Category: Old Donegal

The man accused of murdering Ashling Murphy is due back in court this morning.

Jozef Puska, with an address at Lynally Grove, Tullamore, Co Offaly, has been in custody since he was charged with the school teacher’s murder.

Ashling Murphy died after being attacked while out running along the grand canal in Tullamore on the afternoon of January 12th.

Jozef Puska was charged with her murder one week later and brought before a special sitting of Tullamore District Court that evening.

Through a video link into Cloverhill District Court in Dublin, the 31yo made his second court appearance a fortnight ago.

At that brief hearing, the judge was told the DPP’s directions were not yet available so he was remanded until today.

He’s due to appear before the same court later this morning, again through a live video link, when he’ll be given a further update on the status of his case.

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Rents in Donegal continue to rise with a lack of availability in rental properties the main factor.

The latest report from Daft.ie has revealed that rents in Donegal were on average 24.3% higher in the final quarter of 2021 than a year previously.

The average listed rent in the county is now €826, up 70% from its lowest point.

Ronan Lyons, Author of the report says there is a shift beginning in terms of people returning to the Capital and that may relieve the pressure on the market in the likes to Donegal going forward:

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Gardai have made a fresh appeal on the 10th anniversary of the murder of Andrew Allen.

The 24 year old was murdered by a group of individuals at his home in at Links View Park Buncrana on February 9, 2012.

Andrew Allen was shot in front of his partner at approximately 9.20pm and pronounced dead at the scene.

A car believed to be involved in the murder was located on fire at Churchbrea, Fahan which is three miles outside Buncrana shortly after the shooting.

Gardai are grateful for all the witnesses that have come forward and made statements but they believe that there are still people in both Buncrana and Derry city who have information that may assist with the investigation.

Six people have been arrested and questioned during the course of this investigation with up to 700 lines of enquiry followed over the past 10 years.

Both Gardai and Police continue to investigate what they say was a heinous murder.

Now with the passage of time Gardai are appealing to anyone with information which may assist this ongoing investigation to make contact with them.

Anyone with information can contact the incident room at Buncrana Garda Station.

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An Garda Síochána has announced a number of national and local events to mark the centenary of the force.

Today marks 100 years since Michael Collins formed a committee to establish a police force for the 26 counties of Ireland.

The inaugural meeting, which took place at the Gresham Hotel in Dublin 100 years ago today, ultimately led to the creation of An Garda Síochána.

Michael Collins called the meeting, which was attended by Michael Staines TD who would go on to become the first Garda Commissioner.

A commemorative event, which was postponed due to Covid restrictions, is planned for the Gresham Hotel in May.

In August, a national commemorative event is due to take place, to remember the day Commissioner Staines led Gardai into Dublin Castle.

Other local exhibitions, on Garda history and heritage, are also due to take place around the country throughout the year.

Garda Commissioner, Drew Harris paid tribute to the 89 members of An Garda Síochána who’ve died in the past 100 years in the line of duty.

He said the organisation and force has adapted to serve the past and present needs of a national, unarmed police service, while striving to prevent and detect crime.

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This year’s Leaving Certificate will begin on Wednesday June 8th.

The State Examinations Commission has released the timetable for the tests, which will run until June 28th.

The Minister for Education has previously announced major adjustments to the exams, in place to recognise the disruption in class time caused by Covid 19.

The Junior Cert exams will also take place this summer, for the first time in two years.

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Listen back to the main evening news, sport and obituaries for Tuesday February 8th:

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The Emergency Department at Letterkenny University Hospital is very busy this evening.

Management say that there is on-going pressure on bed availability in the hospital and as a result patients are facing long delays being admitted from the Emergency Department to a bed on a ward.

There are currently 19 patients on trolleys in the Emergency Department waiting for a bed.

All available beds in the hospital are in use including an additional 20 escalation beds.

The hospital acknowledges that these delays are very difficult for patients and their families and apologises for the inconvenience and distress these delays cause.

People who are seriously injured or ill are assessed and treated as a priority and those who do not require urgent care may be waiting longer.

People are being urged to contact their GP during normal surgery hours or the NoWDOC GP out of hours service, in the first instance if their health problem is not an emergency.

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Pat Loughrey. Photo Stephen Doherty.

The LYIT are through to the CUFL Division 1 League final after beating TUS Midwest at the AUL Complex in Dublin with the help of a hat-trick from Pat Loughrey.

The Letterkenny side had to come from behind to force extra time and seal their place in the decider.

Having been 2-0 nil at half time they pulled it back to 2-2 before adding two further goals to win 4-2.

The other goal was scored by Joel Bradley Walsh.

The LYIT will play the winners of MTU Cork or Dundalk IT in the final.

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Locals in County Sligo, where a man was savagely beaten in a burglary, say they live in fear and are terrorised.

They are concerned those responsible for the attack in Skreen in January remain at large.

73 year old Thomas Niland is critically ill in hospital after what his family describe as a brutal and savage attack.

His cousin Michael Walsh says it was inhuman what happened to him:

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9,365 new cases of Covid-19 have been confirmed today.

There are 3,780 PCR-confirmed cases, while 5,585 people registered a positive antigen test through the HSE portal.

646 patients are in hospital, which is an increase of three on yesterday.

72 are in ICU, which is down from 76.

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