A power outage is affecting parts of North Inishowen this afternoon. 21 properties in the Carndonagh area are without power. Elsewhere, over 50 properties in Donegal Town are currently impacted by an outage. The faults are due to be repaired by 5pm this evening.
Liz Truss has been elected as the new leader of the Conservative party, and the next British Prime Minister. She beat Rishi Sunak by 81,326 to 60,399. She will formally take over as prime minister on Tuesday. Truss will inherit a cost-of-living crisis, the aftershocks of Brexit, a war in Europe and dropping support for …
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Letterkenny University Hospital is reviewing all elective procedures given the pressure on the site due to high attendances and long waiting times. The Emergency Department at Letterkenny University Hospital is under significant pressure today as yesterday 113 people attended the Emergency Department. The high number of people attending who need to be admitted for ongoing …
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Planning permission has been granted for the development of Drumnahough Wind Farm. The onshore wind development, which will comprise 12 turbines with a maximum tip height of 167.5m, is situated 13km from Letterkenny and located within the townlands of Treankeel, Meenadaura, Carrickalangan and Cark. During construction, Drumnahough Wind Farm will generate approximately 60 jobs. Once …
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Met Eireann has issued a weather advisory for the country warning of more heavy rain. The forecaster warned the weather will remain unsettled for much of this week with spells of heavy rain or showers, possibly causing further disruption. The warning is valid until Wednesday at 7pm.
14 school pupils in Clonmany were left behind this morning due to the lack of bus capacity. The children who are believed to have bus tickets were unable to get the school bus due to a lack of space this morning. A back up bus was eventually called however, both the students and parents were …
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A local business owner has expressed his disappointment at having to close his petting zoo due to flooding. Errigal View Pet Zoo, located at An Chuairt Hotel in Gaoth Dobhair, will remain closed for at least the rest of the week due to the flood damage. The west of the county was badly impacted …
Two Donegal coastal areas feature in a new nationwide survey out this morning on Ireland’s beaches and harbours. In Donegal, Killybegs harbour was found to be moderately littered, while Bundoran was once again ranked littered and was the worst performing of the beaches surveyed. The litter study by IBAL shows that beaches which were clean …
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Boris Johnson’s successor as UK prime minister will be revealed later today. The current Foreign Secretary Liz Truss is expected to be named next Conservative leader. The winner will be announced at 12:30 before they take up office tomorrow.
The Government is being asked for 20 Euro extra in social welfare payments. The call comes from Social Justice Ireland in its pre-budget submissions. It says it must be part of the measures put in place to support households during the rising cost of living. Spokesperson for Social Justice Ireland Susanne Rogers says it needs …
Irish MEP Frances Fitzgerald says small businesses are the back bone of our economy, and must be protected. The former Justice Minister believes rising energy prices are putting the viability of many small businesses at risk. The Eurozone inflation rate was shown to have hit a record level of 9.1 percent in August, prompting EU …
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The PRO of the Mica Action Group has slammed recent comments from the Housing Minister, who said the Government’s Housing For All Plan “is working in Donegal”. The Department of Housing released a statement last week, claiming that Housing For All has “delivered in Donegal” in its first 12 months, with over 500 new homes …
An Inishowen Councillor says damage caused to a mural by the bad weather over the weekend is a sign that focus should be put on regenerating part of Buncrana town centre. Cllr Jack Murray made the calls after a hoarding featuring a mural, that was covering an abandoned shop that had been burned down in …
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As we head into the first full week of the new school year, Donegal County Council’s Road Safety Office is again stressing the need for motorists to allow more time for journeys and take extra care on the roads. Road Safety Officer Brian O’Donnell says the new school year coincides with the end of summer, …
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Naomh Conaill were five point victors over Gaoth Dobhair in the Donegal Senior Football Championship on Sunday afternoon. Martin Regan’s men claimed a 1-14 to 1-09 victory. Both sides will now play in the Quarter Final with Naomh Conaill facing Glenswilly and Gaoth Dobhair taking on Aodh Ruadh. Gaoth Dobhair’s Niall Friel admitted to Oisin …
Naomh Conaill claimed a five point victory over Gaoth Dobhair on Sunday afternoon as they booked their Donegal Senior Football Championship Quarter Final place. 1-14 to 1-09 was how it finished with Charlie McGuinness scoring 1-01 for Martin Regan’s men. They will now face Glenswilly in the final eight. Oisin Kelly and Brendan Kilcoyne have …
Glenswilly will take on Naomh Conaill in the Donegal Senior Football Championship Quarter Final after they beat Ardara 1-14 to 1-10 in Kentucky. Michael Murphy was the star of the show for Padraig Bonner’s men firing over six points. Ardara are now in the relegation play off where they face St Naul’s. Frank Craig has …
Killybegs set up a Donegal Senior Football Championship Quarter Final with Kilcar after they beat Cloughaneely 0-13 to 3-12 on Sunday afternoon. Hugh McFadden scoring 1-06 in their eight point win. Tom Comack has the report… Tom Comack got the thoughts of one of the key men for Killybegs, Hugh McFadden… Tom also spoke with …
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St Michael’s earned themselves a Quarter Final with St Eunan’s in the Donegal Senior Football Championship after they defeated St Naul’s on Sunday afternoon. It finished 0-13 to 0-11 in favour of the men from the Bridge. As for St Naul’s they will now face Ardara in the relegation play off. Brendan Devenney reports for …
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Aodh Ruadh sealed a one point win over Milford in the Donegal Senior Football Championship on Sunday afternoon. 2-09 to 2-08 was how it finished to John McNulty’s side who will now play Gaoth Dobhair in the Quarter Finals. As for Milford they have a relegation play off Semi Final against Bundoran, knowing a win …
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Glenfin retained their Donegal Senior Football status for another year after they beat Four Masters on Sunday afternoon. 0-14 to 1-08 was how it finished. Diarmaid Doherty has the full time report… Afterwards Diarmaid got the thoughts of Glenfin’s joint manager David Carroll…
Met Eireann has issued a status yellow weather warning for heavy rain nationwide this Sunday evening. This follows the warnings issued for last night that led to flooding in some areas, especially in Glenswilly where a road was partially destroyed. The new rain warning comes into effect from 7pm this evening, and will last until …
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Senior- Round 3 Moville 0- 10 v Termon 4-17 St Nauls 2- 10 v St Eunan’s 3-9 Glenfin 11- 11 v Buncrana 2 0-02 Junior A Dungloe 1- 17 v Four Masters 0- 3 Na Dúnaibh 10-22 v Glenswilly 1-6 Gaoth Dobhair 3-13 v Malin 3-7 Urris 1-03 v Naomh Columba 3- 15 Junior B …
A number of areas in County Donegal are facing water outages due to burst water mains this afternoon. Irish Water say that works to repair a burst main are being carried out in the Ballymagroarty area between 3pm and 6pm this evening. Works are also taking place to repair a burst main in Newmills, with …
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Donegal County Council say that a traffic light system is now in place on the part of the Letterkenny to Glenties road that was severely damaged by flooding overnight. The traffic light system will be in place near the Glenswilly National School for the next week as repairs are carried out, with local reports stating …
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The Danny Gormley Memorial Hillclimb came to a close on Sunday evening with John Donnelly claiming the victory in a time of 39.8 seconds ahead of Chris Houston who was second and Stephen Robb who finished in third. Meanwhile Ryan Murray earned himself a fourth placed finish, with Day One winner, Kevin Gallagher he finished …
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Jackie Crossan Premier Division Moville Celtic 10-2 Culdaff FC Illies Celtic 1-1 Buncrana Hearts Cockhill Youths 1-2 Glengad United Aileachc FC 3-3 Greencastle FC Strand Hotel First Division Clonmany Res 1-4 Redcastle United Dunree United 3-0 Ailech Res Gleneely Colts 2-6 Carn FC Buncrana Res 1-5 QPS Inishowen Engineering Division Two Aileach Youths …
Letterkenny Area Group A Kerrykeel ’71 F.C. 0 v 6 Rathmullan Celtic Whitestrand United P v P Fanad United Group B Bonagee United 2 v 4 Letterkenny Rovers Milford United 0 v 4 Swilly Rovers Donegal Area Group A Donegal Town 9 v 0 Dunkineely Celtic Letterbarrow Celtic 0 v 4 Cappry Rovers Group B …
Gardaí say two sisters and a brother died tragically in Tallaght early this morning. The incident happened shortly after midnight as officers were called to a house in the Rossfield Estate. Gardaí have arrested a man in his 20s in connection with their deaths. A boy and a girl, believed to be 8 year old …
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The public’s concern is mounting over the cost-of-living crisis. The Ireland Thinks opinion poll in today’s Sunday Independent reveals that 37 per cent of people say they will be unable to pay soaring energy costs this winter. 39 per cent say they will have to cut back on other costs to afford their increased bills. …
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Donegal got their hands on the All Ireland Masters Shield on Saturday afternoon with a victory over Galway in Sligo. 1-05 to seven points was how the game finished in Donegal’s favour with Paddy McNulty’s goal proving pivotal. Captain of Donegal and Man of the Match Sean McDaid…
A local Councillor says that overnight flooding in Glenswilly that has torn up a part of the Letterkenny to Glenties road is “shocking”. Donegal County Council are on the scene, which is near the Glenswilly school, with local reports stating that part of the road has been completely torn up, with pipes also being torn …
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Bonagee United’s Jack Parke and Cockhill Celtic’s Lee McColgan featured for Ireland’s amateur side on Saturday afternoon as they claimed a 2-0 victory over Wales. Both players started the game in Colwyn Bay. Stephen Chambers and Nathan Broderick scored the goals as Ireland sealed their second win in a row over Wales.
Bonagee United began the defence of their Ulster Senior League Cup with a 3-2 victory over Letterkenny Rovers. Micheál Doherty and Deano Larkin both scoring to cancel out the two Rovers goals. Doherty the fired home a late winner as Bonagee kicked off the new season with a win.
Donegal’s Kevin Gallagher is the leader after Day one of the Danny Gormley Memorial Hillclimb. Shane Bell was in second with Ryan Murray in third, Ned Doherty was in fourth, with fifth place going to John Donelly. Sam Pearson has the details…
Donegal Masters got their hands on the All Ireland Masters Shield on Saturday afternoon after they beat Galway 1-05 to 0-07. Paddy McNulty fired in the last gasp goal to give Donegal the victory. Tom Comack has the full time report… There was also some success on the Donegal front for London as they also …
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Letterkenny’s Corey Alleyne earned a podium finish in his first professional Endurance race at Donnington Park over the weekend. Corey is a student at the (YRDA) Young Racing Driver Academy and he and his teammate Alex Conner ended the weekend in P3. On Saturday Sport, Corey, joined Eóin Catterson to review his first podium in …
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Derry City made it two wins in the week after they beat UCD 3-0 on Friday night. Ryan Graydon, Sadou Diallo and Michael Duffy scored the goals for the Candystripes as they cut Shamrock Rovers lead at the top of the table to four points. Derry goalkeeper Brian Maher spoke with Martin Holmes after the …
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Kevin Gallagher is the man to catch after Round two of the Danny Gormley Memorial Hillclimb in Knockalla. The Donegal man is out in front ahead of Shane Bell, John Donelly and Ed Doherty. Sam Pearson has the details…
The Sinn Fein Housing Spokesperson has called for immediate action after eviction notices doubled in the last year. Eoin Ó Broin says the government needs to increase and accelerate the delivery of social and affordable homes. Figures from the Residential Tenancies Board in today’s Irish Independent show over 1,000 landlords issued eviction notices between April …
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Met Eireann has updated its weather warning for this weekend to orange for County Donegal, as well as 12 other counties. It’s warning of intense periods of rainfall, with the potential of up to 50mm of rain, as well as more localised sudden storms. The warning now comes into effect at 1am on Sunday morning, …
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Liz Truss is expected to take over as the UK’s next leader of the Tory Party and as Prime Minister. Polls show that Truss has a commanding lead, with many commentators considering her election a forgone conclusion. Either Truss or Rishi Sunak will emerge victorious on Monday and take over from Boris Johnson. Reporter Barry …
Minister for the Environment Eamon Ryan is proposing to ban new oil and gas boilers from 2025. The ban would force homeowners to shell out significant costs in order to repair existing ones, according to The Alliance for Zero Carbon Heating. Spokesperson Kevin McPartlan says the impact of the proposal on homeowners has not been …
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The reopening of a post office in Derry has been widely welcomed. Following the closure of the office at The Diamond, the new branch will reopen its doors on September 23rd on Bishop Street. Foyle MLA Padraig Delargy says it’s a vital service for the community at a time when numerous services such as banks …
A second public consultation on improvements to the N13 from Bridgend gets underway on Tuesday. Transport Infrastructure Ireland and Donegal County Council are currently investigating options to improve the route from the west of Bridgend to where it connects with the A2 Buncrana Road in Derry. A public consultation outlining the improvement options developed following …
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Heavy rain is forecast to sweep across the country later this evening. A nationwide status yellow weather warning will take effect at 9pm tonight, and will end at 12 noon tomorrow. Emer Flood of Met Eireann says the next few days will be wet and windy…
Main Evening News, Sport, Nuacht and Obituaries – Friday September 2nd:
A Donegal County Council Planning Enforcement Officer has visited the former Village Court bar in Kilmacrennan, and his report finds that recent renovations at the premises are in order, and not in breach of planning regulations In the report which was sent to the owner this afternoon, the Enforcement Officer notes that the works …
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The public consultation being held next week on the upgrading of wastewater collection and treatment in the Bonagee area of Letterkenny is being extended. The public consultation is being held on Tuesday at the Clanree Hotel from 12 noon to the later time of 6:30pm. The long-awaited development would provide much needed infrastructure in …
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Bord Gáis is increasing electricity bills by an average of 34% and gas bills by 39%, from October 2nd. The company is blaming significant increases in wholesale energy costs. The average electricity bill will go up by over €48 a month, while gas bills will rise by over €43 a month. Earlier, Finance Minister Paschal …
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