The Tanaiste Simon Harris has spoken to the mother of 9 year old Harvey Morrison who died two weeks ago after a short illness. They have agreed to meet in the near future. The young Dublin boy had scoliosis and spina bifida and faced delays of three years in accessing surgery. The Tanaiste had pledged […]
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Main Evening News, Sport and Obituary Notices – Wednesday August 13th:
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A Tyrone man has been sentenced to 13 years in prison for a number of child sexual abuse offences. 31-year-old Jason Harkness, from Cookstown, was convicted of sexual assault of a child under 13, common assault, rape of a child under 13, and possessing an indecent photograph or pseudo-photograph of a child. These offences occurred
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Following a HIQA inspection at the Abbey Village Community Group Homes, Donegal, the HSE has issued the following statement: Media Statement Abbey Village Community Group Homes – OSV-0005250 welcomes publication of HIQA inspection report 13 August 2025 HSE West and North West welcomes the publication of a report by Health Information Quality Authority (HIQA) following
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Teachers are warning the profession is becoming unaffordable. The Teachers Union of Ireland is calling on the government to introduce a number of measures to address the recruitment and retention crisis. It says a shortage of staff will see students miss out on subject options, with just one in four new second level teachers receiving
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Donegal County Council has confirmed there’s been contact from six individuals who have indicated that they would be looking to seek a presidential election nomination. A spokesperson indicated however that the council can only give consideration to nominating a candidate following the making of the presidential election order.
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The Nine til Noon Show is broadcast live weekdays 9am til 12noon! If you missed Wednesday’s live show, you can listen to the podcast below! Mervyn and Mary raised concerns over a lack of prior notification of a cycling race that was taking place along the route they live, journalist Patricia Devlin discussed the decline
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Reservoir interruptions being put in place in parts of East Donegal for the next ten days. Uisce Eireann says there may be supply disruptions in Raphoe, Lifford, Convoy, Edenmore, Rossgier, Coolatee, Sixty Acres, Porthall, Carrickmore, Mongalvin, White Cross, Ballylennan, Feddyglass and surrounding areas. The reservoir interruptions are scheduled to take place nightly from 10pm until
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The HSE has strongly condemned all racist abuse and assaults. It says the effective operation of the health service would be under serious threat if it were not for the support of thousands of international staff. Professionals from India, Africa and other Asian countries make up almost a quarter of HSE nurses and midwives. The
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SSE has launched the 2025 Meentycat and Culliagh Community Benefit Fund, with online applications being accepted until Friday September 12th. The funding is open to projects within 20km of the wind farms, with priority given to those within 5km. This year, the fund will distribute over €160,000 to initiatives that promote environmental sustainability, improve safety
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There are 253 people in Donegal still waiting to be paid as part of the ACRES scheme, with 40 of these payments outstanding since 2023 – the most in the state. Deputy Pearse Doherty says all of these farming families are now in financial limbo and this actively undermines the very purpose of the scheme
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The Mica Action Group has announced it is standing down after 11 years. Deputy Chairperson Tricia Sullivan told Michaela Clarke on today’s Nine til Noon Show that the 100% Redress Party has secured the election of four councillors and a TD, and they are now best placed to take the campaign forward. Tricia Sullivan says
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Bundoran RNLI launched just before 4 o’clock yesterday afternoon following reports of an injured casualty at the diving boards area of Bundoran beach. They found the casualty in the care of Donegal County Council Lifeguards, along with Bundoran Fire Brigade and the National Ambulance Service. Because of the restricted location, the casualty was transferred by
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Junior Sports MInister Charlie McConalogue, has announced that €4.17 million in Dormant Accounts Funding is to be invested in community sports and physical activity initiatives. Sport Ireland’s network of Local Sports Partnerships (LSPs) play a crucial role in implementing the National Sports Policy and increasing participation levels in sport and physical activity particularly in underrepresented
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Police enquiries are continuing in Derry into material placed on a Republican bonfire in the Creggan area of the city. It’s due to be lit on Friday. The Pyre at Meenan Square features the names of people – including police, politicians, and the name of a 15-year-old boy who died in a drowning tragedy in
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Two men will appear in court in Tyrone today as part of the investigation into the attempted murder of Detective Chief Inspector John Caldwell. The PSNI officer was shot multiple times after coaching a youth football team in Omagh, County Tyrone in February 2023. Two men, aged 45-years-old and 25-years-old, were arrested on Monday and
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The Tanaiste is welcoming an appeal into the sentences received by people involved in the attack which killed Private Sean Rooney. Simon Harris wrote to the Lebanese Government following the trial to express his disappointment at the leniency shown to some of the defendants. The main defendant at the military tribunal in Beirut last month
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Hydrant installation works may cause supply disruptions to Kilmacrennan Road, Milford and surrounding areas. Works are scheduled to take place from 9am until 11am this morning. Uisce Eireann recommends that those affected allow 3-4 hours after the estimated restoration time supply to fully return.
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Donegal had the second highest number of seal deaths in 2023. The Journal Investigates is reporting this morning that 69 seals died off Donegal coasts, behind Wexford 103. Nationally, 430 dead seals were reported to the National Parks and Wildlife Service in 2023, compared to 201 in 2020. Seal Rescue Ireland (SRI) says they’ve also
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Donegal County Council is inviting residents, members of the public and other interested parties to participate in the third non-statutory public consultation on the Emerging Preferred Route Corridor for the Carrigans to Lifford Greenway Project. The project aims to provide an attractive trail between the border at Carrigans and Lifford, mainly to be used for
A man and a woman have been arrested following the seizure of 10kgs of cocaine worth €700,000 in Dundalk in County Louth. The seizure is part of an ongoing investigation by Gardaí and Revenue. The man in his 40s and a woman in her 30s are currently detained in a Garda station in the North
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Three more goats cheese products have been recalled over the possible presence of listeria. They are branded SuperValu and Freshly Prepared. It comes after a Spar branded goats cheese product was recalled by the Food Safety Authority for the same reason yesterday. The Authority says there’s no evidence to link this to the recent ready
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Main Evening News, Sport and Obituary Notices – Tuesday August 12th:
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Garda Niall Maguire joined Michaela Clarke on today’s Nine til Noon Show for the latest Community Garda Information Slot:
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The Nine Til Noon Show is broadcast, live Weekdays from 9am to 12noon- the podcast is below: In the first hour of Tuesday’s show, Michaela Clarke was joined by Linda Hynes to discuss the risk of workers storing their personal data on work devices at their own risk and Noel Carr who warned that salmon
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A report is highlighting households and people need to be put at the centre of a transition to renewable energy. The National Economic and Social Council says the costs and complicated grant systems are preventing people from using cleaner power. The study found people want to use more renewables – but don’t know how. Dr
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Uisce Eireann say a pump failure outside Drumkeen may cause supply disruptions to Cloughroe, Lettermore, Midcut and surrounding areas in Co. Donegal. Works are scheduled to take place until 6:30pm this evening. Meanwhile, works on a burst main in Buncrana should be complete by 3.30 this afternoon.
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Gardai are are appealing for in information in relation to damage caused to a white Kia car in Cleagh, Clonmany on Saturday last, sometime between 9pm and midnight. The car had been parked opposite the new graveyard, and when the owner returned., they discovered damage had been caused to the door and wing on the
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Gardaí in Donegal are warning of a crackdown on the illegal use of quad bikes s on open roads by young people following the seizure of a quad in Falcarragh at the weekend. During the Community Garda slot on today’s Nine til Noon Show, Falcarragh based Garda Niall Maguire said there is a particular problem
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A new heavy cargo service is being established to serve six small islands off the coast of Donegal. The contract is for a year, with eight sailings being made available to Inisboffin, Gola, Inisheer, Iniskerrah, Rutland and Inisfree. During that period, an assessment will be made of the future demand for the service. The project
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There’s been another break in at the ESB Substation at Lurgybrack, Letterkenny. Between 6pm on Wednesday last and 4pm the following day, entry was gained to the yard and a quantity of copper pipes and copper cable was stolen. It’s the third week in a row there’s been a break in at that site. On today’s Nine
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Gardai in Letterkenny are investigating the theft of a digger bucket from a construction site at the rear of a retail park on Paddy Harte Road. Gardai say the bucket, which was brand new and black in colour, was taken between 2.30 on Friday afternoon and 8 o’clock yesterday morning. It’s approximately 1.6m wide and
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Gardaí are appealing for witnesses to an incident of criminal damage in the area of Glenwood Park, Letterkenny between 11.30am and 3.20pm on Wednesday last. Substantial damage was caused to a car, with windows and the front passenger headlight smashed. Anyone with information or dashcam footage is asked to contact gardai in Letterkenny on 074-9167100. The
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The wing mirror of a car has been damaged in a criminal damage that occurred in Donegal Town last week. It happened on Tirconaill Street between 6pm and 8.15pm on Thursday last. Gardaí in Ballyshannon can be contacted on 071-9858530r.
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Gardaí are appealing for witnesses and dash-cam footage in connection with an incident that occurred in the area of Gaddyduff, Clonmany in the early hours of Friday morning last. At approximately 3.10, four males were observed smashing the window of a car, which they then proceeded to crash it into a tree, before setting it
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Police in Derry say two men, aged 28 and 63, arrested in the city under the Terrorism Act have been released unconditionally. The men were detained yesterday as part of an ongoing investigation into INLA criminality. The investigation continues.
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The mothers of eight seriously ill Palestinian say they will not leave their Dublin accommodation in order to transfer to new accommodation in Letterkenny. The Irish Times reports today that the Irish Red Cross had arranged for six families to be moved from private residential housing in South Dublin to Donegal, but the families are
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The Crime Victims Helpline says it saw huge rises in the number of calls relating to thefts and hate crimes last year. The group’s annual report for 2024 shows reports of theft-related incidents rose by two thirds, while burglary related contacts jumped by 46 per cent. The number of racist hate crimes reported to
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A 31-year-old man, arrested in the Strand Road area of Derry on Sunday on suspicion of a number of offences has been released on bail to allow for further police enquiries. The man was detained on suspicion of being concerned in the supply of a Class A and Class B controlled substances.
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Uisce Eireann says repairs to a burst water mains in the vicinity of Kilmacrennan may cause supply disruptions to Bunlan, Carnasaule, Carownaganngh, Golan, Ballyscanlon and surrounding areas today. Works are scheduled to take place until 4pm this afternoon. Meanwhile, as part of the National Leakage Reduction Programme, valve installation works may cause supply disruptions in
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People in Donegal are being encouraged to take part in beach clean-ups in September. Taking place from September 19th to 21st, volunteers across the country will join Clean Coasts’ Big Beach Clean to clean litter from local beaches, waterways and towns, all while contributing to a global effort to combat marine litter. Last year, 15,000
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A West Donegal councillor says it is unacceptable that people have not received any answers over the status of three homes in the area. Cllr Micheal Choilm Mac Giolla Easbuig says applicants, including a pregnant mother of two, are being forced to sleep in car sheds and sofas as a result. He says the Government
Several parts of the country will be without radio over the course of the next two days. The works impacting radio and TV – are being carried out by 2RN – the RTÉ Transmission Network DAC. In Donegal, works will begin on the Moville transmitter between 12 and 2pm on Wednesday, impacting all radio services.
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Main Evening News, Sport and Obituary Notices – Monday August 11th:
Main Evening News, Sport and Obituary Notices – Monday August 11th Read More »
The Nine ’til Noon Show – Weekday’s 9am to 12noon Magazine type mid morning chat show which aims to inform and entertain listeners and to platform their views and issues: Donal Kavanagh was in the hot seat today for today’s show. It begins with an all too familiar tale of water supply interruptions in
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A 31-year-old man was apprehended yesterday evening in relation to an outstanding bench warrant in the Strand Road area. The arrest was made shortly after 7 pm, and subsequently, a quantity of suspected controlled drugs was found in the man’s possession. He was subsequently arrested on suspicion of a number of drug-related offenses and remains
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The Apprentice Boys of Derry have issued an apology in relation to an image showing a number of its members urinating at a bus stop near homes in Derry over the weekend. Annual celebrations took the to streets of Derry to commemorate of the ending of the Siege of Derry in 1689. The BBC reports
The mother of a 13-year-old boy who has autism says it was easier for her to source long-term care for him in Longford than get the respite her family needed in Donegal. Maria was one of 150 parents who participated in a survey carried out by the Special Needs Parents Network Donegal, which was looking
Two men have been arrested in relation to the attempted murder of PSNI officer John Caldwell in Omagh. The off-duty detective chief inspector was shot at a sports club in County Tyrone on the evening of the 22nd of February 2023. A 25-year-old man was arrested in west Belfast this morning, while a 45-year-old man
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Water outages in west Donegal have been hurting businesses in the area. A serious burst water main left the Falcarragh water reservoir depleted. After repairing the burst, water was then transferred from the reservoir in Dunfanaghy to Falcarragh in a bid to restore levels. However, it then emerged that the pipes had become airlocked. One
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