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A Donegal Junior Minister has said he is “annoyed and angry” that a commitment he had been given regarding breast cancer services a month ago has been overturned. Last month it was announced that a locum consultant breast surgeon would be appointed at Letterekenny General. This meant that hundreds of women in the early stages […]

A young Strabane mother has said she is afraid to leave her home because the street lights are out in her area. Mother of one Rebecca Gallagher lives in the Finn View area of Strabane, were there has been a number of break ins recently. Strabane District Council say they are working to repair the

A Donegal County Cllr has said there are now real concerns that all antenatal services in the county will be centralised to Letterkenny. The antenatal clinic at Dungloe Community Hospital has been temporarily closed since Christmas, and there are now fears that other clinics will follow suit. A local campaign group, which has been set

A Donegal Deputy has said there are huge question marks surrounding the future of breast cancer services at Letterkenny General Hospital. Women who are in the early stages of breast cancer will no longer be referred to see a specialist in Letterkenny. Instead hundreds of women who receive referral letters from their GP will now

A Donegal Deputy has condemned what he has described as a political slur by a Fine Gael TD yesterday. Deputy Patrick O’Donovan said yesterday that some political parties may be using money from fuel laundering to fund their affairs. A new report published says fuel smuggling could be on the increase because of cuts to

TDs and senators are discussing the challenges facing Rural Ireland today. Minister of State for Rural Affairs, Ann Phelan, is addressing the Dail’s Environment Committee this afternoon. (2.15) Rural infrastructure, employment, migration and public transport are on the agenda. Committee Chairman, Deputy Michael McCarthy, says various issues of concern to rural Ireland will be raised:

The ESB’s working to restore power to over 2300 of its customers in Co Donegal this morning. High winds battered many parts of the county overnight. Meanwhile Met Eireann has weather alerts in place until 10 this morning, warning of winds with gusts of up to 130 kilometres in western coastal areas. The Road Safety

A Chinese woman and her husband arrested on suspicion of taking part in a sham marriage have won damages and costs from the PSNI for their wrongful arrest. Yanan Sun McElwee was awarded damages and costs of £12,500 and her husband Neil McElwee awarded £9,000. Judge Donna McColgan QC awarded the damages and costs in

The Yes Equality national ‘Pledge to Vote’ have launched their campaign in Co Donegal today. The campaign aims to encourage young voters across Ireland to come to the polls this May – pledging to make their voices heard in the referendum on civil marriage equality. The campaign is operating nationwide through a network of young

Donegal County Council are to hold a special information meeting regarding a proposed windfarm development in the Finn Valley area. Planree Ltd have applied to An Board Pleanala to develop Irelands biggest onshore windfarm at Carrickduff Hill and Lismullyduff. The proposed windfarm could see up to 49 wind turbines built over 20 townlands from Barnesmore

Gardai are appealing for information after a man was robbed at knife point in Buncrana over the weekend. The incident happned outside a licenced premises in the West End area in the early hours of Sunday morning. The man was standing waiting for a taxi at around 2am when three men approached him. One of

The principle of Moville Community College has said students have been left devastated after a 13-year-old pupil from the school died in a car crash last night. 13-year-old Georgia Doherty from Clar, Redcastle died following a crash on the Glenshane Road in Derry. The accident, involving two vehicles, happened shortly after 5pm yesterday evening. Her

A West Tyrone MP has branded comments made by former Fianna Fail TD Niall Blaney as ridiculous. Speaking on Highland Radio News last week, former Donegal Deputy Niall Blaney claimed that Sinn Fein had never delivered on the A5 in the North. He said they had “done little or nothing for that project when they

A former Co Donegal Garda sergeant says prison sentences need to reflect the gravity of the crime. The comments follow the release of a Kerrykeel man who was convicted of dangerous driving causing the death of a Letterkenny Garda. 23-year-old Jamie McGrenaghan spent less than four years in prison for the incident in which Garda

Three weather warnings are in effect across the country this morning. An orange wind warning is in place for parts of the north and northwest with gusts of up to 130 kilometres an hour possible in coastal areas. Met Eireann says the extremely windy weather is expected to continue until tomorrow morning. A yellow alert

Western Health Trust have confirmed that there is NO ceiling collapse and no evacuation at Ward 20 in Altnagelvin Hospital, Derry. There had been reports that a ceiling in the hospital had collapsed and Ward 20 was being evacuated. Foyle MLA Pat Ramsey tweeted “Hearing that the ceiling, has collapsed on Ward 20 at Altnagelvin

Members of the Donegal Mountain Rescue team attending a conference were rushed to the scene of an emergency yesterday. Four of the DMRT members were among a rescue group who attended a call-out after two students fell on Benbulben in Sligo. The members left the conference in Gortatole and joined other rescue teams to the

Three weather warnings have been issued across Ireland. Met Éireann has issued a status orange wind warning across much of the west of the country with winds expected to reach 130 kilometres per hour. A status yellow wind warning is in place for Leinster, Cavan, Monaghan, Roscommon, Tipperary and Waterford with gusts of up to

Donegal Tourism have said they are disappointed that there were no Donegal beaches named in Trip Advisors top ten beaches in Ireland. Last week TripAdvisor announced its readers’ favourite Irish beaches, with Inchydoney in Co Cork bagging top spot. No beaches from Co Donegal made the top ten beaches, despite the county having the most blue flag beaches

Sinn Fein are considering running three candidates in the next General Election in Co Donegal. In the last general election Sinn Fein topped the polls in the two former Donegal South-West and North-East constituencies. In the next general election Donegal will become one five-seater constituency. Pearse Doherty and Padraig MacLochalinn will be selected at the

A former Fine Gael Junior Minister for Small Business was convicted and fined eighty euro for a speeding offence, at Sligo district court. Sligo/Leitrim Fine Gael TD John Perry, Perry’s Supermarket,Teeling Street Ballymote who was not in court, was detected driving at 79 kph in a 60 kph at Camross, Ballymote on August 3. Roisin

  Martin McGuinness announced earlier this week the redevelopment of a former army base in Ballykelly in Derry which he said, will create thousands of jobs. SDLP Cllr Patsy Kelly says those jobs should have been awarded to Strabane, who initially topped the criteria when the project was first announced over two years ago. Clllr

Donegal Action for Cancer Care have had conformation from his office that the Minister for Health, Leo Varadkar has now arranged for his staff to hold a meeting with key parties, the Dept of Health, The HSE, The Cancer Control Programme, The Saolta University Hospital Group and Letterkenny Hospital next Friday in Dublin. Following this

Detectives at Strand Road are appealing for information about a number of burglaries that occurred last night and into this morning throughout Derry and surrounding area. Two burglaries occurred at houses close to Duncastle Road in the village of Newbuildings.  A further two burglaries occurred in Eglinton village in the area of Dunboyne Park and