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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

A former Fianna Fail TD has launched a scathing attack on Deputy Pearse Doherty, saying he will never do as much for Donegal as Mary Coughlan did. Speaking earlier today Sinn Fein Deputy Pearse Doherty said he’d welcome the re-emergence of Mary Coughlan into politics, as it would remind people of what damage Fianna Fail

Police in Derry say they are looking into possible links between Thursday’s two security alerts in the Waterside and loyalist groups. There were two security alerts in the Waterside area yesterday. At around 11am yesterday, the PSNI confirmed that they were dealing with a security alert after a suspicious device was discovered in the front

Letterkenny General Hospital has the second highest number of patients on trolley’s in the country today. 32 people awaiting admission at Letterkenny General today according to the INMO. There were 21 patients on trollies in the Emergency Department this morning and 11 awaiting admission on wards.  

It’s been confirmed that negotiations will take place in a last ditch attempt to save the NOWDoc service in Co Donegal. An independent third party mediator has been appointed to hold the talks between Caredoc and the HSE. Concerns have been raised regarding the future of the service. All parties will now sit down to discuss all various

Donegal is one of the safest counties in the country for cyclists. Figures published this week show that in 2012, there was a 59% increase in the number of cyclists injured on the roads. 630 were injured in recorded incidents that year, a 10 year high. However, Brian Farrell of the Road Safety Authority says

A Donegal Co Cllr has said that 35 workers at Gormleys Centra have no idea if they’ll have a job next week. Receivers have been appointed to the store and they are due to come in to do a stock take later this morning. Wholesaler Musgrave, who are the stores main suppliers, confirmed yesterday it

A new campaign to combat livestock theft is being launched today. It follows a significant rise in the number of animal thefts from farms across the country. Members of the Gardai, Crimestoppers and the Irish Farmers Association have joined forces to launch a new national campaign aimed at reducing animal thefts from farms around Ireland.

A Sinn Fein Deputy in Co Donegal has said that if Mary Coughlan makes a comeback and runs in the General Election it would be good news for his party. In the past few weeks there has been speculation that the former Taniaste is being encouraged to contest the next General Election. Last month she

Both security alerts in Derry have now ended. Pipe bomb type devices were examined by ATO at both Trafalgar Court and Jeffrey Avenue in the Waterside. Area Commander for Derry, Chief Inspector Tony Callaghan, said: “Two viable devices have now been recovered for forensic examination and all cordons have been lifted. Residents who were evacuated