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Calls have been made for a public consultation process on the naming of the new Cockhill Bridge. The official sod turning ceremony has taken place, marking the beginning of the construction of the bridge. The old bridge will remain open for pedestrians, while the new bridge is expected to be completed in 2-3 years. Local […]

The Donegal Youth Service has published its annual report for 2015 with over 8 thousand young people engaging with the service last year. The report also revealed that over 10 thousand queries were submitted to the service and almost 5 thousand services provided from the drop-in centre last year. The top queries by young people

  An investigation is underway this evening in Derry following the discovery of a suspicious object in the city. Consequently the Feeny Road,is closed at the Rallagh Road junction and the  Glenedra Rosd is closed the the Altinure Rd junction with motorists being asked to avoid the area if possible. There are no further details

  The latest royal visit to Ireland is being hailed as a great chance to build cross-border co-operation. Prince Charles and his wife Camilla visited several parts of Donegal earlier. Hundreds of people gathered to greet the royal couple in Donegal Town. Caoithearlach of Donegal County Council Ciaran Brogan says it’s a great chance to

  Prince Charles and the Duchess of Cornwall are continuing their tour of Donegal. The British Royals attended a civic reception this lunchtime in Letterkenny, after earlier visiting Donegal town. Camilla has been visiting Ballyraine National School while Prince Charles visited the L.Y.I.T. in Letterkenny. Prince Charles addressed the crowd in the LYIT opening with a

    Householders are being urged to return their census form by post if it has not yet been collected. Over 1.7 million forms have been collected so far. A CSO spokesperson says that some forms in Donegal haven’t been collected yet and people are being asked to return their form by post as soon

Prince Charles and his wife Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall have concluded their visit to Donegal Town, where they visited Magee’s and Donegal Castle. They were greeted by broadcaster and hotelier Noel Cunningham, who said they received a very warm welcome to Donegal………. The Royal couple also visited Mc Gettigans Butchers. Brothers Ernan and Diarmuid told

The Mica issue has been discussed again in the Dail, with Donegal Deputy Charlie Mc Conalogue saying the he believes there are thousands of homes affected. He was responding to Minister of State Damien English, who said there are around 300 confirmed cases at the moment, but investigations are continuing. He committed to visiting Donegal

Hotelier and broadcaster Noel Cunningham is greeting the Royal couple in Donegal Town this morning, he believes there is no doubt that today’s visit will bring long term benefits to the county and the region……..  

A Donegal councillor claims that one of the organisers of a protest against the Royal Visit in Letterkenny today is being harrassed by gardai. Cllr Michael Cholm Mac Giolla Easbuig alleges up to eight gardai called to the individual’s home today, and questioned another person. He says this is despite assurances he and others had

As Prince Charlas and his wife Camilla arrive in Donegal Town, a group of children and their teachers from Glebe National School have been awaiting their arrival. Greg Hughes spoke to some of them a short time ago….  

Today is the 25th anniversary of the murder of Inishowen Sinn Fein Cllr Eddie Fullerton, who was shot dead by loyalist paramilitaries at his family home in Cockhill, Buncrana on this day 25 years ago. Donegal County Council will hold a wreath laying ceremony at the the Eddie Fullerton memorial at the Stone Jug, Buncrana

  A major security operation is in place for the visit of Prince Charles and his wife Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwall to County Donegal. A huge security operation is in place in both Donegal Town and Letterkenny with traffic restrictions and an air exclusion zone in operation. The details are as follows –  

A teacher with the Donegal Education and Training Board has been elected, by a significant majority, as the next President of the Teachers’ Union of Ireland. Following a ballot of the Union’s 15,000 members, Joanne Irwin received 66% of the vote and will take up Office on July 1st. Joanne, who is based at the

MEP Matt Carthy belives European Money should be made available to improve tourist facilities at Malin Head and boost the numbers visiting the area. The Midlands Northwest MEP was speaking following a recent visit to the area during which he met with the Malin Head Community Associations. Mr Carthy says that while european funding oppurtinities

A Donegal Deputy is calling on Minister for Social Protection Leo Varadkar to speed up the application process for Carers Allowance and Carers Benefit. Pat the Cope Gallagher says the delays are causing unnecessary hardships and stress to many families who are caring on a full time basis for their family members and loved ones.

The Sinn Fein Mayor of Letterkenny says the visit of Prince Charles to Donegal tomorrow is a positive step in the peace process. However,Councillor Gerry McMonagle says his thoughts will be with the family of murdered Donegal Sinn Féin Councillor Eddie Fullerton and with the families of those killed in Derry on Bloody Sunday. The

Senator Pádraig Mac Lochlainn is calling for a full audit of all vacant housing stock in Donegal. He says figures presented to the government last week suggest over 13,000 homes, not including holiday homes, were vacant in Donegal. Senator Mac Lochlainn is challenging Housing Minister Simon Coveney to explain how over 2,500 applicants and families

A 16 year old youth has appeared at Derry Magistrates Court charged with the murder of Gerard Quinn at in the Waterside at the weekend. The youth, who cannot be named, was also charged with attempted GBH to Mr Quinn’s brother. The court was told that the cause of Mr Quinn’s death was stab wounds

The Castlefinn Partnership Initiative has begun a series of political meetings to secure funding to prevent further flooding in the town. The CPI’s own building sustained serious flood damage last year, and the initiative says the flooding which hit Castlefinn twice during 2015 caused significant destruction and distress for residents, business owners and service providers

Three pro-choice women handed themselves into Derry’s Strand Road police station yesterday claiming they had accepted a delivery of abortion pills on behalf of women who were too afraid to receive them delivery to their own homes. 71 year-old, Diana King, 68 year-old, Colette Devlin and 69 year-old, Kitty O’Kane were questioned after arriving at

The Cathaoirleach of Donegal County Council says tomorrow’s Royal visit to the county is a great opportunity to showcase all that Donegal has to offer. Councillor Ciaran Brogan will be hosting a special welcome reception for Prince Charles at the Letterkenny Institute of Technology with invited guests from all sectors in the County. Earlier in

  A 34 year old mother of three from Omagh and now based in Walsall has been jailed for two and a half years in the UK for failing to tell the authorities that her husband was about to join ISIS. Trainee maths teacher Lorna Moore, who converted to Islam, is one of a group of

Donegal County Council has launched a new Public Wi-Fi network in 25 public buildings around the county. The network is now live in all Public Services Centres, libraries and other public buildings. The networks are not open, people can log on to WiFi in the Libraries by using their Library card credentials. Access to the

Gardaí have issued traffic advice for motorists and pedestrians ahead of the visit to Donegal of The Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall. The couple visit Donegal Town and Letterkenny on Wednesday. Gardai say there will be some delays & traffic disruptions will occur in the areas where the visit is scheduled and

It has been confirmed that the Prince of Wales will visit Donegal as part of a three-day visit to Ireland which began today. Charles is in Belfast today and tomorrow will be joined in Northern Ireland by the Duchess of Cornwall. The royal couple will then travel to Donegal on Wednesday for an official visit.

An independent junior minister says he’s likely to vote against the government in the Dáil this week. John Halligan says he will probably support a motion signed by 39 TDs, calling for the immediate abolition of domestic water charges. The motion is set to go to a vote in the Dáil on Wednesday night –

Donegal County Council is considering the erection of CCTV cameras in the Twin Towns. The issue was raised at a recent meeting by Cllr Martin Harley, says there’s been an ongoing problem with anti-social behaviour in the area recently, with a number of serious incidents in recent weeks. Most recently, he says, a woman was

The Association of Garda Sergeants and Inspectors says it will not make any comment on weekend reports that a judicial inquiry which looked into the death of Donegal based Garda Sergeant Michael Galvin has cleared the Garda Siochana Ombudsman Commission of wrongdoing. Sergeant Galvin took his own life at Ballyshannon Garda Station on Thursday May