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  A 25 year old woman arrested by Detectives investigating the murder of Paul McCauley in 2006, has been released on bail pending further enquiries. She was detained earlier this morning on suspicion of withholding information, and brought taken to Strand Road Police Station for questioning.  

  The Denis Donaldson murder inquest has been adjourned today for a 16th time, with his family once more boycotting the hearing in protest. A letter from Donaldson family solicitor Ciaran Shiels of Madden & Finucane was read by coroner Denis McCauley in which there was a protest about relatives not being told an application

  Ulster University is to close its School of Modern Languages in Coleraine as a result of budget cuts. The university’s Department of Education and Learning subsidy has been cut by £8.6 million, with around 20 posts being lost in the Modern Languages department, with staff cuts also expected in the areas of history and

The High Court in Dublin has ordered a 49 year old man to be extradited to Northern Ireland where he’s wanted in connection with a 1998 murder in County Tyrone. Francis Lanigan, with a last address at Pinebrook in Mulhuddart, previously spent two years in custody having been arrested on foot of an extradition warrant

A 25 year old woman has been arrested in Derry by detectives investigating the murder of Paul McCauley in Derry in 2006. She was detained on suspicion of withholding information, and brought taken to Strand Road Police Station for questioning. The officer leading the investigation, Detective Chief Inspector Michael Harvey says this brings to eight

The BBC is reporting this morning that Ulster University is to close its School of Modern Languages in Coleraine as a result of budget cuts. The university’s Department of Education and Learning subsidy has been cut by £8.6 million, with around 20 posts being lost in the Modern Languages department, with staff cuts also expected

Gaeltacht Minister Joe Mc Hugh has said he wants to promote tourism by getting people to learn Irish while visiting Gaeltacht areas in Donegal. Minister Mchugh believes there is scope to create ‘linguistic tourism’ destinations in the county for foreigners, who are interested in learning the Irish language. He believes the Wild Atlantic Way would

SDLP West Tyrone representative Daniel McCrossan has raised concerns about parading in Newtownstewart following complaints from a number of residents after Saturday’s Royal Black Preceptory march. The parade itself passed peacefully but while it was taking place, local residents were denied access to their homes. It has been claimed in one case, a disabled elderly

A Derry lottery winner has had his driving ban cut from five years to two and a half. 34 year old Ryan Magee of Monnaboy Road in Eglinton had been disqualified from driving for five years in June this year after being detected driving while disqualified in December last year. Mr Magee had previously been

  There have been report that a device was thrown at a police patrol in the Galliagh area of Derry on Friday night. Today, police carried out further checks of the Leafair Park and general Racecourse Road areas. Nothing untoward has been found.  

  Police at Strand Road in Derry are appealing for information about an assault incident where man in his 20s sustained serious facial injuries in the Shantallow area. Constable Forbes, the investigating officer, said: “The victim sustained a laceration above his right eye requiring seven stitches. He was making his way past St Patrick’s Primary School,

Atheist Ireland has reacted strongly to an appointment of a Catholic chaplain at Letterkenny Institute of Technology. A letter was issued to the L.Y.I.T by Atheist Ireland, highlighting their concerns, stating that the move is unfair to students who are non believers or non Christian. It’s believed other institutes across the country received a similar

The call activity data collection process in relation to the Carndonagh NowDoc services has ended and results are pending. The HSE issued a statement last month stating the review process, would be extended to analyse call activity and response time data until the end of August. Changes to the service are being considered, including the

  A Sinn Fein Councillor has hit out over claims that her party is using the A5 upgrade as a ‘political football’. Last week the party had been accused by SDLP representative Daniel McCrossan of using the issue as a political football while it did little to progress the project it when the party held

  Calls have been made for more Garda speed checks across the county as Donegal motorists are ‘not getting the message’ . The comments come from Road safety Campaigner Susan Grey, who says the latest National Slow Down Day should not have been publicized, as the speed detections were relatively low across the county. Despite

  Police in Derry are appealing for information following four burglaries in the area in the past few days. Sometime between 5pm and 10.40pm on Saturday 29 August, a house in Hollymount Park was broken into. A sum of money and jewellery was taken. Sometime between 6pm and 10.25pm on the same day, another house

The Irish Government is being urged to call for an inquiry into the sentencing in Britain of 39 year-old Donegal man Anton Duffy. He was yesterday jailed for 17 years for his role in a plot to murder loyalist Johnny ‘Mad Dog’ Adair. Duffy’s cousin Martin Hughes, 36, and Paul Sands, 32 were also jailed.

A west Donegal man was today one of three men been jailed for nearly 40 years between them – for plotting the murder of Ulster loyalist Johnny ‘Mad Dog’ Adair. 39 year-old Anton Duffy was senteced to 17 years behind bars – he cousin Martin Hughes and another man, Paul Sands were also jailed. The

A US Congressman tipped to be a future president continues his visit to the Northwest today. Brendan Boyle’s father Frank is a native of Glencolmcille while the Democrat representative also has family members living in Donegal Town. He was formally welcomed back to Donegal, for the first time since his election, at a council function

  Works to complete the upgrading of the southern side of Castlefinn Bridge will begin in the coming weeks. The news comes after the signing of a contract between the Council and the contractor this morning. Work on the bridge began last year when the stone walls were removed and the bridge widened. However work

  There have been reports of a suspicious device  in Derry. A suspect object was reported sighted in the Leafair Park area of the city but so far a police search has yet to uncover anything. Police are advising residents to be vigilant and report anything suspicious. Local Councillor Brian Tierney says it is worrying

  A new Litter survey shows Letterkenny is Clean to European Norms. IBAL research shows heavily littered areas are finally cleaning up The latest survey by the Irish Business Against Litter alliance shows Letterkenny is Clean to European Norms, in 27th position in the ranking of 40 towns and cities nationwide, However, Letterkenny has slipped

    Sinn Fein Finance spokesperson, Pearse Doherty says he’s not surprised at the UUP’s decision to leave the Northern Ireland Executive and that it is clearly election motivated.  Meanwhile, Northern Ireland First Minister and DUP leader, Peter Robinson, has criticised the UUP’s decision. Writing in the Belfast Telegraph, Mr Robinson says now is not

Donegal Action For Cancer Care is encouraging women across Donegal to attend their free Breast Check Mammogram appointment. There have been concerns regarding the Inishowen unit not returning to the area. However the unit in Letterkenny is prolonging its stay to ensure everyone in the Inishowen area is given an appointment for their Mammogram. Donegal

Calls have been made for people in the Finn Valley area to sign up to a new text alert scheme. The scheme will be launched soon and there have been concerns that not enough residents in the area are signing up. Local Councillor Patrick McGowan says with the shortage of Gardai in the county, the

  Donegal Deputy Thomas Pringle is calling for all opposition parties to join the boycott of water bills. The call comes after 80,000 to 100,000 people attended Saturday’s Right2Water protest in Dublin. It has been reported there was a huge Donegal turn out for the event with numerous buses leaving the county early on Saturday