FINE Gael’s Mairead McGuinness has been elected on the first count in the Midlands-North-West constituency after securing 22 per cent of the vote. McGuinness exceeded the quota by 16,000 coming in well ahead of Independent Luke “Ming” Flanagan, who received 85,034 first preferences. Sinn Féin’s Matt Carthy received 77,619 votes while former Rose of Tralee, […]
Irish Water meet councillors over Falcarragh outages
ENGINEERS from Irish Water held a meeting with councillors from Gortahork and Falcarragh this morning over the water outages and frequent bursts experienced in the area. Irish Water has released a statement announcing plans to upgrade the problematic Falcarragh water pipe by replacing two sections of pipes that are prone to frequent bursts. Councillors were […]
Government to pay 90% of cost of repairing Mica homes
DETAILS of the government’s long awaited Mica redress scheme has been announced this afternoon with confirmation that they will pay 90 per cent of the cost of repairing the affected homes. Minister for Education and Skills, Joe McHugh and Minister for Rural and Community Development, Michael Ring jointly made the announcement following discussions today with […]
High fire risk warning issued
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine has issued an orange warning notice for “high fire risk” which came into effect from midday today for all areas where hazardous fuels such as gorse, heather, dried grasses and other dead vegetation exist. The warning will remain in place until at least midday on May 17. […]
Man passes away after diving incident
A DIVER who was airlifted from a boat off the Donegal Coast yesterday afternoon has died. The Malin Head Coastguard was alerted after 1pm and received a report of a diver who was unconscious on a dive boat. The man in his 30s was taken by the coastguard helicopter to Letterkenny University Hospital where he […]
Post mortem carried out following Milford death
GARDAI investigating the death of a woman found at a house in Milford on Saturday have revealed that following a post-mortem examination they are now treating the case as a sudden death. A Garda Spokesperson said: “A file will now be prepared for the Coroner. Foul play is not suspected.” The woman, named locally as […]
Investigation launched following discovery of body
GARDAI have launched an investigation following the discovery of a woman’s body in Milford this morning. An area at Lough Road was sealed off following the discovery of the body in a house. A Garda Spokesperson said: “Gardai in Milford are investigating the circumstances surrounding the discovery of a body of a female in her […]
Winning Streak months after family business heartbreak
A Dutch woman, who has been living in Donegal for more than 30 years, will become the latest local person to make an appearance on Winning Streak this Saturday just months after a fire almost destroyed her family business. Afke Barr from Buncrana is originally from the Freisland in the Netherlands but has lived in […]
Two week old kittens dumped in bin
TWO-week-old kittens were found dumped in a bin outside a Ballybofey takeaway, sealed in a bag filled with water. Luckily for the two tiny kittens, their cries were heard and they were found – distressed and soaking wet but miraculously still alive. Their finders brought them home, dried them off and warmed them up and […]
Fisherman rescued off Arranmore
A FISHERMAN who was injured on a crabbing vessel off Arranmore Island has been hospitalised after a rescue mission this morning. The Arranmore RNLI lifeboat was launched at 10.30am to assist the man who was on a 40 foot trawler 40 miles north west of Arranmore. The man was brought to Burtonport Harbour where he […]