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Police in Derry are appealing for information about an assault on a man in the city centre a week ago last Sunday. The incident happened at about 1 o’clock on the morning of January 31 outside a public house at Waterloo Street. The man, who is aged 27 and from Belfast, sustained an injury to […]

A GP in Moville says a recent communication from the EU Commission regarding Ireland’s non compliance with an Environmental Impact Assessment directive has significant implications for plans to local a sewage treatment plant at Carnagarve. Antoinette Long, an EU Commission official has confirmed to the Campauign for a Clean Estuary Group that Ireland was non

The Letterkenny to Lifford Road has been closed half a mile on the Letterkenny side of Rossgeir following a crash this morning. We understand a number of cars have gone off the road following an oil spill, and at least one person has been seriously injured. Emergency services are at the scene, and Donegal County

There’s been a house fire in the Bomany area of Letterkenny. The Fire Service says substantial damage was caused to the single story house. No injuries have been reported. We’ll have more details later.

Clonmany Festival has won the Best Medium Sized Festival category in the 2015 Irish Festival Awards. It beat off competition from other events across the country catering for between 5,000 and 30,000 people. The Stendhal Festival outside Limavady took the Best Small Festival award for the third year running. The overall winner was Electric Picnic.

Rents continue to rise in Donegal with a 4.1% increase in the final quarter of last year. The latest Daft.ie report shows the average advertised rent in the county is now €517, up 6% from their lowest point in 2013. Nationally rents rose by an average of 9.0% during 2015. Ronan Lyons, economist at Trinity

The North’s Justice Minister David Ford has said he intends closing the courthouse in Strabane. Mr Ford made the announcement in the Assembly yesterday. West Tyrone MLA Daniel McCrossan challenged the minister on the decision, saying his dogged determination to close Strabane Courthouse flies in the face of the needs of local people and the

Junior Health Minister Kathleen Lynch has been urged to meet with hospital campaigners in Donegal to discuss the future the Ramelton Nursing Unit, Lifford Hospital and St Joseph’s Community Hospital. Yesterday it was agreed that those against the transfer of long term beds from the three hospitals would unite to oppose any reduction in services

  The Moville road just outside Carndonagh has now been reopened following a two car collison at 10 o’clock this morning. It’s believed the person who was taken to hospital sustained no life threatening injuries.

Councillor Dessie Sheils has topped a weekend poll run on the Highland Radio website which asked the question, it the election were today – who would get your first preference. Over one thousand people took part in the poll which ran from Friday until Monday morning. The Independent General Election candidate topped the poll with

One person has been seriously injured in a two car collision outside Carndonagh. The crash happened close to the football pitches on the Moville Road before 10 o’cloc this morning. The road remains closed and local diversions are in place.

Donegal County Council is inviting the public to call in and have a say on what they think should be included in the Local Area Plan for seven towns in Donegal. The Council is currently preparing Local Area Plans for the Twin Towns, Ballyshannon, Bridgend, Carndonagh, Donegal Town, Dungloe and Killybegs, and is anxious to

It’s been claimed that Donegal County Council water staff who are now contracted to Irish Water wwre on the verge of strike action, but that action was averted at the last minute folllowing discussions between the council’s Chief Executive and the unions involved. We understand the key issue was fears among the staff that once

Diversions are in place following a collision on the outskirts on Carndonagh. It happened shortly before 10 o’clock close to the football pitches on the Moville Road. thje road is currently closed, and emergency services are at the scene. No further details are available.

An action committee founded to fight for the retention of services at St Joseph’s Hospital in Stranorlar has outlined a three point plan of action. The Save Our St Joseph’s committee fears the proposed transfer of of long term beds will lead to further reductions of service, and the eventual closure of the hospital. The

A Donegal councillor says parents’ associations in schools across Donegal should be demanding better safety measures outside all national schools in the county. The issue was raised following a collision outside Magherabeg National School last week, despite it being highlighted as an accident black spot for some time. It’s feared many schools in rural Donegal could see

The numbers signing on the Live Register in Donegal at the end of January were almost down 11% on the same period last year. Latest CSO figures show there were 16,224 people on the register in the county at the end of January, down 1,970 from the same time last year. There were falls in

A new study funded by the Environmental Protection Agency finds that while EU limits were not breached, significant air pollution was detected in Letterkenny and three other towns between 2010 and 2011. According to the Irish Independent, the report, ‘Assessing the Impact of Domestic Solid Fuel Burning on Ambient Air Quality in Ireland’, found that

Crime levels in the Finn Valley area have increased dramatically over the last 6 years according to figures obtained by Sinn Fein. The level of burglary and theft increased by more than 50 per cent in Ballybofey in 2014 compared with two years previous, while reports of theft had risen by 82 per cent in

    A 24 year old man who was arrested following a creeper burglary and a two vehicle rtc has been returned to prison having had his licence revoked.  The RTC occurred on the Caw roundabout in Derry on Friday afternoon last after a police pursuit of the stolen vehicle. It is not believed that