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The number of crimes reported to police in Derry City over the last year has showed a decrease of 1.5 per cent. According to figures released today, the total number of crimes reported was 7,909, down from 8,028 in the 2013/14 financial year. While there were reductions in some categories, others had shown increases –

Donegal is to receive €654,500 under the 2015 Rural Water Programme. The allocation to the local authority is for group water and group sewerage schemes and are provided by the Department of Environment, Community & Local Government. €250,000 of the funding is for Townawilly in Raphoe, and Tory Island Group Water Schemes which will benefit

At least four people are thought to have been killed in Nepal – after another major earthquake there. It sent people running into the streets in the capital, Kathmandu, just two weeks after a devastating quake which killed more than 8-thousand people. Geologists say it measured 7-point-4 in magnitude, and was centred near the base

19 jobs have been lost in Carndonagh with the closure of two businesses in the town in recent days. JJ Kellys Supermarket and the o2 shop closed over the weekend. JJ Kellys, which had been in business for 51 years in the Inishowen town, and employed 15 people closed on Saturday after the owners retired.

The HSE says the NoWDOC service is operating as normal, and it has not yet been briefed about possible changes to the service. In a statement to Highland Radio News, the HSE says – “The HSE would like to reassure patients and their families that the NoWDOC service is operating as normal. In November 2013

The Historical Institutional Abuse Inquiry in Northern Ireland is to investigate three additional state-run institutions. There will also be a separate examination of the activities of paedophile priest Brendan Smyth. The inquiry has been investigating 13 institutions to date. However,two former homes in Derry – Fort James and Harberton House – will also be examined

The Letterkenny Municipal District Litter Warden is urging to public to dispose of their waste properly. Martin Roarty has been expressing frustration that most of the waste found at illegal dump sites are items that could be disposed of at bottle banks and recycling centres. Dog fouling in the Letterkenny area is said to continue

The cost of renting in Co Donegal is on the rise – but the rate of increase was only slight in the first three months of this year. According to the latest rental report by Daft.ie, rents were up 3.2% in Co Donegal, with the average cost 509 a month here. Nationally, the cost of

Just 4% of complaints made to the office of the Irish Language Commissioner last year came from Donegal. The details were contained in the Commissioner’s report released today. A total of 115 complaints were made to the Irish Language Commissioner in 2014. The annual report shows that in Donegal an investigation found that the Health

Fears have been raised that the Nowdoc service in Co Donegal is going to be scaled down. Currently there are six doctors covering all of the shifts at the three centres in Letterkenny, Gweedore and Carndonagh. But there are concerns that the six doctors will be cut down to five. There has been uncertainty over

A woman had to be airlifted by the Coastguard helicopter from Tory Island last night. The woman is understood to have hurt her shoulder in a fall. The Rescue 118 was dispatched from Sligo and airlifted the women to Letterkenny General Hospital around 11pm. The woman’s condition is not believed to be serious.

The family of a Strabane teenager, who was killed in the 70s, has issued an appeal for witnesses. 18-year-old Tobias Molloy died after being hit with a plastic bullet in July 1972. He was returning to Strabane from Lifford on July 16th, 1972, when he was struck on the chest by a rubber bullet fired

Concerns have been raised following a spate of robberies in the Sion Mills area. A Chinese takeaway was broken into Thursday last and a laptop was stolen. On the same day, a number of vehicles were broken into and sums of money were taken. Community activist Andy Patton is appealing to residents in the area

Demonstrators from Donegal joined about 100 anti-water charge protestors to snub Taoiseach Enda Kenny on Saturday. They turned their backs on him and shouted slogans as he spoke during an unveiling ceremony in Ballymote, Co. Sligo. Gardai, including a local unit of the public order squad, held off a group of protestors, which included demonstrators

Met Eireann is warning gusts of up to 100 kilometres per hour could hit Donegal during the night and into tomorrow. They are also predicting strong gale force winds in exposed areas. The yellow wind warning is in place for the North West until 3 o’clock tomorrow afternoon. Forecaster with Met Eireann Deridre Lowe has

  Emergency services attended the scene of a fire in the Waterfoot Hotel Derry.  The fire broke out earlier this afternoon. It’s believed the fire broke out in the laundry room of the hotel through a tumble dryer appliance. Fire fighters managed to contain the fire to that area of the hotel. No injuries have

  It’s estimated that over 3,800 walkers and runners participated in the Darkness into Light charity walks at three venues in Donegal this morning with nearly 2,000 taking part in Letterkenny. The 5k fundraising event got underway at quarter past four this morning at over 80 venues across the country. Over 100,000 people took part

  Prince Charles is to make an emotional trip to the west of Ireland to where his great uncle was murdered by the IRA. Lord Mountbatten was killed in 1979 when a bomb exploded on his boat at Mullaghmore in County Sligo. Prince Charles will spend 4 days in Ireland, but he will not be

A Donegal County Cllr is calling on 30% of new social houses to be built in rural areas. It was announced last week that 38 new housing projects are to begin in Donegal with a total investment of € 5,800,000 as part of the first phase of the Government’s Social Housing Strategy. Overall 507 new

A Gweedore based Catholic priest says he will be voting Yes in the forthcoming same-sex marriage referendum. Fr Brian O Fearraigh says he has made the decision as he sees the referendum as giving statutory recognition and protection to the relationships of people regardless of their sex. His views are at odds to that of