LESS than one in five burglaries in the Letterkenny garda area have been detected. The latest Garda crime figures released on Wednesday evening show burglaries are up 34 per cent, drug abuse has almost doubled and assaults are also on the rise in the Letterkenny Garda District.
Preparations continue for the Big Fight Night 2
Another arduous week was endured by the boxers as the training continued at letterkenny Boxing Club for the Big Fight Night 2.
The tempo and intensity of the wrokouts is increasing but with fitness levels getting better the suffering is not as obvious.
Letterkenny Council to debate boundary issue
THE long-standing issue of GAA club boundaries is set to reach a political forum with the Letterkenny Town Council to debate the matter at its monthly meeting on Monday night.
The Donegal News has learned that a motion from Fianna Fáil Councillor Tadgh Culbert will go before the meeting at the Public Services Centre.
Education cuts hit Donegal hardest
By C.J.McGinley
A LEADING school principal has hit out at ‘savage’ education cutbacks that are ‘sinking the life opportunity’ for the most vulnerable pupils such as children with special needs, travellers and pupils from other countries.
Garda stations facing axed named
By C.J.McGinley
OVER half of the garda stations in Donegal could face closure in the latest round of cuts, it emerged yesterday (Thursday).
500 cars already seized this year
SO FAR this year almost 500 vehicles have been seized by Gardai in the Letterkenny Garda Division alone, it has emerged.
Soldiers deaths in Lebanon 'could and should have been avoided'
By C.J.McGinley
THE Letterkenny-based brother of one of three Irish soldiers killed in controversial circumstances in the Lebanon twenty two years ago has welcomed an independent report stating their deaths ‘could and should have been avoided’.
Young doctor critical after car crash
A young trainee doctor is in a critical condition at Letterkenny General Hospital after an horrific single vehicle accident this morning (Tuesday).
American tourist found in Glencolmcille
By C.J.McGinley
THE 41 years-old American tourist who had been missings since Saturday in the Glencolmcille area has been found.
Tax defaulters pay almost €1 million
SIX tax defaulters in Donegal made settlements totalling just under €1 million with the Revenue Commissioners in the three month period from April to June this year.
The largest settlement in the county was made by a Killybegs launderette owner, William Cunningham of Bridge Street who made a settlement of €262,390. It resulted from an underdeclaration of Income Tax and VAT discovered in a Revenue Single Premium Insurance Products Case and an Offshore Assets Investigation Case.
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