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Donegal: Free Local Alerts for Your Community

Donegal County Council’s official alert provider. Stay informed about what’s happening across Donegal with MapAlerter, a free service delivering instant alerts straight to your phone, email, or app. Whether it’s flood warnings in Donegal Town, road closures near Letterkenny, or planning updates in Buncrana, MapAlerter keeps you connected to your local area.

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MapAlerter issues a variety of alerts for Donegal. You can quickly sign up to receive these alerts by SMS, email and app push notification.

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What Alerts Are Available in Donegal?

Subscribers can receive alerts covering a wide variety of local events and hazards such as:

⛈️ Severe Weather – Storms, high winds, and other weather warnings across Donegal.

🏘️ Planning Activity – Updates on planning applications and decisions in towns like Donegal Town, Lifford, Letterkenny, and Buncrana.

🚧 Road Closures – Temporary and permanent roadworks affecting travel throughout the county.

⚠️ Floods & Hazards – Flood alerts for the Finn and other rivers, plus local hazard warnings.

ℹ️ Community Events – Notices about fairs, public consultations, and local gatherings.

🌊 River Heights – Real-time monitoring of rivers including the Finn and Swilly.

🏊‍♀️ Bathing Water – Updates on water quality at Donegal’s swimming areas and rivers.

🏠 Property Sales – Alerts for properties for sale in towns and villages throughout Donegal.

Why Donegal Residents Use MapAlerter?

🟩 Real-Time Alerts for Donegal: Receive notifications the moment events affect your town, village or daily commute.

🟩 Tailored to Your Location: Alerts are specific to your Eircode, town, or parish.

🟩 Multiple Delivery Options: Choose SMS, email, or push notifications through the MapAlerter app.

🟩 Safety & Preparedness: Be aware of hazards like flooding along the River Finnor severe weather approaching the Bluestack Mountains

🟩 Community Updates: Keep track of local roadworks, planning applications, and public consultations in Donegal towns and villages.

Donegal Alerts - 12 Months

🚧
379

Road Alerts and Floods/Hazards

⛈️
80

Severe Weather Warnings

🌉
12

River Sensor Height Locations

🏠
1379

Property Sale Updates

🏗️
52

New & Decided Weekly Planning Updates from Donegal

🏊
2551

Donegal Bathing Water Incidents & Measurements

📣
95

Donegal Public Consultation Notices

ℹ️
1345

Other Donegal Alerts (e.g. community, library, more.)

How To Get Alerts for Donegal:

1️⃣ Sign Up for Free: Register using your Eircode or select your town or parish on an interactive Donegal map.

2️⃣ Select Your Alerts: Pick the notifications relevant to your area and interests.

3️⃣ Receive Updates: Alerts arrive instantly via SMS, email, or download the Free MapAlerter app.

Get the free MapAlerter App:

  • Instant Push Notifications: Some Donegal alerts are not sent by SMS to help reduce costs. The app ensures you never miss important updates because these non-SMS alerts are issued by push notification.
  • Interactive Mapping: Browse Donegal alerts and other local information easily with the app’s user-friendly mapping system.
  • Live Data Feeds: Access real-time sensor information such as river heights for locations across Donegal. Get alerts when river heights exceed a certain height.
  • Quick and Easy Signup: Create a free MapAlerter account directly in the app using your Donegal Eircode.

Official Alert Provider for Donegal County Council

Sign up to get free alerts from the Council as well as other data providers such as EPA, OPW, Property Price Register and Met Eireann.