Donegal articles

  • Woman in her 80s dies in Co.Donegal collision

    The fatal single vehicle road traffic collision occurred at approximately 1.30pm on Tuesday, April 23 on the N56, Ballina Road, at Falcarragh. The driver and sole occupant of the car involved, a female in her 80s, was taken to hospital for the treatment of serious injuries. She was later pronounced deceased. Gardaí in Donegal are appealing for any witnesses to this collision to come forward. Any road users who may have camera footage (including dash-cam) and were travelling in the Falcarragh...
  • 1.1M Donegal earthquake registered in Antrim, Louth and Mayo

    The tremor was picked up seismic stations in Antrim, Mayo and Louth. The Irish National Seismic Network (INSN) operated by the Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies (DIAS) said the quake occurred at 7.48pm near Ballybofey at a depth of about 13km. "The event was also recorded on a Quake Shake seismometer in St. Columba’s Secondary School in Stranolar, Co. Donegal "Quake Shake is a citizen seismology programme ran by DIAS and co-funded by Geological Survey Ireland and Science Foundation Ireland...
  • Sunak claims sending police to ‘villages in Donegal’ not answer to migration

    Mr. Sunak made the remarks after DUP MP Carla Lockhart again questioned claims by the Irish Justice Minister Helen McEntee that 80 per cent of people seeking international protection in the 26 counties are crossing the land border from the North. “The hypocrisy of the Irish Government position has not been not lost on us, with the Irish police now tasked to patrol the border to protect from the unsubstantiated, unfounded 80 per cent of asylum seekers who supposedly—actually, the reverse is...