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A Derry councillor says residents living in top floor flats at Gartan Square in the Bogside had a lucky escape last night after a malicious fire was started in a bin shed beside the building Councillor Colly Kelly says the fire was started in the shed at the end of the row which houses the […]

There have been claims there has been no communication between an expert group established to investigate the issue of defective blocks in Donegal and the Mica Action Group, despite the panel being allegedly set up over six months ago. Thousands of homeowners in the county are thought to be affected by the issue, where their

The funeral is taking place today of former Donegal County Councillor James McBrearty who died this week. Mr. McBrearty was a native of Bogagh in Carrick was a lifelong member of the Fianna Fail party. James McBrearty, a teacher for 46 years also served on Donegal County Council from 1978 to 1980 and again from

    A man from Carrigans in County Donegal who was involved in an incident where eggs were thrown at the Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness has been bound over at Derry Magistrate’s Court. Aodhan Irwin (21) of Foyle View, Carrigans in Donegal admitted two counts of disorderly behaviour on September 10 last. The court

A Donegal councillor could be on the verge of becoming the oldest ever general election candidate in Ireland. Cllr Ian Mc Garvey, who is currently 85, has confirmed he intends running in the forthcoming general election as an independent candidate. He’s been a member of Donegal County Council for some time, and has served as

A Donegal Councillor says an airport should be developed in Letterkenny to compensate for what he termed decades of neglect. Cllr Dessie Shiels, an independent candidate in the forthcoming general election says while he supports Donegal Airport in Carrickfinn, it’s in an isolated area, and he believes an airport at the Big Isle in Letterkenny

The Sinn Fein President has apologised to Minister of State Joe Mc Hugh after wrongly claiming he has made an appointment to a state board without going through the proper channels. Mr Adams made a personal statement in the Dail last night acknowledging that he had made inaccurate comments during Leaders’ Questions. Mr Adams’ comments

Donegal County Council is being asked why it has not followed through on calls for investment in Grianan an Aileach, with Cllr Jack Murray saying a motion he moved on this some time ago has not been acted on. Cllr Murray says he believes the site has the potential to be Donegal’s biggest visitor attraction,

The average price of farmland decreased last year. A report on the cost of agricultural land shows that nationally, the average price per acre fell to 10 thousand 336 euro in 2015. That’s a drop of almost 2 percent when compared with the previous year.The drop in price in the West and North West was

A review into road maintenance being published today shows that less than one in four defects on the country’s busiest routes were fixed in 2014. Traffic levels have been growing with the economic recovery but the amount allocated to repairs is the same as it was in the year 2000. The report is based on a

Serious concern has been raised following the revelation that over 42% of Urology patients at Letterkenny University Hospital are waiting a year or more for a Day Surgery appointment. The figures, which have been provided by the National Treatment Purchase Fund, show that there are fifty people waiting twelve months or more. Earlier this month,

A Donegal Deputy is warning that if issues within the Post Office Network are not addressed once and for all, post offices across the county may cease to exist in the coming years. A new report says there are serious challenges facing the Post Office Network, with calls for a plan to be put in place

Over 100 people in Donegal are diagnosed with lung cancer each year, with the Irish Cancer Society publishing research today which found over a third of Irish adults who are currently experiencing three or more symptoms of lung cancer are unconcerned about being diagnosed with the disease. Over 1,000 adults were surveyed natioanlly for the

Letterkenny Community Residents Group has decided not to invite Cllr John O’Donnell to attend future meetings. The group has organised several meetings in the last year, which it says have been particularly important since the demise of the town council. However, the group says in light of the findings of the recent RTE Investigates programme,

A 38 year old woman is due before Derry Magistrates Court today charged with burglary and possession of a firearm. She was arrested following a police operation in the Clooney area of the city yesterday, during which a police helicopter was deployed. The charges relate to an incident alleged to have occurred in Newtownstewart, Co

Letterkenny Institute of Technology and the Donegal Education and Training Board will today sign a memorandum of understanding to improve educational links between the two organisations. LYIT Director Paul Hannigan and the new ETB Chief Executive Anne Mc Hugh will sign the documernt today at the ETB’s Further Education and Training Fair which gets underway

  Hotelier Deirdre Mc Gloin has been named Donegal Person of the Year. In what’s being described as a double cause for celebration, Ms Mc Gloin was informed of the honour on the day her hotel, Harvey’s Point on Lough Eske, was named ‘No 1 Hotel in Ireland’ by worldwide hotel review website TripAdvisor for

Donegal Deputy Charlie Mc Conalogue is pledging that the education needs of the county will a priority if Fianna Fail is elected into Government. Deputy Mc Conalogue, the party’s Education Sppkesperson says that under the current Government, certain aspects of education have diminished over the years, and it’s Fianna Fail’s intention to counteract that if

A Donegal County Councillor is questioning the government’s claim that Donegal is well into the recovery stage following the announcement of a significant increase in IDA supported jobs last year. Figures published show a total of 311 additional IDA supported jobs were created in 2015 in the county with Fine Gael stating it’s proof Government

Members of the Donegal Mountain Rescue Team were involved in their first rescue mission of 2016 last evening on Muckish. The alert was raised at around 15:45 when a male and female hiker went astray in fog on Muckish. A search party was despatched, which located the walkers before 6 o’clock. All were off the

  A search an rescue operation is currently underway at Muckish Mountain this evening.  Donegal Mountain rescue were called to the scene earlier and the rescue is ongoing. The number of people involved or the extent of injuries is not yet known. There are no further details at this stage.

Police in Derry are appealing for information about the attempted robbery of a fast food delivery driver in the city at the weekend. The man had just completed a delivery in Virginia Court at 7.30 on Saturday, when he noticed two males running down a nearby alleyway towards the Trench Road. When he reached his

  The N13 Letterkenny Derry Road has now reopened at Killyverry near Newtowncunningham following a two car collision just before 10 o’clock this morning. We understand there were injuries, but no further details are available. Donegal County Council says diversions have now been lifted.  

An East Derry MLA says he believes an independent inquiry into the death of a fireman in Limavady over 12 years ago is now inevitable. Joe McCloskey fell to his death when responding to a hotel fire in Limavady, and last week, the Attorney General in the North named the superior fire officer who ordered him