A house in Letterkenny has been ransacked during a burglary in recent days.
Sometime between 11pm on Sunday night and 1pm yesterday afternoon, entry to the property in the Ard Na Rí area was forced through the rear door.
Items including a Sony Karaoke machine, Michael Kors watch, jewellery and a number of clothing items were stolen.
Gardai are appealing to anyone who may have observed any suspicious activity in the area to contact Letterkenny Garda Station.
HIQA has today published a number of inspection reports on designated centres for people with disabilities.
Two centres in Donegal were inspected during unannounced visits in August of this year.
No non-compliances were identified in Teach Sona or Moville Residential Group Home.
Team Captains, Daniel Cunningham and Aaron McLaughlin pictured with Head of the Academy, Kevin McHugh
This Saturday, Finn Harps will be represented in the National League of Ireland Cup Finals at U-14 and U-15 level in a double-header at the Athlone Town Stadium.
The U-14s, managed by Kevin McHugh, take on Wexford Youths while Eamonn Curry’s Finn Harps U-15s will meet Cork City.
It’s just rewards for the young players and their coaches who have enjoyed a fantastic season at underage level.
Kevin McHugh – who is head of the Harps Academy – said for the club to have two teams in this weekend’s finals is a fantastic achievement.
There were 44 people awaiting beds at Letterkenny University Hospital this morning, eight of them on Emergency department trolleys.
It’s the joint third highest figure in the state this morning along with Cork, with only Galway and Limerick registering larger numbers
In Sligo, there were six people awaiting beds, all of them in the ED.
Nationally, the INMO says there were 460 admitted patients awaiting beds this morning.
Donegal County Council is being urged to include a sum of money in next year’s budget to progress plans for a promenade in Downings.
The issue is to be raised at a Letterkenny Milford Municipal District meeting this afternoon by Cllr John O’Donnell, who says between €20,000 and €25,000 is needed to make a foreshore licence application in the next twelve months.
He says a local committee made a previous funding application, but it failed, partly because there wasn’t sufficient input from the council.
Cllr O’Donnell says a prom would serve the tourism sector, but also help people with disabilities……….
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A student attending Letterkenny Institute of Technology is being forced to undertake a 270km round trip 4 days a week due to a lack of student accommodation in Letterkenny.
Tadhg Cadden, a Quantity Surveying student leaves his home in Sligo each morning at 7am and some evenings, may not return until 8:30pm evenings.
He says availing of public transport is not an option as it is too unreliable.
Speaking on today’s Nine til Noon Show, Tadhg says demand is outweighing accommodation supply in Letterkenny:
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Donegal company, Nomadic Dairy has been sold in a €29m deal.
Specialist food investment group BiaVest has partnered with Development Capital to acquire the company from Donegal Investment Group.
Nomadic Dairy, currently employs 80 people in Killygordon supplying multiple products across the UK and Ireland.
BiaVest will hold a 54% stake and Development Capital a 46% share in the company.
The company, established in 1998, has grown its revenues by over 50% in the past four years, adding to its product range and expanding across the grocery, convenience and food service distribution channels.
Nomadic Dairy has become the number one yogurt brand in Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
The partnership between BiaVest and Development Capital includes funding from Bank of Ireland.
The company’s Managing Director, Alan Cunningham and his team are set to remain with the business to work with the new owners.
BiaVest CEO Hilliard Lombard has confirmed that along with Development Capital, they will be investing in the company as well as working with the current team to drive the next stage of growth for the business.
The Government is being urged to stop ‘leaking trial balloons’ as it relates to the Mica Redress Scheme.
Details of a so-called ‘enhanced scheme’ were due to be published today however, it is being delayed as further adjustments are to be carried out.
It’s after speculation that a cap of €350,000 would be included in the scheme which, in turn, would have excluded around 40% of mica affected householders.
Donegal Deputy Thomas Pringle says those affected have waited long enough, the Government should stop leaking and sort it once and for all:
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There is no appetite among communities in the North for a return to violence, according to Sinn Fein.
It comes after a decision by bus drivers in Belfast to walk out in protest over the recent hijacking and burning of vehicles.
Cavan Monaghan TD Matt Carthy says the recent violence has no support from the broader community:
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There are calls for the Breast Check Unit in Letterkenny to change location.
Currently the unit sits outside the Public Service Centre in the town however there’s concern that the site is currently not ideal due to construction taking place nearby and a lack of privacy for those attending.
It is proposed to move the unit to the new car park adjacent to the Public Service Centre.
Local Cllr Michael McBride is due to raise the matter at a sitting of the Letterkenny MD later today.
He says its current location is just unsuitable:
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