A total of 559 full-time jobs were created in Údarás na Gaeltachta client companies in 2016, bringing to 7,963 jobs in Údarás-supported companies by year end.

Gardaí in Co Donegal are appealing for information after an assault on a group of Irish college students on Tuesday evening.

Youngsters attending two more Irish colleges in the north-west were tonight awaiting results of swine flu tests.

Almost 300 students have been sent home from an Irish language college in Donegal because of an outbreak of swine flu.

CONDEMNED by health and fire safety experts, Loch an Iúir national school in Donegal faces a huge insurance headache if essential repairs are not carried out.