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A Fianna Fail Cllr in Co Donegal has confirmed that he will be voting No in the marriage equality referendum. Polling on the same sex marriage referendum will take place next Friday with polling stations open from 7am to 10pm. The Fianna Fail party have been advocating a Yes vote in the referendum. But despite […]

The number of people treated at Letterkenny General Hospital increased, particularly in the Emergency Department in 2014. When inpatients, day case patients and people passing through A&E are combined, over 62,000 people were treated at Letterkenny General Hospital last year. Letterkenny General Hospital treated 21,161 people on an inpatient basis last year, a 6.4% increase

Details of the counting process for the forthcoming referendums have been revealed. Polling on the same sex marraige and the minimum age for presidential candidates will take place on Friday the 22nd of May with polling stations open from 7am to 10pm. As is the norm, those living on the islands will vote a day

Transport Minister Paschal Donahoe has confirmed he intends giving gardai the power to arrest any person they detect driving while disqualified. The announcemret has been welcomed by the Donegal based Road Safety Campaign group PARC, which has been campaigning for some time for such a power to given to gardai. They’ve been highlighting the fact

The Government will today launch a new 10 million euro initiative to support more start-up businesses in every county of the country. The initiative comprises of two funds, which go live today, with the closing date in mid July. A 5 million euro fund will be open to groups of Local Enterprise Offices and another

Irish Water say they are going ahead with the Moville Greencastle Sewerage Scheme, with work already underway on the preparation of detailed plans. Pending the awarding of a discharge licence from the EPA, Irish Water say they hope to be in a position to begin construction by the end of next year. They say thy

Police In Derry are appealing for information after an incident yesterday in which a man called to a house in Cornshell Fields and asked a woman questions about her children. Police say at about 11.30am yesterday morning, a man called at the house at Cornshell Fields claiming to be a social worker and asked a

Fianna Fail in Co Donegal have totally refuted reports that the party approached a top Donegal GAA star to run in the next General Election. The party have said the claims are “completely ridiculous” It’s reported today that Fianna Fail attempted to get the name of Michael Murphy on their General Election ticket in Donegal.

Letterkenny is one of 50 towns included in the first phase of a new initiative which will see the delivery of internet speeds of up to 1 gigabite. 60 jobs and a further 200 in construction have also been announced in the building of the new high-speed broadband network around the country. The ESB and

A funeral director is calling on Donegal County Council to purchase a plot of ground for a new cemetery in Letterkenny. Three plots of ground at Ballymacool Woods, comprising of a total of 82 acres are now on the market. Undertaker, Charlie McClafferty says it is imperative that the Council purchase some, or all of

A 36 year old man arrested in connection with an assault on a woman in Derry yesterday has been bailed pending further enquiries in relation to the incident. A woman in her 30s was attacked on the Creggan Road in the early hours of yesterday morning. Police said the woman was taken to hospital “for

Two men are being questioned by Gardai in connection with an investigation into dissident republican activity. The swoop is part of on overall increase in activities by anti-terrorism Gardaí ahead of the visit of Britain’s Prince Charles next week. Just before midday yesterday, Gardai on traffic enforcement duties stopped a car at Glenfarn on the

The latest Urban Garden in Letterkenny will be officially opened and named today in honour of Jim Mc Cormick, who is credited with spearheading the town’s recent success in the Tidy Towns Competition. Donegal County Council says naming the garden in his honour will reflect the progress that’s been made, and encourage others to maintain that commitment. This

Letterkenny Municipal District are calling for the new courthouse in the town to be started as quickly as possible. In a motion moved at a meeting this week, Cllr Dessie Shiels said urgent attention is needed for the project, the only Donegal inclusion in the National Stimulus Plan announced in 2012. At that point, work was

A Donegal Deputy has claimed Irish Water may soon be able to tell Donegal County Council what to put in its Development Plans. The government has published draft legislation to streamline a number of planning laws into a single bill. Deputy Thomas Pringle says that is to be welcomed, but one major issue of concern

Donegal Deputy Charlie McConalogue says if the government goes ahead with plans to cut the One Parent Family Payment in July, some Donegal families will be forced into poverty. He says families will lose up to €80 a week, as the age threshold for qualification is cut from 16 to 7. Deputy McConalogue says the

The new Derry City and Strabane District Council area has the worst unemployment figures in the North. The Labour Market Survey is the first to be issued since the eleven new super councils came into practice last month. The Derry / Strabane Super Council area has an unemployment rate of 7.1%. The figures, revealed that

Ryanair has hosted a celebration at City of Derry Airport to mark its 4 millionth passenger to fly from the airport. The award was made to Kim Newlands today by Derry and Strabane Mayor Elisha Mc Callion and Ryanair’s Sales and marketing Manager for Ireland and the UK Lisa Buckley. Speaking to Highland Radio News,

The Moville Community Against Water Metres Group have said they will not be accepting an apology they have received from Irish Water. The group demanded an apology after they claimed that a number of people in the area have been abused when they’ve asked Irish Water engineers not to install a metre on their properties.

Over 1,000 homes in Letterkenny and the surrounding areas have been without electricity this morning. The outages are understood to be due to an electrical fault. The fault occured at around 8:20am, and 1178 homes are affected in the Cullion area. ESB engineers hope to have the fault repaired at around 9am.

A garda who was assaulted while making an arrest in June 2012 has told Dungloe District Court how he lost his confidence, and his wife now is frightened when he goes to work at night. Garda Aaron Cawley, now based at Manorhamilton in Leitrim after a transfer from Donegal, said he was off work for

An Inishowen Councillor says a major opportunity to provide jobs in Carndonagh is being delayed because a planning application has been held up for six months. The application for a development in the town centre was lodged in December of last year, but still hasn’t been ruled on. Over the weekend it was announced that