The new owner of 14 regional newspapers has assured staff that all jobs are safe.

The Johnston Press media group has sold its fourteen regional newspaper titles to Iconic Newspapers Limited, a company run by British advertising executive Malcolm Denmark.

Gardaí are investigating the hacking of an email account belonging to the Donegal County Board treasurer that saw €17,400 transferred to a bank account in England that has since disappeared.

Daniel O’Donnell has said his wife Majella’s cancer is “gone”, less than three weeks after urging fans to pray for her.

ULSTER SFC QUARTER-FINAL:

Dublin chairman Andy Kettle last night said he had not been made aware by Donegal of an injury to Paddy McBrearty during Sunday’s draw in Ballybofey.

Thirteen players who started last September's All-Ireland final win have been included in the Donegal team for tomorrow's Allianz Football League curtain raiser against Kildare at Croke Park (throw-5pm).

A group of doctors have hit out at the selling of low-cost drinks, claiming they are dealing on a regular basis with the consequences of alcohol abuse on young people, particularly girls.

BACK in 1992, when they won the All-Ireland for the first time, the composition of the Donegal team was such that it rewarded players nearing the end of their careers and held out the promise of further glory for those starting out on theirs.

BRIAN McENIFF has crunched the numbers and come up with a bottom line figure, 14 points.

NEWSPAPER groupJohnston Press Ireland significantly reduced its losses last year as it continued a number of cost-cutting measures.

Martin McElhinney has been provisionally included in the Donegal team for today's All-Ireland SFC quarter-final against Kildare at Croke Park (throw-in 6pm).

AFTER almost 250 years, the printing of newspapers in Limerick is to end after Johnston Press decided to close down its print works on the Dock Road.

REDUNDANCY costs totalling €4.1 million at one of Ireland’s largest media groups, Johnston Press Ireland Ltd, resulted in the group recording a pre-tax loss of €6m last year.

ALL-IRELAND winner John Joe Doherty has declared his interest in succeeding Brian McIver as Donegal senior football manager.

A DONEGAL newspaper is standing by a report which said a serving garda sergeant praised the actions of Mayo farmer Padraig Nally when he killed a man who was breaking into his yard.

A newspaper editor instrumental in sparking one of the biggest tribunals in the history of the state today insisted his story about illegal Garda spying has never been challenged.

Fianna Fáil could be on the verge of losing two of its five Dáil seats in Donegal, according to an opinion poll out this morning.

Garda chiefs were aware of rampant illegal bugging of conversations between solicitors and their clients in garda stations nationwide, it was claimed today.

THE chief executive of regional newspaper group Johnston Press Tim Bowdler yesterday hailed Ireland as a well-performing region for the group in a generally tough trading environment.

MUNSTER hurling coach Joe O’Leary says the southerners are determined to win the M Donnelly Interprovincial championship after their tough semi-final against Ulster last Sunday.

SCOTTISH Radio Holdings has snapped up Donegal Highland Radio, its third Irish takeover in five years.

DISGRACED former minister Dr Jim McDaid has said he will accept whatever punishment is handed down by the courts after he was arrested for drink driving last Tuesday.

Trinity Mirror said today it has completed the sale of its regional newspaper businesses in Ireland to venture capital group 3i for £46.3 m (€67.2 m), after the Irish Competition Authority gave the all-clear.

British newspaper publisher Trinity Mirror has announced it is to sell its Irish titles to venture capital group 3i for £46.3m (€66.49m) in cash.

AT LEAST six first-round bids have been made for the Northern Ireland titles of British newspaper publisher Trinity Mirror.