Concern has been expressed at what’s been described as persistent reckless driving along the Strabane bypass at the Orchard Road junction. The Vice Chair of the Derry and Strabane Policing and Community Partnership Paul Boggs, has urged the drivers involved desist, and show consideration for residents and other road users. He says he’s been contacted …
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Over 200 medicines are now unavailable to Irish patients, which includes treatment for chest infections, strep-throat, pneumonia and blood pressure. The analysis compiled by industry experts also found 11 of these medicines are deemed critical by the World Health Organisation. The analysis carried out by A-zure Pharmaceuticals found penicillin-based antibiotics used to treat bacterial infections …
A Sinn Féin MLA in Derry has condemned a sectarian attack on homes in the Fountain Estate at the weekend, and is urging anyone with information to immediately bring it forward to the PSNI. Police say on Saturday evening, they received a report that a number of rocks had been thrown at two houses …
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Naas in County Kildare has won the Irish Business Against Litter Award for the second year in a row. Kilkenny and Maynooth were runners-up of the 40 towns surveyed. Letterkenny came in 6th, and is deemed to be cleaner than European norms, with the Ballymacool Town Park coming in for particular praise.
The NCT test centre in Derrybeg had the lowest pass rate of any centre in the country last year. Deansgrange in South Dublin had the highest. The figures compiled by Indenpendent.ie also reveal that a total of 14 testing centres had pass rates below 50 percent. All three test centres in Donegal returned pass rates …
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Sinn Fein is repeating its call on the Government to open a passport office north of the border. It comes as the passport office has temporarily suspended posting passports to the North and the UK due to Industrial action by Royal Mail. Up to 50 thousand applications for Irish passports are being made from the …
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A South Donegal deputy claims that plans for Coillte and a British-based investment firm to purchase large amounts of land in the West and North West for tree planting will decimate local farmers’ livelihoods. Deputy Marian Harkin has raised the issue, after it was revealed that Coillte plan to purchase over 50,000 hectares of land …
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A Glenties Councillor claims that a Donegal man arrested in connection to an explosion in Randalstown in County Down that happened over 30 years ago is innocent. 53 year old Gweedore man Eamonn O’Boyle was arrested on Friday night at Belfast International Airport, and charged with two offences in relation to an explosion at French’s …
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Glen of Derry are into the final of the All-Ireland Club Senior Football Championship after a two point win over Moycullen of Galway. Tiarnan Flannagan netted the all important goal for Glen in the second half as they claimed a 1-11 to 0-12 win. Aisling O’Reilly has the full time report… Earlier, Dublin’s Kilmacud Crokes …
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Almost 10,000 homes are without power in the Letterkenny, Kilmacrennan and Termon areas this evening following a major outage. According to the ESB, a fault at Gortlee has caused the outage. Currently it’s expected that power will be restored at 7pm this Sunday evening. You can check for updates on the ESB’s PowerCheck map here: …
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Donegal suffered a seven point defeat in their McKenna Cup opener against Down on Sunday afternoon. Goals from Conor Francis and Liam Kerr in the first half helped Down into a 2-09 to 1-07 lead at the break. The Mourne men then outscored Donegal five points to three in the second half to seal their …
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Donegal were beaten in their opening game of the McKenna Cup on Sunday afternoon by Down. 2-14 to 1-10 was how it finished with first half goals from Conor Francis and Liam Kerr helping to inflict the defeat on Paddy Carr’s men. Donegal now play Monaghan on Wednesday night, with a big win needed to …
Paddy Carr reflects on Donegal’s defeat to Down in McKenna Cup Read More »
The Indoor season has begun on the athletics front with Donegal athletes in action across multiple venues over the weekend. In the 60 metres and Hurdles meet at the University of Ulster in Jordanstown, Janine Boyle of Finn Valley AC claimed victory in Senior Women’s race in a time of 7.74 seconds. Meanwhile, at the …
Succesful weekend for Donegal athlete’s in both Indoor and Cross Country events Read More »
The state is paying up to €138,000 more to build a home than other European countries, according to a new report. A confidential document by the Land Development Agency completed in April 2021, was published by the Business Post today. It measured the cost of building social housing in Naas compared to similar housing projects …
Social housing in Ireland costs over €100,000 more to build than elsewhere – Report Read More »
Police in Derry have made a number of appeals following several seperate incidents, including a car theft as well as an incident where a pedestrian was struck by a car in the city in recent days. Police say they’ve arrested a 21-year-old man on suspicion of a number of motoring offences after a car was …
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A new opinion poll reveals that healthcare is now the most important priority for voters in Ireland. It comes as the overcrowding crisis in the country’s hospitals has intensified in recent months. New HSE figures show there were 258 people waiting for acute hospital beds nationwide this morning – up 24 percent on last year. …
Healthcare now most important for voters as overcrowding crisis continues Read More »
Police in Derry are appealing for information following an aggravated burglary that happened yesterday morning. The incident happened at 6:55am on Saturday morning in the Altcar Park area of the city, when two masked men entered a property. Detective Sergeant Ballentine said: “It was reported that two masked men had entered the property, one armed …
Gaoth Dobhair are into the final of the Donegal Under 21A Football final after they beat MacCumhaills 1-12 to 0-09 in Convoy. Cian McBride’s goal helped Christopher McFadden’s side to a six point win. Gaoth Dobhair will now play Termon in the decider after they beat St Eunan’s 1-05 to 0-06 earlier on Saturday. Frank …
Donegal began their McGurk Cup campaign with a 32 point win over Monaghan in Convoy. 3-28 to 0-05 was how it finished. Donegal reached the final in the competition last year and manager Mickey McCann told Chris Ashmore on Saturday Sport that he would like to reach the final again this season…
Letterkenny claimed a 16 point win over Strabane in their derby on Saturday afternoon in the Ulster Championship 3. It finished 39-22 to Paul O’Kane’s side who have built moment ahead of their top of the table clash with Monaghan. Letterkenny boss Paul O’Kane hailed his sides maturity in their victory after the game…
Letterkenny Rugby Club earned bragging rights over Strabane in their derby in the Ulster Championship 3 on Saturday afternoon. Paul O’Kane’s men ran out 39-23 winners in the end securing a bonus point with the victory. Highland’s Rugby correspondent Alex McDonald has the full time report…
Termon will play in the Under 21A Football Championship final after they beat St Eunan’s 1-05 to 0-06 in their semi final on Saturday afternoon. Bobby McGettigan’s goal early in the first half proved to be the difference between the two sides. Ryan Ferry reports for Highland Radio Sport… Ryan also got the thoughts of …
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Derry City have confirmed the signing of Ben Doherty from Larne on a three year deal. The 25-year old returns to the Ryan McBride Brandywell where he made a total of 59 appearances during his earlier three year stint before leaving in 2018 to go on loan to Glenavon. That was followed by a spell …
The government will be forced to focus on finding solutions to the overcrowding crisis in the country’s hospitals if nurses agree to take industrial action over staffing levels. That’s according to Professor Anthony Staines, the Head of Health Systems in the School of Nursing in DCU. The Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation is consulting its …
Government will be forced to solve overcrowding crisis if nurses strike – Expert Read More »
Donegal County Council has announced that a number of roads in the county will be gritted early tomorrow morning. The announcement comes alongside a status yellow weather warning for high winds expected today and overnight into Sunday morning. The updated gritting map is available here: https://donegal.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=6c6e14762485409cbf66df0c69cbd8f2 And a full list of the routes that will …
The Housing Minister needs to act urgently to increase the supply of social, cost rental and affordable homes. That’s the call from Social Democrats TD Cian O’Callaghan who’s describing the homeless figures as a ‘disaster.’ Over 11,500 people are living in emergency accommodation, a rise of over a quarter on this time last year and …
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A status yellow wind warning for five counties, including County Donegal, has just begun this morning. The alert which also covers counties Kerry, Clare, Galway and Mayo will be in place until 8am tomorrow. Winds will be very strong and gusty, especially near coasts, which could cause localised wave overtopping. Cathal Nolan from Ireland’s Weather …
A Derry MLA says the lack of an Executive is causing more stress for cancer patients as Northern Ireland cancer waiting times are now worst on record. New figures have revealed that cancer treatment times continue to miss their target by a staggering 58 percent as under 40 percent of patients begin treatment within …
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The vaccination programme lead in Donegal has called on people to get their second booster vaccine as the ongoing surge of winter viruses is putting the county’s health services under unprecedented pressure. The North West region is seeing a significant rise in respiratory infections including flu and Covid-19. Sinead McConnell, General Manager of the Covid …
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Safety works are set to be carried out at the Glenswilly Chapel Junction following a minor collision over the Christmas period. The Council’s Road Maintenance Team is set to begin work there next week to widen the corner and pipe and stone the ditch. During the recent cold spell, there was a collision on the …
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37 drivers in Donegal were arrested during December for driving under the influence and drug driving. The Christmas and New Year Road Safety Campaign commenced on 1st December 2022 and concluded on 3rd January 2023. During this period, 32 drivers were arrested for driving under the influence, while five were caught drug driving. Nationally, 745 …
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The Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation is to begin consulting members at Letterkenny University Hospital on industrial action over unsafe staffing levels and overcrowding. This week has been the worst on record for overcrowding in hospitals here with almost 3,000 people on trolleys between Tuesday and today. The INMO say what happened this week was …
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Police in Derry say three people had a frightening experience last night when a masked man and woman armed with an axe entered a home in Caw Close in ther early hours of this morning. Police say at around 1.45 this morning, a masked man forced his way into the home, armed with what was …
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Screenshot: @markusmoments on Instagram Westlife fans will be delighted to hear that Mark Feehily has gotten the all clear from doctors following a 6 week illness of pneumonia. The singer had to sit out for a portion of Wild Dreams Tour which he admitted was more difficult than enduring the illness itself. He took to …
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Joan Sydney best know for her role as Valda Sheergold on Neighbours has passed away. The actress had battled a long illness to which she succumb on Wednesday the 28th of December in her home. The sad news was confirmed by Sydney’s friend and colleague Sally-Anne Upton on Instagram. View this post on Instagram …
Dermot Whelan talks to John Breslin on Around the Northwest about his upcoming tour ‘Mind Full’. The TodayFM presenter, known for his comedic style, is doing something a little bit different on his newest tour. “A certified meditation teacher, Dermot will give you the tools you need to destress through meditation and find more happiness …
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PlayStation have revealed their latest project in development, Project Leonardo. This project sets out to open the world of gaming to those with disabilities. PlayStation announced the news on their Twitter account sharing an image of the highly customisable controller kit for the PS5 console. Introducing Project Leonardo for PS5, a highly customizable accessibility controller …
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Police have arrested a man in connection to a report of a stolen Mercedes in Derry this morning. A white Mercedes was reported stolen from Glendale Drive in the city shortly before 10.10am, and driven along Buncrana Road, over Craigavon Bridge towards Strabane. Within 30 minutes the vehicle was located in Springhill Park in Strabane, …
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Irish Water says a major project set to get underway next week on Letterkenny’s High Road will help drive down leakage and reduce the number of bursts and unplanned interruptions. The works will see High Road partially closed to traffic until the middle of February. Irish Water and Donegal County Council are replacing 250 metres …
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Two people, one of them a former Garda staff member, have been charged in connection with corruption offences. The former employee who is a woman in her 20s was arrested and charged this morning along with a man in his 30s. They’re due before Dun Laoghaire District Court this morning.
More strong winds have been forecast for Donegal this weekend. A status yellow wind warning has been issued for Donegal, Clare, Kerry, Galway and Mayo. Southerly winds, veering southwesterly, are expected to be very strong and gusty, especially near coasts with localised wave overtopping possible. The warning comes into effect tomorrow morning at 10am and …
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Politics is becoming more toxic. That’s according to Councillor Jack Murray who says attacks on elected representatives has become somewhat acceptable. It comes after a bag of excrement was thrown at Minister Anne Rabbitte and Senator Ciaran Cannon at a public meeting in Galway on Wednesday night. Speaking on today’s Nine til Noon Show, Councillor …
A Conservation Officer with Donegal County Council says there is a shortage of qualified thatchers in the county, and work is ongoing to develop an accredited thatching school in the south west of the county. Collette Beattie was speaking as the council invited applications for funding under a new built heritage scheme for thatched house …
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There’s been a further drop in the number of people waiting on a trolley at Letterkenny University Hospital. As the number of patients without a bed at Irish hospitals reached a new record high earlier this week, there were 56 people on a trolley at Letterkenny University Hospital. That has dropped to 42 today according …
A Donegal Deputy has called for further investment into the defective block scandal after the government recorded a State surplus of €5 billion in 2022. Sinn Fein Finance Spokesperson Deputy Pearse Doherty says the figures from the latest Fiscal Monitor also show that Housing Minister Darragh O’Brien under spent his budget by almost a quarter …
Former Finn Harps and Letterkenny Rovers striker BJ Banda has signed for Irish League Premier Division leaders Larne. He joins the Antrim side having impressed at Ballinamallard in the Northern Ireland Football League Championship. He was joint top scorer with the Fermanagh side last season. Banda, now 24, rose to fame with Finn Harps with …
In the Donegal Under-21A Football Championship there were two big wins for St Eunan’s and Termon as they both progressed to the semi-finals. St. Eunan’s booked their place in the last four under the MacCumhaill Park floodlights with a comprehensive 3-18 to 0-1 victory over Dungloe. David Boyle with 1-7 was top scorer for the …
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