Lifeguards were forced to close a leading Co Donegal beach because of dangerous jellyfish.

Donegal County Council has granted planning for a €6m distillery and visitor centre in Ardara for Sliabh Liag Distillers.

A driver killed in yesterday’s Donegal International Rally has been named as Fianna Fáil councillor Manus Kelly.

The Joule Donegal International Rally ended in tragic circumstances early yesterday when Manus Kelly, who won the event for the last three years, lost his life after his Hyundai i20 R5 crashed and left the road on Stage 15, Fanad Head.

A competitor has been killed in a crash at the Donegal International Rally this afternoon.

The results from the local elections have thrown up a few surprise selections, including an ex-UFC fighter and a participant in Googlebox Ireland, write Ryan O’Neill and Louise Walsh.

Gardaí have issued an appeal for witnesses amidst local speculation that yesterday's huge wildfires in Co Donegal may have been started deliberately.

The delay in the involvement of the air corps in fighting the gorse fire in Donegal was because crews had to be assembled “from the four corners of the country” according to the Press Officer with the Irish Air Corps.

The fire will continue to be monitored overnight with a number of 'hot-spots' still under observation.

Two houses have been destroyed as dozens of firefighters try to tackle a massive gorse fire in West Donegal today.

TThe old pool room in a restaurant is now at the forefront of a new initiative between telecoms firm Three Ireland and a local community to transform a Donegal island into the most connected island in the world.

Officers fear the robberies are being carried out by a gang who could use them to steal ATMs from the county.

A construction firm has challenged a local authority's "irrational" refusal to further extend a planning permission for a development of 58 houses in Donegal town.

A waste company operator behind the illegal dumping of thousands of tonnes of waste ran two cash accounts and had greater involvements in a pub and horses than he admitted to, the High Court has heard.

A solicitor has said he found a court application by a Senator's legal team to be "galling" after he again failed to provide the court with a detailed statement of his means.

A man in Co Donegal has died following an accident during a tree-cutting exercise.

Abuse and invective directed at our elected representatives are a reflection of the times, writes Alison O’Connor.

A former Fine Gael councillor caught on camera by an undercover reporter seeking £10,000 in cash in return for business favours is set to be brought before an ethics watchdog over the controversy in September.

Compared to the wrath of Ophelia, last week’s Storm Dylan was a breeze, coming and going without causing too much damage.

Louise James, the woman who lost her partner and four members of her family in the Buncrana pier tragedy in March 2016, has launched a legal action seeking damages from Donegal County Council. 

Latest: Louise James, who lost her partner Sean and four family members in the tragedy, has spoken of how she felt something was not right on the day that her family were hit by tragedy.

A pre-inquest hearing into the Buncrana Pier tragedy, in which five members of the same family drowned, has heard that first responders could not open the doors of the car which had entered the water.

Donegal County Council have removed 45 tonnes of waste from an illegal dump in the county.

A High Court challenge has been launched against Donegal County Council’s decision to defer offering housing support to a Traveller family of seven living in a caravan without basic facilities, including running water.

Donegal County Council has moved to stave off the threat of disease and rodent infestation in light of last week’s flooding across the Inishowen Peninsula.

A volunteer who could not stand by and watch those devastated by the Donegal floods is helping dozens of families to put their lives back together.

Donegal County Council is continuing to help those affected by the devastating floods last week.

More than 300 different parts of the 1,500km road network across the Inishowen peninsula were damaged by last Tuesday’s floods.

The Minister for Agriculture has said climate change could mean more extreme weather events such as the flooding seen in Donegal this week.

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has refuted claims that he was late in visiting the Carndonagh region of Donegal, which was devastated by flooding this week.

Hundreds of people whose lives have been decimated by extensive flooding across Co Donegal have been told they will not be forgotten.

Dozens of families have been left homeless, businesses ruined, and bridges washed away after devastating flooding on the Inishowen Peninsula in Co Donegal.

The latest inquiry into allegations of planning corruption in Donegal has run aground amid fresh uncertainty over how it should proceed.

Update 2.40pm: Two 19-year-old men and a 21-year-old woman have been killed in a crash in Co Donegal.

A politician at the centre of allegations he had used political influence to prevent continuing garda questioning of the main suspect for the disappearance of missing child Mary Boyle yesterday denied any involvement.

An overhaul of the pier on which five members of one family died when their car slipped into the sea has taken place to ensure a similar tragedy never happens again.

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Stars Wars fans hoping to get a sneak preview of the filming of the Hollywood blockbuster in Donegal, Kerry, and Cork have been brought back down to earth.

Close-up images of a set for the next Star Wars movie looks set to spark massive debate among devotees of the sci-fi saga.

Filming for the next instalment of the Star Wars franchise is set to start this Friday in the North-West and crews have been busy over the past few weeks building sets including the iconic spaceship.

Donegal County Council has launched an initiative to secure land for social housing.

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