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A new farm organisation is to launch in Donegal this week following a sustained campaign in the county on behalf of hill and commonage farmers. The Irish Natural and Hill Farmer Association will meet in Letterkenny’s Mount Errigal Hotel on Thursday. There will also be information for farmers on how the new GLAS scheme will work […]

Housing Minister Paudie Coffey has met with the Mica Action Group in Inishowen during a visit to Donegal at the weekend. Mr Coffey was in Donegal to address the Colmcille Winter School. It follows a public meeting attended by hundreds of people in November, highlighting the the issue of defective blocks which people say are

East Derry MLA John Dallat says concern is growing that the long awaited upgrade of the Derry-Belfast railway could be delayed again because of funding issues. Regional Development Minister Danny Kennedy has written to assembly members, indicating that while upgrades to the signalling system can go ahead, the substantive upgrade depends on European funding. An

  There should be no further closure of post offices, schools or Garda stations in rural Ireland. The Rural Affairs Minister says she’s planning to get Cabinet agreement on the issue very soon. Ann Phelan was speaking at the Labour Party national conference in Kerry. She says there should be no further hits to services in

Celtic FC paid a touching tribute to Donegal teenager Georgia Doherty before todays game with Aberdeen. The 13-year-old from Redcastle tragically died in a car crash outside Derry last Sunday afternoon. Georgia was a huge football fan and supported Celtic and Liverpool. She was buried following funeral mass in Drung on Thursday. At the funeral

Added personal will be travelling with gritter drivers in Derry over the next couple of weeks to give an added sense of security. The measure comes after attempts were made to hijack a lorry in the city on Friday morning. A second person will be apoointed to each lorry, to provide vigilance and support to

Donegal could be hit with more snow and sleet for the next few days. Met Eireann has issued a yellow snow and ice warning, which is in place until Wednesday afternoon. Areas in the west and north are expected to get the heaviest snowfalls, with hills set to be worst affect, but slight accumulations possible

    Detectives are appealing for information following reports of assaults in the Ballyarnett Road area of Derry in the early hours of this morning. Just after 4.30am, police received reports of altercations in the area involving a number of people. Two men aged 30 and 20, and a 17 year old male, were taken

  Police investigating a fatal road traffic collision outside Derry on Sunday 22nd February, are renewing their appeal for witnesses. Thirteen year old Georgia Doherty from Redcastle in County Donegal died after two cars collided on the Glenshane Road, Drumahoe at around 5pm. Inspector Jonathan Hunter said: “We appreciate all of the information we have received

  A Donegal County Councillor wants free Wi-fi to be rolled out in Dungloe and every other town centre in the Glenties Electoral Area. Councillor Micheal Cholm Mac Giolla Easpaig has put forward the proposal to Donegal Co Council. He says full, free, accessible wi-fi should be made available and would be great for businesses.

  A Donegal Deputy has said that it needs to be ensured that Letterkenny General Hospital can recruit consultants and junior doctors. It was announced on Highland Radio News yesterday that a general consultant and two locum GP’s are to be appointed to the hospital to support the breast cancer unit. A commitment was given

Met Eireann has issued a weather warning for Co Donegal over the weekend. The Orange status alert is for high winds of up to 110km/hr with gusts topping 130km/hr. The alert is from 2pm tomorrow but the high winds are expected later on Saturday, with the weather warning in place until 6am on Sunday. Forecaster

It’s been confirmed that a general surgeon will be appointed at Letterkenny General Hospital within the next four months. At a meeting with representatives from the Department of Health and a number of cancer campaign groups today, a commitment was given that a general surgeon would be appointed by June. A commitment has also been

Police investigating a fatal crash outside Derry on Sunday last are renewing their appeal for witnesses. Thirteen year old Georgia Doherty from Redcastle in Donegal died after two cars collided on the Glenshane Road, Drumahoe at around 5pm. This afternoon, the PSNI’s Collision Investigation Unit said they appreciate all of the information we have received

The Future of Local Government in Ireland is the theme of the Colmcille Winter School, which takes place in Gartan this weekend. The evenjt will be opened by Junior Minister Joe Mc Hugh this evening, and closed tomorrow evening by Paudie Coffey, the Junior Minister in the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government.

The Madams Bank Road in Derry was closed for a time after a DOE gritter lorry was stopped by masked men at around 6 o’clock this morning and the driver ordered to take a package to Strand Road PSNI station. The road was reopened shortly after 8 o’clock. This is the second incident of this

A security alert at Madams Bank Road in Derry has ended. The alert began before 7 o’clock this morning. The PSNI say a suspicious vehicle was examined and nothing untoward was found. The road has been since been reopened to traffic.

In a statement last night, the government confirmed the office of the Minister for Health is facilitating a meeting today between two local action groups, the HSE, Department officials, the Saolta Hospital Group, and all local Oireachtas representatives. The statement makes no reference the perceived threat to the breast cancer service in Letterkenny, and claims made

A rally is being planned for Co Donegal next week, demanding better cancer services for the county.. Donegal Action for Cancer Care is organising the demonstration in Letterkenny for Sunday 8th March. Meanwhile members of the group are travelling to Dublin today to meet with the Health Minister, Leo Varadkar. DACC member Betty Holmes spoke

A Donegal County Cllr has called on Gardai to explain their decision to jail a single mother from the county for not paying her TV licence. A few weeks ago Gardai arrived at the home of the woman at 7:10am and took her by taxi to Mountjoy prison for failing to pay a €450 fine

IT firm Kainos has announced a major expansion that will create 403 new jobs across NI – 30 of them in Derry. The company currently employs more than 700 people across the North, Britain and Poland. Kainos is a leading digital technology solutions company with customers in the USA and in continental Europe. Foyle MP