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Emergency services are currently at the scene of a road traffic accident on the Strand Road in Derry. The two car collision happened just outside Cafe Roc just after 10pm this evening. It is not known if anyone was seriously injured in the crash at this stage. The PSNI are advising to avoid the area and find

A new group will examine possibilities for development in the post office network. The Post Office Network Business Development Group, which will be offically launched in the New Year, will look at possibilities for new Government and commerial business. There have been numerous reviews examining the future of rural post offices. Speaking to Highland Radio

  A protest organised by Can’t Pat Won’t Pay against water charges took place in Dungloe yesterday. According to organisers, more than 300 people took to the streets wearing santa hats in a bid to send the Government a clear message on argubly the busiest day in the run up to Christmas. Speaking to Highland

A dangerous marine flare has been made safe on Tory Island. A member of the public discovered the suspect item on the western coast of the island on Saturday morning. The Army Bomb Disposal Team arrived at 11am by helicopter and carried out a controlled explosion. The scene was declared safe shortly after midday. King

  A 50-year-old woman has been attacked in the Creggan area of Derry. The incident happened as she was walking in a laneway between Creggan Heights and Ballymagowan at around 20.40 yesterday evening. SDLP Foyle MLA Pat Ramsey has condemed the attack and is asking anyone with information to contact the PSNI:

A former bank manager who admitted the fraud of £100,000 by abuse of position has received a suspended sentence at Derry Crown Court. Column Lewis Canning (55) of Moneyrannel Road in Limavady was also ordered to pay more than £50,000 in compensation within six months. Róisín Treacy reports:

Minister of State for Gaeltacht Affairs, Joe McHugh has named Letterkenny, Dungloe and Donegal Town under the Gaeltacht Act 2012. The move means that the three towns will act as Gaeltacht service areas for the county, providing visitors with information about irish speaking areas in Donegal. Minister McHugh says the plan will encourage the use

An Independent Councillor says anyone wishing to vote Independent in the next General Election should first examine what the candidates stand for before casting their vote. John Campbell, the Chairperson of Donegal County Council, was speaking after a number of Independent Senators sided with the government this week when voting on the Water Services Bill.

The Chairperson of Donegal County Council has been granted leave to appeal a direction from the Minister for the Environment overturning a decision by the Council to impose new conditions on windfarms In June the council agreed to a set back distance ten times the tip height of turbines from residential properties and other population

18.6 million euro has been allocated for national road improvement and maintenance works in Donegal next year. Welcoming the allocation, Deputy Dinny Mc GInley said Donegal’s national road network is a key asset as the economy moves towards recovery and growth. He says this allocation will ensure that the standard of our national road network

Can’t Pay, Won’t Pay say they want a Christmas atmosphere at their demonstration in Dungloe tomorrow, the last before the end of the year. Local Independent Councillor Michael Colm Mac Giolla Easbuig is one of the organisers of the march, which leaves Ostan na Rossan at 1 o’clock. He says the fact that the Water

The debate on the Water Services Bill will continue at the Seanad today. Last night the Bill passed the second stage in the Upper House. The Dáil could be recalled next week to deal with amendments to the text, which might be forced though by opposition senators. But Parliamentary Correspondent with the Irish Times Michael

A 51-year old man who sexually assaulted a teenage girl at Dublin Airport after wrestling her to the ground in public has been ordered to undergo a full psychiatric assessment. The Lithuanian national with an address in Letterkenny told gardaí he was having flashbacks to when he worked in the Russian Special Forces in Siberia

Donegal North East Deputy Charlie Mc Conalogue has hit out at Education Minister Jan O’Sullivan following the announcement last evening of the School Building Programme for 2015. One Donegal project, the new Educate Together National School in Letterkenny will start next year, while extension works will continue at schools in Ballyshannon and Raphoe. However, Deputy

A Donegal Councillor says recent incidents of illegal dumping around Trusk Lough are appalling, and he is calling on those responsible to immediately stop what he termed this criminal activity. Cllr Liam Doherty was speaking after several tonnes of tyres and household rubbish was discovered scattered around a walk way leading to the lake near

A 26-year-old Inishowen man who  pleaded guilty to dangerous driving causing the deaths of eight men has been sentenced to four years in prison with the last two years suspended. Shaun Kelly of Hill Road, Ballymagan, Buncrana pleaded guilty last July to the charge which relates to a crash on 11 July 2010 between Clonmany

The Educate Together National School in Letterkenny is the only Donegal project included in a 450 million euro school building programme for next year announced today by Education Minister Jan O’Sullivan. It’s part of a 2-point-2 billion euro investment plan announced in 2012 – which was aimed at boosting the number of school places by

Donegal County Childcare Committee has said it has been overwhelmed by the public’s response to in Presents for Percy Appeal having now exceeded its targets. The committee decided to go public with the appeal a number of weeks ago fearing their target would not be met. The appeal will help over 530 families this Christmas

Planning permission has been granted for an Anaerobic Digester in Carrigans. The digester, for the production of renewable energy and fertiliser is to be located at Coxtown. The council had refused permission for the digester having received a number of objections but that decision was appealed to An Bord Pleanala: One resident pointed out the

A bookmakers shop in Derry, which was robbed on boxing day last year, has been robbed again. The Ladbrokes shop at the cross lanes between Elmwood Street and Beechwood Street in the Bogside was robbed yesterday evening. A masked man entered the premises at around 530pm, he got away with a small sum of money.

Donegal Deputy Thomas Pringle says he will not be paying water charges despite the installation of a meter outside his home this week. The water meter was installed at the Independent TD’s home yesterday. Many people have been protesting in housing estates across the county trying to stop Irish Water workers from installing meters. Deputy

The Global biotechnology firm Randox says recruitment for the expansion of its facility in Dungloe is now underway. In October the company confirmed a major investment of €25m in the Dungloe site, with almost 500 new jobs to be filled by 2020. Now, the company says the first wave of recruitment is underway, with the

A well known Irish dancing teacher, ordered to pay 400 thousand euro to a student he sexually abused, fraudulently transferred property to his wife, the High Court has found. Michael Quigley gave Alice Quigley the family home at Barnhill Park in Letterkenny and another property in Co Donegal to avoid paying damages to his victim

Irish householders could face much higher water charges under the rules of an EU water directive. That’s according to the Independent MEP Marian Harkin. She says that when Ireland was negotiating the EU water framework directive it negotiated certain facilities that would enable EU member states not to charge households for water it they didn’t

Ireland has successfully resisted cuts in key whitefish quotas, following a deal brokered at the EU Agrifish council in Brussels. Significantly, the Irish quota for prawns – the fleet’s second most important fishery – has been increased by a marginal 3 per cent. For the North West region, there will be a 20% increase in