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Former Derry Mayor Colm Eastwood will know this evening whether or not he is to be the next leader of the SDLP. The party’s annual conference is underway, with Mr Eastwood, an MLA for the Foyle area challenging current leader Alaistair Mc Donnell. Voting opened yesterday, with the result expected by around teatime today.   […]

A Derry man has been jailed at the local Crown Court for glassing a man in a bar in the city. 45 year old Sean Paul Cruikshank of Waveney Mews in the city admitted a charge of wounding with intent to do grievous bodily harm on September 27 last year. The court was told that

A three day security operation in the Drumsurn area close to Limavady is continuing today, after a controlled explosion was carried out on a suspicious device found on the Legavallon Road yesterday afternoon. The PSNI have confirmed the object was a viable explosive device, and are asking people to maintain the support and patience they

The Health and Safety Executive in Derry has warned that since a change in wind direction overnight, more smoke from a fire in the Maydown area of the city is now being blown over the Inishowen area than was the case previously. There is no hazardous or toxic waste in the former Brickkiln building on

    It’s understood a man and a woman in their 30s have died, one other man is in a serious condition while several others have been injured. in a road traffic crash outside Newtowncunningham. The crash occurred approximately half a mile from the village of Newtowncunningham on the main road to Letterkenny. All traffic has been

  It’s understood two people have died and several others are seriously injured in a road traffic crash outside Newtowncunningham. Emergency services are currently at the scene. The crash occured on the Letterkenny side of the village at approximately 2.30 this afternoon. It’s believed a number of cars were involved in the incident. The road

Emergency services are currently at the scene of a serious road traffic crash just outside Newtowncunningham. The crash occured on the Letterkenny side of the village earlier this afternoon. It’s believed a number of cars were involved in the incident. The road is currently closed and local diversions are in place. There are no further

  There has been an incident just outside Newtowncunningham. It’s believed it occured on the Letterkenny side of the village a short time ago. The road is currently closed and local diversions are in place. There are no further details at this stage.

  Heroes from across the country are being recognised this afternoon at the National Bravery Awards this afternoon. The event in Farmleigh in Dublin praises some of the people who have put their lives on the line to save others from harm. The Killybegs fire brigade are amoung those being recognised for their bravery after

  Almost 26 thousand people have signed an online petition to ban super trawlers off the Irish coast. The petition was sparked following news the second largest trawler in the world has been sailing off the Donegal coast catching an unknown amount and species of fish. The trawler is nearly 140 metres long and has

  A series of initiatives to support people in mortgage distress will take place in Letterkenny over the coming says, including offers of direct support for people facing repossession who are due in court on Monday morning. A meeting for those in that predicament takes place on Sunday night, and members of the Anti Eviction

Detectives are investigating an armed robbery in the Strathfoyle area of Derry yesterday evening. At around 6.30, a masked man in his 20s with a local accent entered a shop on Deramore Drive. He threatened a female staff member with a screwdriver, forcing her behind the counter and making her open the till. The robber

It’s been confirmed that local authority house building is to resume in Donegal, with confirmation today that the Department of the Environment has approved just over €1.1 million for eight council houses to be built in Ardara. The development, which was approved in principle earlier this year, will be constructed at River Bank, in an

A Status Yellow wind warning remains in place across the country. Storm Abigail made landfall yesterday affecting many parts, but no major disruption has been reported in the North West. The Harry Blaney Bridge in Fanad has been closed for a period as a precaution. Flights leaving Dublin airport were also disrupted and passengers are

A number of people forced to leave their homes in Drumsurn near Limavady due to a security alert, have returned to their houses. Security forces remain in the area as the alert enters into its third day. An initial telephone call was passed to police on Wednesday saying a device had been left at a

Donegal Deputy Pearse Doherty has called on the Government to reassure people a fishing trawler sailing off the Donegal coast is complying with regulations. The Margiris is nearly 140 metres long and has the capacity to catch over 9-thousand tonnes of fish. Concerns are on-going that while it catches an unknown amount of fish, local

Mairia Cahill is set to be elected to the Seanad today. The Belfast woman – who became known for revealing her sexual abuse at the hands of an IRA member – was nominated by the Labour Party to fill the seat vacated by Jimmy Harte, who continues to recover after a serious fall two years

  Police are appealing for information following a paramilitary-style assault in the Galliagh area of Derry. The incident is said to have happened shortly before 4am this morning. Police received a report that a man aged 24 had been assaulted by four others at Altcar Park. It is alleged that one of the men had

  A cross border search is underway to try to locate a missing Derry man. Mr John Concannon, who is 71, has not been seen since Tuesday evening. Volunteers from a Community Search and Rescue Team have today joined enquires to try to locate John Concannon who was last seen on Tuesday evening in Derry

Donegal County Council will be asked to appeal a revaluation of the rates bills for six national utility companies, which will see the rates intake into Donegal cut by almost €700,000 next year. The council was informed of the change last week, prompting Sinn Fein to launch a campaign to have the revaluation reversed. Cllr

The fisherman behind a petition to have super trawlers banned from off the Irish coast, says the sector is being failed by EU policies. The petition was sparked by the presence of the vessel, Margiris, off the coast of Donegal – it’s nearly 140 metres long and has the capacity to catch over 9-thousand tonnes

The HSE is being urged to take over the Aras Gweedore nursing home in West Donegal. The facility is run by the local community, but Deputy Thomas Pringle says anticipated future demand, coupled with the need to meet with HIQA requirements presents a challenge that the community cannot meet. He says there was a serious

  The police ombudsman in the North has found no evidence to support concerns that police did not intervene to stop a sectarian attack in Coleraine in which a man later died. Kevin McDaid died after he was attacked outside his home in May 2009. A number of people were also injured in the attack.

The former British soldier arrested this week by detectives investigating the events of Bloody Sunday has been released on bail. The 66-year-old former member of the Parachute Regiment was the first to be arrested as part of the legacy investigation. The BBC is reporting this morning that he was questioned over the deaths of William

The Saolta Hospital Group has conformed that a urology service is being reinstated this week in Letterkenny Hospital. An operating list is taking place tomorrow, and OPD clinics are restarting in the coming weeks, although an exact date has not yet been confirmed. The logistics of how the service will operate are now being discussed

A Donegal County Councillor has slammed Minister Alan Kelly over his response to serious concerns over toxic barrels off the Donegal coast. Councillor John Shéamais Ó Fearraigh requested an investigation be carried out as to who has been dumping the barrels and how harmful the contents are. Minister Kelly has since replied saying there will

A Donegal County Councillor has asked the Council to write to the Minister for Justice, calling for sufficient resources to the Gardai and Court Services in Donegal. There have been concerns that both services are not up to the standard they need to be to address crime in the county. Councillor Dessie Shiels raised the

Irish MEPs will this morning be allowed 15 minutes to question the President of the ECB about the Irish banking crisis. Mario Draghi will be in the European Parliament in Brussels this morning, where 3 Irish MEPs will be given 5 minutes each to question him on the ECB’s actions surrounding Ireland’s bailout programme. Mr