A report has found the Western Investment Fund which was established in 2002 has generated a return of almost two-and-a-half times its original value. An independent analysis of the socio-economic impact of the fund, which is administered by the Western Development Commission provided Ireland’s economy with a €3.3 billion boost. Having started with almost €32 […]
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The Hardware Association of Ireland’s calling for vacant homes to be included in the government’s ‘Help to Buy’ scheme, an issue raised at a recent conference on dereliction in Letterkenny. They believe 34-thousand of the country’s 167-thousand empty homes could be renovated at a ‘reasonable price’. A 6 per cent vacant property tax, and zero
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The ATU campuses in Letterkenny and Killybegs will be hoping for a share of a 40 Million Euro investment package announced this morning for Universities and Colleges across the country. The money is being made available to encourage sustainability, increase accessibility and improve digital capability. Higher Education Minister Simon Harris has been outlining how the
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Companies who export cross border are twice as likely to experience strong growth, according to a new study from Intertrade Ireland. The Study found that 41 per cent of companies that trade cross-border are enjoying rapid to moderate expansion. Recent data from the Central Statistics Office showed that cross-border trade in goods reached € 7.65
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The HSE should delegate authority to someone with overall accountability for managing hospital waiting lists around the Country. That’s the view of the Irish Patients’ Association which says the situation is getting worse and not better. In its latest study, Letterkenny University Hospital has emerged with the worst rating in the country where the average
LUH has longest average wait times in Ireland Read More »
A person is due in court after an garda operation in Ballybofey yesterday following numerous reports of a car being driven dangerously in the area. In a social media post after the incident, gardaí say when the vehicle was located it was established that the driver had no licence or insurance. The driver was then
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A public consultation has been opened by the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, on a draft National Strategic Plan for the development of Sustainable Aquaculture. The plan outlines how Government aims to achieve four key goals in the Aquaculture sector, which include building resilience and competitiveness in the sector, participating in a
Consultation on Sustainable Aquaculture Plan launched Read More »
The public has been reminded to use flares responsibly, after the Killybegs Coast Guard was called out over a false alarm at the weekend. The Killybegs Coast Guard had to make their way to the area where the flare was sighted at St John’s Point – before eventually assessing that it had been a false
Killybegs Coast Guard had to respond to “false alarm” red flare over weekend Read More »
Aodh Ruadh earned their first win of the Donegal Senior Football Championship with a 1-08 to six point win over Bundoran. Shane McGrath’s goal proved to be the big score for John McNulty’s side. Aodh Ruadh boss, John McNulty spoke with Ryan Ferry after the game….
John McNulty reflects on Aodh Ruadh victory over Bundoran Read More »
Michael Murphy starred for Glenswilly in their draw with Naomh Conaill on Sunday afternoon. The Donegal captain scored both of their goals in their 2-08 to 1-11 draw at Pairc Naomh Columba. Padraig Bonner told Tom Comack he was proud of his side after their draw…
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Mona McSharry is into the 200 metre breastroke final at the European Championships in Rome. McSharry, who finished 5th in the 100m breaststroke final yesterday, qualified 4th fastest overall. Meanwhile, Shane Ryan just missed out on a place in the 50m backstroke final at the European Championships. The American born swimmer finished his semi final
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Aodh Ruadh earned themselves some bragging rights in their local derby against Bundoran on Sunday afternoon. John McNulty’s men claimed a 1-08 to 0-06 win in Monday’s Fields. Shane McGrath with the goal for the hosts. Ryan Ferry reports for Highland Radio Sport…
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Glenswilly and Naomh Conaill ended their Donegal Senior Football Championship level after an entertaining game in Pairc Naomh Columba. 2-08 to 1-11 was the full time score, Donegal captain Michael Murphy fired in both the goals for the hosts with Leo McLoone netting for Martin Regan’s men. Tom Comack has the full time report…
Glenswilly and Naomh Conaill share spoils in Donegal SFC opener Read More »
Hugh McFadden was the star man for Killybegs on Sunday afternoon when they beat Glenfin at home in the Donegal Senior Football Championship. It finished 2-13 to 1-13 in favour of the home side. Hugh McFadden notched a tally of 2-6 for his side who ran out three point winners.
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Gaoth Dobhair started the Donegal Senior Football Championship with a big victory at home against Ardara. The game finished 2-13 to eight points in favour of the home side with Eamonn Collum their star performing, scoring 2-3. Frank Craig reports for Highland Radio Sport…
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Irish golfing legend and Sky Sports and Golf Channel analyst, Paul McGinley, will host next week’s Irish Legends event on the Old Tom Morris Links at Rosapenna golf resort next week. The event will begin with the Celebrity Pro Am on Tuesday before the Legends tournament gets underway on Thursday. McGinley spoke to Denis Kirwan
Paul McGinley looks ahead to Irish Legends event in Rosapenna Read More »
Kilcar have begun the Donegal Senior Football Championship with a 2-18 to 1-06 victory over Milford on Sunday afternoon. Goals from Ciaran McGinley and Eoin McHugh helped the men from Towney to the fifteen point win. Martin McHugh has the full time report…
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Mona McSharry is into the semi finals of the 200 metre breaststroke at the European Championships. The Marlins Swimming Club, Ballyshannon graduate finished second in her heat earlier on Sunday afternoon. McSharry is expected to be back in the pool for that semi final just after 5:30 Irish time.
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A decision on who will be the next Donegal Senior Football team manager will take a step closer in the coming week. The deadline for nominations for the position is Monday evening, August 15, at 6pm, the main officers of the Donegal County Board will then asses the applications before a three person committee will
Monday’s deadline approaches for Donegal Senior Football team manager applications Read More »
Donegal Senior Football Championship Four Masters 2-07 V 1-10 Cloughaneely St Eunan’s 1-14 v 0-07 St Naul’s St Michael’s 1-11 v 1-11 MacCumhaills Killybegs 2-13 v 1-13 Glenfin Glenswilly 2-08 v 1-11 Naomh Conaill Goath Dobhair 2-13 v 0-08 Ardara Kilcar 2-18 v 1-06 Milford Aodh Rua 1-08 v 0-06 Bundoran Donegal Intermediate Football Championship
Donegal GAA Championship Results 12th-14th August 2022 Read More »
A man in his 20s has died following a collision on the Castledawson Road in Magherafelt in County Derry. He was riding a scrambler bike involved in a crash at around 4pm yesterday afternoon. The PSNI say they are investigating the circumstances of the collision and are asking witnesses or anyone with dashcam footage to
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A total of 67 homes in the Fanad and Carrigart areas are without power this afternoon following an outage. The outage has been affecting homes since the morning, with the ESB currently estimating a repair time of 4 o’clock this Sunday afternoon. You can keep up to date on the repair status at this link:
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The decision by Abbott Laboratories to further invest in its Donegal Diabetes Care site will provide high quality jobs for County Donegal. That’s the view of a recruitment specialist, who welcomed the news that between the additional investment in Donegal, and the construction of a new facility in Kilkenny, over 1,000 new jobs will be
Abbott investment in Donegal provides huge rural boost – Expert Read More »
It was a successful day at the National Masters for Donegal athletes on Saturday afternoon. The Olympian club celebrated four gold medals with the O’Donnell family earning those medals, Karen claimed victory in the 100 and 400 metres, Michelle won the javelin with Martin winning the triple jump. Martin Cunningham claimed gold in the 1500
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St Eunan’s began the defence of their Donegal Senior Football Championship with a 1-14 to 0-07 win over St Naul’s at O’Donnell Park. Shane O’Donnell kicked 1-02 with his brother Niall scoring five points in the 10 point win. Elsewhere Four Masters and Cloughaneely saw their game finish level. 2-07 to 1-10 was the final
A status orange thunderstorm warning has been issued for the entire country. It’s an upgrade from the previous yellow warning – with heavy showers of rain combining with high temperatures. The orange warning begins at 3pm for the country, and ends at 9 o’clock tomorrow morning here. Met Eireann’s Andrew Doran Sherlock says the thunderstorms
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Water restrictions have been put in place this weekend on the entire Lough Mourne Water Scheme in Co Donegal. Restrictions are in place for Ballybofey and Stranorlar, as well as Raphoe, Convoy, Tievebrack, Gleneely and Ballynacor. The restrictions will be in place between 10pm at night, and 9am in the morning to restore the Lough
Further night time water restrictions added for East Donegal Read More »
Mona McSharry finished in fifth place in the final of the Women’s 100-metre breaststroke at the European Championships in Rome on Saturday afternoon. McSharry, finished in a time of one minute 7.14 seconds which is less than a second off a bronze medal place. The race was won by Italian Benedetta Pilato in a time
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Tyrone got their hands on the Buncrana Cup on Saturday afternoon thanks to a 4-10 to 0-15 victory over Donegal. Ruairi McCullagh had a huge hand in their victory scoring four goals and two point in the seven point win. After the game, Ruairi’s uncle and Tyrone manager Mark McCullagh spoke with Ryan Ferry…
Mark McCullagh on Tyrone’s Buncrana Cup victory Read More »
Donegal lost out to Tyrone in the Buncrana Cup final on Saturday afternoon. 4-10 to 0-15 was how it finished with Ruairi McCullagh scoring four goals and two points. After the game, Donegal boss Barry Ward told Ryan Ferry they left themselves too much to do…
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Tyrone claimed victory in this year’s Buncrana Cup thanks to a 4-10 to 0-15 win over Donegal on Saturday afternoon. Ruairi McCullagh was the star of the game, firing in four goals for the Red Hands. Ryan Ferry has the full time report…
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Met Eireann have put in place a status yellow weather warning for thunderstorms, as the current heatwave will come to an end with a massive change in the weather. The thunderstorm warning will be in place from 3pm on Sunday afternoon, and will stay in place until the early hours of Monday morning. Met Eireann
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There have been a number of road traffic incidents in County Donegal this Saturday, with busy roads on a weekend with fine weather. The first occurred in the Drumnahoagh area of Letterkenny, where a vehicle was on fire just before 11:30am this morning – luckily no injuries were sustained, and Gardaí say there was no
Number of road traffic incidents in Donegal today Read More »
Gardaí are investigating a stabbing that happened in Convoy in the early hours of this morning. The incident occurred at approximately 1:15am in the Main Street area of the town. The man had to be taken to Letterkenny University Hospital with non-life threatening injuries. Gardaí say their investigations are ongoing.
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The current heatwave could turn to heavy downpours by Monday. Temperatures in some parts in the South East of the country could reach as high as the low thirties today, with the North West expecting temperatures around 25 degrees. But the country is set to cool down rapidly at the start of next week to
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Almost one in every five people are on some form of hospital waiting list. New figures show there were 907,000 people waiting for hospital treatment at the end of last month. It includes 628,000 waiting for their first outpatient appointment – an increase of almost 3,700 on the previous month. Donegal GP Ciarán Ó Fearraigh
Hospital waiting lists increase as more patients go to North for treatment Read More »
Irish Water say that overnight water restrictions have been put in place on the Carrigart Water Supply Scheme due to demand exceeding supply. Households and businesses in the Carrigart, Downings and Cranford area will have their water supply restricted between 10am at night and 9am in the morning. Irish Water say that the restrictions are
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The Donegal Local Enterprise Office has become involved in a national mentorship programme with Enterprise Ireland and Google, with a focus on supporting Irish businesses who want to enhance their online capabilities. The new ‘You’re the Business’ programme is intended to accelerate Irish SME growth through digitalisation in the form of free online training
Donegal LEO, Enterprise Ireland and Google announce digital supports for SMEs Read More »
The Apprentice Boys of Derry August Parade will take place in the city today, Saturday 13th August. There will be parades and events in the city centre from 9.00am. Restrictions in relation to on-street parking will be in place during parade times. There will also be a traffic management plan in place from approximately 11.45am
Parking and traffic restrictions in Derry for Apprentice Boys’ August Parade Read More »
In order to maintain a daytime water supply, Irish Water is advising customers in Stranorlar and Ballybofey that nighttime restrictions are essential. As the dry weather continues so too does the high level of domestic, commercial and agricultural demand for treating drinking water on the Lough Mourne Water Supply which supplies both towns. Working with
Irish Water says conservation measures are necessary for Lough Mourne supply Read More »
A man who was jailed for seven years for killing a Garda in a collision outside Buncrana in 2009 has been jailed at Derry Magistrate’s Court for what a judge described as ‘an unprovoked assault on a wholly innocent person’. Martin McDermott (36) with an address at Castlegrove in Raphoe appeared by videolink from Castlerea
McDermott jailed for six months for unprovoked Derry assault Read More »
News, Sport and Obituary Notices on Friday August 12th……….
News, Sport and Obituary Notices on Friday August 12th Read More »
House prices have increased by 123 per cent since 2013. Latest figures from the CSO show residential property prices have increased by 14 per cent in the year to June. Outside Dublin, house prices were up 16 per cent, with the border region seeing the largest increase at 20 per cent. Nationally, the median house
Median house prices in Donegal are the second lowest in the country Read More »
It’s been announced that water breaks will be in place for this weekend’s Donegal Club Championship games, as well as all FAI-sanctioned soccer matches this weekend due to the warm weather. It’s understood the Donegal CCC have decided to implement the breaks for this weekend as a temporary measure as temperatures are set to reach
Water breaks implemented for Donegal GAA games, FAI soccer matches due to heat Read More »
A Boil Water notice has been issued to households and businesses served by the Lettermacaward Public Supply. Irish Water and Donegal County Council say they issued the notice following consultation with the HSE. The notice comes into effect immediately. They say the notice, which arises out of operational difficulties at the Lettermacaward Water Treatment Plant,
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People are being warned that the weather conditions are perfect for wildfires and have been asked to take appropriate steps to prevent fires from occurring. The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine has issued a Fire Danger Notice, Condition Orange, for all areas where hazardous fuels such as gorse, heather, dried grasses, and other
Chief Fire Officer says there have been some gorse fires in Donegal Read More »
Johnson and Johnson has announced it’s to stop global sales of its talc-based baby powder from next year. The company faces around 38,000 lawsuits in the US from consumers and their relatives, who claim the product is contaminated and causes cancer. Johnson denies all allegations. It will now “transition” to a corn starch-based baby powder,
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Donegal U-16s will be looking for gold this weekend as they take on neighbours Tyrone in the 2022 Buncrana Cup final. The final throws-in at The Scarvey, Buncrana tomorrow Saturday, August 13th, at 12:30. Donegal Manager Brian Ward says his players are ready for the game and the team’s commitment and effort has been second
Donegal u16 take on Tyrone tomorrow in cup final Read More »
View this post on Instagram A post shared by Anne Heche (@anneheche) The family of Anne Heche say “is not expected to survive” a car accident which she was involved in this week. The accident which happen in LA left her car in flames. The mother of two remains in a coma in
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Mona McSharry has qualified for this evening’s semi-finals of the 100 metre Breaststroke at the European Swimming Championships in Rome. She swam a time of 1:07.3, putting her fifth-fastest and safely into the next round of competition. The Sligo native, who swims out of the Marlins Swimming Club in Ballyshannon, will be joined in the
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