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A report on community nursing in Ireland to be launched this morning indicates that the service is under severe strain. The report says the service is struggling to meet the demands from challenges including a changing national demographic and earlier acute care discharges. The moratorium on nurse recruitment has also had a severe impact according

Police in Derry closed the Culmore Road for a time last night to facilitate a reconstruction of the collision which killed an elderly pedestrian in February. 70 year old pedestrian James Brendan O’Connor died after he was struck by a car just before 7 o’clock on the evening of Sunday 21 February. It happened close

  The telecoms regulator Comreg is being urged to put pressure on mobile phone operators to improve the service provision which they are currently offering in Donegal and elsewhere in the west and north west. Deputy Pat The Cope Gallagher says the quality of service and availability of mobile signals has greatly deteriorated in parts

A Stranorlar area councillor is urging people to be vigilant after reports that a van driver attempted to entice two girls into a red van in Drumkeen on Friday evening. It’s reported that the van driver didn’t realise that the girls’ grandmother was with them, and challenged him. He is described as being in his

The Tyrone woman arrested and jailed for drugs smuggling in Peru has said her decision was made in a “moment of madness”. Michaella McCollum was freed on parole this week after serving more than two years in prison in South America. In an interview to be broadcast on RTE tonight, she says if the cocaine

Police say a 25-year-old man who was arrested in Strabane in connection with violent dissident republican activity has been released. The man was arrested in Strabane yesterday Friday morning. Police say he’s been released “unconditionally”.

A former DUP councillor has has been given a suspended sentence after pleaded guilty to 23 charges of fraud by false representation. Derry Magistrates Court was told Bill Irwin had home heating oil delivered to his home, but invoiced to the local DUP office where he worked. The 55 year old from Duncastle Road in

A Strabane woman, who is charged with setting fire to a county Donegal hotel, had her case adjourned, at Ballyshannon District Court. 50-year-old Sylvia Glenn, Greenway Park, Strabane is charged with arson in that she damaged by fire a water storage unit at the Allingham Arms Hotel, Bundoran on March 25. When the case was

Michaella McCollum has been released on parole from a prison in Peru. The Co Tyrone woman was convicted in 2013 of trying to smuggle cocaine worth 1.8 million euro to Spain and received a 6 and a half year sentence. Ms McCollum’s solicitor confirmed her release and said it’s not clear when she’ll be eligible

Workers at Tesco Letterkennny are among the company’s 12 thousand workers nationwide to be ballot for industrial action. Their union Mandate says the company refused to accept a Labour Court recommendation on wage increases and is attempting to force significant pay cuts on staff. The Labour Court said all Tesco workers are entitled to a

Dungloe Community Hospital has been temporarily closed to admissions following the identification of an antibiotic resistant bacteria in a number of patients. The HSE is stressing that none of the residents in Dungloe Community Hospital currently have a clinical infection with CRE or are experiencing any symptoms. Control measures have been implemented as per national

  The Donegal Creameries plant near Killygordon has secured a significant milk contract from Tesco Ireland. The facility, which currently employs 120 people, was recently granted planning permission for a major expansion with the hope of creating more jobs in the future. The plant is owned by the Aurivo Co-operative society who already supply milk

  A 25 year old man has been arrested in Derry by detectives investigating violent dissident Republican activity. He has been taken to Belfast for questioning. There are no further details at present.

  Letterkenny Univeristy Hospital has received the second highest budget for this year within the Saolta Group. The hospital has been allocated a total 110.5 million euro for 2016 from a shared 4 billion euro between the country’s 43 acute hospitals. It’s the first advanced distribution of budgets through the eight new hospital groups. HSE West Forum Member

  While latest figures from the CSO showed a fall in burglaries in Donegal in the last three months of 2015, Gardai are warning home and business owners to remain vigilant. 83 burglaries were recorded over the three month period a fall of 10 on the same period the previous year. Donegal Crime Prevention Officer Paul Wallace says

  Met Eireann has issued a status yellow flood warning for Donegal with heavy rain predicted throughout today. The forecaster says up to 30mm of rain accumulations is possible, particularly on higher ground with the warning in place until midnight tonight. Motorists are urged to exercise extreme care as Gardai are advising the weather will

  Donegal County Council is being accused of neglecting the islands off the county’s coast. The charge comes from Councillor Micheal Cholm Mac Giolla Easbuig as he welcomed news that a water supply is expected to be returned to Gola Island by next week. It emerged earlier this month that the water supply from the

A body has been recovered from the Quay in Donegal Town after a major search and rescue operation late last night. Gardai received initial reports of a woman entering the water shortly after 11.30 and the Killybegs Coastguard, Bundoran lifeboat and the Sligo rescue helicopter were tasked to the scene. A body of a woman