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  Detectives from Serious Crime Branch investigating a series of offences committed at the wake and subsequent funeral of Peggy O’Hara have arrested 3 people. The suspects, a 43 year old female, and 2 males, aged 44 and 57, were arrested in Derry this morning and have been taken to the Serious Crime Suite at

Two men were arrested after police uncovered a cannabis factory in the Shantallow area of Derry yesterday. The men, who are aged 24 and 47, were arrested on suspicion of cultivating cannabis and possessing cannabis with intent to supply. Twenty mature cannabis plants were uncovered. The men remain in custody at Strand Road police station.

Junior Minister Joe Mc Hugh says there are key cross border discussions continuing to advance the long awaited A5 improvement, which he has described as a “gamechanger” for the North West region. However, he added there little point in improving access fron Dublin to Derry without also improving the Strabane, Lifford, Letterkenny link and also

The Northern Chairman of Sinn Fein Bobby Storey is one of three men arrested this morning in connection with the murder of former IRA man Kevin McGuigan Sr. Mr McGuigan Sr was shot dead at his home in Comber Court in the Short Strand area of east Belfast last month. Mr Storey was one of

A judge has ordered the destruction of a felling axe held to an animal lover’s neck when she was searching for a lost dog. The order to destroy the axe with a metre-long handle was granted to the prosecution at Dungloe District Court which heard the 15-centimetre blade left a scrape up to three inches

The Wee Greenway Initiative is calling on local authorities to make the proposed 97km cycle/walkway route across the Inishowen peninsula and Derry a reality. The call comes after a site survey of 27km on the route between Buncranna and Carndonagh has been completed this week. The initiative was set up last year and in less

Plans to bring in quotas of refugees that EU countries have to resettle will be set out by the head of the European Commission today. Places like Greece and Hungary – who are already struggling – are exempt and the UK has opted out. Germany’s one of the countries pushing its neighbours to do more

The National Roads Authority has confirmed it will fund the design of a major new roundabout at Lisnennan in Letterkenny, close to the site of the former Unifi plant. The area has been identified as a major bottleneck, and Donegal County Council Chair Ciaran Brogan says this will be a major boost for anyone travelling

Nine taxpayers in Donegal made settlements with Revenue in the three months to the end of June – amounting amounting to almost 1 million euro. Nationally over that period, 108 taxpayers made settlements totalling 18.5 million euro. The single biggest settelment in County Donegal was made by Victor Clinging, a constultant engineer from Crievesmith Letterkenny

  A 33 year old man, arrested in the Waterside area of Derry yesterday in connection with the seizure of steroids has been released without charge.  He was arrested following the search of a house and linked to the seizure of a substantial quantity of steroids with a potential street value in excess of £30,000.

  Police in Derry are appealing for information following the report of an assault at a house in Gogarty Close last night. At around 11.20pm, two male youths wearing Puffa jackets with their faces concealed, entered the premises. They assaulted a teenage male youth who was left with injuries to his head and face. The

Police in Derry have welcomed the jail term imposed on a 29-year-old man from the city who admitted running a website which facilitated the illegal accessing of films from the internet. Paul Mahony, from Carnhill, had pleaded guilty to two charges of conspiracy to defraud, one of acquiring criminal property and one of converting criminal

Last night, a vigil calling for more action to deal with the refugee crisis took place in Derry, with vigils tonight in Letterkenny and Donegal Town. At the Donegal Town event, necessary goods including women and children’s clothing, pop-up tents, blankets and baby slings will be collected. The event organiser is Sinead O’Donnell-Carey………..

A Donegal Councillor says the authority’s advertisement this week inviting offers of land for social housing in Letterkenny will not ease public concern about possible political favouritism. In July, Independent Councillor Dessie Shiels claimed the council was negotiating with “politically connected” landowners to purchase various sites around the county for social housing. He believes this

Irish Rural Link has given its support to plans for stricter sentences for serial burglars. The national network representing the interest of rural communities is welcoming proposals by the Justice Minister Francis Fitzgerald to introduce consecutive sentences and tougher bail restrictions for serial burglars. Minster Fitzgerald proposes the introduction of new laws which will see

The number of families or individuals waiting on the social housing list in Donegal is 48% larger than the government admits. That’s according to Fianna Fáil, which has obtained new data suggesting there are 2472 families waiting for accommodation in County Donegal. It says the figure of 1675 cited by the Department of the Environment

The largest Allsop auction to date will take place over two days this week with over 375 properties to go under the hammer at the RDS in Dublin. Thirty properties in Donegal are on offer – twenty-eight residential properties and two commercial properties. The lots up for sale include twelve semi-detached houses in Chestnnut Grove

A 33 year old man has been arrested following a search in the Waterside area of Derry in relation to the seizure of steroids in England. Police say the steroids, with a potential street value in excess of £30,000, were en route to an address in Derry. A large quantity of suspected counterfeit DVD’s and

Junior Gaeltacht Minister Joe Mc Hugh is expected to announce in the region of 33,000 euro for works on the accommodation road at Leabgarrow on Arranmore Island today. The road serves a number of houses, including the residence of the island’s doctor, and residents have long argued that in an emergency, it’s vital the road

Crunch talks between the Irish and British governments take place at Stormont later in a bid to resolve the political deadlock. The discussions will focus on the status of the IRA and it’s alleged links to the murder of Kevin McGuigan in Belfast last month. The father of nine’s killing has led to a political

A man who set a website from his Carnhill home that could have cost film and TV producers as much as £120 million will be sentenced today. At an earlier hearing 30 year-old Paul Mahoney of 372 Carnhill in Derry admitted four charges of concealing criminal property, conspiracy to defraud and acquiring criminal property in

Donegal County Council is inviting land owners in Letterkenny Town to consider selling their property to the local authority for the development of Social Housing. The council is interested in both green and brown field sites. The council says the sites should ideally be located within the control limits of Letterkenny Town, within walking distance

    Police at Strand Road are appealing for information about a series of burglaries in the Waterside area of Derry. The incidents took place over the weekend. Two houses at Ivy Mead were entered between 10am on Saturday and 8pm yesterday. Money was stolen from one of the houses. Meanwhile, money was stolen from

  It’s been claimed that Sinn Fein looks set for a major U-turn on its opposition to water charges this week according to a Fine Gael MEP. It is claimed that a European Parliament report, authored by a Sinn Fein MEP, suggests the party is clearly calling for the application of water charges. The claims

  A vigil is taking place tomorrow night in Letterkenny in a bid to further highlight the ongoing migrant crisis. It’s part of a series of vigils organised by Sinn Fein that are taking place across the country over the coming days. The vigil begins at 6 o’clock at the Market Square in Letterkenny. Councillor