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It’s being claimed that Irish summer colleges are facing the threat of closure because of water charges. Hundreds of teenage boys and girls spend up to three weeks in native-speaking areas of Donegal learning Irish during the summer. Host  families fear that when they house up to a dozen children during the summer months their

A 43-year-old man has been charged with explosives and terrorism offences following a search at a farm in County Fermanagh. Officers found six pipe bombs, 500kg of fertiliser and home-made explosives packs during a four-day security operation at a farmhouse in Kinawley. The man has been charged with possession of explosives and ammunition as well

A Donegal Deputy has confirmed that he will not be paying water charges. At a public meeting over the weekend Killybegs based TD, Thomas Pringle, said categorically that he will not pay. The meeting was called by the residents of Mill Race Crescent in Donegal Town. Meanwhile in Dublin on Saturday up to 100,000 people

A former Donegal councillor who double claimed expenses received a parachute payment of over €48,000 after failing to get re-elected. It was revealed on Friday that five former Donegal Cllrs are to receive almost €200,000 in gratuity payments. Last week it was revealed that David Alcorn, Padriag O Doherty and John Boyle will all receive

    An elderly woman has been left severely shaken after a small explosive device went off outside of her home in Derry. The pensioner, who lives alone, was awakened when the home-made device exploded in her son’s van in the early hours of this morning. It is thought that the attackers broke the windscreen

Detectives in Derry have arrested two men following the report of an attempted robbery at a shop in the Northland Avenue area last evening (Friday). One of the men was detained by members of the public during the incident. Police received a report that just before 9pm a man armed with a knife had entered

County Councillor Michael Mac Giolla Easpaig has rejected claims that comments he made earlier in the week regarding water charges were meant as a personal attack on Donegal Deputy, Pearse Doherty. The County Councillor has instead called for unity amongst all parties, saying he believes that a mass boycott is the only way to combat

District Judge Barney McElholm has said that the people of Rosemount in Derry have been ‘tortured’ by the activities of young people drinking and using drugs in the area. He was speaking during the case of James Meenan aged 51 of Meadow View Crescent in Derry who was charged with a series of offences that

  Donegal Deputy Pearse Doherty has rejected comments from a County Councillor as a personal attack claiming his attention would be better served elsewhere. Micheal Cholm Mac Giolla Easpaig hit out at Deputy Pearse Doherty and other senior Sinn Fein officials for saying they will pay water charges despite promising to abolish them if elected

A Donegal Deputy claims thousands of under 18s around Ireland will not get a free water allowance contrary to claims by the government and Irish water. Sinn Fein’s Pearse Doherty says there are groups of children under 18, not in receipt of the Children’s Allowance that will not qualify for a free water allowance. The

John McNulty has said he is relieved that he did not win the Seanad by-election, to result of which was revealed today. Gerard Craughwell won the election claiming he will be an Independent and his vote on every issue in the Seanad will be judged that way. John McNulty had already stated that he would

Police at Strand Road have arrested two males in connection with the theft of a vehicle and also a burglary  in the area of Ivy Mead, Waterside, Derry in the early hours of Thursday morning. Detective Inspector David McQuade said the men, aged 20 and 21, were arrested after a stolen car rammed a police vehicle on

The Education Minister has said that a new school campus for Buncrana is inching closer. The new school campus will house two secondary schools and one primary school on a single site. It’s understood that the site that has been identified by the Donegal Education and Training Board is located on an approximately ten acre

Fine Gael’s Seanad by-election candidate has agreed to resign the seat if he wins when the result is announced tomorrow. John McNulty had already called on TDs and Senators not to vote for him – but that withdrawal from the race came after the ballot papers had already been printed. John McNulty’s candidacy became embroiled