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Man arrested by PSNI in connection with car bomb attempt on police officers car released unconiditionally

  A 27 year old man who was arrested by detectives from PSNI Serious Crime Branch, investigating an incident in which an under car improvised explosive device was placed under the car of a police officer in Eglinton on Thursday morning, has been released unconditionally. Detective Chief Inspector Gareth Talbot said police are still at […]

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Listen back to live music, features and chat on the Weekend Edition

The Weekend Edition with Greg Hughes broadcasts on Highland Radio every Saturday Morning from 10am till noon with a mix of music, features and chat and it was another bumper edition this week! On the show Rob Laffan discusses an app he developed which assists his daughter with Autism communicate, it recently won a major

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First night of rally weekend relatively quiet compared to previous years

Gardai have said the first night of rally weekend has been relatively quiet compared to previous years. A number of cars were seized in a multi-agency operation across the county.   The operation, which will be carried out for the duration of the weekend has been specifically designed to detect illegally modified vehicles. Gardai have

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Over 25% of people in Donegal are either hoarding or throwing out electrical waste

  New figures show that last year 733 tonnes of electrical waste was recycled in Donegal but still over a 1/4 of people in the county are either hoarding or throwing out electrical waste. The figures compiled by WEEE Ireland show an average of almost 5kg of electrical waste recycled per person in Donegal in

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Three arrested in Donegal in relation to bomb attempt on policeman’s car in Derry released without charge

Three men who were arrested on Thursday morning near Ballybofey have all been released without charge. They were arrested after a bomb was planted under a police officer’s car in Derry. At around 4am on Thursday morning the three men were arrested in Killygordon after their car was stopped and searched. The car was examined

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Appeal for witnesses to N13 crash in which a woman in her 20s died

Gardai are appealing for witnesses to a crash on the N13 Letterkenny to Stranorlar Road on Friday morning in which a woman in her 20s died. The collision, which involved a car and a lorry happened at Trentabouy, close to Drumkeen just before 7am. The N13 has now re-opened following a technical examination. Garda Traffic

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‘Tara the Jack Russell terrier’ saves the day for Sean-nós singing festival in Falcarragh

The actions of a dog from Falcarragh are drawing comparisons with the heroics of Pickles,the famous mongrel who found the World Cup after it had been stolen three months before the 1966 world cup finals in London. Tara, a three year old Jack Russell terrier, is being feted in the Gaeltacht village this week after

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McCannBlue campaign helps IrishRadioPlayer app to 70k downloads in just 6 weeks

In 6 short weeks since its launch, the Irish Radio Player radio app has had an astonishing 70,000 downloads. The app was created from a partnership of the Independent Broadcasters of Ireland (IBI) and RTE and allows listeners to download all 43 IBI and RTÉ radio stations currently available in the Republic of Ireland. According

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