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A Labrador dog belonging to the family of an 8 year old autistic boy in  Tyrone has been recovered. TJ Early has difficulty communicating with people, and Bane has been described by his mother as his best friend. The dog went missing on Friday morning, but this morning, 72 hours later, he has been recovered

    The INMO has confirmed there were 40 people waiting for beds at Letterkenny General Hospital this morning, the highest figure at the hospital since they began keeping the records. Following what’s been described as another extremely busy weekend at the hopspital, 18 patients were on trollies in the Emergency Department this morning, while

The new Donegal to Dublin air service is being launched by Transport Minister Pascal Donaghue at a function in Donegal Airport this afternoon. This morning’s flight to Dublin was delayed for a time due to the weather conditions, but the airport are hopeful that the incoming flight from Dublin on which the minister is travelling

Households have until midnight tonight to register their details with Irish Water or they may face a default charge of 260 euro. Irish Water says over 1 million people have returned their application packs – leaving over 835-thousand yet to register. The utility is urging those who are yet to submit their details to do

  An Garda Síochána are warning members of the public and businesses in Donegal to be vigilant, due to continuing incidents of fraud. There have been reports from a number of banking customers who have fallen victim to frauds that involve various forms of information extraction. IN a statement, Donegal’s crime prevention officer Sgt Paul

The Health Minister will today announce a new national cancer strategy to be rolled out across the country. It’s 9 years since the last one was unveiled, and a report on its progress will be launched this morning. A working group will be set up to draw up a blueprint for the new version. The

    Several thousand people turned out for the 43rd commemoration of Bloody Sunday today. Despite the weather, crowds took to the street with a new route added to the original march on to the Guildhall. Most of the families of the 14 people who were killed on January 30, 1972 did not take part

A Golden Labrador has been stolen from an autistic child in Sion Mills, Co. Tyrone. T.J. (8)  has autism and the Labrador is his only friend as he cannot communicate with other people. The dog went missing on Friday morning at approx 11am from an enclosed backyard. The family believe the dog was stolen and

Thousands of people gathered in Co Donegal today for a rally against water charges. Anti water charges groups from all around the county gathered in Letterkenny this afternoon, Estimations for todays turnout have varied between just over 1,000 to up to 7,000 protesters. Barry Whyte reports:

Met Eireann has issued a yellow wind warning for Donegal that will last until tonight. Gale force winds are expected to reach over 100km per hour. The warning affects Dublin, Louth, Wexford, Wicklow, Meath, Galway, Leitrim, Mayo, Sligo, Clare, Cork, Kerry and Waterford. Meteorologist with Met Eireann is Joan Blackburn:

  Police are advising motorists to allow extra time for journeys in Derry city centre tomorrow afternoon while the annual Bloody Sunday commemoration takes place. Several thousand participants and six bands are expected to take part. Donal Kavanagh has more:  

Donegal South West Deputy Thomas Pringle says he doesn’t expect bad weather to affect support for the Right to Water protest taking place in Letterkenny today. The latest in a series of demonstrations against water charges is due to begin at 2 o ‘ clock outside Mr. Chippie today. Other demonstrations are due to take

Hundreds of people from Co Donegal turned out last night for Vincent Brownes Peoples Debate. Almost 900 people packed into the Clanree Hotel, Letterkenny. There was a panel made up of four sitting TD’s, Sinn Feins Pearse Doherty and Padraig MacLochlainn, Fianna Fails Charlie McConalogue and Independent Thomas Pringle. The TD’s from Fine Gael were

18 workers have been made redundant in Killybegs this morning with the closure of Donegal fish products. The factory is closing after it was taken over by another company. The majority of the workers being made redundant today had been working there for over 30 years. Deputy Thomas Pringle says it’s a blow to the

A Donegal family are urging the HSE to make a life saving drug available for their daughter who has a rare blood disease. 15-year-old Maeve McGill from Ardara, requires a drug which costs €437,000 a year to treat her life-threatening blood disorder, but the HSE are refusing to pay for it. The rare disease causes

An Independent member of Donegal County Council says while there’s never enough money available for road improvements, significant works will be done in the Letterkenny Municipal District in 2015. Cllr Dessie Shiels says two significant projects have been given top priority, and a number of other projects in the town and outside it have also

Donegal North East Deputy Charlie Mc Conalogue has told the Dail it will be years before much of Donegal receives a proper broadband service, and that’s hampering development and job creation. Deputy Mc Conalogue asked Communications Minister Alex White to outline a timeline for the provision of a proper broadband service across the county. Minister

Around 600 homes are without power in Co Donegal this morning after windy conditions hit the county last night. Arranmore Island is the worst affected area this morning, with around 450 power outages on the island. The ESB have said power will not be restored until this afternoon. Meanwhile as Donegal avoided the worst of the

One of the most prominent retailers on Letterkenny’s Main Street has been elected President of Letterkenny Chamber. Brian McCormick says he has taken over at a very challlenging time, but one which also offers a lot of opportunity. He says the Chamber will continue to keep pressure on our local councillors and TDs to create

Met Eireann has issued an orange wind weather warning for Donegal with conditions set to worsen overnight. Gusts are expected to reach up to 110kmph in Co Donegal tonight, while temperatures will also drop, which will bring some wintry showers. A spell of rain and sleet will move down across the country from the northwest