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Private sector rents rose in all areas of the country in the first three months of the year according to the Private Residential Tenancies Board, with one of the smallest rises registered in Donegal. Nationally, rents were up by almost 7 percent in the first quarter, compared to the same time in 2014. IN Donegal,

It’s been confirmed that an explosive device has been left under the car of a serving Police in the Eglinton area of Derry. Local District Commander Superintendent Mark McEwan says police were alerted to suspicious activity outside a house at Glenrandel at around around 2.45 this morning, and the device was spotted shortly afterward. Police

The Mayor of Donegal is to meet with gardai after another business was robbed in Letterkenny. Just before 9.30 yesterday morning, one man armed with a knife held up a staff member at O’Riain Auctioneers at Academy Court in the town. In recent months, five different business have now been robbed, burgled or broken into

Gardai are warning that ‘boy-racers’ at the Joule Donegal International Rally will be dealt with severely this weekend. Inspector Michael Harrison said anyone coming into the county in modified cars and performing illegal manoeuvres will find themselves before the courts. But he is also stressing that the vast majority of those following the rally do

The Department of Health has confirmed that work is to be carried out at Carndonagh Community Hospital to ensure it is HIQA compliant. The works will include an extension to the dining and sitting room facilities, and improvements to residential bedrooms, including en-suite facilities. The works are due to begin early next year. Donegal North East Deputy

A number of people have been evacuated from their homes on the ouitskirts of Derry’s Waterside. A security alert has been ongoing since the early hours of this morning, with an army bomb disposal team examining a suspicious object at Glenrandel in Eglinton. Residents are sheltering at the Foyle arena on the Limavady Road

Police in Derry are appealing for information about two burglaries in the Altnagelvin area of the city yesterday. Money and jewellery were stolen from two houses at Knockwellan Park in broad daylight. Both incidents are understood to have taken place between 8:45am and 4:30pm. Police are keen to hear from anyone who noticed strangers or

A Donegal priest, based near Berkeley, has praised the Irish community for coming together and helping those affected by the tragedy. Six Irish students lost their lives in a balcony collapse in Berkeley, California yesterday. Seven others are injured – two are understood to be critical, and another two are very serious with life changing

The Mayor of Derry’s husband has received a suspended sentence for assaulting a couple. Derry Magistrates Court heard 34-year-old Declan Aaron McCallion kicked a man to the head and punched him in the face in an unprovoked assault. McCallion, of Elaghmore Park, pleaded guilty to common assault, disorderly behaviour and resisting police. The charges relate

It’s been confirmed that work will start in November on a new school building for Educate Together in Letterkenny, with the new school set to open in September of next year. It’s the only Donegal project on the new schools programme for this year. The new school will have 24 class rooms and facilities for

There’s been an armed robbery at an Estate Agents premises in Letterkenny. Just before 9.30 this morning, one man armed with a knife held up a staff member at O’Riain Auctioneers and Estate Agents at Academy Court in the town. Ger O’Riain is the owner of the business, he’s offering a reward, and is urging

A Strabane councillor is calling on the Housing Executive to carry out a full assessment of the Drumrallagh estate after asbestos was found in a house there. Cllr Patsy Kelly says he’s been approached by a man who was having adaptation work done on his home for health reasons, when workers found the substance. He

A Donegal County Councillor has called for the Wild Atlantic Way to be extended in the county. The tourism route takes in thousands of kilometres of road throughtout Donegal from Malin Head to Donegal Town. But Cllr Enda Bonner says although the route is extensive in Donegal, many roads have been left out. He’s calling

A man has died following a fishing accident off the coast of Donegal earlier this afternoon. The accident occurred just off Horn Head in Dunfanaghy. The coastguard was alerted at around 3:30pm this afternoon that a man had fallen overboard off a fishing vessel. The man was one of two men working on a lobster

Post Offices around the country need to “diversify and modernise” in order to attract new customers. A government commissioned report published this morning examines the mounting pressures being faced by Irish post offices, 24 of which closed between 2011 and 2014. It found that of the 1,100 post offices in Ireland, the vast majority of

A man has been rushed to Letterkenny General Hospital after he fell overboard off a fishing boat this afternoon. The man was one of two men working on a lobster boat off Horn Head this afternoon when the accident occurred. Mulroy Coastguard were the first on the scene and managed to pluck the man from

A number of Irish students have been killed after a balcony collapsed in Berkeley, California. Five people are dead and at least 8 others are critically injured after the fourth floor balcony collapsed at an apartment building on Kittridge Street near the University of California shortly before 9am Irish time. The Minister for Foreign Affairs

Donegal County Council has voted against a motion calling for a monument to be erected in the county in commemoration of the 1916 Easter Rising. The Sinn Fein motion called for a monument to be built outside the County House in Lifford in memory of all those who gave their lives for Irish freedom. The

It’s emerged that 21 people are to lose their jobs at Medisize in Letterkenny, all of whom were taken on earlier this year on a temporary basis to cover one specific order. Six people have already gone, with 15 more to go. Cllr Gerry Mc Monagle is Mayor of the Letterkenny Municipal District, he says

The Irish Independent is reporting this morning that thousands of people with loans from moneylenders could be in line to have their borrowings wiped out, and get compensation. It follows a case won by a Donegal couple who took on the State’s largest moneylender through the financial services ombudsman. They had loans from Provident Personal

It is claimed that repairs to the council’s housing stock are not being carried out to a satisfactory standard. Donegal County Council has a set criteria they follow for the repair of vacant properties which include houses being structurally sound, rubbish removal, chimneys being cleaned and walls painted. But Councillor Gerry Crawford says he has

  The Council is being asked to provide extra funding for the countries only Irish language theatre in Gweedore. The Amharclann Ghaoth Dobhair in Derrybeg, which opened in 1962, is funded completely independently. Donegal County Council owns two theatres in the county in Letterkenny and Ballyshannon, and is required to fund these assets. But Cllr

Councillor Ciaran Brogan is the new Mayor of Donegal. The Letterkenny based Councillor was elected unopposed at today’s Annual General Meeting in Lifford as part of an inter-party pact. He succeeds Cllr John Campbell. While he has been Mayor of Letterkenny on two occasions, this is the first time Cllr Brogan has been the county’s