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Donegal Rally: Matt Edwards goes fastest on SS12 as Callum Devine continues to lead

Matt Edwards and David Moynihan in their VW Polo GTI R5 has gone the fastest through Special Stage 12. With that Edwards has now moved up to fourth overall. Callum Devine has added to his lead now as last years winner Josh Moffett now trails Devine by 15 seconds. Oisin Kelly has the latest…

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2023 Donegal Half Marathon confirmed as a County Championship Race

The 2023 Donegal Half Marathon, which takes place in Letterkenny on Sunday, August 27th, will be a Donegal Athletics Board county championship race. Making the announcement, race director, Brendan McDaid, said he was delighted that the race will be an annual championship event. “There has always been a big interest among clubs in the Donegal

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Almost 6,000 Ukrainian refugees living in Donegal

Almost 6,000 people who arrived into Ireland from Ukraine are currently living in Donegal. The Donegal local electoral area is housing the biggest share in the county, at 1,842. Meanwhile, 654 Ukrainian refugees are residing in North Inishowen, 315 in South Inishowen, 691 in Milford, 355 in Lifford-Stranorlar, 969 in Letterkenny and 1,102 in Glenties.

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Traffic lights to be installed at Polestar Roundabout, Letterkenny

Traffic lights are to be installed at the Polestar Roundabout, Letterkenny. Donegal County Council has confirmed that works will commence on June 19th and will take place between the hours of 7pm and 5:30am for approximately 10 weeks. The council says the sequence of works shall be  – Port Road Island Road Crossing Ramelton Road

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Taoiseach says he’s confident he has backing of vast majority of FG TDs and senators

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar says he’s confident he has the backing of the vast majority of the Fine Gael TDs and senators. It comes after anonymous party sources in Sunday newspapers were questioning Varadkar’s future as leader of the party. But the Taoiseach says he’s confident his leadership is secure:

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Third income tax rate of 30% still under consideration

A third income tax rate of 30% is still under consideration ahead of the Budget. Multiple Cabinet ministers are attending the National Economic Forum today to hear pitches for how to spend the budget surplus. It gives the chance for lobby groups to outline their demands across various sectors, including housing, hospitality and social welfare.

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Strabane owner’s delight after winning biggest competition since Lifford greyhound stadium reopened

Old Fort Major won the Ballymac Stud A1/A2 525 Trophy Final at Lifford Stadium on Sunday night in a time of 28.74 seconds for owner Strabane owner Sean Maxwell and trainer Austin Maxwell. This was the biggest final since the reopening of the track earlier this year, with €2,000 for the winner. Old Fort Major

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Donegal players on Irish amateur side that loses to Bavarian opponents

The Republic of Ireland’s UEFA Regions’ Cup hopes were ended on Sunday evening as the amateur international side fell to a 2-0 defeat at the hands of Germany’s Bavaria Region in Spain. Bonagee United’s Jack Parke and Cockhill Celtic’s Lee McColgan both played. The Irish team plays its concluding game on Tuesday against a side

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Liam Bradley, Mark McLucas & Pauric McKinney claim National over 50’s team title

It was yet another busy weekend for Donegal athletes. Liam Bradley, Mark McLucas, and Pauric McKinney won the National over 50s team championships in Dublin. Also on Sunday Philip McHugh of Letterkenny AC claimed victory in the Lifford/Strabane half marathon with City of Derry Spartan’s Catherine Whoriskey winning the ladies section. Athletics correspondent Patsy McGonagle

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Derry City held by Bohs – Ruaidhri Higgins & Shane McEleney Reaction

Derry City find themselves six points behind League of Ireland Premier Division leaders Shamrocks Rovers after Friday night’s games. Rovers were comfortable 4-0 winners at home to UCD while Derry played out a 0-0 draw with third placed Bohemians. Derry haven’t won in their last four games, losing two and drawing two. Ruaidhri Higgins gave

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