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The Simon Community says the government needs to do more to help people stay in the homes they have, as latest figures suggest homelessness rates are growing, particularly outside Dublin. Speaking to Greg Hughes on the Shaun Doherty Show this morning, Simon spokesperson Niamh Randall said the policy needs to focus on helping people stay […]

The Campaign for a Clean Estuary in Inishowen says indications coming from Europe are that their challenge against a Sewage Treatment Plant at Carnagarve near Moville will be adjudicated on later this year. It follows a Sunday Business Post report that EU officials have expressed concern at elements of the plan, and the way the

The need for the much discussed Bonagee Link in Letterkenny to progress is back on the agenda in Letterkenny, with fears that substantial progress could be years away. The past number of weeks have seen a huge influx of visitors into the town, causing traffic in and around Letterkenny to come to a standstill. Town

Three men and a woman were arrested after trouble following an anti-internment parade in north Belfast on Sunday. Petrol bombs, stones and bottles were thrown at police after they stopped the parade entering Belfast city centre, because the terms of a Parades Commission determination had been breached. A short rally was held at the barricade

  A post mortem examination is being carried out on the body of a man in his 20s found in Letterkenny yesterday afternoon. The body was found in the vicinity of Rogers Burn, close to Willowbrook at around 1 o’clock yesterday afternoon during a search by gardai and local people, backed up by members of

It’s emerged a man arrested in Bundoran on Friday evening is a suspect in the murder in Jennifer Dornan in Belfast last week. The PSNI has revealed it is no longer seeking anyone in Northern Ireland in relation to the murder after the 37 year old man was arrested on Friday evening and brought to

A 25-year-old man is expected to appear at Derry Magistrates’ Court tomorrow charged in relation to the alleged possession of cocaine. He is accused of possessing a Class A drug and aiding and abetting the possession of a Class A drug. The charges are believed to relate to a detection in the Gobnascale area of

Derry Magistrate’s Court has heard how a man told children he was going to throw their mother down the stairs. 39 year old Terence Doherty of 30, Dunluce Court in Derry admitted a series of offences including assaults on police and disorderly behaviour. The court was told that on July 12 this year Doherty’s former

Today marks the 35th anniversary of the Central Hotel fire in Bundoran where 10 people had lost their lives. The dead were a family of four from Naas in Kildare, an infant from Belfast, three people from Dublin, two of them children, a woman from Leitrim and a woman from Donegal. The fire broke out

Up to 40,000 people and 140 bands are expected in Derry today for the annual Apprentice Boys parade which gets underway just after 12 noon. A number of smaller parades will take place this morning, before a religious service in St Columb’s Cathedral and a reenactment of the Siege of Derry. It’s the single biggest

Members of the campaign to preserve the overnight NoWDOC service in Derrybeg are seeking a meeting with the HSE, General Practioners and the CareDoc company that coordinates the service. Campaigners from West Donegal and Inisshowen were joined by supporters from elsewhere as up to 500 people marched to the NoWDOC headquarters in Letterkenny yesterday afternoon

Derry and Strabane Cllr Maolíosa Mc Hugh has contacted Transport NI requesting that it acts urgently to replace two road signs that have been up-routed and pulled down in the Urney Road area of StrAbane. A Stop sign and a sign identifying the presence of ramp on the road between Castletown Court and Glenfinn Park have been

Hundreds of people gathered in Letterkenny for a protest against the possible scaling back of the NoWDOC service in Donegal earlier this afternoon As part of a restructuring process which is underway, the HSE is ‘live testing’ the proposed scrapping of the Midnight to 8am services in Derrybeg and Carndonagh, to be replaced by one

The RNLI is aiming to halve the number of drownings off the Irish and British coasts over the next nine years. The “Respect the Waters” campaign is highlighting the dangers both on and near the water in a bid to make people think more about the risk it poses and the need for saftey precautions.

Hundreds of people are expected to gather in Letterkenny this afternoon to protest against the possible scaling back of the NoWDOC service in Donegal. As part of a restructuring process which is underway, the HSE is ‘live testing’ the proposed scrapping of the Midnight to 8am services in Derrybeg and Carndonagh, to be replaced by

  District Judge Barney McElholm said that since he came to Derry Magistrate’s Court a man had appeared in front of him 42 times. His comments came in the case against 51 year oldn Patrick McGuigan of Namosa Court in Derry, who was jailed for threatening to destroy property and assaulting police. The court was

35,700 euro has been allocated to clean up Donegal as part of a €1.09 million funding allocation via two environmental grant schemes. The 2015 Anti-Litter & Anti-Graffiti Awareness Grant Scheme is providing 20 thousand euro to Donegal County Council, while a further 15,700 is being provided from the Environmental Partnership Fund which supports local environmental

  A Donegal GP says resources provided by the HSE for NowDoc services could be spent elsewhere. The HSE provides a large budget for NowDoc, in and around 3 and half million however, it’s been claimed that the majority of that budget is being spent on the call centre. Doctor Delap says we don’t need

  SDLP  Daniel McCrossan has called on police to review the way in which they carry out search operations and has warned that heavy handed approaches risk losing community confidence. Mr McCrossan was speaking after a search operation in Ballycolman left two disabled older people left shocked and unnerved. Speaking to Highland Radio News, he

A local councillor says urgent action is needed to repair street lights in the Ballycoleman area of Strabane which have been out of action since a junction box fire three weeks ago. Cllr Brian Mc Mahon says they lights still haven’t been assessed by an engineer, and he’s concerned that as a result of recent