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  A lot of people returning to the country are facing a number of challenges in terms of high costs. The New Minister for the Diaspora says he wants to make it easier for people to return to Ireland and give Irish born pensioners free travel. Joe McHugh says it seems unfair that people who […]

  Calls have been made to begin the process of upgrading the A2 Buncranna road in Derry with claims that it’s causing a delay of business development in the area. A proposal to widen the road was first submitted eleven years ago with a public consultation on the project beginning in 2007. A route was

  The funeral of Gerard Quinn who was murdered in Derry last week has taken place today at St Mary’s Church in Ardmore. The father of one died from stab wounds to the neck caused by broken glass during an incident in the Waterside area of the city last Saturday. He was taken to hospital

  A 29-year-old man has appear in court this morning charged with the murder of  Strabane man Michael Barr at Sunset House pub in Dublin last month.  He was arrested on Friday and detained at the Bridewell Garda Station. Eamonn Cumberton, with an address at Mount Joy Street Dublin 7, appeared before a sitting at

  Questions are being asked as to what next for the Ritz Cinema in Ballybofey after An Bord Pleanala said it could not be demolished. Donegal County Council had already refused The Butt Hall Committee permission to demolish the iconic building but that decision was appealed to An Bord Pleanala. The planning appeals authority has

  Donegal businesses are being encouraged to make their premises a welcoming place for breast feeding mothers. So far Boots and Oscars Cafe have signed up to display ‘Breastfeeding Welcome here’ marks. The intiative is frm the First One Thousand Days movement which is hoping to reverse the trend which has Ireland as one of

  A 24-hour Garda clampdown on speeding concluded at 7am this morning with the North West recording the worst speeding offences in the county. Gardai have confirmed that 322 vehicles countrywide were caught driving in excess of the speed limit on ‘National Slow Down Day’. A car was clocked doing 128km/h in a 80 km/h

Bomb components were found during today’s security alert in Strabane. The security alert in the Evish Road area of Strabane has now ended. The alert began after a suspicious object was discovered during a planned search by officers from PSNI Serious Crime Branch. ATO examined the object that was discovered in a laneway off the

Highland Radio News can reveal that The Butt Hall Committee has been told it cannot demolish the Old Ritz Cinema in Ballybofey. Donegal County Council had already refused the committee permission to demolish the iconic building but that decision was appealed to An Bord Pleanala. The planning appeals authority has this week ordered that the

The Heritage Council has today announced funding for a number of heritage projects in County Donegal under its 2016 Community-based Heritage Grants Scheme. In total 17 projects in Donegal will share in just over 100 thousand euro. The joint biggest allocation is for 10,000 euro to St. Columba’s Straid Conservation Group for repair Works to

  Since 7am this morning GoSafe has checked the speed of 13,454 vehicles with 25 detected travelling in excess of the posted speed limit as part of National Slow Down Day. In Donegal there have been notable speed occurrences so far today. A motorist was clocked doing 128km/h in an 80 km/h zone in Cashel,

    It’s emerged that six people including a family of three young children were taken to hospital this week following a fire in Moville. The fire, which started on the ground floor at an apartment block in James Street on Monday night last caused the building to be consumed with smoke with the upstairs

  It has been revealed that the number of Gardai in Donegal has declined by sixteen per cent over the last five years. Figures released by the Department of Justice show that the number of Gardai in Donegal dropped from 466 in 2010 to 392 in 2015 – a decrease of 74 Gardai in the

  Police are appealing for information following an incident in the Glenabbey Drive area of Derry. The incident happened last month on Friday 14 April but details are only emerging now. At approximately 9pm, as a teenage girl was sitting outside her house, a group of three or four males approached her and using an

  A local property expert is claiming the rental property market is in dire straits in Donegal with 20 students forced to defer their college places in LYIT in Letterkenny for this current academic  year because they couldn’t find accommodation. There were 294 residential property transactions in Letterkenny alone last year compared to 125 in 2013

  Donegal had the highest number of deaths in the country as a result of speeding at 8.4% between 2008 and 2012 according to the RSA. Despite a significant drop in road deaths nationally last year, figures in Donegal were up. The report was compiled ahead of National Slow Down Day which is in effect

A Donegal mother whose son died after taking so called legal highs has welcomed a blanket ban on the drugs coming into effect in the UK Anyone found producing or supplying the psychoactive substances now facing up to seven years in prison. Letterkenny based Karen Vandersypen, whose son, Jimmy, died after taking a legal high

  A Donegal County Councillor has been critical of a small protest against yesterday’s Royal Visit. Up to 40 people assembled in the vicinity of the LYIT amid tight security with placards and banners opposing the proceedings of Prince Charles and Camilla taking a tour of the county. Councillor Ian McGarvey who is Ireland’s oldest

  An Taisce has announced the International Blue Flag Award and the National Green Coast Award recipients for the 2016 bathing season. A total of 13 beaches in Donegal have retained their blue flag this while five sites in the county have also retained their Green Coasts Awards which were awarded last year. The beaches

A Judge in a Derry court has criticised the efficiency of the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency since its centralisation to Wales, saying there has been ‘a severe drop off in performance’. District Judge Barney McElholm made the comments when dealing with a number of minor traffic offences at Derry Magistrates Court yesterday. In one

Fianna Fail has defended its decision not to vote against the abolition of Irish Water in a Dail vote. Earlier this week, Sinn Fein’s Finance Spokesperson Deputy Pearse Doherty urged Fianna Fail to support the vote, saying it would kill offf Irish Water for once and for all. However, last night, Fianna Fail abstained, and

A security alert outside Derry ended last night with nothing serious being found. The Feeny Road was closed at its junction with the Rallagh Road, and the Glenedra Road was also closed at its junction with the Altinure Road for a time while army experts examined a suspicious object. It was later declared to be

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