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Gardai in Donegal are advising business and home owners to be on the alert over the Christmas period. Proprietors are being urged to review their security systems and to be on the lookout for suspicious activity over the festive season as Gardai say this is a busy time of year for criminals in the county. […]

Donegal County Council says an extra lorry is being deployed this year to ensure that recycling banks are emptied over the Christmas period. It’s in response to Cllr Michael Cholm Mac Giolla Easbuig, who says in previous years, bottle banks were not emptied over Christmas, leaving many areas very unsightly. Councillor Mac Giolla Easbuig says

  A semi-submerged mussel dredger which is believed to have sank for the second time in recent days is to be removed from the River Lennon in Ramelton Town following serious pollution concerns in the area. The condition of the vessel ‘Rival’ has been deteriorating for some time, causing oil to seep into the river and

SDLP leader Colum Eastwood, Minister Mark H Durkan and Cllr Gerard Diver have been endorsed at a selection convention to stand for Foyle in the upcoming Assembly elections. Mark H Durkan and Colm Eastwood are already in the assembly, and they’ll be joined next month by Gerard Diver, who will be coopted into the assembly

Fine Gael’s Director of Elections says a “good old pow wow” solved the dispute between the party and TD John Perry in the Sligio Leitrim constituency, which also includes a swathe of South Donegal. Fine Gael yesterday agreed to add the outgoing TD to its candidate list after withdrawing its defence in a High Court

Top Ten #LittleThings you can do for your mental health 1. 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

An ambulance is to be deployed on Aranmore Island from tomorrow. The decision to locate the 2010 Mercedez Benz Ambulance on the island follows a recent visit by Heqlth Minister Leo Varadkar, who was briefed by islanders on their concerns about health issues, and particularly the lack of an ambulance service.

Concern has been raised that vital road developments in Donegal have been left out of the overall plan of improving the National Roads network in the county. Yesterday, Transport Infrastructure Ireland announced its initial roads allocations for 2016, with just over €13 million allocated to Donegal. The largest single allocation is €2.9 million for the

Derry Crown Court was told that a 32-year-old man originally from Derry is the ‘principal’ in a crime gang that tried to import more than £2 million worth of drugs into the North. During a bail application for Declan Gallagher who has an address in the Greater Manchester area a police officer told the court

  The Road Safety Authority (RSA), is asking road users to exercise caution while using the roads, as Met Éireann have issued an Orange weather warning For Donegal until tomorrow night. Southerly winds veering southwest of mean speeds of 60 to 65km/h gusting 100 to 110km/h expected, with stronger winds of mean speeds of 65

    A 22-year-old man arrested by police at Lisnagelvin Road, Derry yesterday evening remains in custody. He is assisting police enquiries into alleged armed robbery, burglary and theft incidents in the city.  

    The man who died in a tree-felling workplace accident has been named locally as 29-year-old Jonathan Gormley. Mr Gormley was a father of two who lived in the Ballyshannon area but was from Belleek, Co. Fermanagh. It’s believed he was cutting trees for a private contractor in Barnesmore Gap when the workplace accident

Transport Infrastructure Ireland, formerly the NRA, has announced its initial roads allocations for 2016, with just over €13 million to be spent on the improvement and maintenance of the National Roads network in Donegal.. The largest single allocation is €2.9 million for the realignment of Blackburn Bridge on the N15, with three other projects to

Its been claimed this morning that a number of people have received Christmas cards from Fianna Fail election candidate and former Junior Minister Pat the Cope Gallagher in prepaid Oireachtas envelopes. The claim has been made by Independent Councillor John Campbell, who says he’s been contacted by a number of constituents. He says his understanding

Top Ten #LittleThings you can do for your mental health 1. 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

The Census provides us with invaluable information on a wide range of topics and is widely used by a range of both national and local government agencies and bodies, as well as community and voluntary bodies and businesses. Census data feeds into the planning stage of most aspects of Irish life, be it new schools

A 28 year old man arrested in Belfast on Sunday night over the murder of Paul Mc Cauley has been released on police bail pending further enquiries. 38-year-old Paul McCauley was left brain damaged after he was assaulted in the summer of 2006 on the Chapel Road in Derry. The police launched a murder inquiry

The Court of Appeal has upheld a ruling that a former Irish dancing teacher in Donegal ordered to pay €400,000 compensation to a former pupil he had sexually abused had wrongly transferred property into his wife’s name . The Court of Appeal yesterday dismissed Michael Quigley’s appeal against a previous High Court finding that the

The Road safety Group Parc has asked for a specific date as to when the RSA will provide an online database on drink driving court cases as a matter of urgency. In a Dail reply earlier this month, Transport Minister Pascal Donohoe said the Department was working to extend their monthly reports to the Road

More searches are planned in a bid to locate missing Derry man John Concannon. Mr Concannon, who is 71, has been missing since Tuesday November 10. The last confirmed sighting is on CCTV footage on a bus at Lenamore Road near the Derry/Donegal border. Chief Inspector Alan Hutton, Operations Manager for Derry City & Strabane

  A man has been killed in a workplace accident in Barnes, outside Donegal Town earlier this afternoon. It’s understood the man believed to be 29 years old was clearing trees in the area when the incident happened. Gardai say they are not treating the death as suspicious. Emergency services are currently at the scene

  One in five gardai have been injured on the job in the last five years with almost a third injured in Donegal, according to figures from the Department of Justice. The Times reports that more than 580 officers were injured last year, with the annual cost of compensation for injuries being 15 million euro.

  A new joint taskforce has been set up to tackle cross border crime. Ministers from north and south of the border met earlier to discuss the details of the taskforce – which will be led by the Gardai, the PSNI and revenue officers. The cross-jurisdiction force will aim to tackle criminal gangs operating across

A Limavady based coach hire company has hit out at people who set fire to one of their wheelchair buses in Omagh a week ago. In the early hours of Sunday morning December 13th, an attempt was made to steal the bus, but it had a tracker device fitted, and the thieves could not move

The PSNI have made a 13th arrest in the murder investigation following the death of Derry man Paul Mc Cauley in June, almost nine years after he was attacked at a barbeque in the Waterside. The 28 year old man detained in Belfast last night is from Derry. Police say over the past six months,

West Donegal Councillor Micheál Choilm Mac Giolla Easbuig says other members have refused to back his call for a walkout from the chamber over Cllr John O’Donnell’s failure to resign. The Independent councillor’s call followed Cllr O’Donnell’s appearance on an RTE Investigates Programme during which he was secretly filmed, apparently being offered money to support

Top Ten #LittleThings you can do for your mental health 1. 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

Police in Fermanagh are continuing their investigations into the death of a seven year old boy following a collision near Belcoo at lunchtime yesterday. The boy was rushed to South West Acute Hospital in Enniskillen after the crash on the Lattone Road at 1 o’clock, but was pronounced dead shortly afterwards. The main Garrison to

The twin sister of Mary Boyle has expressed her disappointment following Micheal Martins rejection to meet with her. Ann Doherty has written to Micheal Martin for a second time but to receive a reply stating the Fianna Fail leader was unable to meet with her and has arranged a meeting with the party’s Justice Spokesperson