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Inishowen escapes worst of Ophelia 1 min read

Inishowen escapes worst of Ophelia

Damian Dowds 3 years ago

Inishowen breathed a collective sigh of relief on Monday night when ex-hurricane Ophelia breezed through without causing the damage that so many had feared. While... Read More

Main routes re-open after The Flood 1 min read

Main routes re-open after The Flood

Damian Dowds 3 years ago

All of Inishowen’s main routes are now open, or at least partially open, seven weeks after the floods of August 22 hit the peninsula. The... Read More

€280,000 in flood payouts so far 1 min read

€280,000 in flood payouts so far

Damian Dowds 3 years ago

More than a quarter of a million euro has been paid out so far under humanitarian support schemes established in the aftermath of the Inishowen... Read More

“Danielle’s death hasn’t sunk in yet” 1 min read

“Danielle’s death hasn’t sunk in yet”

Damian Dowds 3 years ago

The devastated mother of Danielle McLaughlin says she doesn’t want her daughter to be remembered as a victim, but rather as the “kind, beautiful and... Read More

22 week driving test delays 1 min read

22 week driving test delays

Damian Dowds 3 years ago

A 22 WEEK wait for a driving test in Buncrana is not acceptable, says a councillor. Buncrana-based independent councillor Nicholas Crossan said more needs... Read More

Pier tragedy inquest: car doors could not be opened 1 min read

Pier tragedy inquest: car doors could not be opened

Damian Dowds 3 years ago

IT IS of ‘grave concern’ that the doors of the Buncrana Pier Tragedy victims’ car could not be opened by emergency workers. The revelation came... Read More

Flooded homeowners ‘left abandoned’ 2 min read

Flooded homeowners ‘left abandoned’

Damian Dowds 3 years ago

Two private householders in Burnfoot say they have been “left abandoned”, five weeks after their homes were destroyed in The Flood. One family of four... Read More

Tidy Town’s Gold for Buncrana, Silver for Malin 1 min read

Tidy Town’s Gold for Buncrana, Silver for Malin

Damian Dowds 3 years ago

Buncrana won its third consecutive gold medal at the National Tidy Towns Competition. Inishowen’s largest town scooped its third gold medal at the national competition in... Read More

Buncrana’s Lauren crowned Miss Ireland 1 min read

Buncrana’s Lauren crowned Miss Ireland

Damian Dowds 3 years ago

Buncrana teenager Lauren McDonagh has become Inishowen’s first ever Miss Ireland after winning the beauty pageant at a ceremony in Dublin last Friday night. Three... Read More

Major traffic disruption on route as Carn to Ballyliffin road set to close for five days 1 min read

Major traffic disruption on route as Carn to Ballyliffin road set to close for five days

admin 4 years ago

MOTORISTS travelling from Carn to Ballyliffin have been warned about a lengthy road closure next week. From 8am on Monday, August, 22, to 5pm Friday,... Read More

Inishowen escapes worst of Ophelia

Main routes re-open after The Flood

€280,000 in flood payouts so far

“Danielle’s death hasn’t sunk in yet”

22 week driving test delays

Pier tragedy inquest: car doors could not be opened

Flooded homeowners ‘left abandoned’

Tidy Town’s Gold for Buncrana, Silver for Malin

Buncrana’s Lauren crowned Miss Ireland

Major traffic disruption on route as Carn to Ballyliffin road set to close for five days

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