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Renewed calls for safety works following another crash outside Ballybofey

Pic – Cllr Patrick Mc Gowan with the driver of the latest car to crash at that spot There’s been another crash on Donegal road outside Ballybofey, leading to renewed calls for safety works. Last night’s crash saw the driver walk away, but local Cllr Patrick McGowan says there have been several deaths on that […]

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Donegal County Council, County House, Lifford

Donegal County Council seeks to cut its own energy bill

Donegal County Council is attempting to significantly reduce it’s own energy costs as part of an Energy Awareness Campaign being launched in County House on Monday Next. The campaign is being introduced to complement the Councils new Energy Management System. Paddy Mullen is an Executive Engineer with the council. He says the council’s annual energy

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€145 million spent on Donegal home improvements in 2015 – CIF

    €149 million was spent on on repairs, maintenance and improvement to commercial and domestic buildings in Donegal last year, according to figuresn which have been published. Over €7 million of that was spent on private homes, leading to calls for incentives to be retained. An analysis by the Construction Industry Federation showed improvement

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Temperatures set to climb to 22C as Beyoncé brings the heat to Croke Park

Today will be warm and humid with some good sunny spells throughout the day. The northern half of the country can expect scattered showers in the morning, while outbreaks of rain or drizzle will sweep across the southwest in the afternoon. Met Éireann predicts top temperatures of 17C to 22C, with moderate westerly winds. This

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Pat the Cope Gallagher says he isn’t the politician alleged to have interfered in Mary Boyle case

Deputy Pat the Cope Gallagher has said for the first time publicly, he was not the politician alleged to have influenced the investigation into the disappearance of Mary Boyle. Two retired detectives have alleged in a documentary that there was political interference in the investigation of 6 year-old Mary Boyle’s disappearance. Mary was last seen

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Part of Immaculate Conception College demolished after arson attack

Police in Derry are appealing for information following a suspected arson attack at the derelict Immaculate Conception School site on Derry’s Waterside early yesterday morning, Wednesday 6th of June. Police say the fire was reported at around 4.40 yesterday morning,  and is believed to have been started deliberately. Due to the extensive damage caused to the

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McGowan urges students to apply for grants before deadline tomorrow

A Donegal County Councillor is urging those eligible for the SUSI grant to make their submission before tomorrow’s deadline if they haven’t already done so. This year, SUSI has changed the process and said it will be awarding new applicants earlier than last year. Previously, Leaving Cert students would have to wait until they received

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Pat the Cope is the new Leas Cheann Comhairle

Donegal Fianna Fail Deputy Pat the Cope Gallagher has been elected Leas Cheann Comhairle in the Dail, defeating Fine Gael’s Bernard Durkan by just one vote. Independent Mattie Mc Grath and Sinn Fein’s Sean Crowe also contested the election, which wasconducted by secret ballot usiong proportional representation. It was transfers from Deputy Crowe which proved

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Senator calls on Justice Minister to urgently address Mary Boyle case

  The Justice Minister has been asked to address the Mary Boyle case as a matter of urgency following allegations made during a documentary about the missing child. The documentary, which was uploaded on YouTube on Monday night has gained almost 40 thousand views so far and claims that there was political interference in the

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Book of evidence to be served on Letterkenny-based woman accused of assaulting Garda

  A book of evidence is to be served on a Letterkenny-based woman accused of assaulting a Garda at a courthouse. Donegal District Court today fixed September 7th as the day on which the book is to be served on 37-year-old Mary Kamunya. The defendant, with an address at The Maples, Lismonaghan, Letterkenny, is accused

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Senior garda pays tribute to Polish community after murder case concludes

The Detective Inspector who led the investigation into the 2013 murder of 41 year old Bogdan Michalkiewicz in Letterkenny has paid tribute to the Polish community for their help in bringing the case to a conclusion. Yesterday, 22 year old Krzystof Grzegorski was convicted of murder in the Central Criminal Court after a three week

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Update – Election underway in the Dail for a new Leas Cheann Comhairle

  Donegal Deputy Pat the Cope Gallagher will find out this evening if he is to become Leas Cheann Comhairle in the Dail. On June 2nd, Deputy Gallagher contested the position with Sinn Fein’s Sean Crowe and Independent Mattie Mc Grath. he received the highest number of votes, but did not secure the overall majority

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O’Toole resignation highlights credibility issue with Water Group – Pringle

A Donegal Deputy believes the expert group on water charges is facing a crisis following the resignation of chairman Joe O’Toole last evening. The former senator stepped down following widespread criticism of his comments in favour of water charges. He has been under fire after suggesting the purpose of the commission was to find the

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Letterkenny public meeting will highlight motor insurance cost hikes

People in Donegal are being urged to attend a public meeting about the rising cost of motor insurance. There have been on-going concerns that it isn’t feasible for many people to get motor insurance because of the huge prices hikes. The meeting is taking place on Monday next at 7.30 in in Letterkenny’s Station House

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O.N.E. seeking to expand residential services for former Defence Forces personnel

A group which supports former members of the defence forces who are homeless – says all of its units are currently full. Army Chief of Staff  Mark Mellet and Junior Defence Minister Paul Kehoe will today launch a special fundraising drive in Dublin in a bid to help the Organisation of National Ex-Service men and women to

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Pats progress in Europe as Dundalk go nine points clear at the top

St Patrick’s Athletic are through to the second round of qualifying for the Europa League. Despite a 2-1 defeat to Jeunesse Esch (pr: You-ness Eye-sch) in Luxembourg this evening, the Saints advanced on away-goals. Darren Dennehy’s 73rd minute goal was the decisive score of the night as it finished 2-all on aggregate, which was enough

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Donegal County Museum retains Full Accreditation in Museum Standards Programme of Ireland

  The Donegal County Museum in Letterkenny has retained Full Accreditation in the Museum Standards Programme of Ireland (MSPI), which is run by the Heritage Council The Donegal County Museum was one of seven of Ireland’s museums to be awarded the top standard of Full Accreditation, which requires complying with all 34 designated standards under

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Gardai renew appeal for information about 2013 killing of Kieran Callaghan

Gardaí are to mount checkpoints in Churchill this evening and again on Friday on the third anniversary of the unlawful killing of Kieran Callaghan. Mr Callaghan was last seen on Friday July 5th 2013, and his body was found at by a family member in his own residence at Roshine, Churchill two days later. An

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FG always intended that Water Commission would recommend charges – Pringle

The chair of the commission set up to examine water charges has issued a statement reassuring the public he is ‘completely impartial’. Joe O’Toole says he will keep an ‘open mind’ and ‘listen to all interested parties during the course of the Commission’s work’. Mr O’Toole has been accused of bias after saying the group

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