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In the North, shopping vouchers worth 100-pounds will start arriving in people’s letterboxes from early October. Stormont’s dishing them out – to help put spending back into local businesses after lockdown. Applications – via NI.Direct – open in just under two weeks’ time, on Monday the 27th of September. The North’s Economy Minister Gordon Lyons

Donegal is lagging behind in terms of connectivity. That’s according to Councillor Patrick McGowan who says not only is the county lagging behind the rest of the country, but also the Western Sea Board with the lack of availability of 3G and 4G, as well as a lack of fiber-optic broadband facilities across the county,

Investigations are continuing into a burglary at a house in Letterkenny on Friday last. Entry was gained to the property in Ard Colmcille through an unsecure back door between 9am and 6pm. Among the items stolen was a Playstation 5 and an Xbox. Garda Niall Maguire is asking anyone if they are offered any of

A man remains in a serious condition following a road traffic incident in Clonmany. At around midnight on Monday, in the Main Street area of the town, the young man was seriously injured in the incident. Garda Niall Maguire is appealing to anyone with information to come forward:

Construction has commenced on the Muff section of the Inishowen Greenway. The work being carried out by E Quinn Civils Ltd on the 2.7km route forms the opening section of the INTERREG funded Inishowen greenway project and the initial section of the Muff-Derry cycling and walking route. The works are due to be completed by

Donegal County Council is being urged to install traffic calming measures near the Aura Leisure Centre in Letterkenny. Councillor Gerry McMonagle is to bring a motion before this afternoon’s meeting of the Letterkenny Milford Municipal District calling upon the local authority to install a ramp at the pedestrian crossing near the leisure centre following concerns

The Director of the National Cancer Control Programme and the HES’s Chief Clinical Officer have agreed to visit Letterkenny University Hospital. It follows a request by Donegal Action for Cancer Care for both to visit the hospital along with the Health Minister to see what is needed to sustain health services in the county. In

Enough water to supply six villages has been saved following a major leakage investigation in Buncrana. Irish Water estimates that repair of the significant leak on the Buncrana to Slab road has saved around 500,000 litres of clean drinking water per day. The utility say while they were aware of the high level of leakage

The head of the HSE’s test and trace programme says all available capacity’s being utilised to deal with the huge volumes presenting for a Covid-19 test. A new record of 23,000 community tests was set yesterday. But that increased to almost 30,000 when hospitals and serial tests were added. Niamh O’Beirne says schoolchildren are making

The Foreign Affairs Minister’s facing mounting calls from the opposition to resign ahead of a no confidence motion in the Dail tomorrow. The motion centres around Simon Coveney’s handling of the appointment of Katherine Zappone to a UN Special Envoy role. He has faced criticism for offering the newly created job to a former minister

A review looking at reopening a rail line between Donegal and Derry is due to be completed within the next year. The cross-border initiative led by governments in the North and South will examine the island’s rail network, with the possibility of opening new lines or reopening old ones. A previous study by Irish Rail

A Letterkenny Councillor has called on Health Minister Stephen Donnelly to visit Letterkenny University Hospital, so he can see first-hand the issues the hospital is facing on a daily basis. Sinn Féin’s Gerry McMonagle is also the Vice Chairperson of the Regional Health Forum West organisation, and he says that a lack of staffing is

There’s renewed calls for public toilets to be erected at Letterkenny retail park. In a motion being brought before Donegal County Council tomorrow, Councillor Donal Mandy Kelly is also calling for a bank link to be installed at the retail park. He says it’s a disgrace that in this day an age public toilets are

A memorial has been unveiled on Inishbofin in memory of those lost at sea. The monument erected on the island honours those who lost their lives in the sea in the Magheroarty, Inishbofin area. Councillor Michael McClafferty says such monuments are important as they bring comfort and solace to affected families. He says it is

Ibec is calling on the government to increase investment into research and development as well as childcare in the next Budget. In the business group’s pre-Budget submission, it’s also seeking an increased entry point into the higher rate of income tax. The proposals also contain calls for the 9 percent VAT rate for tourism businesses

The PRO of the Mica Action Group says Saturday’s demonstration on the streets of Lifford was “successful” and “significant”. It’s estimated that some 2,000 gathered and marched through the streets as part of the demonstration organised by the “100 Percent Redress, No Less!” group. Michael Doherty says the message sent at the weekend was just

Principals and teachers say a better system is needed for contact tracing in schools. Thousands of children are missing from school again this week as they are considered close contacts of someone with covid. Children accounted for almost half of all covid tests carried out last week. Michael Gillespie from the Teachers Union of Ireland

A Donegal member of the Defective Blocks Working Group says she is confident that proposals set to be given to Government representatives on Friday will achieve the goals of mica campaigners. Eileen Doherty has been part of the Working Group since its formation in June, and says that the family representatives on it have been