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Emergency Department nurses will begin strike action on December 15th. INMO members voted overwhelmingly in favour of industrial action up to and including strike. Local INMO Industrial Officer Maura Hickey says a rolling series of two hour strikes will take place to highlight overcrowding and working conditions in Emergency Departments……..

The Health Information and Quality Authority has begun a national quality assurance review of antimicrobial stewardship. The review, which involves all acute hospitals, follows the announcement from China last week that a newly discovered gene has made some infectious bacteria resistant to the last line of currently available antibiotics. HIQA spokesperson Sean Egan says antimicrobial

It’s emerged that a temporary doctors’ surgery may be established in the Castlefinn Partnership Initiative building after flooding caused serious to the village’s health centre last week. The Castlefinn health centre is a satellite of the centre in Lifford, but the doctors who run the service say Lifford does not have the capacity to take

A 23-year-old man has been shot several times in both legs in the Brandywell area of Derry. The attack, which police are describing as callous, happened in the living room of a house at around 11 o’clock last night. There were two gunmen involved. The man is being treated at Altnagelvin Hospital for gundhot wounds

Police are advising motorists of traffic disruption in the North West area on the following roads from approximately 10am due to the road movement of an abnormal load. It left Lisahally at 10, and is expected to arrived in Killeter Village at 1pm, travelling via Strabane, Victoria Bridge and Castlederg

The INTO has broadly welcomed the announcement that 13 Donegal schools will benefit from the capital programme announced recently by Education Minister Jan O’Sullivan, and renewed its call for a specific commitment to scrap pre-fabs in schools within five years. The union acknowledges that the number of prefabs has been reduced, but says the government

A 25 year old man is due at a special sitting of Derry Magistrates’ Court today over a £21,000 drugs seizure in the city. Cocaine worth £12,000 and Clephedrone worth £9,000 were seized when police searched a flat in the Waterside in July. The accused has been charged with possession of Class A and Class

A Donegal Deputy has claimed there is no end in sight to Donegal’s high youth unemployment rate. Figures suggest there are currently around 2,400 young people unemployed in Donegal. Responding to Deputy Pringle’s question in the Dáil, Minister Joan Burton ruled out any commitment to restore Jobseekers’ Allowance for those under 26. The Minister stated

New signage has been officially unveiled to mark Letterkenny’s Tidy Towns success, and welcome tourists to the area. Municipal District Mayor Gerry McMonagle says it’s fitting that Letterkenny now publicises the achievement and uses it as an advantage……….

  The search for missing Derry man John Concannon is continuing today with the main focus of the search in the Burt area in Donegal. Mr. Concannon has been missing for almost two weeks now. Family members believe because Mr Concannon suffers from dementia, he could have went back to his mother’s birthplace in Burt

The President of the District Court says “inaccurate, unbalanced and incomplete reporting of a statistical trend is a disservice to public interest”. Her comments come after the Courts Service came out last month to defend the rate of drink-driving convictions. Last month, figures to Independent TD Tommy Broughan from the Department of Justice showed only

This Wenesday is the deadline for registering to vote in the upcoming General Election. The National Youth Council of Ireland is encouraging young people to register to vote for the first time – and reminding people to make sure they’re able to vote by visiting Check-the-register-DOT-ie. Almost 60-thousand young people have turned 18 since last

A prominent anti-drugs campaigner in Donegal says while its to be welcomed that gardai are finally getting equipment to detect people driving under the influence of drugs, the fact that drug units have been dismantled in Donegal and elsewhere on the border remains an issue. PJ Blake was speaking to Greg on the Shaun Doherty

It’s emerged that Donegal has the country’s second highest amount of flood risk areas, second only to Cork. An analysis of flood risk areas in today’s Irish Independent shows 33 risk areas in County Cork, followed by 28 in Donegal. The findings are based on a study of recent reports published by the OPW.  

New figures show An Garda Siochana took in €1.8 million for policing private events in the first six months of this year. There have been concerns the cost of policing small, local charities and festivals is too high. It has been claimed in County Donegal, a charity had to foot the bill of 4 thousand

It’s been claimed the Castlefinn Health Centre will not re-open for at least 4 months due to extensive damage caused by flooding last week. According to reports, a temporary location is now being considered due to the overwhelming influx of patients at Lifford Health Centre since Castlefinn’s closure. One of the main reasons cited for

  There’s good news for  Sinn Féin and Fine Gael in the latest opinion poll. The Red C tracking Poll in today’s Sunday Business Post shows support for Enda Kenny’s party is up by one point since last month to 31% – its highest level of support since 2012. Sinn Féin has risen two points in

  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