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The Donegal based Road Safety Organisation PARC say they’ve had a relatively successfully meeting with the Transport Minister Pascal Donohoe. Last evening, the group met with the Minister who pledged to clarify to the Courts Service that the law does allow for court clerks to record the licence numbers of drivers who have been disqualified.

A Donegal Deputy has hit out over comments made yesterday that Enda Kenny could serve another two terms as Taoiseach. Fine Gael Chief whip Paul Kehoe has said Enda Kenny wants to remain in power “for a long time to come”. Sinn Fein is challenging the Government to call an early election to the test

Donegal County Council is urging anyone with waste electronic equipment to dispose of to use one of eight collection depots across the county this month. The collection points will operate over the next three Saturdays under the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment scheme. The council says Donegal has a strong record under the WEEE scheme,

    There have been reports of spot flooding in the North West this evening. The Manor roundabout has been affected and the Letterkenny/Derry road just approaching it. The Lifford/ Stranorlar road has also been reported to be flooded. The area between Killgordon and Stranorlar  and Kilross – Stranorlar has also been affected. Motorists are

  A local councillor has condemned the latest incident  in Strabane. A security operation got underway late last night and a  gun was found during a police search in the early hours of this morning. A suspected firearm was taken away for further forensic examination. The operation ended shortly after 2 o’clock this morning. It comes

Last month saw the highest level of overcrowding ever recorded in hospitals across the country in the month of July. Figures from the INMO show that 6,715 admitted patients were on trolleys during the past month. It’s an increase of 21 percent on July 2014. General Secretary with the INMO Liam Doran outlines how it

  Police are investigating an arson incident that occurred at the Model Primary School, Northland Road, Derry last Thursday The incident occurred at approximately 9.30pm. During this incident, playground furniture was completely destroyed. The estimated value to replace is £3,000. It is believed the fire started in a litter bin and then spread onto a

It has been claimed that two dogs were purposely stuck together with super glue in the Killlylastin area of Letterkenny. ‘Hughie’ says he spotted the dogs stuck back to back and in some distress while driving yesterday – when he later approached the dogs they eventually pulled apart with fur from each stuck to the

It’s emerged that nine children from the Urris area of Inishowen who already go to Carndonagh Community School will be allowed avail of the school transport scheme for another year. However, five others due to start secondary school next month will not be allowed do so. Controversy developed when it emerged that updated school transport

It’s emerged that Donegal has the highest number of Heritage Week events per head of populaton in the country. National Heritage Week gets underway on Saturday fortnight, with 110 events already confirmed, and more to come. Dr Joseph Gallagher is the Heritage Officer with Donegal County Council. He days it’s become a very important part

Over the half the houses built in Donegal in the first six months of the year were one off houses according to figures collated by the Irish Independent. There were 249 houses built in the county in the first half of the year, up 24% on the same period last year. 178 of them single

A gun has been found during a police search in Strabane. The PSNI says detectives from the Serious Crime Branch investigating dissident republican terrorist activity conducted searches in the Melvin Road and Ballycolman Estate area of Strabane last night. A suspected firearm was recovered during the search in Melvin Road and has been taken away

The annual Apprentice Boys of Derry parade will take place in the city this Saturday, with 140 bands and Apprentice Boys’ Clubs expected to attend. There will be smaller parades throughout the morning prior to the main parade, which takes place at 12.30pm. The smaller parades will begin at 9am and will continue throughout the

A Derry and Strabane councillor has renewed calls for an ambulance to be permanently based in Castlederg. Cllr Kieran McGuire says that a critically ill man who was involved in a farming accident victim from Aghyaran was left lying on the ground for 2 hours before an ambulance from Ballyshannon eventually arrived to take him

A public meeting will be held in Simpsons, Carndonagh tomorrow night at 8 pm to discuss the implications and effects of the proposed scaling back of the NowDOC service in Inishowen. A proposal to end the “red eye” service between 12pm to 8am in Carndonagh and Derrybeg and replace them with an extra doctor and

  Gardai in Letterkenny are appealing for witnesses following a stabbing in the Meadow Bank Park area. The incident occurred in the early hours of this morning. Gardai received a report at approximately 3 o clock this morning of a disturbance at a house in Meadow Bank Park in Letterkenny. Gardai responded and went to

  A man who was arrested for careless driving causing grievous bodily injury after a road traffic crash in Strabane last night has been bailed pending further enquiries. The crash, which injured two teenage girls happened on the Melmount Road in Strabane just before 5 o’clock yesterday evening. One girl suffered minor injuries and was

  According to a reply to Thomas Pringle TD’s question to Minister Burton, there are 1 and half thousand Farm Assist recipients in Donegal. In total there are 1,458 recipients in the county, making it the second highest number in the country, Mayo having the highest with 1,614. According to Deputy Pringle, the Minister says

Barnardos says it now costs 785 euro to put a child through their first year of secondary school – an increase of 50 euro. The children’s charity says the overall costs of sending a child to school have gone up this year compared with 2014. It now costs 365 euro for a senior infant –

A Donegal councillor has claimed this morning that the council were not formally consulted by the Department of the Marine regarding the granting of a licence for a controversial oyster farming operation on Linsfort Beach in Inishowen. Cllr Rena Donaghey was part of a protest which took place at the weekend. Speaking to Greg Hughes

A new driver register is being proposed to link penalty points to your driver licence for the first time. The new central register would be accessible to the Court Service, the Gardai and the Road Safety Authority – which gives out penalty points – to get rid of any loopholes for drivers who commit offences.

A man charged with attempting to choke his pregnant partner has had his bail application adjourned until Thursday to allow police to contact more witnesses in the case. 40 year old Gerard Scarlett of 2 Fergleen Mews in Derry, who has 207 previous convictions, appeared at Derry Magistrate’s Court where he faced a number of

Anti-drug campaigners in Donegal have reported a significant increase in the number of so-called legal highs or synthetic drugs in border counties. They fear an increase in drugs deaths because the substances, which were banned in the Republic five years ago, are now being brought into Donegal and other border counties by couriers from the

  Siobhan Dunn has been named Mary from Dungloe 2015. Siobhan represented Edinburgh in this years competition. Her grandmother hails from Arranmore Island and she still has strong family connections in the area. Speaking to Highland Radio News, Siobhan says she’s overwhelmed:  

  Police  in Derry are appealing for information about an assault on a man in the Waterside at the weekend. The incident happened at around 3pm on Saturday afternoon. A man was attacked by seven or eight other males in an alleyway off Bonds Hill. There are no descriptions of the offenders, only that they

Police at Strand Road in Derry are appealing for information after a man stole a knife from a butcher’s shop. The incident happened at around 4.30 on Saturday afternoon. Police received a call from premises on Clooney Terrace, Derry reporting that a male entered the shop demanding a knife. When staff told him he couldn’t