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  A 62 year old man has been arrested following the death of a woman at a house on Glenshane Road in Claudy. The 36 year old’s death was reported to police at around 4.30am this morning. Detectives say the death is unexplained and is being treated as suspicious at present. A post mortem examination will

    It’s now 50 days since the General Election – the longest time on record it’s taken to form a Government. Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil will maintain contact this weekend following constructive talks yesterday. Official negotiations -aimed at forming a Fine Gael led minority Government – will resume on Monday. Yesterday’s talks have

A fundraiser for a Donegal national school today will be the first of its kind to be held in the county. Ballyraine National School’s Parents Association are hosting the event in aid of the school. Eight static bicycles will be hooked up to a generator at the Radisson Blu Hotel – to run the pedal

  There were almost 1,000 marriages celebrated in County Donegal in 2015 The figures released by the central statistics office show that while the majority of those were Catholic marriages, there was an increase in the number of Civil Marriages: According to the statistics, 681 Catholic Marriages took place last year, 35 Church of Ireland, 28 Presbyterian,

  The Irish Fishing industry would be severely impacted by a British exit from the EU. That’s according to the Sinn Fein MEP Liadh Ni Riada who is on the European Parliament’s Fisheries Committee. The Brexit referendum takes place in June. Ms Ni Riada says  a British vote to leave the EU will jeopardise the

  A grant scheme has been announced in a bid for the conservation of traditional farm buildings and other similar buildings in the county.  Funding will be made available under the GLAS scheme as part of a countrywide initiative later this year and anyone who meets the criteria is asked to apply with the closing

Letterkenny’s latest High Speed Fibre Broadband option has been launched today. Siro, a new company made up of Vodafone and ESB confirmed that construction is underway on its network in Letterkenny and that services will begin to become available in mid-May this year. The 100% fibre-optic internet connection promising a one GigaBit internet connection speed.

  Three teenage boys who were arrested last night for criminal damage in Derry have all been released on bail.  The boys aged, 14, 15 and 16 were arrested following reports of suspicious activity on the Coshquin Road yesterday.

      It has been revealed that just one house was built for social housing in Donegal last year down from 58 properties in 2011. Figures obtained by Sinn Fein show that new builds for Local Authority Housing in the county have decreased year on year since. At the end of 2015, there were

  It’s been confirmed that President Micheael D. Higgins will make his first official visit to Letterkenny on the 11th June this year. The President is to unveil a plaque to mark the towns success in last year’s National Tidy Towns Competition and it’s believed the celebrations will focus in and around the culture quarter although details

  Calls have made on the Donegal Islands Committee to write to the incoming Minister for the Environment requesting an urgent meeting in relation to the future of Salmon fishing in Donegal. It’s been claimed that fishermen across the county and further afield have been devastated due to the restrictions in salmon fishing while also

  The Department for Regional Development in the North has announced that Public Inquiries on the A5 scheme proposals will begin next week. A previous consultation process gained 1,266 responses which closed on April 4. The Department will appoint the Planning Appeals Commission to hold these public inquiries later in the year. The new consultation

  A County Donegal man has been remanded in custody after he was charged with dangerous driving and the unauthorized taking of a vehicle, at Sligo District Court. 39-year-old Jonathan Ayton, The Close, Raphoe County Donegal is charged with entering a building known as the residence of Sean Rodgers at Fintra Road to commit a

    Irish Water has confirmed that the water mains on the Lough Mourne Water Supply Scheme which serves Castlefinn is to be replaced and upgraded. The plans will see the upgrading of the existing network and the subsequent replacement of approximately 19km of old piping. It’s believed the plans are currently at design stage,

The Dungloe based company Irish Fish Canners says a business development programme has allowed them secure new contracts in countries as far afield as Australia, Japan and Jamaica. The Dungloe plant is the only fish canning facility in Ireland, and currently employs 35 people fulltime at its facility in Dungloe. Business Development Manager Karl Bonner

Latest Figures from the Central Statistics Office show a significant increase in the granting of planning permission for houses in County Donegal. Last year, there was a 25% increase in successful application granted by Donegal County Council when compared to 2014. According to the stats, permission was granted for 212 houses in 2015, up from

Postmasters are staging a protest in Dublin this morning over the decision to pay some social welfare payments through banks. They claim the Department of Social Protection is effectively trying to shut them down. The Irish Postmasters’ Union says it contacted the Department three weeks ago, when the union became aware of the decision to

A Donegal County Councillor says it would be a mistake for anyone to boycotting this month’s Census. Depsite filling out the Census being a legal obligation, there are online movements calling on people to not do so in protest on a number of issues ranging from privacy to anger at the Government. Councillor Patrick McGowan

  A Donegal Deputy is questioning The Department of Marine’s claim that 85% of material dredged from Killybegs harbour can be safely dumped at sea. The dredging is to be conducted as part of a proposed pier extension. The local community council has welcomed the work, but is concerned that dumping what is dredged at

Denis Donaldson’s family are going to the High Court in an attempt to speed up the inquest which continues to be delayed 10 years after he was killed. The 18th sitting of the inquest was told in Letterkenny that “pre-action” letters about the intended High Court proceedings had been sent to Minister for Justice Frances