Derry City have drawn 1-1 with Drogheda United in the SSE Airtricity League Premier Division at Sullivan & Lambe Park this evening. Drogs went ahead just before the half-hour mark thanks to an effort from Dare Kareem. The Candy Stripes found the equaliser through Danny Mullen 10 minutes into the second half and that is […]
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Finn Harps have been beaten 4-1 by Cobh Ramblers in the SSE Airtricity League First Division at St. Colman’s Park this evening. A first half hat-trick from Barry Coffey gave Kevin McHugh’s side an uphill battle against a Cobh side who still have aspirations of winning the league title. Hans Mpongo pulled one back before
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In this week’s edition Chris Ashmore has been finding out more about a whole range of courses offered by the Donegal Education and Training Board, and the opportunities to explore new fields, upskill, and perhaps even consider a change of career. In the second part of the programme, Chris finds out more about gender pay
Finn Harps have announced Keadue Rovers as the first official affiliate of the club. The two clubs already enjoy a strong relationship, which has been highlighted in recent years through a number of shared initiatives and events, including Central Park playing host to a League of Ireland Academy fixture as Finn Harps WU19s took on
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ACS Civils Ltd. has been appointed as the main contractor for the R229 Kilmacrennan Active Travel Project in Letterkenny Town, with year long works due to commence on site at the end of this month. The project aims to make it easier for people to use active travel for a 10-minute journey to key destinations
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Midlands Northwest MEP Ciaran Mullooly has welcomed a new European housing plan that supports one-off housing in rural areas, calling it an “important first step.” He says the report includes his push for the right of local people to live locally, which is crucial for Donegal’s Gaeltacht areas. However, he stressed the need for further
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Letterkenny University Hospital was the second most overcrowded hospital in Ireland today, joint with St. Vincent’s University Hospital, with 32 admitted patients on trolleys. According to the INMO figure watch, at LUH, 7 patients were in the Emergency Department while 25 were located in wards elsewhere in the hospital. University Hospital Limerick was the most
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Deputy Pat “the Cope” Gallagher is urging Minister for Justice Jim O’Callaghan and the Courts Service to upgrade the Donegal Town Courthouse. The building has been deemed unsafe and temporarily closed. Scheduled sittings are being moved to Ballyshannon in the interim, something that Deputy Gallagher says he and public are concerned about becoming a long
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The Donegal Junior League is up and running and this weekend sees the second series of games across various divisions. Donegal Town are back in the Brian McCormick Sports Premier Division having clinched promotion at the end of last season. They got their top tier campaign off to a winning start last Sunday against Kilmacrennan
It’s the second official day of the Presidential election campaign. Independent TD Catherine Connolly is set to arrive in Donegal later this morning. She is due to visit Donegal Town, Killybegs, Ardara and Dungloe.
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Donegal’s Darragh Kelly is back in the cage in the Professional Fighters League and is in the French city of Nantes. The 27 year old Moville man, unbeaten in his eight contests to date, is up 37 year old against Bakhtiyor Abduloev of Tjaikstan who fights out of Germany. He had ten wins and one
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Two men have been sentenced on a number of charges linked to an assault on a man in his Limavady home in May 2023. His teenage daughter and his partner witnessed the incident in which he was left with damage to his arm. Police have described the incident as a ‘savage’ attack. The victim was
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A new 100% tariff on branded pharmaceutical imports entering the US is set to take effect next week. Donald Trump has announced the move, saying it will impact any company that is not building a manufacturing plant in America. He’s also placed a 50% levy on foreign kitchen cabinets and bathroom vanity units, and a
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Finn Harps have confirmed that the club will field a senior team in the 2026 Women’s Development League. This new league will feature an even mix of senior club, like Harps, entering for the first time, and the under-23 squads from existing Women’s National League clubs like Shamrock Rovers, Shelbourne and Sligo Rovers. This is
Malin Head Coast Guard last night co-ordinated a search for a missing fisherman off the coast of Mullaghmore, Co. Sligo. A member of the public alerted the coordination centre to a fishing vessel aground 2 nautical miles south of Mullaghmore Head. It is believed that the fisherman from the vessel had fallen overboard with the
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This week on “The Score”, Keith Cowan looks ahead to Friday’s League Of Ireland games, Donegal Town manager Ryan Hegarty talks about life back in the top tier of the Donegal Junior League, Paddy McDaid, Head Of Women’s Football at Finn Park, will talk to us about the development of Finn Harps’ Senior Women’s Team,
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Jack Porter of Premier Darts Club Letterkenny won the coveted JDC Volts Title on Sunday. Jack beat Christian Ennis 4-1 in the final of a 32-strong event where elite youth darts players were competing. The 14-year-old now qualifies for the JDC Volt Finals in Coventry next weekend to play for a £6000 pot and has
Finn Harps and Derry are back in action in the SSE Airtricity League on Friday evening. Harps are away to Cobh Ramblers and are looking to bounce back after three defeats in a row after going out of the FAI Cup at the hands of Cork was followed by First Division defeats to Bray and
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The Dáil chamber has been told about 4 year old Allissa Walshe, the junior infant from Kerrykeel who cannot attend school because she does not have an SNA. Allissa has Type 1 diabetes, and requires a full time special needs assistant to help her manage her insulin levels. It comes off the back of a
Dáil Chamber hears of Donegal girl who cant go to school because she was refused an SNA Read More »
Derry’s Derbhaile Brady has won Bronze at the World Para-Swimming Championships. The teenager earned her first ever World medal by finishing third in the S6 50m Freestyle Final in Singapore. Her time of 34.69 seconds was behind China Yuyan Jiang and World Recorder holder Anna Hontar. The Paris Paralympian was fifth in the 200m Individual
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A Donegal Deputy says the Irish Government must come together to support the safe passage of the Global Samud Flotilla. A number of Irish activists, including Senator Chris Andrews, are on board the fleet which is attempting to bring aid to Gaza. People on board the ships say they have been attacked by drones while
Today is World Lung Day, and to mark the occasion, the Irish Thoracic Society has published a new guide on vaping myths aimed at secondary school students. The five myths busted in the guide are centred around the content of the vape and the how easy it is to become addicted to nicotine. As it
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The implementation of the CARE virtual ward has seen COPD admissions to Letterkenny University Hospital drop by 20%. The community based programme sees the patient wearing a Bluetooth device which monitors their heart and respiratory rates, as well as their oxygen saturation. The data is reviewed daily via a traffic-light triage system. This enables early
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62 patients in the Northwest were waiting on a hospital bed this morning. According to figures released by the IMNO, 32 are located in Letterkenny University Hospital, and the remainder are based in Sligo. The figures are among the highest in the country today, with University Hospital Limerick recording 86 patients with out a bed,
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Concerns have been raised locally in relation to alleged break-ins in the Muff area. Gardaí have confirmed one incident that has happened over the past five days in the Meenyanly area. A number of items were reported from a premises between Tuesday night and yesterday morning.
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The Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht will be visiting Letterkenny this evening. Minister Dara Calleary will officially open the Jim Lynch Community Building at Letterkenny Community Centre on Pearse Road. Minister Calleary says use of the community centre is up by almost 40% He also paid tribute to former town Cllr
Independent Ireland’s calling for a referendum to change the Presidential nomination system. It’s after Maria Steen failed to secure the support of 20 Oireachtas members to appear on the ballot paper. The first full day of campaigning in the election is getting underway , with Jim Gavin, Heather Humphreys and Catherine Connolly canvassing in various
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Donegal’s Michael Murphy has been nominated for GAA Footballer Of The Year, while Finbarr Roarty has been nominated in the Young Footballer of the Year category. The All-Ireland runners-up have received more nominations than champions Kerry as the PwC All-Star football nominees have been announced for 2025. Murphy, who stepped out of retirement at the
There’s a warning the Irish economy is showing ‘parallels’ with the time before the economic crash of 2008. The Economic and Social Research institute is urging the government not to risk overheating the economy again by spending too much in the budget next month. The coalition’s set to unveil a spending package of €9.4 billion.
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Two people have been charged to court following the seizure of a number of items during a planned search at a property in the Beechmount Village area of Strabane this morning. The 35-year-old man and a 34-year-old woman have been charged with a number of drug related offences which include possession of Class A and
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Finn Harps FC are welcoming applications for the part-time role of Head Of Academy. The club say they are looking for an ambitious coach that could further grow the Academy programme, helping develop and shape the future of the club by nurturing Academy talent. Applicants are required to have a UEFA Elite Youth A Licence
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Delegates from the Ulster counties have unanimously backed a return of pre-season competitions in the province for 2026. The Dr. McKenna Cup will return in football while hurling will see the return of the Conor McGurk Cup, a competition that Donegal won in 2024. The vote took place last night at a meeting of the
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A multi-agency investigation has been launched after a young child was injured at a childcare facility in Donegal. Donegal County Childcare Committee say they are aware of the alleged incident in a pre-school setting and cannot comment any further. An Garda Siochana say that they are now are investigating all of the circumstances surrounding the
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Properties in the vicinity of Lettermacaward are experiencing water outages this morning due to an issue at the local water treatment plant. Uisce Éireann has stated that crews are working to resolve the issue and hope to have it completed by 5 pm on Friday evening. Portnoo, Derrydruel, Drumlaghdrid, Doochary, the Dune, Maghery, and Maas
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Yesterday, the Coalition for Better Alcohol Policy gave an Oireachtas briefing to elected members, urging them to name alcohol as a priority in the new National Drugs Strategy currently being developed by the Department of Health. CEO of Alcohol Forum Ireland, a charity based in Donegal, says that the briefing allowed them to present the
The trial of ‘Soldier F’ continues in Belfast today. The former British paratrooper is accused of two murders and five attempted murders on Bloody Sunday in Derry in 1972, and has pleaded not guilty. A judge will rule later on whether to admit “decisive” evidence to the trial.
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The Dail has been told the failure to pass legislation extending the increase in the cap for defective block homeowners to those already going through the scheme is cruel. Deputy Padraig MacLochlainn told TDs the reality on the ground is that people are facing huge gaps between the actual cost of the remediation and what’s
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A Northern Ireland charity is encouraging people to familiarise themselves with epilepsy first aid. New research from Epilepsy Action shows one in three people surveyed would walk away from someone having a seizure, while over half wouldn’t know how to help. The organisation has launched the ‘Could I Count on You?’ campaign in a bid
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The sod has been turned to mark the beginning of works on phase two of the Derg Active projects. The body of works, funded by the British Government and Derry City and Strabane District Council, will be carried out at Mitchell Park, the Diamond, Derg Valley Leisure Centre and Castle Park. Mayor Cllr Ruraí McHugh
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The Northern Irish Infrastructure Minister has reaffirmed her commitment to the delivery of the long-awaited A5 project following a motion put forward by the SDLP yesterday in the Assembly. Liz Kimmins says she is determined to find a way forward to see the road built as quickly as possible in a bid to save lives.
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Gardaí are again warning the public of scammers purporting to be members of their organisation. The latest fraud comes in the form of a text, telling the receiver they must pay for a Fixed Charge Notice via a link enclosed in the text. Garda Grainne Doherty told today’s Nine ‘Til Noon show that the message
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A man required hospital treatment after an alleged assault on High Road in Letterkenny last Saturday. At approximately half past midnight, a man was reported to have been attacked by another man, who was described as being tall, of slim build, dark-haired and wearing a black jacket and black trousers. The man in question then
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A takeaway located on the Diamond in Donegal Town was broken into in the early hours of Sunday morning. Between 2:45am and 3:00am, two men entered the building through an unlocked door to the rear of the premises and made their way through the rooms. Some damage was caused inside but nothing was stolen. Gardaí
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South Donegal TD and Junior Minister Marian Harkin says she will nominate Maria Steen so she can run in the Presidential election. Ms Steen currently has around 14 members of the Oireachtas backing her, and needs to reach 20. Independent Ireland’s four TD’s are meeting this morning to decide if they will back her bid
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Finn Harps slumped to a second successive defeat in four days as they lost out to Wexford 3-1 at Finn Park in the SSE Airtricity League First Division on Monday night. Once again defensive frailties cost Harps dearly and they have now dropped to seventh and bar a minor miracle appear to be out of
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Seventeen-year-old Gavin McAteer scored his first senior goal for Finn Harps – but ultimately it was a night of huge disappointment at Finn Park as Wexford struck back with Dean Larkin bagging a hat-trick in their SSE Airtricity League First Division fixture as the visitors triumphed on a 3-1 scoreline. This result sees Wexford leapfrog
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On this weeks DL Debate, Brendan Devenney is joined by Maureen O Donnell with a wrap up of the Ladies Championship,and John Gildea and Oweney McGarvey will look back on the senior and Intermediate Championship. The DL Debate in association with Sara’s Kitchen at Sister Sara’s Letterkenny:
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Adam McKinley from Letterkenny won a bronze medal at the European University Rowing Championships in Poland, while competing for Queen’s University Belfast. He partnered Benedict Weis to secure third place in the final of the lightweight double skulls over the 1Km distance. The pair posted a time of 3:16.01 in the final that was won
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Two Donegal boxers were crowned at the 2025 IABA National U17 Championships in Dublin. Aleisha Mullis Boyle (Dungloe BC) beat Grace Bailey (Castlebar BC, Mayo) 5-0 at 66kg while Sean Doohan (Dunfanaghy BC) beat Martin Collins (Baldoyle BC, Dublin) 5-0. In all, 130 boxers from 73 clubs contested this tournament across a two-week period. These champions
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The selling price of the average second-hand three-bed semi house in Donegal has surpassed €200,000 for the first time according to the Real Estate Alliance. A survey has shown that the price rose by 19% in the past year. This quarter reports that the average Bundoran prices this quarter are €210,000 an increase of 2%
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