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  There are two weather alerts in place for Donegal tonight. There’s an orange wind warning for western counties, with gusts of up to 130 kilometres an hour in exposed coastal areas. A snow and ice warning for is also in place for Donegal, Connacht, Leinster, Cavan/Monaghan, with up to 3 centimetres forecast and larger

Derry City and Strabane District Council has formally launched a bid for the area to be named European Youth Capital in 2019. Mayor Elisha McCallion says if successful, Derry, Strabane and surrounding areas including Donegal could reap huge economic and social benefits. The bid team says lessons learned during the city’s time as UK City

Charges are being dropped against the last remaining suspect in the Omagh bombing. Seamus Daly had faced 29 murder charges over the explosion in August 1998. No-one has ever been convicted of the murders. The decision to drop the charges was on the basis of insufficient evidence, and the reasopns are being outlined in court

Letterkenny University Hospital is again warning of long waiting times for admission following another spike in Emergency Department activity. The hospital says it is extremely busy today, and a number of measure have been implemented, including the cancellation of most elective surgery at the hospital. People are being urged not to attend the Emergency Department

  A Derry councillor is urging people in the Rossville district to engage in the debate about the proposed transfer of housing stock from the Housing Executive to housing associations in the area. Sinn Fein and a number of residents’ groups fear the proposals to transfer hundreds of homes in the council area to Housing

Residents in Carndonagh, Malin, Clonmany and Moville are being urged to share their thoughts on flood risk management options which have been developed for their area. OPW officials have concluded their investigations of flood improvement ventures of the four areas, and the next stage of the process is to consult with residents. The public service

Irish Water has confirmed that a contamination incident that occurred at the intake to the Ballyshannon Water Treatment Plant on Wednesday February 17th was as a result of agricultural activity involving slurry. The utility is stressing that at no point did contaminated water enter the water supply network, and at no point was there any

    Police at Strand Road are appealing for information about an assault on a man in the Rosemount area of Derry yesterday morning. At about 3am, a man aged in his 20s was assaulted by two men at Rosemount Gardens. He was punched in the head and knocked to the ground, whereupon his wallet

    A Donegal man  accused of murdering his parents in Donegal is to stand trial in June. Julian Cuddihy (43), of Churchtown, Carndonagh, Co Donegal is charged with the murder of his parents Jimmy (77) and Kathleen (73) at their home in Carndonagh on or around October 22, 2014. Mr Justice Patrick McCarthy set

  Police and the family of 15-year-old Marc Shields are growing concerned for his well-being. Marc was last seen at his home in the Hawthorn Grove area of Derry City on Thursday morning last, 25th. He is described as being 5ft 10ins tall and of a slim build. He has short brown hair. Anyone who

A 34 year old male and a 44 year old male have been arrested in Derry following a number of planned searches as part of a proactive investigation into offenses linked to terrorism and organised crime. The searches were carried out in the Ballymagroarty and Galliagh areas this morning. Detectives say a number of items

Concern has been expressed in Strabane after the Housing Executive anounced it is limited the opening hours of its office in the town. SDLP Strabane Councillor Patsy Kelly says he was told last week that as a result of staff shortages, the Strabane branch will now close each day at 1pm. Cllr Kelly says this

Police in Derry are treating a weekend attack on a house in the Fountain area as sectarian. Police are also investigating a petrol bomb attack on a car at Harty Court on Saturday night. The car sustained damage to the bonnet when the petrol bomb struck it shortly after 8 o’clock on Saturday night. Fire

Representatives of Donegal Action for Cancer Care travel to Brussels tomorrow as part of a 38 person delegation making a presentation to the European Parliament. The DACC group will be presenting the parliament with a copy of a map showing what they argue is the unequal and unfair distribution of services in Ireland, with all

  The five TDs to represent Donegal in the 32nd Dail will be Charlie Mc Conalogue (FF), Pearse Doherty (SF), Pat The Cope Gallagher (FF), Joe mc Hugh (FG) and Thomas Pringle (Ind). It’s been clear since last night that the gap between Thomas Pringle and Sinn Fein’s Padraig Mac Lochlainn would be small, and

Mc Hugh surplus of 251 currently being distributed. Pringle now 26 ahead of Mac Lochlainn.

There were jubilant scenes at the Aura Leisure Centre in Letterkenny this evening when Deputy Joe Mc Hugh and former Deputy Pat The Cope Gallagher were returned to the Dail. Joe Mc Hugh spoke to Greg Hughes after his election……… Pat the Cope Gallagher is looking forward to returning to Leinster House…….

  Mac Lochlainn now ahead by 652 after distribution of Dessie Shiels’ votes, Tim Jackson now eliminated, his 5864 votes are now being distributed.

The 10th count is continuing at the Aura Leisure Centre in Letterkenny, with Padraig Mac Lochlainn now 787 votes ahead of Thomas Pringle following the distribution of Pearse Doherty’s surplus. The votes of Dessie Shiels are now being distributed, and members of the Pringle campaign tam had told us last night they did not want

Mac Lochlainn now ahead by 787, but Pringle not conceding!  

Pearse Doherty has been returned to Dail Eireann following the distribution of his party colleague Gary Doherty’s votes. When  Gary Doherty’s 4,456 votes were distributed, 3,410 of them went to Pearse Doherty, bringing him comfortably over the quota with a surplus of 2,382 which is now being distributed………

The counting of votes cast in the Donegal constituency has resumed at the Aura Leisure Centre in Letterkenny, with the eighth count now underway, distributing the votes of SF candidate Gary Doherty. The pattern of his transfers will be vital, with the party hoping a substantial number of his votes will go to Padraig Mac

Following the recheck of the votes of Gary Doherty, Pearse Doherty and Dessie Shiels, a recount of Gary Doherty and Dessie Shiels’ votes has been requested by Sinn Fein. The recheck had been sought last night after Gary Doherty was eliminated with just seven votes between himself and Dessie Shiels. A short time ago, Cllr

A recount looks more likely in Donegal as reports suggest a small number of discrepancies may have been found in the recheck of Pearse Doherty (SF), Gary Doherty (SF) and Dessie Shiels (Ind). Meanwhile, outgoing Deputy Padraig Mac Lochlainn, who is in danger of losing his seat in Donegal says whatever happens, he will accept