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Westport House has been left out of the latest sale from NAMA’s loan portfolio. The Government intervened to ensure the stately home, which is in the Taoiseach’s Mayo constituency, wasn’t included in a bundle of properties code named ‘Project Arrow’ worth around 6 billion Euro. NAMA’s been criticised for giving the US vulture fund ‘Cerberus’ […]

A special meeting of Donegal County Council takes place next week to set new by-laws to reduce speed limits in certain housing estates in the county. Earlier this year there was a public consultation as part of a council consideration to introduce 30 km/h speed limits to appropriate estates. Speaking ahead of that consulation the

    Randox has secured a new £1.5 million deal with a leading laboratory in New York. The global bio-tech firm, which has a key R&D site in Dungloe, announced a the deal this week as representatives from the region strengthen business links in the US. Doctor Ciaran Richardson, Research and Development Manager at Randox

  Gardaí are investigating after an armed robbery took place in Buncranna. A masked man entered the Cards and Candies premises on Buncranna Main Street at approximately 9.20pm on Thursday night last. It’s believed he was armed with a screwdriver during the incident. He demanded money from a female member of staff and then went behind

  A Donegal Deputy has criticised the lack of progress which has been made in delivering the Gaoth Dobhair Sewerage Scheme. The comments come from Deputy Pearse Doherty, following recent correspondence from Irish Water in which the utility states that it is continuing to engage with both Donegal County Council and the Department of the

    Ninety four community organisations and childcare providers across County Donegal shared in more than €23.7 million in grants administered by Pobal on behalf of Government, the EU and other bodies according to a new report. Pobal’s annual report launched this week by Minister Anne Phelan TD outlines how total funding of nearly 340

  The twin sister of Mary Boyle who went missing in 1977 will visit Westminster Tuesday next for a series of meetings led by MP Jeffrey Donaldson to address Garda failure and cross-border crime. A number of families have been invited to London to discuss the issues. It’s believed Ann Doherty will also reiterate her

The Fire Service came under attack while trying to put out a fire on the Moss Road in Galliagh tonight. A number of items were placed on the road and set on fire, and then fire service personnel were attacked when the arrived to deal with it. Sinn Fein Councillor Sandra Duffy says it was

    The Director of Public Prosecution’s appeal against the sentence handed down to Shaun Kelly, the Co Donegal man found guilty of dangerous driving causing the deaths of eight people, has been adjourned today. Kelly was sentenced to four years imprisonment in December 2014 with the final two years of the sentence suspended. 26

The army bomb disposal team have been tasked to an area in Strabane where police are conducting searches.  The searches are believed to be part of investigations into dissident republican activity. There are no further details at this stage.

    Police are currently searching the Beechmount Avenue/Ballycolman area of Strabane. The searches are believed to be part of an investigation into dissident republican activity. Earlier it was reported that police were investigating claims that shots were fired at the local police station in the town on Saturday last. It’s not yet clear if

Independent Councillor Micheal Cholm Mac Giolla Easbuig has been accussed of making a ‘contrived’ and ‘ill-informed’ argument against Irish government support for a new air link from Derry to Dublin. He criticised a Sinn Fein Councillor’s call on the government to support the route. The call came from Cllr Gary Doherty, but opposing it, Councillor

The Director of Public Prosecution’s appeal againsty the sentence handed down to Shaun Kelly, the Co Donegal man found guilty of dangerous driving causing the deaths of eight people, will be heard today. Kelly was sentenced to four years imprisonment in December 2014 with the final two years of the sentence suspended. 26 year old

It’s emerged that the closure of the Revenue Commissioners Customer Service desk in Donegal Town is permanent, with calls for the service to be restored immediately. Deputy Pearse Doherty says it’s a ‘disgraceful’ move which was done without consultation, with most people assuming it was a temporary measure to cover summer holidays. The walk-in counter

Donegal Deputy Charlie McConalogue says urgent action needs to be taken to reduce rural crime in the county. He claims that residents in communities across Donegal have expressed their fears over the increase in crime. The main cause of concern cited is the decrease in Gardai in Donegal, with 71 gone from the force over

New figures from the Road Safety Authority show more than 500 disqualified drivers were involved in collisions causing serious injury or death in recent years. Data from between January 2013 and March of this year in today’s Irish Times, shows there were 521 such incidents. However the RSA says new measures giving Gardai powers to

Double-killer John Gallagher told a court that he was in fear of his life when his estranged brother threw a stone through the windscreen of his van. John Gallagher appeared at Falcarragh District Court, sitting in Letterkenny, to give evidence as the only witness in the case against his brother, Donal. Gallagher shot his ex-girlfriend,

    A Glasgow nurse who contracted Ebola while working in Sierra Leone is recovering well after the virus caused her to develop meningitis. Pauline Cafferkey, 39, who has family roots in Rannyhual near Kincasslagh was readmitted to an isolation unit at the Royal Free Hospital in London earlier this month after suffering an apparent late complication

  Gardai have issued a crime alert warning for the Ballyarr/Ramelton area.  A white transit van has been reported to be acting suspiciously in the area earlier this afternoon. Anyone with information is asked to contact Milford Garda Station on 07491 53048.  

    Minister for Education and Skills, Jan O’Sullivan, TD has approved the Connaught-Ulster Alliance application to proceed to Stage 2 of the Technological University process. It is the next stage in creating a formal alliance between IT’s in Donegal, Sligo and Galway. Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology (GMIT), Institute of Technology, Sligo (IT Sligo) and

  The Government’s announced a plan to rebuild and refurbish dozens of Garda stations around the country with Donegal Town Garda Station set to benefit from the project.  Around 60 million euro in funding from the department of justice and the OPW will be invested, along with millions more in public private partnerships between 2016

A Donegal Councillor says he is still awaiting a response from the Irish government to Dail questions about barrels of munitions dumped off the Donegal coast. Dail questions have been posed calling on the government to commission an immediate and thorough risk assessment report into the quantity and make up of chemical munitions included. Councillor

A Donegal councillor has claimed the setting up of a Dublin route from City of Derry Airport would not be of any great benefit to the people off Donegal, and has said the state should not provide funding for it. Yesterday, Cllr Gary Doherty who is seeking a Sinn Fein general election nomination, urged the