AS winter 2021 approaches Donegal County Council has issued warnings to a number of landowners to cut back overgrown road-side hedges, tress and briars. Overgrown hedges can impair driver visibility and overhanging branches can cause damage to high sided vehicles such as lorries, ambulances and fire engines. Last week, the Council erected notices at the […]
‘Spike’ warning after weekend incident in Donegal
VICTIMS of drink ‘spiking’ are being urged to come forward and report it to local gardaí in the wake of an incident in Derrybeg. Gardaí received reports of people passing out at a premises in Derrybeg on Friday night . However, on arrival to the scene, no-one was present and the staff at the location […]
Final warning to government TDs to act on mica
“This is a tsunami that can’t be stopped and we will get 100 per cent redress,“ said Cllr Murray.
Warning after woman provides PPS to scammers
A WOMAN in the Milford area provided her Personal Public Service (PPS) number to scammers after she believed the call to be genuine because the phone number came up as her local Garda station. The incident has prompted Gardai to put out a warning as there has been similar incidents across the Division in the […]
Warning issued as temperatures are set to plummet
MET Éireann has issued an advisory warning for Donegal as temperatures are set to plummet bringing icy conditions. The yellow advisory warning will come into force on Sunday at 6am and will remain in place until Wednesday at 6pm. A Met Éireann Forecaster warned: “Sunday, Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday will be very cold with temperatures […]
Very unsettled weather on the way
Met Éireann has issued an advisory warning for very unsettled weather over the weekend. Wet and windy conditions are expected and the yellow warning will come into force from 10pm tonight (Friday) until 11pm on Sunday. “Very unsettled weather this weekend with wet and windy conditions bringing a risk of localised flooding. Cold also, with […]
Vigilance urged over growing theft technique
The warning comes following the theft of €2,000 worth of clothing from a store in Lettterkenny on Thursday, July 23.
Donegal gardaí clamping down on drug-drivers
“The operation is ongoing and checks will continue on drivers. I appeal to road users not to be driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs.”
High fire risk warning in place until Monday
THE Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine has issued a notice of high fire risk (Condition Orange) effective for all areas where hazardous fuels such as gorse, heather, dried grasses and other dead vegetation exist. The risk is compounded by moderate easterly wind speeds in excess of 20kph in some areas. The risk will […]
Emergency Department at LUH “extremely busy”
“We apologise for the distress or inconvenience caused to patients or their loved ones who are experiencing long wait times,” said a spokesperson.