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Thousands of people took to the streets of Donegal today on one of the sunniest St Patrick’s Days in living memory. In Derry, Deputy Mayor Alderman Thomas Kerrigan and Councillor Sandra Duffy represented the council, as Mayor Elisha Mc Callion is attending St Patrick’s Day celebrations in the US. Before the main parade, the Apprentice […]

What’s been described as a substantial cannabis factory has been discovered in Limavady. The find weas made by detectives from the Reactive and Organised Crime Branch. Herbal cannabis with an estimated value of £125,000 was seized along with other drugs paraphernalia. Thre people have now been arrested. A 24 year old man was arrested this

The Sky High Photographer Martin Gallagher has been in the air to celebrate St Patrick’s Day with some delightful footage of the Polestar Roundabout in  Letterkenny.  

Top Ten #LittleThings you can do for your mental health Talk it out: We’re all guilty of harbouring our personal problems/stressful situations, not wanting to burden friends and family… but we need to realise this is merely a short term solution to a long term problem. Conversations are crucial & take a surprising amount of

A US Congressman, with strong Donegal links, has told Anne Doherty that he is Deeply concerned about the case of her missing twin sister Mary Boyle. Brendan Boyle was one of a number of people Anne Doherty met during a visit to the US this week in a bid to highlight her quest for justice.

The INMO says agreement has been reached on the overcrowding crisis in Emergency Departments. It’s after talks resumed at the Workplace Relations Commission earlier. Today, 23 people were on trolleys in Letterkenny University Hospital, 475 nationwide. The INMO says the HSE and the Department of Health have confirmed that the deal agreed at previous talks

An investigation is expected to be launched after sensitive medical details of a patient from Letterkenny University Hospital were sent to a different person with the same name. ‘Padraig’ opened a letter from the hospital at his Falcarragh address and soon realised that it contained private medical information meant for another person in a different

Donegal County Council is warning that a safety sign at Mulladerg Beach has been removed, and people should not swim on the beach. The sign urges people not to swim because of the presence of dangerous currents, but the sign has become damaged, and is currently being repaired. Cllr Michael Cholm Mac Giolla Easbuig is

The mobile network “giffgaff” has announced 16 new jobs for Derry, as part of a new three-year contract with Firstsource Solutions in the city. Cllr Martin Reilly, the SDLP leader on Derry and Strabane District Council is welcoming the announcement today, saying it reflects a long term commitment to Derry and its workforce. Cllr Reilly,

The Stormont Assembly has been told that in the last number of months, Invest Northern Ireland has had discussions with a number of companies regarding their ‘specific’ interest in locating to Strabane Business Park. Responding to questions from West Tyrone MLA Michaela Boyle, Minister Jonathan Bell said he will keep a watching brief on the

The average rent for all private dwellings in Donegal in Quarter 4, 2015, was €463. That is an increase of €6 when compared to the average rent in the previous quarter and up €23 when compared to a year earlier. The data comes from the latest Private Residential Tenancies Board Quarterly Rent Index which is

There has been a significant fall in the number of cases from Donegal in the latest tax defaulters list released by Revenue. There are just two significant cases for the underdecleration of Income Tax and the non-decleration of Capital Gains Tax. Michael McFadden a company director from Kerrykeel settled with Revenue for a total of

A capacity review has been commissioned by the National Ambulance Service to determine whether cover across the country is adequate. It comes as the campaign for a second ambulance in Inishowen intensifies, after it emerged an injured person was waiting for an ambulance in Culdaff for over a hour on Friday night last. That issue

An EU Council of Ministers’ meeting to discuss how to remedy the farm income crisis has been branded a fauilure by Midlands North West MEP Matt Carthy. Mr Carthy says the Irish government did not bring realistic proposals to the table, particularly in terms of intervention prices in the dairy sector. Matt Carthy says while

A former partner who lied to protect child killer Robert Howard has told Belfast Coronor’s Court that she feared for her life when he locked her in a room at his flat in Scotland for two days. Patricia Quinn said she only managed to escape after slipping sleeping tablets into his tea. Ms Quinn told

Gardai in Buncrana are trying to identify the owners of a number of cars which were damaged in the St Mary’s Road area at the end of last month. Cars were kicked anmd wing mirrors were broken in the incident. The investigation is being led by Sergeant Carol Doherty………..

A North West MEP says the EU will have to cooperate with countries like Turkey to solve the refugee crisis, despite concerns about Turkey’s record on human rights, media freedom and other issues. Marian Harkin was commenting on the recent EU-Turkish proposals to solve the escalating migrant crisis. The plan suggests resettling a Syrian from

Students at schools in Donegal and across the country are marking the first ever Proclamation Day. It will see the raising of the tricolour at every school and college, and the reading of the 1916 Proclamation by students. The new annual event is part of the 2016 Centenary programme, and will also feature re-enactments, poetry

Poor performances at three colleges mean they’ve been threatened with a million euro worth of penalties. The Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology, Dundalk Institute of Technology and the National College of Art and Design have been warned they’ll be punished for failing to meet targets set out by the Higher Education Authority. The Irish Times claims

Councillors in the Glenties Municipal District have been slammed for neglecting the islands with only one meeting of the Council’s Islands Committee having taken place since the last local elections. The committee was estalblished to give a voice to those living on our islands on issues ranging from roads to broadband service to health- they

The Tír Chonaill Commemoration Committee will this evening unveil a newly commissioned statue at the Drumboe Martyrs’ commemorative site in Stranorlar marking the 100th anniversary of the 1916 rising. A number of new murals will also be unveiled at the ceremony tonight. The statue is a specially commissioned statue which has been produced to represent

There were over 70 physical or verbal assaults on staff at Altnagelvin Hospital last year according to figures collated by the Derry News. The paper’s editor Ciaran O’Neill says he was prompted to look at the issue after noticing the number of cases appearing before the local magistrates court. Speaking on today’s Shaun Doherty Show,