Long Time, No See

The country’s longest serving garda would love to see the force return to closer contact with the community.

Sympathies are being offered to the family of Donegal woman Elaine Morrow, who died while scuba diving in Australia on Monday.

A 23-year-old Irish woman who drowned while scuba diving in Australia has been named as Elaine Morrow, from Ballintra in Co Donegal.

AN Irish tourist has drowned in a scuba accident in Australia while taking part in a diving course.

A 38-year-old man has died after a crash in Co Donegal.

FOUR riders participating in the FBD Insurance Rás spent last night in hospital in Enniskillen after an horrific crash on the descent from Bellavalley Gap that caused the second stage from Dundalk to Carrick-on-Shannon to be declared null and void.

Gardaí have named the three men who died in a two-car collision in the Ballintra area of Co Donegal over the weekend.

TEST results on the country’s water supplies indicate that 99% are compliant with standards relating to the presence of lead.

The Environmental Protection Agency says it has received 23 notifications of breaches since new regulations on lead levels in water came into force last year.

THE deaths of two eastern European men were being investigated by gardaí in Tipperary and Louth last night.

Gardaí are investigating the death of teenage girl in County Donegal last night.

The Court of Criminal Appeal has today rejected an appeal brought by Co Donegal man against his conviction for the murder of his estranged wife, whose remains he then burnt at the back of the family home.

THE Irish Cattle and Sheep Farmers Association yesterday announced the unopposed election of two new vice presidents, Paddy Kent, New Ross, Co Wexford, and Edmund Phelan, Caher, Fenor, Co Waterford.

The eldest daughter of a woman murdered by her husband today said her mother was a wonderful person who would never be forgotten.

A 40-year-old man accused of the murder of his estranged wife was sentenced to life today at the at Central Criminal Court.

The murder trial of a Donegal father-of-four accused of the murder of his estranged wife has heard that a "fireball in the sky" was allegedly seen at his home a day after his wife was last seen.

A Donegal father-of-four accused of the murder of his estranged wife allegedly told his 14-year-old daughter that he was going to kill her mother, the Central Criminal Court has heard.

A Donegal father-of-four accused of the murder of his estranged wife allegedly told her mother in the months before hand that "if he had his way he would f***ing kill her", the Central Criminal Court has heard.

A 40-year-old Donegal man has pleaded not guilty to the murder of his estranged wife today at the Central Criminal Court.

Gardaí appealed today for witnesses to last week’s horrific pile-up in Donegal which left three people dead.

A sixth person has died on the roads, after five others were killed in separate accidents at the weekend.

Five people died in three separate road accidents in Donegal, Mayo and Galway during the weekend.

A 60-year-old man has died after crashing his car near Ballintra in Co Donegal late last night.

AN investigation has been launched after a man was killed in a crushing machine accident at a quarry in County Donegal, the 25th workplace fatality this year.

THE financier at the centre of the massive money-laundering investigation set up six new companies in the past year but does not appear to have carried out business in any of them.

Hundreds of mourners gathered today for the funeral of mother-of-four Dolores McCrea, who was killed in January.

Hundreds of people are expected at the funeral today of mother-of-four Dolores McCrea, who was killed in Ballintra in January.

The husband of mother-of-four Delores McCrea was tonight charged with her murder in Co Donegal.

A man was arrested today by gardaí investigating the disappearance of a mother-of-four from Co Donegal.

Human skeletal remains discovered in a field in Co Donegal have been removed from the scene for DNA examinations to be carried out.

Gardaí have resumed their examination of the scene where skeletal remains were found in Co Donegal.

IN this era of high-speed communications, it is incredible that the vast majority of garda stations in Ireland lack computers to access the internet.

A MISSING woman’s four young children face a traumatic 48 hours as they wait to find out whether human remains discovered on farmland in Donegal are that of their mother.

Gardaí investigating the disappearance of a Donegal woman tonight confirmed that skeletal remains found in a house in the area are human.

Gardaí investigating the disappearance of a woman said today they have found skeletal remains at a house.