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Four people have been arrested in Derry overnight in connection with dissident terrorist activity. Four men, aged aged 38, 42, 45 and 46 , were detained when a car was stopped and searched at Ringfort Road area at approximately 9 o’clock last night. The suspects have been taken to Antrim Serious Crime Suite for questioning, […]

  The President of Letterkenny Institute of Technology says while funding remains an issue for the college, there is no reason for anyone to be concerned and there is no question of services being compromised. Paul Hannigan was speaking after the CEO of the Higher Education Authority Tom Boland told the Public Accounts Committee that

It’s been confirmed that plans for a wind farm in the Ardara area have been rejected. It has been rejected on visual impact and on the likely impact it would have on a special protection area for birds in the area. The board also had concern about the stability on the site and the risk

It’s been claimed that a funding package for community centres in Donegal will directly support 170 full-time positions over the coming years, while 50 jobs will be indirectly created from resources generated from the services delivered. MInister of State Joe Mc Hugh has confirmed €240,000 for six community centres in Donegal. The facilities are based

  The Irish Times is reporting that Gardaí and the Sea Fisheries Protection Authority are investigating weighing systems at a Donegal fish factory which has had its permit suspended on the eve of the herring season. The authority confirmed to the paper that it has suspended the factory’s weigh permit, pending “the outcome of inquiries”

A Donegal group which represents families of undocumented Irish is to make a presentation to Donegal County Council on Monday next. The presentation is taking place this Monday at 11 o’clock at Council Chambers in Lifford. Families with relatives who are undocumented in America are being asked to attend the presentation, which takes place in

  Donegal Deputy Thomas Pringle is calling on the Department of Communications to keep broadband infrastructure state owned. The call comes following concerns that privately-owned broadband providers are doubling up in areas such as Letterkenny. Deputy Pringle claims that in time, households and premises in Letterkenny will have access to two types of fibre broadband

A man in his 20s has died following a single car collision in County Derry. He was driving on the Tobermore Road in Magherafelt when the crash happened shortly before 6.45 last evening. The Tobermore Road was been closed to traffic overnight.

  Detectives investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of Claudy man Conall Kerrigan have issued new photographs of two men they wish to speak to. Conall, who was aged 25, died after, it is believed, falling from the city walls in Derry in the early hours of Sunday August 23. Police do not believe his

  Police have carried out a number of searches in the Galliagh and Shantallow areas of Derry. The searches were carried out  under the Misuse of Drugs Act. Some ‘deal bags’ of herbal cannabis were found and we also seized other items that may be ancillary to the trade in illegal drugs.” There were no

  Police are appealing for information about two burglaries in the Waterside area Derry. Shortly before 11pm yesterday,  two men broke into a house at Limavady Road and ransacked a bedroom. They made off when challenged by a resident. They are thought to have made off on foot towards St Columb’s and the Peace Bridge.

Calls have been made to have a well known landmark in Donegal promoted as part of the Wild Atlantic Way. It has been claimed that the Seven Arches in Fanad is being overlooked by tourists travelling along the Wild Atlantic Way despite the Arches not being far from the route. There have been concerns in

  A solicitor in Donegal thinks Glenties courthouse will close permanently despite efforts trying to save it. The courthouse has temporarily closed due to health and safety concerns and has moved to a community centre across the street. The Courts Service has claimed it would cost €80,000 to remove immediate risk of health and safety

North West MEP Marian Harkin says the government must do more to support farmers who began growing miscanthus and willow on the assumption that they would become important elements of a growing biomass industry to meet EU sustainable energy requirements by 2020. However, Ms Harkin says the Departments of Agriculture and Communication, Energy and Natural

The HSE has said the long awaited report into the flooding at Letterkenny General Hospital will not be published in the short term as a result of pending legal action. The action is being taken by the hospital’s insurers. This was the response given to Cllr Gerry Mc Monagle at this week’s meeting of the

Donegal Councillor Michael Cholm Mac Giolla Easbuig has made a formal statement to gardai after he was informed by Irish Water that he had registered with them as a customer. The councillor, a key figure in the Can’t Pay, Won’t Pay movement, says he never registered, anmd following several conversations with senior Irish Water personnel,

The Courts Service has claimed it would cost €80,000 to remove immediate risk of health and safety risks at Glenties courthouse – and a multiple of that to improve the building. The statement was released after Judge Paul Kelly appealed for the 172-year-old building to be saved yesterday – his last day in the court

Noel Cunningham will not be putting himself forward for selection as a general election candidate. There was widespread speculation that the Killybegs-based broadcaster and hotel manager would join the race in the new Donegal constituency for Lucinda Creighton’s Renua after presenting a paper on the challenges facing rural towns in Ireland at a recent Party

The Labour Senator Jimmy Harte has resigned from the Seanad. Mr Harte was seriously injured in a fall at the end of 2013. On November 16th 2013, Senator Harte was found unconscious close to his Dublin apartment in the Newmarket Square area of Dublin 8 with life-threatening head injuries caused by a “tragic fall.” Jimmy

    Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams has claimed there is a serious design flaw in some ambulance vehicles in the country. Mr. Adams raised the issue in the Dail following the most recent incident where the rear wheels of an ambulance transporting four staff and a patient on life support from Donegal to Galway

A 172-year-old courthouse is closing down under health and safety regulations. District Court Judge Paul Kelly said he was sitting for the last time today in Glenties courthouse, built in 1843, which is moving temporarily across the road to a community centre across the street. He pleaded with the Court Service not to shut the

Irish Plastics in Fintown have announced the creation of 23 jobs over two years, with their new plant opening later this year. Speaking to Greg Hughes on the Shaun Doherty Show today, Project Manager Jim Curran confirmed half the new jobs will come on stream when the new plant opens in November……  

  A man in his 40’s has been arrested in Donegal in relation to the murder of Edward Gibson in Belfast. The 28 year old father of one was shot dead in the Divis area of the city last October. Shortly after 9 o’clock this morning Gardai arrested a man in his 40s in south

The Taoiseach has admitted the government’s 30 million euro rural renewal scheme ‘won’t do a lot’ on its own. Enda Kenny and several of his Ministers announced the plan at the National Ploughing Championships in Co Laois this morning. The Village and Town Renewal Scheme will see funds channeled through local authorities to areas which

It’s emerged that plans for a Primary Care Centre in Gweedore are a step closer this week after the HSE gave a commitment to lease a premises in the area. The plan is to locate the Primary Care Centre in the current out-of-hours NoWDOC building, with the new facility opening after some refurbishments and adaptations

Discussions are at an advanced stage which could see the resumption of rheumatology clinics at Letterkenny General Hospital. The Irish Medical Times reports this week that a new plan would see a three-person rheumatology team in Galway covering the south of Saolta Group and a three-person team in Sligo General Hospital (SGH) covering the northern

Almost 9 and half million euro will be issued to Donegal farmers under the 2015 Areas of Natural Constraints Scheme. The announcement was made by the Minister for Agriculture Simon Coveney. 4,410 Donegal farmers are eligible to receive the payment. It is also expected that 70% of the Basic Payment Scheme will be paid from

Donegal Fianna Fáil TD Charlie McConalogue has accused the Government of betraying medical card holders with a five-fold increase in prescription charges – despite a promise four years ago to abolish them. It comes as new figures released to Fianna Fáil show that the Government has collected €312m in prescription charges in the four years