Gardaí are appealing to the public for assistance in tracing the whereabouts of a teenager who is missing from the Rathmullan area. 17-year-old Aaron Donnelly was last seen last Wednesday, November 23rd. Aaron is described as being 5’ 9” in height, of slim build with short brown hair and brown eyes. Anyone with information on […]
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The draft Letterkenny Town Plan is going out to pubic consultation, with members of Donegal County Council saying the plan needs to go out in its entirety – warts and all. Officials had sought to remove some areas on the basis that there is a flood risk, but Cllr Gerry McMonagle said he believes the
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On foot of a demand for action on corruption claims made at last year’s Budget Meeting, the Acting Chief Executive of Donegal County Council told members this week that further information has been sought from the member who made the comments. Liam Ward said when that has been responded to, then the council will brief
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Main Evening News, Sport and Obituaries – Monday November 28th:
Main Evening News, Sport and Obituaries – Monday November 28th Read More »
A Letterkenny teenager who had been missing has been found safe and well. The 16 year old had been missing since Wednesday last. Gardaí have thanked the public and the media for their assistance.
Missing Letterkenny teenager found safe and well Read More »
Another fast-food player is entering in the Irish market. Popular American franchise Wendy’s is coming to Ireland. The hamburger chain is best known for its made-to-order square hamburgers and has over 7,000 outlets across the globe including 25 locations in the United Kingdom. A timeframe of when this is to happen is yet to be
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Donegal County Council has passed its three-Year Capital Programme for the period from 2023 – 2025, with over €937 million expected to be spent on capital projects such as housing, roads, and major tourism projects. Head of Finance Richard Gibson told today’s meeting that while these figures are based on estimates, it’s anticipated that Donegal
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The gritter is to be deployed on all Donegal routes tonight. Temperatures are foretasted to drop to between zero and 3 degrees tonight. The gritter will be out in force tomorrow morning from 6am also.
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A new health plan, aimed at Travellers, hopes to reduce the 13-year gap in life expectancy rates between Travellers and the general population. The 1.3 million euro plan aims to standardise funding for this group and address inequalities facing them within the health sector. HSE figures show Traveller suicide rates and child mortality rates are
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Concerns have been raised in regards the protection of residents at a designated centre for adults with disabilities in Donegal. At the Dunwiley Centre, Stranorlar, it was found that an incident of alleged suspected abuse had not been suspected as a safeguarding concern. HIQA carried out the follow up inspection to review actions required as
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The Letterkenny Music and Drama Group are delighted to be staging the fabulous award-winning musical Calendar Girls The Musical. The musical is based on the 2003 film and play Calendar Girls, which is in turn based on a true story. Director, Pluincead O Fearraigh joins John to tell him all about it!
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Night-time temperatures could hit as low as minus five degrees in parts of the country over the next week. Winds will come from the east over Ireland and bring more settled weather, but it will be cooler. Alan O’Reilly from Carlow Weather says it won’t be like 2018 when easterly winds hit the country:
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A scheme to allow people return their used bottles and cans for up to 25 cents each has been launched. The Deposit Return scheme will start in February 2024, but a portal has been opened today to allow producers and retailers sign up. Customers will be charged 15 cents more for smaller bottles and cans,
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Kim Kardashian has broken her silence on what soical media has dubbed ‘Balenciaga gate’. The reality TV star took to Twitter to express her opinion on the matter. I have been quiet for the past few days, not because I haven’t been disgusted and outraged by the recent Balenciaga campaigns, but because I wanted an
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A 24 year old man has been arrested as part of an investigation into the theft of a vehicle in Strabane. Police received a report of an abandoned vehicle in the Bridge Street area of the town shortly before 11.30pm on Saturday last. The vehicle, a black Vauxhall Astra, appeared to have been involved in
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Police say they are becoming increasingly concerned for the welfare of a missing Tyrone man who has links to Donegal. 55 year old Ciaran Coyle was last seen in Dungannon, County Tyrone at around 10am this morning. He is described as 5’6″ or 5’7″ in height with a stocky build and a shaved head and
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December is a notoriously expensive month in Ireland with the celebration of Christmas, but do you know just how much extra comes out of your pocket? It has been found that the average household will have an additional expenditure of €980 in December in comparison to the other eleven months of the year. That is
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Damp Expert with RBBA Ltd. Building Surveyors Richard Brown talk to Greg about an upcoming meeting hosted by the Northwest Property Meet for landlords regarding domestic dampness. The event takes place in the Everglades Hotel, Derry on Thursday the 1st of December. It comes after the sad passing of a two year old boy
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Letterkenny University Hospital is postponing elective procedures given the pressure on the site and patients have been contacted directly. The high number of people attending who need to be admitted for ongoing treatment means that there is pressure on bed availability. Saolta says this is resulting in significant delays being experienced by patients in the
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An Inishowen non profit organisation has lost thousands of euro after being targeted by online hackers. Carndonagh Traders Association lost a substantial amount of money while trying to pay an invoice for the recent Halloween Carnival in the town. Hackers were able to intercept the payment which means the organisation was left without the money
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Donegal County Council’s meeting has been adjourned following a defective block demonstration outside the Council office. Campaigners Paddy Diver, Lisa Hone and three homeowners have addressed the chamber. Paddy Diver has demanded the immediate release of the promised €15,000 for those who need to move out of their homes, saying that “If our demands aren’t
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It is believed that Defective Block campaigner Paddy Diver will address councillors in the Chamber shortly. A demonstration is underway outside the offices of Donegal County Council as defective block homeowners demand action on the crisis. The gathering comes as long waits and pauses on applications for grants have driven affected homeowners to the streets
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A Donegal man has been killed after being struck by a vehicle in a collision in Galway. Mark McDaid from Carndonagh was struck by a car while out for a walk early yesterday morning around 12.30am on the N83 at Cahervoley, Cummer near Tuam. It is believed Mr McDaid had driven to Galway to visit
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Letterkenny University Hospital is once again the most crowded hospital in the country. There are currently 83 people waiting on beds in LUH, the highest figure in the country. LUH is followed by University Hospital Limerick (74), Cork University Hospital (70), Tallaght University Hospital (44) and University Hospital Galway (43). 625 admitted patients are waiting for
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A demonstration is underway outside the offices of Donegal County Council as defective block homeowners demand action on the crisis. The gathering comes as long waits and pauses on applications for grants have driven affected homeowners to the streets once again. The demonstration got underway outside the Council Offices in Lifford to coincide with the
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Half a million euro has been awarded for the long awaited Carrigart Downings Pathway. Funding has today been approved for the construction of a combined 2.6 kilometre footpath and cycleway adjacent to the R248 on the Carrigart to Downings regional road. Construction on the project is expected to begin in 2023. Donegal TD McHugh has
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Detectives in Derry are investigating a report of a shot fired at a house in Culduff Gardens in the city last night. Sometime around 9pm, it’s believed a number of masked men entered the house, one of whom was said to have been carrying a firearm, and fired a shot at the front door before
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A Donegal Garda representative does not believe there is an appetite among members for Gardaí to be armed. Following a number of incidents where Gardaí were injured, Tanaiste Leo Varadkar said he would support arming them if the Garda Commissioner asked him. Garda Representative Association (GRA) president Brendan O’Connor says it would be massive step
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The Chair of the Regional Health Forum West has raised concerns over a possible shortage of GPs in Donegal. A number of GPs in the county are set to retire in the coming years. This has led to questions being raised by Councillor Gerry McMonagle as to what steps are being taken to fill the
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Following on from last December’s very successful Light It Up Letterkenny Tour in which over €4,000 was raised for the Donegal Hospice on a misty Sunday during lock down the Light it Up Christmas Run returns for 2022. Bernard Gallagher from CBM Signs & Craig Alcorn from Tropical World are planning another Christmas Light Tour of
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A 58-year-old man, arrested by detectives from the Terrorism Investigation Unit in the Strabane area on 26 November, has been released following questioning. The investigation into the attempted murder of two police officers on 17 November continues and police are appealing to anyone with information to contact them on 101. Additionally, information and media can be provided to
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The number of people planning on visiting Ireland next year is predicted to be the lowest since 2019. That’s according to the Irish Hotels Federation, which is very concerned with bookings for 2023. 60 per cent of hoteliers have reported reduced bookings from the UK, while 47 per cent said they had less bookings from
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Arming rank and file gardai would be ‘a step too far’. That’s the view of the Association of Garda Sergeants and Inspectors after the Tanaiste Leo Varadkar suggested the move. He said he would support arming them if the Garda Commissioner asked him, according to the Irish Mail on Sunday. AGSI General Secretary, Antoinette Cunningham
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A significant capacity deficit at the Haematology Oncology Day Unit at Letterkenny University Hospital has been acknowledged. The COO of the Saolta University Health Care Group says capacity issues are a result of Covid protocols and an increase in patients requiring IV Chemotherapy on a day case basis. It’s been confirmed that work is ongoing
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The North West Simon Community say finding emergency accommodation for homeless people is becoming extremely difficult, after record homeless figures were recorded for the month of October. Almost 11,400 people were accessing emergency accommodation nationwide, with 101 of those being adults in the North West. Noel Daly from the North West Simon Community says that
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Mica campaigners are hosting a major demonstration outside the offices of Donegal County Council later this morning, to demand action on the mica crisis. The gathering comes as long waits and pauses on applications for grants have driven affected homeowners to the streets once again. The demonstration gets underway at 10am this morning outside the
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Galbally are into the Ulster Intermediate Football Championship final after they claimed a five point win over Dungloe in Celtic Park on Sunday afternoon. The Tyrone Champions led 0-10 to 0-03 at half time and a Shaun Murphy goal in the second half helped them claim a 1-12 to 0-10 victory and book their place
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Dungloe bowed out of the Ulster Intermediate Football Club Championship after they were beaten 1-12 to 0-10 by Galbally in their semi final on Sunday afternoon. Dessie Gallagher’s side outscored the Tyrone champions seven points to 1-02 in the second half but left themselves with too much to do as they trailed 0-10 to three
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Setanta are the Ulster Junior Hurling Club champions for 2022 after they had a ten point victory over Shane O’Neills, Glenarm on Sunday afternoon. 1-22 to 0-15 was how it finished with Davin Flynn finding the back of the net for the Donegal men. After the game Oisin Kelly spoke with Setanta boss, Gary McGettigan…
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Galbally are into the final of the Ulster Intermediate Football Championship final after they beat Dungloe by five points in Celtic Park. Shaun Murphy’s second half goal helped the Tyrone champions to a 1-12 to 0-10 victory. Oisin Kelly and Martin McHugh have the full time report…
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Setanta claimed their first Ulster Junior Hurling Club Championship in five years after they beat Shane O’Neill’s 1-22 to 0-15. Davin Flynn and Declan Coulter starred for the Gary McGettigan’s men scoring 1-17 of their overall total. They will now advance to the All Ireland Series, which gets underway next week. Danny Cullen told Oisin
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Glengad United bowed out of the FAI Junior Cup after they were beaten 2-1 by Howth Celtic after extra time. The Inishowen side trailed 1-0 early in the first half before Joe Doherty leveled up the game and bring it to extra time. The game looked destined to head to spot kicks before Howth scored
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Setanta were crowned the Ulster Junior Hurling Club champions after they beat Shane O’Neills, Glenarm 1-22 to 0-15 Davin Flynn’s goal in the final five minutes of the game helped the Donegal side to the Ulster title. Both Flynn and Declan Coulter contributed 1-17 to their total. Oisin Kelly and Mickey McCann have the full
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Glen will take on Kilcoo in the final of the Ulster Senior Football Club Championship after they beat Cargin 1-10 ton 0-08 in Healy Park. Danny Tallon’s penalty in the dying moments of the game helped the Derry champions into the decider. Paddy Hunter has the full time report… Paddy also got the thoughts of
Cockhill Celtic and Bonagee Utd played out a scoreless draw in their Ulster Senior League clash. Both sides had chances to win in testing conditions. However, they also both finished with ten men after Peter Doherty (Cockhill) and Jack Parke (Bonagee) were sent off.
Two sent off as Cockhill and Bonagee draw in USL Read More »
Oisin Orr enjoyed a successful evening in Wolverhampton on Saturday, winning four races. The first win came on board the 4/1 shot Gincident on the opening race of the card. The second race saw win number two as Orr won on Great State who went off 9/4. Orr then rode the 11/4 favourite, trained by
Four winners for Oisin Orr in Wolverhampton Read More »
Ulster Junior Cup Kildrum Tigers 1 vs 3 St Catherines FC Letterkenny Rovers 4 vs 0 Gweedore Celtic Illies Celtic 0 vs 3 Fanad United Brian McCormick Sports & Premier Rathmullan Celtic 3 vs 1 Bonagee United TEMPLE DOMESTIC APPLIANCE D1 Kerrykeel 71 3 vs 0 Drumkeen United Letterbarrow Celtic 1 vs 3 Donegal Town
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Members of the public are being advised to get flu jabs. A recent statement from the HSE said that only two thirds of people over 65 have received injections. The Irish Examiner newspaper reported during the week that the number of flu cases in the Country is also on the increase. Doctor Ilona Duffy says
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Ulster Junior Cup Glaslough Villa 0-3 Moville Celtic Illies Celtic 0-3 Fanad United Aileach FC 6-2 Cockhill Youths Monaghan Town 5-4 Culdaff FC Strand Hotel First Division Redcastle United 2-2 Clonmany Res Aileach Res 4-2 Dunree United Carn FC 4-2 Gleneely Colts QPS 1-1 Buncrana Res Inishowen Engineering Division Two Cockhill Res 12-0 Glengad Res
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Gardaí in Donegal have renewed warnings about a scam text which claims to be from An Post. They say that such scam texts have appeared again in larger numbers in the approach to the Christmas season, as many people are getting parcels delivered. The text contains a false link asking for payment of a delivery
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