Revenue seize cigarettes in Letterkenny


OFFICERS from Revenue’s Customs Service seized 16,320 cigarettes and 2.8kgs of tobacco in Letterkenny on Wednesday, March 6, with an estimated total retail value of €8,515 and potential loss to the Exchequer of €6,681.


24 Gweedore lay-offs temporary


SINN Féin Deputy Pearse Doherty called for a job creation strategy for Donegal and the north west region following the announcement of significant temporary lay offs at the RAP packing plant in his native Gweedore.


Traveller groups speak out on suspected arson attack


THE country’s largest Traveller organisation has called on the gardai in Donegal to provide protection to Traveller families in the county in the wake of a suspected arson attack at a house in Ballyshannon on Monday. Locally, the Donegal Travellers Project have also strongly condemned the attack


Suspected burglar injured during altercation


A SUSPECTED burglar has been released from hospital after being badly injured during an altercation with a Letterkenny homeowner in the early hours of this morning. He is to appear in court tomorrow (Tuesday). It is alleged that the young man, who is well-known to gardai, was attempting to enter the house at Glencar at […]