Naomh Conaill got their hands on another Dr Maguire cup after they beat St Eunan’s 1-09 to 2-05 in the Donegal Senior Football Championship final in MacCumhaill Park. Eoin McGeehin’s goal in the first half helped Rory Kavanagh’s men into the lead at the break but they were reduced to 14 men when Shane O’Donnell …
Martin Regan full of praise for his side following their Donegal SFC final victory Read More »
Naomh Conaill are the Donegal Senior Football champions for 2022 after they claimed a one point victory over last years winners St Eunan’s. 1-09 to 2-05 was the full time score in MacCumhaill Park with Charles McGuinness netting for Martin Regan’s men. Brendan McDyre and Ciaran Thompson also contributed to seven points in the game …
Charles McGuinness & Brendan McDyre happy to take Dr Maguire back to Naomh Conaill Read More »
Naomh Conaill claimed victory in the Donegal Senior Football Championship final on Saturday afternoon in MacCumhaill Park. Martin Regan’s men were 1-09 to 2-05 with their goal coming from Charles McGuinness. The Glenties men had key performances all over the pitch including from Ciaran Thompson who scored four points and Brendan McDyre who got three. …
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Naomh Conaill are the Donegal Senior Football champions after they beat St Eunan’s 1-09 to 2-05 in MacCumhaill Park. Eoin McGeehin’s goal in the first half had Eunan’s ahead before they had Shane O’Donnell dismissed on the stroke of half time. A Charles McGuinness goal put Naomh Conaill ahead but Kevin Kealy then netted Rory …
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Trillick are the Tyrone 2002 Division One Champions. Photo: Trillick facebook page Extra-time was required before Trillick emerged victorious in the Tyrone Division One Senior League Final at Gardrum Park. They beat Killyclogher by 0-10 to 0-8. In the first half, they trailed by 0-5 to 0-2 but fought back to take the lead. Conal …
Trillick captain Rory Brennan’s delight after winning Tyrone Div 1 Final Read More »
Donegal’s Rhys Irwin had a super ride in the Bennetts British Superbikes championships today as he clinched third spot in race one of the weekend at Brands Hatch. The Kilmacrennan rider had finished second in qualifying to start the race from the front row of the grid. This was another great performance and boosts his …
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Two goals from Matthew Lecky helped Raphoe to a great 2-1 win over University College Cork in the Irish Hockey Trophy. Lecky was on target twice in the first half and Raphoe held on to win after the long trip south.
An injury to a Dergview player resulted in their game against Harland and Wolff Welders being abandoned on Saturday afternoon at Blanchflower Park. Dergview were leading 1-0 at the time through a Sam Robb goal. The Belfast club posted a message on their facebook page stating that due to a serious head injury to a …
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Letterkenny notched up an impressive 33-14 victory over Cavan in their Ulster Rugby Championship 3 game at Dave Gallaher Park. The try scorers were: Adam Bratton (2), Daniel Faulkner (2), Callum O’Hagan, and Ciaran Sasiadek. Elsewhere, Omagh lost narrowly away to Midleton, 28-26 in All-Ireland League Division 2C while in Ulster Championship 1 there was …
Rugby round-up: Great win for Letterkenny over Cavan Read More »
Strand Rovers continued their great start to the Glencar Inn Saturday Division One campaign as they chalked up another impressive win, this time hitting Copany Rovers for six. Today’s Donegal Junior League Saturday League results are listed below. Saturday 15th October, 2022 Glencar Inn Division One Arranmore United 0 vs 0 Glencar Celtic Drumoghill 1 …
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Bonagee United completed a youth treble on Friday evening by winning the John Gorey Curran Cup final over Milford United. 2-0 was how the game finished with Caolan Fox and Josh Maxwell grabbing the goals for Bonagee. The John Gorey Curran Cup adds to the Colin Breslin Youth Cup and Donegal Youth League, to make …
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Tributes have been paid to 5 year old Shauna Flanagan-Garwe and her father, 50 year old Robert Garwe, after their joint funeral today. Their funeral service is the last of the 10 victims of the Creeslough tragedy that happened 8 days ago. Robert was remembered by Fr John Joe Duffy as a loving and dedicated …
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Concern has been raised that there isn’t enough being down to bring down hospital waiting list numbers. The Irish Patients Association says the latest figures show a little bit of an improvement – but not enough. The latest statistics from the National Treatment Purchase Fund show over 625,000 people are waiting for a first hospital …
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Members of the public can still donate to the Creeslough Community Support Fund as it reaches almost €1 million. The money will be used to assist people who have been bereaved, injured, made homeless or left without an income following the tragic events of last Friday. An Post, Applegreen and The Irish Red Cross are …
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The last of the Creeslough tragedy funerals takes place this morning when father and daughter, Robert Garwe and Shauna Flanagan-Garwe are brought to St Michael’s Church, Creeslough at for funeral mass at 11am. The funeral mass can be viewed live HERE –
Met Eireann has issued a status yellow warning for thunderstorms for County Donegal, as well as much of the western and southern coast this morning. The weather service has warned of heavy showers and thunderstorms, coupled with strong and gusty southwesterly winds and possible falls of hail. They also say disruption is expected, including spot …
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The funeral takes place this morning of 50 year old Robert Garwe and his five year old daughter Shauna Flanagan-Garwe. They had both gone to buy a birthday cake at Lafferty’s in Creeslough a week ago yesterday when the premises was devasted by an explosion. Their joint funeral takes place in St Michael’s Church, …
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The Irish fishing industry says it has a right to be consulted about offshore wind farms because it affects the livelihoods of everyone. That’s according to Aodh O Donnell, the Killybegs based Chief Executive of the Irish Fish Producers Association, who says says every industry needs to co-operate to reduce fossil fuels but co-operation works …
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PAYE workers who may owe tax for 2020, due to the Pandemic Unemployment Payment, are being encouraged to file a tax return. Revenue says it’ll be in contact with 280-thousand PAYE workers, who may have underpaid their tax. An average of 780-euro is owed by workers who received the social welfare payment, introduced during the …
A minute’s silence was observed by 100 locals in Creeslough this afternoon, to mark seven days since the explosion which claimed the lives of ten people. The crowd, which included people who’ve lost loved ones, gathered beside the Applegreen garage at 18 minutes past three. Speaking at the site, Fr. John Joe Duffy who was …
Gardai have seized almost 23 thousand euro in cash after searches in Donegal, Cork and Limerick. Criminal Assets Bureau Officers targeting a Limerick-based Organised Crime Gang searched five different locations today. They recovered 8,900 euro in cash in Limerick and 14,000 euro in Cork. A Rolex watch and documents and conveyance files were also seized …
Sligo Leitrim and South Donegal TD Marc MacSharry may be on his way back into Fianna Fáil. MacSharry left the Parliamentary Party describing Micheál Martin’s leadership as totalitarian. He was one of the biggest internal critics of Martin but could be voted back into the party at a meeting next Wednesday. Public Expenditure Minister Michael …
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News, Sport, Nuacht and Obituaries on Friday October 14th……..
A 30-year-old man has been sentenced to three years for attempted robbery during an incident in Derry in January of this year. Jonathon Michael Simpson will serve 18 months in custody, and the remainder on licence. Derry Crown Court sitting in Coleraine was told that on Friday afternoon January 21st, a woman was sitting in …
The R-245 Carrigart to Milford Rd has reopened following a fatal collision this morning. A man in his forties lost his life in the single vehicle crash which happened just before 8am.
Two activists have gone viral on Twitter after throwing two cans of Heinz soup over Van Gogh’s 1888 ‘Sunflowers’. The incident took place at the National Gallery in London. The two women in the video are a part of the Just Stop Oil campaign. In the video shared by Damien Gayle on Twitter, the pair …
903 thousand euro has been so far raised as part of the Creeslough Community Support Fund. It was set up earlier this week and is managed by the Irish Red Cross, with donations accepted at post offices and Applegreen outlets nationally. It will be used to support the victims’ families.
After raising over £15,160 for the Alzheimers Society , Marie Ward is on a mission to ‘resurrect’ the Memory walk in Derry city. Marie’s mother passed away from Alzheimers and she has since gone from effort to effort to raise much needed funds for the disease. This started with the ’79 Walks for Dementia’ challenge …
Inishowen Vintage Club Moville have organised a Tractor Run in association with baby Cíara for Crumlin. Read her story below. Our daughter Cíara was born on 23rd of March this year. At 8 weeks old Cíara became very unwell. She was transferred to Crumlin Hospital and was then, diagnosed with a congenital heart defect. Cíara …
Moville vintage tractor run from Crumlin with baby Cíara Read More »
It’s emerged that searches took place in Donegal and three other counties last month as part of a Europol operation against human trafficking for labour exploitation in the agricultural sector. No offences were detected in the Irish searches. Between the 14th and 21st of September 2022, the European Multidisciplinary Platform Against Criminal Threats coordinated searches …
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A man has died following a crash in Carrigart this morning. The man in his 40s was the sole occupant of the vehicle involved in the collision just before 8am . The man’s body has been removed from the scene to Letterkenny University Hospital where a post-mortem will take place in due course. A technical …
Searches have been carried out in Donegal as part of an international operation targeting labour exploitation. Searches were conducted in the counties of Meath, Dublin and Cavan also. The joint operation focused on human trafficking for labour exploitation in the agricultural sector between September 14th and 21st. It involved authorities in 16 countries. Gardaí and …
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HIQA has identified a number of issues at four residential centres for older people in Donegal. Unannounced inspections were carried out at Aras Ghaoth Dobhair, Aras U Dhomhnaill, Buncrana Community Hospital and Beach Hill Manor Nursing home earlier this year. The governance and management of Aras Ghaoth Dobhair, Derrybeg and fire precautions in place require …
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A number of items have been brought to the altar to represent the life of 59 year old Hugh Kelly. A jewellery box he made was brought forward to represent his ability to turn his hand to so many things. A picture of him and his granddaughter illustrated his love of family while a pot …
Hugh Kelly remembered as someone who could turn his hand to anything Read More »
Creeslough has become an example of how people can help and support each other in the time of a great tragedy. That’s according to Fr John Joe Duffy who has been a central figure in the midst of the Creeslough explosion in leading the funeral masses of the majority of the victims and leading vigils …
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One week on from the Creeslough tragedy, 59 year old Hugh Kelly will be laid to rest. His funeral mass takes place at St Michael’s Church, Creeslough at 11am this morning. You can view the funeral mass live here
The Carrigart to Cranford road has been closed following a crash this morning. Emergency services are currently at the scene of what Gardai have described as a serious crash on the route. The single vehicle collision occurred at around 8am this morning. The road is closed and is expected to remain closed for the foreseeable …
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Applegreen will hold a minute’s silence across it’s locations today in honour of the ten people killed in an explosion in Creeslough last week. It will take place at 3:15pm today, exactly one week after the tragic incident. Applegreen continues to raise funds for the local community of Creeslough in association with the Irish Red …
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In Badminton there was a massive upset at the Yonex Dutch open. Donegal’s Rachael Darragh beat the number three seed, Denmark’s Julie Dawall Jakobsen 21-15, 21-17 in 34 minutes to progress to the last 16 of the competition. Darragh will now face Frederikke Lund from Denmark this afternoon (14.40 Irish Time) – who she beat …
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Emergency services are currently at the scene of what Gardai have described as a serious crash on the Carrigart to Cranford road. Motorists are advised to seek alternative routes. Local diversions are in place. No further details are known at this time.
Nearly 20,000 children have been languishing on hospital waiting lists for over a year and a half. 860 of those are waiting 18 months on an outpatient appointment at Letterkenny University Hospital. A total of 2,201 children and 16,942 adults are awaiting an outpatient appointment at Letterkenny University Hospital, according to latest figures from the …
Almost 900 children waiting 18 months for appointment at LUH Read More »
The last funeral of the victims of the Creeslough tragedy will take place tomorrow when father and daughter, Robert Garwe and Shauna Flanagan-Garwe will be laid to rest. The funeral mass will be held at St Michael’s Church, Creeslough at 11am.
A sleep-out will take place tonight across the country in an attempt to ‘Shine A Light’ on homelessness. Focus Ireland is calling on businesses and others to take part, after homeless figures reached a record 10,805 people. It’s hoping to raise 1-point-5 million euro this year, the funds will go towards ‘sustainable and long term’ …
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Just half of waters in Ireland are in a satisfactory condition. The water quality of Donegal’s rivers is good or moderate. However, the catchment of Donagh-Moville recording one of the lowest percentage of satisfactory river water bodies in the country. In terms of coastal waters, Killybegs failed the environmental quality standard. Lough Swilly was found …
EPA concerned over pollution in Donegal rivers from sheep dipping Read More »
A special meeting of Donegal County Council will be held next week to acknowledge the Creeslough tragedy. At the request of the Cathaoirleach Councillor Liam Blaney, the meeting is scheduled for Tuesday afternoon. It’s one week today since the explosion last Friday afternoon claimed the lives of 10 people.
Today marks one week since the Creeslough explosion. 10 people died in the tragedy last week. 7 of the victims have to date, been laid to rest. The funeral of 59 year old Hugh Kelly takes place this morning at St Michael’s Church, Creeslough.
Counsellors who work with Accord, the Catholic marriage care service, are offering their support and solidarity following the horrific explosion in Creeslough a week ago today. Accord’s director says as well as supporting people preparing for marriage, they also help those who need counselling arising from difficulties in their marriage and relationships, and they’re urging …
Accord offers relationship counselling to those affected by Creeslough tragedy Read More »
The group Women for Election is urging women in Donegal with an interest in politics to consider taking training courses to prepare them for potential election campaigns. The group says nationally, only 26% of local authority members are women, and with only four women occupying Donegal County Council’s 36 seats, the percentage here is much …
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Improvement works are set to begin next Monday on the road and footpath at Ranafast after what’s been a long campaign. The budget for the project has increased from the initial allocation of €120,000 to €150,000. Donegal County Council says the Road Service is finalising land agreements with the various landowners at present, and it …
More than three-quarter of a million euro has been raised for the Creeslough Community Support Fund. The money is being managed by the Irish Red Cross, and donations can be given nationally at post offices and at Applegreen outlets. A separate Go Fund Me account has raised more than 405 thousand euro for the victim’s …
Total raised for Creeslough now over €1.1 million Read More »
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