Gardai are appealing for information following an overnight attack on the Carrigart Garda Station.

It is understood that sometime between 11.30pm and 8am a device, which contained an accelerant was thrown at the building.

The station was unmanned at the time, but the building did suffer some minor damage.

It is understood that gardai in Milford are following a number of lines of inquiry.

Staff at Letterkenny General Hospital are to be asked their views on whether unpaid leave should be introduced as an alternative to jobs cuts.

General manager Sean Murphy is denying a difference of opinion between management and trade unions over whether or not such a proposal was formally put to unions by the HSE.

The HSE says the idea was presented informally at a number of staff briefings as a possible alternative to job cuts, but was never put on the table at official discussions.

Impact, on the other hand, are indicating that a formal proposal was made and rejected by them on the basis that it was contrary to the Croke Park Agreement.

As discussions resume this afternoon, Mr Murphy says staff and unions are being consulted about a number of issues

Figures released showed that the HSE has spent 8.4 million euro in Donegal over the last four years on conditions associated with Diabetes which the Diabetes’s Action says are preventable.

The group says there were 282 hospital admissions for diabetic foot disease in Donegal between 2005-2009, which Diabetes Actions says, would be 70% less with proper investment.

They are calling on the HSE to create 20 podiatrist positions nationally to work with people with diabetes and provide a national screening programme.

Dr. Ronan Canavan is a Consultant specialist in this area at St. Vincent’s Hospital – he says the relative small investment could save great hardship to patience and significant money:

It’s emerged 44 million euro was spent on 12 sites which are now lying idle because decentralisation has been put on hold.

A report from the says that six of the sites were also found to have been bought at prices above the benchmark set by consultants engaged by the Office of Public Works.

One site purchased in Birr in Co Offaly, by FAS was purchased for more than double the initial valuation placed by its own property consultations,

The site for the decentralised office in Buncrana cost 10% more than the initial valuation, but the OPW argues that the two other sites considered were more expensive and inferior.

The HSE has confirmed it’s examining the possibility that in the long term, services at the Shiel and Rock hospitals in Ballyshannon will be centralised at a single site.

Preliminary discussions with the Shiel Hospital Trust which owns the facility have been opened, but as of yet there is no timeframe for change. Any guarantees about the short term future of the Rock Hospital must be seen in this context, according to the HSE.

However, Senator Pearse Doherty says the statement raises more questions than answers. He says its clear that The Rock will close at some point, and there’s no guarantee that the same level of public beds will remain in Ballyshannon. He also says it’s worrying that the statement says nothing about Lifford.

He says real clarity is needed now……….

Junior Certificate students will get their results today.

Over 56 thousand students sat the exams across the country, almost 2,200 of them in Donegal. Results are similar to previous years, but there was a slight drop in the number of students who achieved A grades in higher maths.

Tanaiste Mary Coughlan says students should be proud and celebrate what they’ve achieved. However, she’s urging them to stay safe while doing so……..

Letterkenny Town Council has asked officials to investigate how works on the Kirkstown Road at Ballymacool can be completed.

Cllr Ciaran Brogan says while important work was done last year, it’s not been completed, and the road is now in a dangerous state because of an increase in traffic in the area.

He says finishing the work is now more important than ever, and he’s looking forward to an early report from the manager and his staff………

A public meeting has been called in Ballyshannonn Tuesday evening to discuss the unemployment crisis in the town.

The town has been hit by a string of job loss announcement most recently the news that BWG Foods is closing next month with 21 jobs set to go.

The theme of the meeting is ‘what went wrong’ with discussions expect to also centre on reversing the job loss trend in the area.

Fine Gael Councillor Barry O’Neill has organised the meeting, he hopes it is constructive:

Plans to bring a jobs fair to  Strabane have had to be shelved because there are not enough vacancies in the area to justify the event.

Strabane has the highest unemployment rate in the north and last year a total of 800 people applied for 400 posts at the jobs fair.

But Strabane Councillor, Eugene McMennamin, says while it’s disappointing that there will be no jobs fair in the town this year, he does believe things are looking up for the town.

Derry’s new senior football manager may be announced on Thursday evening. Clubs have been asked to attend a meeting on Thursday evening and there is strong speculation that they will be asked to rubber-stamp an appointment. John Brennan, Malachy O’Rourke, Peter Doherty, Damien Barton, Tony Scullion and Liam Bradley are the candidates.