship between the two countries. Mrs May

    A 29-year-old Romanian man has appeared at Derry Magistrate’s Court on human trafficking charges. Florin Gheorghe whose address was given as 31, Meadowbank Court in Derry was charged with five offences. He faced charges of false imprisonment, assault occasioning actual bodily harm, rape, trafficking into the UK for sexual exploitation and causing or

A Donegal councillor says works promised by Irish Water to upgrade the pipes between Meenaleck to Ranafast will save a lot of money, because there have been over 100 bursts on the pipe over the past number of years. Clle Michael Colm Mac Giolla Easbuig had queried Irish Water when a recent communication from the

There were 13 people awaiting admission to Letterkenny University Hospital this morning, five on trolleys in the Emergency Department and eight on the wards. That’s the seventh highest number outside Dublin. Nationally, the figure this morning was 323, with Limerick University Hospital having the highest number at 38.

Donegal Deputy Charlie McConalogue says farmers are rightly enraged at the severe delay in the processing of applications and issuing of payments under the various TAMS II schemes. New figures, contained in a Parliamentary Reply, reveal that more than 4,000 farmers are still waiting for their applications to be processed more than a year after

The status of the post-Brexit border will be a key issue for discussion during the Taoiseach’s first meeting with the new British Prime Minister today. Enda Kenny and Theresa May are meeting at 10 Downing Street, for talks that will focus on the implications of Britain’s departure from the EU. The Taoiseach says he’s hoping

A Derry man who was accused of driving while disqualified, and was said to have fled over the border into County Donegal after being recognised by police while driving, has been remanded in custody. 28 year old James Donegan of Summerhill Park appeared at the local Magistrate’s Court charged with a series of offences, that

Eir says work has started on delivering superfast fibre to the home in seven more towns in Donegal. The company has started laying 2,000 Kilometres of fibre broadband direct to peoples’ homes in Donegal Town, Quigleys Point, Lifford, Kilcar, Killybegs, Dungloe and Carrigart In addition, fibre broadband will soon be available in Creeslough, Dunfanaghy and

Detectives have arrested a 28 year old man in Derry as part of an investigation into human trafficking. A 26 year old Eastern European woman is currently receiving treatment for a range of injuries following allegations of rape and assault. She is also being assessed as a potential victim of human trafficking. Detective Inspector Mark

Donegal County Councillor John O’Donnell has appeared in court today on assault charges. He is charged with two cases of assault at Newline Road in Letterkenny on February 23rd of 2015. The court was told that the 35 year-old is charged with the assaults on two different people on that date. He made no reply

The case against a Stranorlar resident who drove at up to 150 kilometres per hour to escape gardai and then rammed a PSNI car near Castlederg has been further adjourned to check if he committed any more crimes since the chase. Judge Kevin Kilrane said at Donegal District Court today that he wished to know

A public meeting takes place at the Public Services Centre in Letterkenny tomorrow evening to discuss the prospect of the town being designated as a Gaeltacht Service Town. The government has already named the town as one of a number with the potential to be designated, provided certain criteria are met. That would open the

Gardai in Donegal are investigating the severe stabbing of a man in his 20s. It happened at a house party in the Clar area outside Donegal town in the early hours of Saturday. Garda sources said the victim was stabbed at least five times, and was treated for his injuries atLetterkenny University Hospital. Gardai have

Donegal Deputy Pat the Cope Gallagher says Donegal County Council must begin preparing a comprehensive application for resources under the new Action Plan for Housing. However. Deputy Gallagher says he has concerns that emergencies in Dublin and other large cities will take up the bulk of the government’s attention, leaving places like Donegal on the

An MEP is warning that developments in in the border area, worth in the region of €132 million, risk being stalled unless there is clarity about the future of the funding mechanisms and renewed commitment to implementing projects. Midlands North West representative Mairead McGuinness was speaking following a meeting in Newry with the East Border

Former President Mary McAleese and Junior Gaeltacht Minister Sean Kyne are among the attendees at the annual Oideas Gael Irish language summer school in Glencolmcille. Today sees the ‘The Irish Language – Whose Language’ symposium, along with other events to promote awareness of the langauge. Liam Ó Cuinneagáin is the director of Oideas Gael……….

IBEC says the island of Ireland needs to invest in roads and building projects, in order to improve  competitiveness following the Brexit vote. The Irish business and employer association has teamed up with the North’s business organisation CBI, to release a report titled ‘Connected’. The report claims that developing a quality island wide road network

This evening, Sinn Féin will host a public meeting in Letterkenny, to allow people from throughout Donegal to discuss their thoughts and concerns and have their say in the aftermath of the Brexit vote. The meeting will be chaired by Senator Pádraig MacLochlainn, with Sinn Fein’s Finance Spokesperson, Deputy Pearse Doherty and West Tyrone MP,

  The head of Trócaire says charities now need to make efforts to reassure donors that their money is being spent wisely in the wake of the scandal at Console. That organisation’s been wound down amid allegations of financial mismanagement by its CEO. It follows a number of scandals at Irish run charities in recent