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  24 communities in Donegal are set to benefit from high- speed fibre broadband within the next year following further plans announced by Eir. The company, previously known as Eircom has said it plans to generate speeds of 1 gigabit per second and will become available to 200 communities across the country by the end

  The Donegal Sexual abuse and Rape Crisis Centre has announced they are opening a new outreach service in Lifford Community Hospital. It will be available to anyone from from Donegal, Derry and Tyrone and will offer a free and confidential service each Wednesday. Manager Marina Porter says if there is a demand they will

    Planning permission has been granted for a multi-million euro development in Donegal with almost 100 new jobs expected to be created. Donegal Co. Council has given the green light to build a 34 bedroom hotel at the old Cloghan Lodge Estate, between Ballybofey and Glenties. Other plans for the devleopment include conference facilities,

  Police in Derry were called to a violent disturbance outside licensed premises in Waterloo Street at around 1am on the morning of Monday 22nd February. The disturbance involved up to 15 people with one man left requiring treatment for facial injuries having reportedly been repeatedly kicked to the head. Enquiries are ongoing and police

  Former Minister and newly elected Fianna Fail Deputy Pat the Cope Gallagher has been widely tipped to secure the Ceann Comhairle position. It’s believed Deputy Gallagher could take over from Sean Barrett as Dail Chairman given his fluency in the Irish language. He faces competition for the post within his own party – Sean

    Donegal Tourism is inviting all those involved in the industry to its annual Seminar in Letterkenny next week. Tourism providers will hear of the the marketing plans for 2016 and how they can influence and avail of them. Donegal Tourism is this year expanding its membership to a wider geographical and sectoral base. It’s Director, Barney McLoughlin says it

      A six bedroom house with a reserve of just 45 thousand euro and 9 apartments with a reserve of 135 thousand euro are just two of the Donegal lots to be included in the latest Allsop property auction. Bids for the properties open at 8am on Wednesday the 16th March. In what

Donegal County Councillor John O’Donnell today told Letterkenny District Court that he is filing for bankruptcy. Mr O’Donnell was back in court having failed to pay all compensation awarded in relation to a civil matter involving a woman whose foot he had driven over on a building site several years ago. She re-entered the case

A fish-processing plant and one of its owners was sent for trial today accused of weighing fish-catches illegally. Norfish Ltd and a director Tony Byrne, of Roshin Rd, Killybegs, were charged at Donegal District Court. Judge Kevin Kilrane was told the books of evidence had been served earlier today and Donegal State Solicitor Ciaran Liddy

The Taoiseach says he has a duty to ensure Ireland gets a stable government – and that includes talking to Fianna Fáil. But Enda Kenny would not be drawn on whether he would form a coalition with them, or depend on their support from outside. The Taoiseach says his proposal to return the Fine Gael

It has been claimed the ambulance service in the Inishowen area is inadequate with only one ambulance serving the entire peninsula on a 24/7 basis. There have been numerous reports of long periods of time for a call out in the event of an emergency and the consequent time it takes for patients to be

  A total of  537 people are waiting on hospital trolleys or chairs around the country today , 23 of them at Letterkenny University Hospital. The INMO’s figures show 16 people waiting admission on trolleys in the Emergency Department at Letterkenny Hospital today, while a further 7  are waiting on the wards. The hospital has

  There have been fresh calls for funding to preserve the iconic ship wreck ‘Bad Eddie’ following months of winter weather which has led to it deteriorating further. Last year, residents voiced concerns in relation to the health and safety hazard the wreck poses to both tourists and locals who may use the beach, some

  Gardai are investigating an incident on Arranmore Island in which a pensioner was assaulted. The incident happened last night at approximately 8pm when an intruder entered the mans home, man-handled him and made off with a sum of money The man who is in 80s didn’t sustain any life-threatening injuries. Gardai say they have

  A Donegal man has pleaded guilty to animal welfare offences. Joe McBride with an address at Murleog, Downings was fined €200 and ordered to pay €152 costs to the ISPCA after admitting an offence under the Animal Health and Welfare Act 2013 at Letterkenny District Court today. The case arose from visits made to

  Police in Derry have charged a 30 year old man with a number of drugs related offences including possession of class A drugs and being concerned in the supply of class A drugs. He is due to appear at Derry Magistrates Court today  As is normal procedure the charges are reviewed by the PPS.

  Storm Jake has brought wintry and windy conditions. A snow and ice alert was in effect earlier this morning, with snow reported on higher ground in parts of Donegal. Due to forecast Gale Force winds the Harry Blaney Bridge over Mulroy Bay will be closed from 10am to 6pm this evening. Forecaster with Met

  Right2Water Donegal are committed to keeping the campaign going and are confident water charges can be abolished following the outcome of the General Election. Fianna Fail has indicated the scrapping of the water charges will be a red line issue if it is to go into coalition with Fine Gael. It’s also been revealed

  Detectives are appealing for information following a burglary that occurred at a house in Derry. The incident happened on Saturday but details are only emerging now. Sometime between 2.30pm and 8.30pm on Saturday a house in the Duncastle Park area of Newbuildings of the city entered and a sum of money was taken. It’s

  Concern has been raised following the alleged removal of signs by Donegal County Council across the county for a charity event in the Rosses area. ‘WAAR wild atlantic way adventure race’, a community led project by Naomh Muire takes place in May and the club erected signs across the North West. However, it has

  Weather warnings for snow, ice and wind are in effect for Donegal this morning. Snow has been reported on higher ground as a status yellow alert is in place until 9am this morning, for Connacht, Leinster, Cavan, Monaghan and Donegal. A status yellow warning for wind is in place for the whole country up

  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