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  The body of a man has been found in the Dunluce Road area of Portrush. The discovery was made by a member of the public at around 9am this morning. Detectives say enquiries are underway to establish how this man died and a post mortem is due to be carried out tomorrow morning. The […]

  A second day of a volunteer foot search for missing Derry man John Concanon got underway today. The 71 year old has been missing since Tuesday 10th November. Mr John Concannon was last seen on the Lenamore Road getting off a bus. It’s believed Mr. Concannon, who suffers from dementia, took the wrong bus

    A 25-year-old Derry woman has been returned for trial charged with child cruelty. The woman who cannot be named to protect the identity of the alleged victims appeared at a preliminary enquiry at Derry Magistrate’s Court. She was charged with two counts of child cruelty and one count of common assault. All the

  Gardai in Donegal are advising the owners of track machines to make sure they are stored in a secure area. The warning comes following the theft of a number of machines in Tyrone and Northern Ireland and it is thought criminals could start targeting premises in the county. Gardai are advising owners of Hitachi

  Malin Head has been subject to 6% more rainfall today compared with 50 years ago according to a new report. The Irish Independent reports that the number of rainy days are also on the rise –  up to 242 days, from 232. However, daily temperatures are also up from 0.8 degrees to 10.1 degrees.

Sleet and snow showers have been reported around the region this afternoon, but Met Eireann says there’s no sign of major snowfall this weekend. Temperatures will dip and showers are likely, which could fall as sleet especially on higher ground. Donegal County Council has confirmed gritters have been out on a number of routes since

Some traders in the Lower Main Street area of Letterkenny have hit out at Letterkenny Chamber for not erecting Christmas Lights in the area. Responding, The Letterkenny Chamber say there is not enough money to cover the whole town and it’s a work in progress. Lower Main Street Businessman Anthony Arthur says the 25 businesses

Many homes and businesses in the Clady area remain without a fixed line broadband and or phone line service following a lightening strike earlier this week. A number of BT crews are in the area trying to reconnect anyone effected. SDLP West Tyrone representative Daniel McCrossan says most of the areas 600 residents were effected

The Chairman of the Letterkenny Municipal District has welcomed indications from Letterkenny General Hospital that a review of hygiene and cleaning practices have been concluded, and new protocols are being implemented. However, he’s expressing concern at a suggestion that staff who do not comply with hand hygiene regulations may be named and shamed. Along with

A suspicious object left on Derry’s Strand Road last night has been declared a hoax, but a security alert is continuing. The cordon has been reduced down to a part of Asylum Road between Queen Street and Strand Road and nearby residents who had been evacuated remain out of their homes at present. Police say

Police at Strand Road are appealing for information about the theft of lead from the roof of a church. The theft took place from a church on Longtower Street and is only the latest in a series of lead thefts. Constable Morrison, the investigating officer, said that clergy and lay people at St Columba’s Church,

Donegal Sinn Féin TD Pádraig Mac Lochlainn today called for an end to what he described as wage disrimination by the H.S.E. In June of this year it emerged that the H.S.E. in the county have been witholding unsocial hours premium payments from around 500 home helps in Donegal. Deputy MacLochlainn says he has now

IBEC North West has launched its General Election campaign oulining its key priorities in the region for the next government. The business representative group says creating jobs and maintaining a positive business enviroment must be the priority for the next administration. Unemployement in the North West has fallen from 17.8% in 2012 to 9.3% in

A security alert is continuing on Strand Road in Derry this morning. Police have not released details, but DUP MLA Gary Middleton says he believes a suspicious object has been placed in a hijacked vehicle and parked close to the PSNI station. The alert in Derry began shortly before 11 o’clock last night, just a

A Donegal man was ordered to pay a total of €605, after pleading guilty to illegally docking the tail of a puppy. Cathal Crawford of Ballyarrell, Killygordon, Co Donegal was ordered to pay €355 in costs and a further donation of €250 to the ISPCA at Letterkenny District Court today. Judge Paul Kelly said he

Donegal’s Garda Crime Prevention Officer has issued an alert in response to reports from the west of the county of a telephone scam targeting older people. The scam takes the form of a phone call to the elderly person offering security advice and/or information about alarm systems and monitoring. Once contact is established, the elderly

The twin sister of Mary Boyle has today met with the Taoiseach pleading with him to do everything he can to bring her murderer to justice. 6-year-old Mary Boyle vanished from her grandparent’s farm in Cashelard near Ballyshannon on the 18th of March 1977. Ann Doherty believes that her sister was murdered by somebody close

Donegal’s Islanders will still have to vote ahead of those on the mainland after the Government voted against an amendment to the electoral bill 2015. Voters on 12 offshore islands, 5 in Donegal, cast their ballots ahead of the rest of the country in case bad weather delays the journey of the ballot boxes to

  It has been claimed that there are a number of foreign factory boats invading local crab pots off Tory Island. The Annelies Ilena, , the biggest trawler in the world, the Margiris and two German boats and are apparently towing their nets off Inishbofin near Tory Island. One local fisherman has stated that the

   The local authorities revenue budget for 2016 was passed last night and there has been a generally positive reaction. Donegal County Council will spend almost €133 milion in 2016, almost €1.6 million more than last year. The biggest single area of expenditure will be payroll and staff costs of over €52 million, 39% of the

  The twin sister of Ireland’s youngest ever missing person is to meet with the Taoiseach today. 6-year-old Mary Boyle vanished from her grandparent’s farm in Cashelard near Ballyshannon on the 18th of March 1977. Today her sister Ann Doherty will take her campaign for answers to Enda Kenny in Leinster House. Ms Doherty believes