A charity representing older people says the State Pension should increase by a minimum of €27.50, to prevent a further increase in poverty rates. Launching its pre-budget submission this morning, Alone says a recent survey shows more than half of people are finding it difficult to pay their bills. The charity says heating and energy […]
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A man has been rearrested today in connection with an alleged assault at Sliabh Liag. A major search operation was launched following the incident over two weeks ago. Gardai have confirmed that a man in his 30s has been rearrested today as investigations into the alleged incident continue. He is currently being detained under Section
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Failte Ireland is to commission independent research looking at the scale of price increases for hotel rooms around major events. The Tourism Minister revealed the research is to be undertaken in response to allegations of price-gouging within in the sector. It’s after a number of hotels in Dublin put up their prices on the weekend
The Joint Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage are meeting to discuss the Defective Block Scheme regulations and review of I.S. 465 with stakeholders. The meeting is being split into two sessions, with the current session hearing from the Expert Group, the Society of Chartered Surveyors of Ireland, Engineers Ireland, the Mica Action Group
Engineers Ireland tell Oireachtas Committee Defective Blocks scheme must be flexible Read More »
€4 million has been confirmed under the Urban Regeneration and Development Fund to tackle vacancy and dereliction in Donegal, with the bulk of the funding going towards projects in Letterkenny. The money will be used to bring vacant properties back into use. Under the programme, the council will acquire vacant or derelict properties which are
€4 million in Urban Regeneration funding confirmed for Donegal Read More »
Rhys Irwin is riding high on the crest of a wave with no less than four consecutive podium finishes including a win in the premier class at British Superbikes and points in his first ever World Superbikes Championship in the last 3 weeks. This Supersportt class has seen a surge in talent this past 3
Motorsport: Rhys Irwin secures another podium finish as great form continues Read More »
Donegal won 4 gold medals and 2 silver medals at the Wallace Box Cup in Scotland with several clubs from the county being represented. Caoimhin Connolly (Twin Towns), Shaun Doohan (Dunfanaghy), Conan Kearney (St Bridget’s) and Kieran Cunningham (Carndonagh) got gold while there were silver medals for Taylor Parke (Raphoe) and Paddy Mc Shane (Letterkenny).
Gold and silver medals for Donegal boxers in Scotland Read More »
Division 1 St Eunan’s 0-12 v 1-9 Noamh Conaill Glenfin 0-13 V 0-15 Downings Sean Mac Cumhaill 1-17 V 1-11 Cloughaneely Killybegs 1-08 V 2-09 Kilcar Aodh Ruadh BS 0-10 V 0-10 Bundoran Division 2 Dungloe 0-11 V 0-10 Four Masters Burt 2-08 V 0-09 Letterkenny Gaels Naomh Columba 2-13 V 0-08 Fanad
All County League Results 8th & 9th July 2023 Read More »
Derry are the All Ireland Football Minor champions of 2023. The Oak Leaf county defeated Monaghan 1-13 to 9 points at the Athletic Grounds in Armagh. It’s Derry sixth title in this age group and a first since 2020. After the match Michael McMullan spoke to Derry Minor Manager Damian McErlain..
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Martin Harley had three wins at Rockhampton, Oisin Orr was successful at Haydock on Ramazan. Brandon Wilkie came first in Carlisle on Shallow Hal, Luke McAteer won at Naas racing on Slaney Tide. Dylan Browne McMonagle was in action at Bellewstown winning on Warnie.
Seven wins for Donegal jockeys over the weekend Read More »
B.J. Banda and Stephen Doherty both returned to Finn Harps and played in Harps 0-0 draw against Bray Wanderers on Friday night. Both players spoke to Diarmaid Doherty after the match. Banda felt it was a “long time coming” after returning to Harps.. Doherty was happy with the clean sheet and defending of Harps
Banda and Doherty upbeat after returning to Harps Read More »
NWCU Longs Supervalu Premier League Bready 1st XI242/9 Ballyspallen 1st XI86 Bready 1st XI won by 156 runs Burndennett 1st XI119 Eglinton 1st XI123/5 Eglinton 1st XI won by 5 wickets Donemana 1st XI137 Killyclooney 1st XI139/6 Killyclooney 1st XI won by 4 wickets Strabane 1st XI143 Ardmore 1st XI144/5 Ardmore 1st XI won by
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Catherine McDevitt of Letterkenny AC won both the 200 metres and 400 metres at the Scottish Masters Championships. Elsewhere, there was success for Lifford-Strabane’s Ashling McArdle in the javelin at the National Juvenile Track and Field Championships in Tullamore, and Caolan McFadden of Cranford AC was first in the 800m. Speaking on Saturday
Athletics – Catherine McDevitt, Ashling McArdle and Caolan McFadden all impress Read More »
Senior Hurling Championship Carndonagh 0-14 V 5-12 Setanta Dungloe 0-04 V 1-23 St Eunan’s Burt 3-15 V 1-07 Buncrana Junior Hurling Championship Burt 2-09 V 0-13 St Eunan’s Thursday 6th July Four Masters 1-07 V 2-13 Setanta
Donegal GAA Hurling Championship Results 07/07/2023 Read More »
Derry City have defeated Sligo Rovers 2-1 at the Ryan McBride Brandywell Stadium on Friday night. Martin Holmes has the full time report… Leaders Shamrock Rovers dropped two points tonight after drawing 0-0 against Drogheda and second place St Patricks Athletic also missed out on all 3 points after it ended 1-1 vs Cork
FT Report & Reaction: Derry City 2 Sligo Rovers 1 Read More »
It has ended 0-0 between Finn Harps and Bray Wanderers in Finn Park on Friday night. Diarmaid Doherty has the full time report…
FT Report: Finn Harps 0 Bray Wanderers 0 Read More »
Donegal’s Laoise McGonagle has been selected for the Ireland Women’s Under-20 squad ahead of this month’s landmark trip to Rome to play against Italy and Scotland in a series of training matches. Following a screening camp at the IRFU High Performance Centre, head coach Neill Alcorn has selected a group of 26 players to travel
Donegal player selected for Irish Women’s Under-20 rugby squad Read More »
The Republic of Ireland women’s team were beaten 3-0 by France in front of a record crowd of 7,633 for a women’s game at Tallaght Stadium on Thursday night in their final game before departing for the World Cup in Australia. Donegal’s Ciara Grant and Amber Barrett were both unused substitutes. Skipper Katie McCabe was
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The make-up of the group stages of the 2023 Derry Club Championships has been finalised. Teams will be in two groups, and will play in a round robin series with the first matches on August 6th. In the senior football championship, the draw is as follows. Group A: Glen, Lavey, Dungiven, Swatragh, Ballinascreen, Coleraine, Bellaghy
Derry club championship draw finalised – see the details Read More »
This week on The Score, former Harps Manager Anthony Gorman joins us for this week’s League of Ireland chat. Derry boss Ruaidhri Higgins confirms he is staying with Derry City. We hear from Damian McErlain as Derry prepare for the All Ireland Minor Final and Harold McGuinness of Extreme North joins us to discuss the
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Ruaidhrí Higgins will remain in charge of Derry City and will not be moving to Barnsley. The English League One side have instead appointed former Sheffield United defender Neill Collins as their new boss. Higgins will be in the dugout when his side entertain Sligo Rovers in the Premier Division tomorrow night. The Limavady
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**UPDATE: Power has now been restored** A major power outage is affecting Moville this afternoon. Over 600 homes and businesses are impacted. ESB say they are working to repair the fault as soon as possible.
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Michael Murphy has this week ruled himself out of the running to be the next Donegal Manager. Speaking at a media event on Wednesday ahead of Sunday’s Electric Ireland minor football final between Derry and Monaghan, the ex Donegal captain won’t be throwing his hat in the ring for now. “I’ll do everything in my
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Ruaidhri Higgins has held talks with English League One club Barnsley about their vacant managerial position. The Derry City manager is understood to be among the leading candidates for the job. Barnsley are hopeful of having a new man in place by the time of their next pre-season friendly at Fylde on Saturday Higgins
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The Illies road in Inishowen will be closed until Friday to facilitate essential road works. Donegal County Council is advising that the route will be closed from 7am to 5pm today until Friday. Alternative routes to Illies will be via the L-1711, R238, R244, R240 & L-1731.
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Highlights from this year’s Wilton Recycling Donegal International Rally will be on television this week. TG4 will have a programme on Saturday at 11.00 am while BT Sports will have packages on a number of its channels from tomorrow. Coverage will be as follows: TG4 08/07/23 @ 11:00am BT Sports 4 06/07/23 @ 01:00
Donegal International Rally highlights to feature on a number of TV channels this week Read More »
Donna-Marie Doherty of Highland Radio will have a weekly feature on Tuesdays at 12:30 covering a real mix of different topics and interviews with businesses and experts who have a common interest on expertise in sustainability. Coimisiún na Meán stated; ‘”Ours to Protect”, is a unique and exciting audio project – a collaboration of local
Ours To Protect – Common Seal Pupping 04/07/23 Read More »
Fr Shaun Doherty sat down with Greg Hughes on this morning’s Nine ’til Noon Show to reflect on his journey through the years to becoming a priest. In their conversation they travel back to Fr. Doherty’s roots in Stoke-on-Trent, his broadcasting career and his feelings on becoming ordained. While speaking, Fr Doherty expressed his gratitude
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Gardaí in Letterkenny are investigating an incident of criminal damage that occurred at Beechwood Road in Letterkenny Town between 6:30pm on Monday, June 26th 1:30pm the following afternoon. A car was parked at that location sustained damage to the driver’s window, driver’s door and the steering column. If anybody observed suspicious activity in that are
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Gardaí have again appealed for information relation to an alleged assault in the Sliabh Liag area. A body was recovered from the water yesterday morning. Garda Shaun Sweeney made the following appeal:
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Gardaí are investigating a burglary that occurred in the early hours of Thursday morning, last week. The burglary took place in the Business Park, Carndonagh at approximately 3.55am. A brick was used to smash the side door of the building and a quantity of confectionary was stolen. Gardaí appeal to anyone who may have been
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Gardaí in Letterkenny are investigating a theft which occurred between midnight and 1am on Wednesday morning the 28th of June. The theft took place on the Neil T Blaney road where a number of tools were reported stolen. The stolen items included a Belle orange wacker plate, a yellow rock breaker and a Stihl orange/white
Gardaí investigate theft of a number of tools in Letterkenny area Read More »
Finn Harps have added another new face to their growing squad with the signing of BJ Banda. The Letterkenny native signs from NIFL Premiership Champions Larne FC. Banda wrote his name into Harps folklore on that fateful night in 2015, netting the famous winner against Limerick FC to send Harps into the Premier Division. He
‘Absolutely buzzing’ – BJ Banda is back at Harps Read More »
Athletics Ireland has selected a team of 32 athletes to compete at the 2023 European U23 Championships in Finland from 13th to 16th July. And on the team will be Finn Valley AC’s Sean McGinley who will compete in the 3,000 metres Steeplechase. At the weekend he was second in the national under-23 men’s steeplechase.
Finn Valley athlete selected to represent Ireland at the 2023 European U23 Championships Read More »
Letterkenny Community Centre in conjunction with the Brewery Bar and the Letterkenny Celtic No. 1 Supporters Club, is hosting an 11-a-aside Community Soccer Festival. The first of the quarter-finals is on Tuesday with Glencar Celtic facing Swilly Rovers Reserves at 8pm The other quarter finals see Swilly Rovers against Finn Harps veterans on Wednesday at
Letterkenny Community Soccer Festival quarter-finals begin on Tuesday Read More »
Kilmacrennan’s Rhys Irwin had the weekend that dreams are made of when he got the golden ticket to debut as a Wild card in the Supersport race at Round 6 of World Superbikes. Racing at Donington Park, Irwin finished 15th in Race 2 to finish in the points for the first time on his
Irwin collects points in memorable debut World Superbikes race weekend Read More »
Donegal athletes had a number of notable successes at the 123.ie National Junior and Under-23 Championships in Tullamore on Sunday. European Under-18 silver medallist Fintan Dewhirst of Tir Chonaill AC took gold in the Under-20 400m hurdles. Letterkenny AC’s Ryan Canning won the under-23 400m hurdles gold. Finn Valley AC’s Amy Greene won the Junior
Athletics: Donegal success at Junior & U23 Championships – plus victory for Mark English Read More »
Sam Jeffrey Cup Semi Finals St Johnston 1st XI155/5 (38.2) Coleraine 1st XI141/8 (30.3/31) Coleraine 1st XI won by 2 wickets (DLS method) Ballyspallen 1st XI195/6 (37) Bready 1st XI178/1 (21.4/25) Bready 1st XI won by 9 wickets (DLS method) North West Senior Cup Semi Finals Fox Lodge 1st XI128 (27.4/36) Newbuildings 1st XI128/2
Defeat for St Johnston in Sam Jeffrey Cup Read More »
Dublin are through to the All-Ireland football semi-finals. Colm Basquel scored both goals in a comprehensive 2-17 to 11 points win over Mayo at Croke Park. Dessie Farrell’s side produced a strong second half display, having led by 1-6 to eight points at half-time. Aisling O’Reilly reports from Croke Park..
FT Report: Dublin beat Mayo for last semi final spot Read More »
The Oak Leaf County are into the Semi Finals of the All Ireland Senior Football Championship. Derry defeated Cork 1-12 to 1-08 in Croke Park. After the match Meenagh spoke about his “relief” after today’s win…
“Relief” for Derry Manager Ciaran Meenagh after win Read More »
Derry win against Cork in Croke Park has booked their spot in the final 4. It finished Derry 1-12 Cork 1-08. Michael McMullan has the full time report…
FT Report: Derry into All Ireland Football Semi Final Read More »
Division 1 Noamh Conaill 1-09 V Aodh Ruadh BS 0-07 St Michael’s 0-05 V Bundoran 1-05 Division 2 Ardara 0-09 V Noamh Columba 3-07 Naomh Brid 0-02 V Naomh Muire 4-12 Fanad Gaels 0-07 V Buncrana 1-11 Division 3 Convoy 1-10 V Na Rossa 0-13
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The Donegal/Derry Vipers Seniors just completed their season but focus now turns to the youth. Six of current youth team are training with Ireland. Earlier today, the first training session for the Vipers youth team took place with a very good turn out. Players from both Donegal and Derry were in attendance with male and
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Donegal’s Ciara Grant is one of the most experienced players in the Republic of Ireland squad which is preparing for the Women’s World Cup in Australia later this month. The Letterkenny native, who plays here club football with Hearts, has been speaking about what it means to be heading to the tournament, her career, the
There was no joy for Donegal’s Josh Magee and Clare’s Moya Ryan in the Badminton quarter-finals at the European Games. They were beaten by their Dutch opponents number two seeds Robin Tabeling and Serena Piek 21-8, 21-6. Last night, Magee and his teammate Paul Reynolds were beaten in the quarter finals against the Danish opposition
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Derry City face Damian Duff’s improving Shelbourne at Tolka Park tonight in the SSE Airtricity League Premier Division. City are second in the table, but have a number of key players still out through injury. Kevin McLaughlin spoke with the City manager Ruairdhri Higgins about the Shels game, injuries and the prospect of new players
Higgins knows improved Shelbourne will be a touch ask Read More »
The Donegal GAA are now inviting expressions of interest from potential candidates, interested in becoming the next Dún na nGall GAA Senior Football Team Manager. The closing date for expressions is 5.00pm on Friday the 21st of July, 2023. Expressions of interest should be sent by email only to secretary.donegal@gaa.ie. Enquiries beyond the deadline may
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Donegal’s Seamus Coleman will extend his long-serving Everton playing career into a 15th season. The Blues captain has signed a new one-year contract that will keep him at Goodison Park until the end of June 2024. The right-back, who joined Everton from Sligo Rovers in January 2009 for £60,000, has made 409 appearances for the
Coleman pens new deal to stay at Everton for another year Read More »
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