Gardai in Donegal Town are appealing for information about the death of a 20 year old Derryman after he fell from a hotel window.

Conor Duddy from Lecky Road in the Brandywell fell from a third floor window in the Abbey Hotel in Donegal Town in the early hours of Sunday morning.

Gardai want any witnesses or anyone with information to contact them at 074 97 21021.

It’s expected that Fianna Fail Councillor Tadhg Culbert will become Mayor of Letterkenny at this evening’s Town Council AGM, with Cllr Victor Fisher set to become Deputy Mayor.

The positions have been offered under the terms of an agreement drawn up by the five non-Fianna Fail members, a deal which led to some rancerous exchanges at last year’s AGM.

Labour Cllr Jimmy Harte was one of the authors of that deal ; He says any animosity has died down, and that’s the way it should be, particularly if the future of the Town Council structure comes under threat……

Meanwhile, in Buncrana, Clr Padraig Mac Lochlainn is set to become Mayor for the second time, with Independent Cllr Michael Grant expected to be elected as his deputy.

Cllr Mac Lochlainn says he’s proud to be Mayor of Buncrana again.

The DUP MP for East Derry Gregory Campbell has called for a police investigation into social networking sites after what he termed vile and vicious threats were made against him on Facebook.

A number of groups have been established on the site, one of which appears to include Mr Campbell with a bullet hole through his forehead.

Mr Campbell says initially, he dismissed the sites as the work of people with too much time on their hands, but became more concerned over the weekend.

A Derry man who repeatedly attacked a man lying on the ground was today old his behaviour was ‘simply inhuman.’

26-year-old Ryan Flanagan of Strand Road, Derry admitted assaulting the man occasioning him actual bodly harm on May 23 2008.

The court heard about the incident in John Street in the city and how the injured party who was intoxicated at the time was attacked ‘without provocation’ by Flanagan.

It was said that Flanagan jumped with both feet onto the victim’s head, hit him with a bottle causing a 4 inch gash in his head, broke his nose and left both eyes blackened and swollen.

Flanagan returned repeatedly to attack his victim who was lying on the ground ‘defenceless.’

A defence barrister said that Flanagan had been drinking and doing drugs at the time and had ‘gone off the rails.’

He said that since then the defendant had not come to police attention and was trying to put his life together, he pleaded for Flanagan to be given one final chance.

District Judge Mr. Barney McElholm said there could be ‘no excuse’ for such behaviour and added that Flanagan deserved no credit as he had only pleaded guilty on the final opportunity.

The judge added that Flanagan deserved to go to prison but said that he had ‘taken some steps to rejoin the human race’ and imposed a sentence of ten months

A man who fell from a hotel window in Donegal Town over the weekend has passed away.

The youth, thought to be from Northern Ireland, fell from a 3rd floor window of the Abbey Hotel in the early hours of yesterday morning.

Gardai in Donegal Town are appealing for witnesses, and they can be contacted on 0749721021

Tullagh Bay Beach was hit by vandals over the weekend.

There was a party on the beach over the weekend and the group of people left the beach covered in broken bottles.

Derry Councillor, Shaun Gallagher visited the beach with family and friends on Saturday.

He said those responsible should be ashamed of themselves.

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Fine Gaels health spokesperson, Dr James Reilly is in Donegal today. The party are unveiling their health reform proposals at a meeting in Stranorlar tonight.

Dr Reilly has already visited the Rock and Sheil Hospitals today, and he is curretly meeting with representatives from the Save Lifford Hospital group.

And, if Fine Gael get into government, Lifford Community Hospital will not be closing….

Dr James Reilly will be the keynote speaker at tonights meeting in Kees Hotel at 9 o clock

Last weekend’s Topaz Donegal International Rally, round four of the Irish Tarmac Rally Championship, ended prematurely in what were tragic circumstances. Thomas Maguire, from Longwood, County Meath, lost his life in an accident during the second leg of the event on Saturday. Driver Shane Buckley was seriously injured when their Citroen left the road on the Knockalla stage.  Mr Maguire’s family have said that their son loved and lived for rallying, and the future of the event should not be compromised by this tragedy.  The Donegal Motor Club cancelled the remainder of the event in a mark of respect to the Maguire family. A memorial service for Thomas was held at the Mount Errigal Hotel on Sunday, which approximately 1,000 people attended. Investigations are continuing into the fatal crash.

Clerk of the Course for the Donegal International Rally Danny Gormley spoke with Greg Hughes on the Shaun Doherty Show.
 

Event results were declared final after stage 10, with Gareth MacHale and Brian Murphy claiming maximum championship points in their Ford Focus WRC. The history books will show that Gareth has now emulated his father Austin in winning twice but following Saturday’s events it will be very much a hollow win. MacHale finished just over one minute ahead of Tim McNulty and Paul Kiely, with Daragh O’Riordan and Tony McDaid third. Aaron MacHale and Eugene O’Donnell were next in line ahead of Seamus Leonard and John McCafferty, while sixth for Alastair Fisher and Rory Kennedy was enough to maintain their slender championship advantage. However, competitors were unanimous in that there were no winners in these tragic circumstances.

Investigations are continuing into the fatal crash which ended the Donegal International Rally on Saturday afternoon. Co-Driver Thomas Maguire was killed and driver Shane Buckley seriously injured when their Citroen left the road on the Knockalla stage.

Mr Maguire’s family have said that their son loved and lived for rallying, and the future of the event should not be compromised by this tragedy.

Speaking to Greg Hughes on this morning’s Shaun Doherty Show, Clerk of the course Danny Gormley said he appreciates the family’s support………

A memorial sculpture commemorating the victims of Bloody Sunday has been vandalised in Derry’s Bogside. The carved red brick sculpture was almost complete when it was attacked and badly damaged in the gasyard Centre at the weekend.

Artist Brian McGee, who began work on the sculpture a year ago with a group of students said he cannot understand why the art work was vandalised.

There’s local speculation that the attack was carried out by what’s been described as a gang of teenagers who have been involved in a number of attacks on houses in the area, and also involved in interface violence.

Local Sinn Fein Cllr Patricia Logue says coming just says after the emotion of the Saville Report, this attack is disgusting………..