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Donegal Gardai are urging road users to take extra care with heavy rain and spot flooding forecast tonight and into tomorrow. There’s an Orange rainfall alert in place from Met Éireann for Connacht, Clare, Cork, Kerry, Limerick and Tipperary with a lesser status yellow warning in effect for Donegal. Head of Traffic Inspector Michael Harrison

The NRA has approved a number of small projects on the road between Lifford and Stranorlar, including traffic calming work at Liscooley. A notorious half kilometre stretch outside Killygordon will also be included in an additional programme of works agreed this week between Donegal County Council and the NRA. Cllr Patrick Mc Gowan says it’s

Preparations are underway to welcome 4,000 refugees to Ireland in the coming weeks and months. So far thousands of people have offered beds and other forms of housing in a variety of campaigns through charities and social media groups. The Irish Red Cross has been tasked with co-ordinating the effort and is urging anyone who

Ireland’s newest political party, the Social Democrats, are seeking to establish a branch in the Letterkenny Institute of Technology. The Social Democrats were launched 8 weeks ago by 3 Independent TD’s Stephen Donnelly, Catherine Murphy and Roisin Shortall. Additional candidates and detailed policy positions are expected to be revealed over the next number of weeks.

It’s reported this morning that six men have been taken into protective custody as part of an investigation into forced labour in Donegal. The Donegal News reports that a number of commercial premises were raided in Letterkenny as part of what’s been termed one of the most intensive investigations of its kind in the county.

There’s uncertainty over the future of the Assembly and Executive at Stormont. All but one of the DUP’s ministers quit yesterday after their calls for Stormont to be suspended while cross-party talks take place were rejected. The only DUP minister still in place is Arlene Foster, who holds the Finance Portfolio and has been named

  A Derry man charged with weapons and explosives training in Syria has had his case further adjourned at Derry Magistrate’s Court due to a delay in topography reports. Eamonn Bradley (26) of 48, Benview Estate, Coshquin in Derry was supposed to have a preliminary enquiry in his case on September 24. However, today a

  Tomorrow is set to be extremely wet with an Orange Rainfall Warning in place for Donegal. Met Éireann has issued a level orange alert this morning warning that some thundery downpours will develop tonight and persist into tomorrow. With 70 mm of rain water anticipated on higher ground in particular, AA Roadwatch are warning

The former Vice Chair of the Northern Ireland Policing Board says the Irish and British governments must become more involved in the discussions on the future of the Stormont Assembly. Speaking on the Shaun Doherty Show today, Denis Bradley said the Good Friday Agreement is a treaty beween Dublin and London, as well as the

Strabane Councillors have been given 30 days to make their final decision on a name for the pedestrian bridge or they will stand to lose 2.2 million pounds in funding. Social Development Minister Mervyn Story has also warned the name must not have a political or religious connection. Sinn Fein Councillors have proposed to name

A Buncrana councillor says Scoil Iosagain has become a victim of its own success, and the sooner a planning application is lodged for a new school campus, the better. Cllr Rena Donaghey was speaking after it emerged this week that a number of sixth class pupils are walking from the school to the disused Buncrana

The Taoiseach will hold talks with the SDLP this morning in a bid to save the Stormont Assembly. The Irish Times says Enda Kenny has intervened in the dispute – and will meet with a delegation from the SDLP, led by Alasdair McDonnell, to try and persuade them to support the DUP’s call for the

Calls have been made for dedicated Garda Divisional Drugs Unit in Donegal. Councillor James Pat McDaid has written to the Minister for Justice Frances Fitzgerald saying there is a real crisis in Donegal with the increased misuse of substances. He believes this is coupled with a decreased number of Gardai in the county, stating there

Letterkenny is set to receive two million euro under the Designated Urban Centres Grants Scheme, but only if a similar amount is provided by Donegal County Council. The scheme envisages investments in Irish urban centres to the order of €80 million over the next five years. The scheme is backed by European Regional Development Fund,

  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.