A judge has struck out the case of a man charged with careless driving, after hearing the 103-year-old who struck a pedestrian was never in court before.

A judge has struck out the case of a man charged with careless driving, after hearing the 103-year-old who struck a pedestrian was never in court before.

Europe's environmental watchdogs are taking Ireland to court over the pumping of raw sewage into rivers and the sea.

A Donegal man who nearly died after he suffered a cardiac arrest during a game of golf last week has praised his fellow golfers for saving his life.

A rising young rugby star has been forced to quit the sport after being blinded in the eye with a stone in a late night attack.

A Donegal coroner has described the deaths of two elderly sisters — whose lives had been turned upside down after an aggravated burglary almost three years ago — as a terrible tragedy.

Both Siptu and the body representing ambulance staff have demanded urgent action following a review of the National Ambulance Service which highlighted a range of shortcomings and targets it said were unachievable.

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

A spectacular tree-lined avenue which provided one of the backdrops for the hit fantasy drama Game of Thrones has fallen victim to Storm Gertrude.

The appointment to a State board of a little known Donegal politician who failed to be elected in the local elections has creative cronyism written all over it, writes Political Editor Mary Regan

The devastated girlfriend of a rising young football star who is fighting for his life after a fall flew to Spain to be by his bedside yesterday.

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A garda who sexually assaulted a female officer and harassed another at a Garda station has been given a six-month jail sentence and fined a total of €10,000.

The mother of two teenage girls who took their lives has begun legal proceedings against school authorities.

Connemara Mining, the AIM-listed/Dublin-headquartered mineral exploration firm, has been awarded 10 prospecting licences in east Donegal.

The mother of Erin and Shannon Gallagher has revealed she is keeping a scrapbook of their tragic story to show to their younger brothers when they get older.

Ireland’s longest surviving lung transplant patient Brendan McLaughlin reckons the country’s system for transplants and donations is in crisis.

Met Eireann has issued a new heat alert for Ireland.

An 18-year-old man killed in a car crash in which his twin sister was also hurt buried his best friend after another smash less than a year ago.

Agri Aware’s new Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) agri ambassadors Dallan Shovlin and Darragh Smith are adding an educational bonus to visits to the Family Farm in Dublin Zoo.

A man in his 20s has died in a car crash.

Tragic Shannon Gallagher had planned to start a new life in Scotland after her sister Erin took her own life.

The mother of Shannon Gallagher has said she does not know where she is going to find the strength to bury her second daughter today.

The heartbroken mother of tragic Shannon Gallagher last night said her daughters were the lights of her life as she tried to come to terms with the death of a second daughter in just six weeks.

A range of psychologists and other mental health experts were on hand to support Shannon Gallagher’s schoolmates and teachers after the tragedy.

The Government's response to suicide among young people has been criticised as too slow.

The school attended by Erin and Shannon Gallagher has appealed for time and space after Shannon's death less than two months after the suicide of her younger sister.

The teenage sister of schoolgirl Erin Gallagher, who died by suicide less than two months ago, has also died.

Gardaí are investigating two incidents of intimidation against a family in the wake of the death of Co Donegal teenager Erin Gallagher.

Society failed schoolgirl Erin Gallagher, her requiem Mass has heard.

The funeral of Erin Gallagher has taken place in the Donegal town of Stranorlar.

Friends and family of Erin Gallagher will gather for her funeral in County Donegal later.

Two teenagers have been questioned by gardaí investigating the suicide of Erin Gallagher, who took her life after claiming she was being bullied.

Erin Gallagher’s mother has spoken of the last few hours she spent with her daughter before the 13-year-old took her own life.

Double killer John Gallagher has handed himself in to the Central Mental Hospital in Dublin.

EDUCATION Minister Ruairi Quinn has been urged to intervene in a dispute that threatens the opening of a new school in Stranorlar, Co Donegal, for the coming term.

A Co Donegal man walked free from the Special Criminal Court in Dublin today after he was cleared of an IRA membership charge.

A Garda Chief Superintendent told the Special Criminal Court in Dublin today that she believed a Co Donegal man was an IRA member in 2010.

DONEGAL County Council engineers were last night keeping a round the clock watch on a bridge over concerns that it could be damaged by a large ice flow.

The Social Protection Minister Eamon O'Cuiv has said by-election results "do not always reflect national trends" or what will happen at the next General Election.

Counting is underway in the by-election in Donegal South West, with Sinn Féin's Pearse Doherty apparently on course to take the seat.