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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

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