Dozens turn out for meeting on future of Donegal Town Garda Station
Up to 50 people turned out at a public meeting calling for the retention of Donegal Town Garda stations 24 hour status last night. There are proposals to reduce the opening hours at the station. It was decided at the meeting that politicians and locals will seek a meeting with…
Pubs across the Northwest to open their doors on Good Friday for first time
It’s a historic day for pubs across the country, as they open their doors on Good Friday for the first time. A ban on alcohol being sold has been in place for the last 91 years. It’s thought the removal of the ban will boost the number of tourists coming…
Man charged with causing death by dangerous driving after crash near Donegal border in 2014
A man’s been charged with causing death by dangerous driving after a crash in 2014 – which killed a man in county Fermanagh. 49-year-old Patrick McCafferty, a digger-driver, was knocked down by a car near the Donegal border in Belleek, Co Fermanagh, close to his home in January 2014. The…
Donegal TD Pearse Doherty & Leo Varadkar clash over homeless crisis
The Taoiseach has said that the homeless crisis would be worse if an opposition party like Sinn Fein were in government. Almost 10,000 people were living in emergency accommodation last month according to the latest figures. The government says a lack of supply of housing is still the driving factor…
Boat tour operators told to stay off Innishmurray Island
Boat owners who operate tours to Innishmurray off Co Sligo have been warned to stay off the island. The small island, which lies in Donegal Bay is approximately 7km from Streedagh and it has been uninhabited since 1948 when the last remaining islanders left. But the Department of Transport have…
16% year on year rise in number of people on trolleys at Sligo Hospital in March
There was a year on year increase in the number of people waiting on trolleys at Sligo University Hospital in the month of March. According to the INMO this years March trolley and Ward Watch figure in Sligo was 357. That’s up 16% on last March when 301 people where…
Obituaries, Thursday, March 29th, 5pm
Gordon Latten, Manorhamilton Mary Ellen Corr, Glengormley Anna McGowan, Castlerea Roger Gillen, Grange Jim Cunningham, Carrick Gordon Latten, Clooneen Park, Manorhamilton and late of Station road, Dromahair, Co. Leitrim. Peacefully at the North West Hospice, Sligo. Reposing at Fowley’s Funeral Home, Dromahair today from 6pm to 8pm. Removal…