Category: Old Donegal

A Boil Water Notice that was in place for 3,500 homes in the Glenties and Ardara areas has been lifted today by Irish Water.

The notice was put in place last week, due to a deterioration in the water quality in the area that was caused by Storm Barra at the Glenties-Ardara Water Treatment Plant.

But now, Irish Water say that after a number of satisfactory water tests, as well as confirmation that the water treatment plant had returned to full operation, the Boil Water Notice was no longer required.

Irish Water said that: “Irish Water acknowledges and understands the impact of this Boil Water Notice on the 3,518 people supplied by the Glenties-Ardara Public Water Supply Scheme and we sincerely regret any inconvenience caused. We are grateful to the media, elected representatives and members of the community who shared the information. Irish Water’s priority is the provision of safe, clean drinking water and safeguarding that water supply for the future is a vital focus.”

Business customers of Irish Water will also receive a 40 percent rebate on the cost of supplying water to their businesses during the period of the boil water notice.

Tjhe Nine Til Noon Show’s Community Garda Slot on Tuesday December 14th with Garda Grainne Doherty…………

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Money and 20 catalytic converters have been stolen during a burglary at Cooladerry, Raphoe.

A window of a shed located at the rear of a property was smashed and entry gained between 6pm on Wednesday last and 7:45am on Thursday.

Items were stolen also from another shed which was laying open.

Gardai are asking anyone in the are who may have observed any unusual activity in the area at those times to contact them.

Substantial damage has been caused by a fire which is believed to have been started deliberately at a derelict house in Carndonagh yesterday.

Gardai and the fire service attended the blaze at Bridge Street which broke out at around 4pm.

Gardai are appealing to anyone with information to come forward:

Local business owner, Deirdre Bradley, of Deirdre’s in Carndonagh says it was a very frightening experience for those in the locality:

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The Tennis Club in Letterkenny has once again been broken into.

The facility on the High Road has been targeted on numerous occasions in recent times.

On Tuesday morning last, a window was smashed and entry gained to the property at around 1:30am.

An office was ransacked but Gardai say nothing was stolen during the burglary.

Anyone with information is asked to contact Letterkenny Garda Station.

A 52-year-old woman has been arrested in Derry as part of a police investigation into the New IRA.

Officers detained the woman in the Creggan area earlier today as part of Operation Ledging – targeting the groups bomb making and storage activities.

The woman has been taken the Serious Crime Suite at Musgrave Police Station in Belfast for questioning.

Despite a drop in the number of people waiting on a bed at Letterkenny University Hospital today, it remains the second most overcrowded hospital in the country.

According to the latest Trolley Watch report, 56 people are on a trolley at the hospital, down slightly from 61 yesterday.

7 admitted patients are waiting in the Emergency Department while a further 49 are waiting on wards elsewhere in the hospital.

A total of 475 people are on trolleys at hospitals across the country.

A number of mobile homes have been broken into and ransacked in Malin Head.

A total of 8 mobile homes were burgled in the Killort area between 3pm on Wednesday last and 10:30am the following morning.

The glass door of each mobile home was smashed and entry gained.

Garda Grainne Doherty is appealing to anyone with information to come forward:

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Investigations are continuing following an aggravated burglary at the home of an elderly grandmother and her granddaughter in the Meenaharnish, Ballymagan area of Buncrana in the early hours of Saturday morning.

Two men forced entry to the property at around 4:20am on Saturday, remaining in the house for around 2 hours.

No injuries were reported but the woman in her 80s and 18 year old granddaughter were left shaken and traumatised by the ordeal.

A number of items were stolen during the burglary.

Garda Grainne Doherty says Gardai are particularly keen to speak to anyone who may have any information relating to a vehicle believed to have been involved:

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Gardai are continuing to appeal for witnesses to a fatal crash in Killygordon on Friday last.

A 19 year old man died following the collision involving a car and a motorcycle which occurred shortly before 1:30pm at Railway Road.

Anyone who witnessed the crash or who has dash cam footage of the area is being asked to contact Gardai in Letterkenny.