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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

A judge at Limavady Magistrate’s Court said that while he did not wish to send anyone to prison on the last day of 2014 he had been left with no choice after a man was found to be three times over the legal limit. Paul McCloskey (36) of 1a, Horace Street in Derry admitted a

The Scottish nurse being treated for Ebola at a London hospital has strong Donegal ties. Pauline Cafferkey, 39, fell ill after returning from Sierra Leone and is the first person to be diagnosed with Ebola in the UK. It has emerged that Ms Cafferkey’s late granny was originally from the town land of Rannyhual near

Students in Donegal and other border counties are more likely to get college grants than those in Dublin and its commuter belt. Third level pupils from farming backgrounds also fare better, according to figures from SUSI, the awarding authority for new student grant applications. 68 percent of students from Cavan, 67 percent from Monaghan and

In Derry, Transport NI, formerly the DRD Roads Service, has accepted responsibility for the maintenance of a sea wall in Culmore which has been badly damaged from erosion. As a result of this, there has been flooding in the area in recent times, particularly in places where the wall has been broken away and replaced

Tourists from overseas spent over 3.5 billion euro here in Ireland this year. According to new figures published today by the Irish Tourist Industry Confederation, 5,000 new jobs have been created in the tourism sector during 2014. The body – which is predicting an extra 400 thousand visitors to travel here next year – is

The woman who died in an early morning fire at her home in Ballyboes, Creeslough has been named as Josephine Higgs, who was in her mid 7os. It’s been confirmed that her son entered the house and got her out, but she did not recover and was pronounced dead at the scene. A post mortem

Police in Derry are appealing for information about two assaults, one in the city, the other in Maghera. Police at Strand Road are appealing for information about an assault in the Waterside area at about 2am on Saturday, 27th. Three or four men assaulted a man at Simpson’s Brae, causing him facial injuries. In the

A spokesperson for Can’t Pay Won’t Pay in Donegal says they remain firmly convinced the water charges will be defeated by a massive public boycott in 2015. Liam Whyte says it’s clear from the way that Irish Water has been set up that privatisation is the ultimate goal of the government. He says people are

Donegal’s Acting Chief Fire Officer has confirmed that the woman in her 70s who died in this morning’s house fire near Creeslough had been brought out of the house before the fire service arrived. Three appliances, one from Falcarragh and two from Letterkenny fought the blaze on the Ballyboes Road, which was reported just after

An investigation is getting underway this morning into the death of an elderly woman in a house fire in Creeslough. The fire was reported on the Ballyboes Road shortly before 2 o’clock this morning. The woman, who was in her 70s was brought out of the building, but pronounced dead. Gardai say they will be

The Chief Executive of Letterkenny Chamber says she is optimistic about 2015, with evidence that the local economy is improving. Toni Forrester says larger companies in the area are employing more people, and that’s to be welcomed. However, she says in many cases, people on the ground are not feeling the benefits of growth, and