WORK is ongoing to clear fallen trees on roads across the county as weather conditions continue to cause havoc. Earlier today Donegal County Council workers dealt with unstable trees that were about to fall on the R238 at Tooban. The road has now fully opened again. A fallen tree is partially blocking the N3 between […]
Orange warning issued for Donegal ahead of another storm
Met Eireann has issued an orange wind warning for Donegal as yet another storm is set to bring severe and damaging gusts. The warning will be in place from 6pm on Tuesday to 2am on Wednesday as Storm Jocelyn will bring very strong southwest to west winds. The forecaster is warning of very difficult travelling […]
Over 40,000 ESB customers without power in Donegal
ESB crews are this morning working to repair faults all over Donegal where over 40,000 customers remain without power this Monday morning. Nationally, there are over 235,000 homes and businesses without power. Power outages were reported in west Donegal shortly after tea-time on Sunday as the storms began to hit the county. Advertisement The county […]
€2.6m in funding for ATU
ATLANTIC Technological University will receive €2,660,000 as part of a support package for regional campuses which will be launched today by Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science Simon Harris TD during his visit to Donegal. The new Distributed Campus Support Fund, worth €4.5 million, has been established to support higher education […]
Iconic ‘Big Tree’ blown down at O’Donnell Park
By Diarmaid Doherty The overnight storms have caused widespread damage in and around Letterkenny where thousands of ESB customers remain without power this morning. A number of schools and businesses are staying closed this Monday morning due to power outages. Advertisement Several roads were partially blocked last night after trees and power-lines were blown down. […]
Major clean-up underway after Storm Isha batters Donegal
CLEAN-UP operations are underway throughout Donegal today as a result of Storm Isha. A status yellow warning for wind remains in place until 7pm this evening after extremely strong and destructive gusts tore through Donegal leaving many housebound as a result. Gale force winds accompanied by heavy rain brought challenging conditions, fallen trees and widespread […]
Parts of Finn Valley Centre’s roof blown away
Parts of aluminium sheeting have blown from the roof of the Finn Valley Centre due to extreme winds. The sheeting has blown across the road and Gardai are asking the public to avoid the area. The Centre also urged the public to heed the weather warnings and the advice from An Garda Siochana and Donegal […]
Roads blocked due to fallen trees
A number of roads are blocked due to fallen trees as Storm Isha hurtles across the north west. The R245 Ramelton Road is blocked with trees at Magherarennan outside Letterkenny. There are trees down on the Milford Kilmacrennan Road and sections of the road are flooded. There are trees down on the Milford to Kerrykeel […]
Thousands without power as ESB warn of more outages
Storm force winds associated with Storm Isha have caused damage to the electricity network across the country with thousands without power in Donegal. There are almost 3,000 premises in the Milford area without power while 1,600 are without electricity in the Creeslough area. In the Rossgeir area near Lifford 1,895 ESB customers are without power, […]
Over 1,000 without power in Dungloe
Over 1,000 premises are without power in Dungloe this evening. 1,057 ESB customers are affected. It comes as Storm Isha passes over the country with a status red wind warning due to come into effect from 9pm in Donegal. Almost 800 are also without power in Gaoth Dobhair and in Kilcar 228 premises are without electricity. […]