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Two wind warnings are in place across the country until 9pm tonight. A status orange alert is in place in counties Donegal, Galway and Mayo, which may see gusts of up to 100 kilometres an hour sweeping along exposed coasts and hills. Meanwhile, a status yellow alert was also issued for counties Dublin, Wexford, Wicklow,

A former Russian Special Forces solider who said he was suffering flashbacks when he wrestled a teenage girl to the ground and sexually assaulted her at Dublin Airport has avoided jail. The 51 year-old Lithuanian man told gardaí he was having flashbacks to his time with the Russian military in Siberia and believed he was

The Sinn Féin party will adopt a position on abortion at their Ard Fheis in Derry today. Last night the party voted not to go into any coalition led by Fine Gael or Fianna Fáil after the general election. Political correspondent, Páraic Gallagher reports from the conference at the Millenium Forum…………..  

The Sinn Féin president has played down reports that the party’s American donors have raised concerns about its tax policies. It was reported today that Irish-American businesses are concerned at the party’s policies on taxes and government spending. But party leader Gerry Adams says he holds similar meetings with groups of all sorts. Arriving at

The young Derry woman who died after collapsing after a volcano trek in Indonesia has donated nine organs. Lisa Orsi had been on life support since she suffered extreme altitude sickness last month. The 22-year-old, who had been working as a physiotherapist in Singapore, was pronounced dead early this morning following extensive transplant surgery. Her

Government grants of over half a million euro have been announced for two seafood processing companies in Killybegs as part of a 2.7 million euro national initiative. Killybegs Seafoods Frozen Ltd have been approved for a grant of 500,000 euro, while Island Seafoods Ltd. have been approved for a grant of 17,550 euro. This will

The North’s Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness says there’s been major progress on the A5 upgrade, with Regional Development Minister Danny Kennedy confirming that draft orders for the A5 will be published within weeks. The update came at a meeting of the Executive Subgroup on Regional Opportunities, which was also told that the A6 between

A Donegal Deputy has called on the government to set a date for a referendum on whether emigrants should have the right to vote. Two years ago the Constitutional Convention recommended giving emigrants the right to vote in Ireland’s presidential elections. Earlier this week the Minister for Emigrant Affairs, Jimmy Deenihan sais the Government needs

It’s being claimed that people in Strabane are being put at risk by a lack of Out of Hours GP cover. SDLP West Tyrone, Westminster candidate, Daniel McCrossan says a woman’s life was put it risk over the weekend because a doctor wasn’t available. The woman tried to get an out of hours GP on

Met Eireann has issued two wind warnings for tomorrow morning. The weather forecasters advising of very windy conditions, across Donegal with gusts ranging from 110-to-130 kilometres per hour. The warnings are expected to come into place from 6 o’clock tomorrow morning until Saturday evening.

Donegal Deputy Pearse Doherty has rubbished suggestions from Fianna Fail that political parties in the North need to be more transparent with their funding. The calls came after it emerged that Sinn Féin had raised over 12 million dollars in the last 20 years through donations in the United States. Fianna Fáil’s justice spokesman Niall

A former Letterkenny Mayor is in a state of shock today after a fire at his home. Former Cllr Victor Fishers house was significantly damaged last night. Three fire appliances were called to the house in Kiltoy at around 6pm yesterday. The former Town Cllr and his wife were uninjured. The fire started when a stove

The appointment of a design team to draw up plans for a new community hospital in Ballyshannon has been welcomed in the area, with local councillor Barry O’Neill calling it a ‘significant’ development. The 13 million euro facility, on the site of the Shiel Hospital, will see the Shiel Hospital and the Rock Nursing Home merge

It’s emerged that there are 19 finfish farms operating without licences across the country. The details were supplied in a Dail response to Fianna Fail’s Agriculture and Food spokesperson Deputy Eamon Ó Cuív. He says it is completely unacceptable that the Minister’s department has dealt with only two applications out of the 21 submitted since

A Derry man who was jailed for life for the murder of his pregnant ex-girlfriend has had his conviction quashed by the Court of Appeal in Dublin. 42 year old Stephen Cahoon, whose last address was Harvey Street, Derry, admitted strangling Jean Quigley on 26 July, 2008. However he denied it was murder. He was

A Donegal County Cllr has said that the latest unemployment figures from the Government are misleading and “nothing more than spin”. New figures from the Central Statistics Office yesterday showed the unemployment rate at 10.1 per cent last month – down from 10.3 per cent in January. Just over 355,000 people are claiming some form

Letterkenny Institute of Technology is one step closer to gaining University status. LYIT along with Galway-Mayo IT and Sligo IT yesterday submitted a formal Expression of Interest to the Higher Education Authority (HEA) for re-designation as a Technological University. The three partners believe that the proposed Technological University will better serve the needs of the

A court has heard that Gardai had to tend to the injured at the scene of an alleged assault causing harm, while waiting for the emergency services to arrive. The incident happened at about six o’clock on Tuesday evening when a man and a woman were allegedly assaulted in Ballyshannon. Gardai were called to the

A court has heard a recording of a 999 call the girlfriend of a Derry murder victim made begging for help after a masked man shot her boyfriend. 60-year-old Kieran McLaughlin from Elaghmore Park in Derry, denies the murder of Barry McCrory in the city centre in October 2013. Mr McCrory was found face down

Thieves who steal mobile phones can expect no mercy in court according to a Donegal judge. Judge Kevin Kilrane gave the warning at Donegal Town district court this morning. At Donegal Town District Court today Gerard Crosby of Drumeeny Upper, Donegal Town was jailed for four months suspended for two years, for stealing two mobile