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Derry Trades Council has pledged to support workers at Firstsource in Derry who have been suspended. The company has indicated that an investigation is underway after a number of policies and procedures have been breached. The trades council is trying to clarify the situation, including confirmation of how many workers are affected. Spokesperson Eamon Mc

Gardai in Co Donegal will resume questioning a man this morning about a shooting last weekend. It happened at Churchill last Saturday morning and a 42 year old man sustained minor injuries. He was taken to Galway University Hospital for treatment. A 46 year old man is being held at Milford Garda Station.

Four men have been arrested over a gun attack on a house in County Tyrone, on New Year’s night. Seven members of a family, aged between 18 and 53, escaped injury in a gun attack at McClay Park in Omagh. Police searched two properties in Omagh yesterday and arrested the four men, two of whom

The search for a Donegal father of two who has been missing since New Years Day will resume this morning. It is now the 5th day of the search for David Maguire from Carrick. Up to 100 people were involved in the search yesterday including locals, gardai, Donegal Mountain Rescue teams and air support from

Gardai investigating a shooting incident in county Donegal over the weekend have arrested a 46-year-old man. It happened at Churchill  on Saturday morning. A 42 year-old man suffered minor injuries – he was taken to Galway University Hospital for treatment. A 46 year-old man is being held at Milford Garda Station.

  Nurses want all elective and routine admissions cancelled for a fortnight as record numbers of patients wait on trolleys in hospital. As of today, 563 patients are waiting for a bed in emergency departments around the country, 20 of them at Letterkenny General Hospital. Management at Letterkenny General Hospital say the spike in the

A daughter of Frank Shortt, the Donegal publican who received 4.5 million euro for a miscarriage of justice, claims she is being harassed by two former Scientologists. 36 year old Sabrina Collins Short, who is a member of the Church, alleges she was intimidated while handing out literature on drugs in Dublin city centre in

Highland Radio has today announced that Shaun Doherty has stepped down as Managing Director to focus primarily on developing Ireland’s most listened to local radio chat show. Commercial Director and Board Member, Fionnuala Rabbitt, will take over the role as Managing Director responsible for the day to day running of the station, effective from today.

Thieves have targeted the homes of two families who were attending the same wedding at the weekend. The houses were broken into between the hours of 4.30pm and 10.30pm on Friday night in the Glengad area of Malin. Jewelry and other expensive items were taken from the home of the mother of the groom and

Just one area in Ireland is now classified as a ‘litter blackspot’. Farranree in Cork city has been given the title in the latest survey from Irish Business Against Litter. Locally Letterkenny was again deemed “Cleaner than European Norms” The town retained its position as 11th in the ranking of 40 towns and cities nationwide.

A young man facing more than 50 charges appears in court later today. On Friday Ballyshannon district court was told that 21 year-old Philip Moore from Cruckageen, Annagry had “been dodging bullets” to avoid appearing in court. He was before Ballyshannon District Court following his arrest at 3.15 a.m. on New Year’s Day. The court

A new survey shows house prices in Donegal rose slightly in the last quarter of 2014 compared to the previous year. The average house price is now €115,000, 57% below its peak in 2007. Daft.ie compilled the figures, spokesperson Ronan Lyons says the major fall in prices in Donegal has stalled:

Up to 150 people yesterday(Sun) joined the hunt for a father of two missing since early on New Year’s Day. It was the second day of the search for 38-year-old David Maguire from Carrick, Co. Donegal, who was reported missing to gardai in his home town on Friday night. The Coastguard Rescue 118 helicopter from

A member of Derry’s new super council who was sentenced to six months in prison in November is due appeal that decision tomorrow. 43 year-old Gary Donnelly of Iniscarn Road, was convicted of criminal damage to the city walls on February 1st 2014. District Judge Barney McElholm had adjourned sentencing for Donnelly to pay for

Gardaí are continuing their investigations following a shooting incident in Churchill yesterday. A 42-year-old man was taken to hospital after he was shot in the body at half ten. He has since been transferred to Galway University Hospital, where his injures are described as not life-threatening. The area where the incident took place was sealed

Parents need to earn up to 30 thousand euro a year to cover the cost of childcare for two children. That’s according to an investigation by the Irish Independent, who say families face bills of more than 2 thousand euro a month to keep a baby and toddler in a creche. A survey by the

A professional gang are carrying out false burglaries by setting off alarms in businesses and monitoring how long it will take owners to respond to alarms. The gang have used the method during a number of break-ins across Donegal over Christmas. It’s been reported at least three premises in Letterkenny have been broken into alone.

A Donegal Deputy says Lucinda Creighton’s new political party will just be ‘more of the same’. The former junior minister yesterday confirmed plans for a new party, to be launched later in the spring. It aims to support entrepreneurs, but also make sure that everyone in Ireland has a minimum standard of living. Independent Thomas

A member of the Bloody Sunday Trust says families of those that died on Bloody Sunday need and deserve substantial progress in the police investigation into the atrocity. Councillor Brian Tierney says a series of announcements about the future of the Bloody Sunday investigations team over recent months has created uncertainty. He says that must

A young man facing more than 50 charges, had “been dodging bullets” to avoid appearing in court, a Garda Inspector claimed today. Philip Moore, 21, from Cruckaheen, Annagry, was before Ballyshannon District Court following his arrest at 3.15 a.m. on New Year’s Day. The court was told that the latest new charges against him included

A protest is to take place in Glenties on Sunday fortnight next, January 18th, to highlight the continued closure of the Mullantiboyle Bridge outside the town. The bridge collapsed four years ago closing what was seen locally as an by-pass around Glenties Town. There is no money currently available to replace the bridge on the

The head of the Garda Traffic Corps in Donegal says there was one less life lost on the county’s roads in 2014 compared to the previous year, but with more care on the part of road users, that can be reduced further. Inspector Michael Harrison says there’s been a worrying increase in the number of

The 33 year old woman who died after being struck by a van in Ballyshannon in the early hours of yesterday was Letterkenny based Sheena Stewart, a native of Ballybofey. The tragedy, which happened on Main Street in Balllyshannon, at 2 o’clock yesterday morning , was the country’s first road death of 2015.

  A prominent Republican is due in court today over the stabbing of his wife in a house in Cavan, on Christmas Eve. Strabane native Pearse McAuley, with an address at Canal Bank Walk, Castleforde, Ballyconnell, Co Cavan was accused of assault causing harm to Pauline Tully McAuley after she was found with serious stab

  A County Derry based insurance company has announced 17 new jobs at its call centre in Coleraine. MCL insurance, which already employs 40 people, says the jobs are being created as a result of the success of itsforwomen.ie, a product aimed specifically at women.

No-one has been injured in a gun attack in Omagh. Police say a number of shots were fired through the rear window of a house in McClay Park just before 9.30 last night. There were seven people, all adults, in the house at the time, all of whom were badly shaken. West Tyrone MLA and

  The first fatal road victim of the new year has died in Co. Donegal A 33-year-old woman pedestrian died when she was struck by a van in Main Street , Balllyshannon, at 2 a.m. Gardai have sealed off the centre of the town while a forensic investigation of the scene is being carried out