Derek from Killybegs, who does a bit of writing himself, says he's appalled at the decision to re-edit some of the famous Roald Dahl books to remove language that the publishers believe could now be offensive. Thus 'fat' becomes 'enormous', and the Oompa Loompas are small 'people', not small 'men'

New legislation which could mean a 1 2 year jail sentence for anyone who attacks a Garda will do nothing to prevent it happening. That's according to former local Garda Gerry Murphy - while Sinn Fein's Martin Kenny says lack of resource and the morale issue still need to be tackled

Gardai are appealing for information in relation to recent burglaries at Kinlough in Co Leitrim and Dromard in Co Sligo. Sergeant Enda Browne of Manorhamilton Garda Station has details on this week's On The Beat

There were long traffic jams to various beaches across the North West last night as people tried to view another Northern Lights display- however, they were disappointed, as Kenneth McDonagh of the Donegal Weather Channel explains

Landlords will continue to leave the market if there is to be an extension by Government to the evictions ban. Tommy Breheny of the Oates Breheny Group says he believes landlords are being unfairly demonised in the current debate over homelessness and most involved are small landlords

The PRO of the Donegal Ladies GAA Board, Danielle Loughrey, has outlined in detail why she's opposed to the new LGFA policy which would allow transgender girls and women play Gaelic football. She insists there was no widespread consultation on the matter and 'up to 90%' of those associated with the sport are against it

The first anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine was marked by the Ukrainian community at an event in the Peace Park in Sligo last Friday evening - at which families told of the desperate attempts to leave the country when war broke out, and of their desire to return to be re-united with relatives and friends

Tina Beirne joins Austin in studio to round up the week's youth soccer news in Sligo/Leitrim.

Two games in and four points on the board.

It's reasonable to assume that most Rovers fans would have taken that before the start of the season. We hear from last Friday night's hat-trick hero Max Mata. Dónal Ryan, who went to the game 'as a punter' reports back on what the trip was like.

Donegal LGFA footballers suffered a heavy 5-11 to 0-1 loss to Cork in Mallow in Sunday's Lidl NFL Division 1 clash. Manager Maxi Curran spoke to reporter Paul Jenkins.