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World Cup

The majority of Irish people say they’ll be backing Brazil to win the World Cup. Ahead of kick-off tomorrow, statistics from website hotels.com also shows that Argentina and Spain were close runners up in a poll to find out who Ireland will be supporting. Neighbours England is the least favourite to win with Irish sports […]

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32 on trolleys or in wards at Letterkenny General Hospital as overcrowding continues

Letterkenny General Hospital is the third most overcrowded hospital in the country today according to figures released by the Irish Nurses and Midwives Association. Their figures, collated this morning, show that there are 21 people classified as either being treated or awaiting treatment on trolleys – a further 11 are ‘in wards’. The only other

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Flash Floods In Kerrykeel

Serious flash floods struck Kerrykeel around 5.30pm Tuesday and a sports complex and family homes on two estates have suffered severe water damage with residents forced to vacate their homes. At the height of the deluge it was reported that a tornado was seen nearby on Mulroy Bay. Firemen from Milford were at the scene

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Heart Attack Awareness

Too often men and women delay in getting to hospital, they don’t want to cause a fuss or they waste vital time calling family or friends first which can prove fatal. Shaun is joined by Graham who suffered a heart attack while on holiday in Donegal, he was lucky that the people around him reacted

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Portrush set to host British Open, while Ballyliffen hopeful of hoping Irish Open in same year

The British Open Golf Championship is to return to Northern Ireland for the first time since 1951, with Royal Portrush expected to host the tournament as early as 2019. The Royal and Ancient had said last month that it remained “some distance” from being able to stage the Open in the North. However, the R&A

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Red Tape forces thousands to wait extra year for GLAS payments – Ó Domhnaill

There’s been another blow to farmers with confirmation that payments under the long awaited GLAS scheme won’t start until 2016. Donegal Senator Brian Ó Domhnaill says the scheme is a highly important one, as it is the replacement for REPS, and the delay in paying it will hit farmers badly at a time when they are most in need.

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First Meeting of the Shadow Derry City and Strabane District Council this evening

The First Meeting of the Shadow Derry City and Strabane District Council will take place in Derry’s Guildhall this evening, with the council set to approve its standing orders and elect a Chairperson and Deputy Chair to oversee the transition. The forty councillors elected to serve on the new Derry City and Strabane District Council

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Deputy Pringle calls on IFI to step back in Gweebarra River dispute

Donegal South West Deputy Thomas Pringle is urging Inland Fisheries Ireland to take a step back following a heated altercation between IFI officials and local anglers at the Gweebarra River. He says this incident is reflective of the bad feeling over a number of years between the Donegal Game Angling Federation and the IFI regarding

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19-year-old Finn Harps player fighting for his life after tragic fall while on holidays

A young Donegal man is battling for his life after he was involved in a serious accident while on holidays in Spain. 19-year-old Oisin Merritt, a talented young footballer who plays with Finn Harps Reserves, is from Stranorlar. 19-year-old Oisin Merrit was holidaying with a group of his friends in Santa Ponsa, Mallorca when the

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Donegal defaulters pay a total of 1.3 million euro in tax and penalties

Over 1.3 million euro was paid to the Revenue Commissioners in tax and penalties by 11 individuals and businesses in Donegal between January and March of this year. The figure is included in the latest Tax Defaulters List, which has just been published. The highest Donegal payment in the first quarter was made by Ferry’s

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Jimmy’s Hall

Written by Paul Laverty (Looking for Eric, The Wind That Shakes the Barley), and starring Barry Ward, Simone Kirby, Jim Norton, Brían F O’Byrne and Andrew Scott, Jimmy’s Hall is “freely inspired” by the real-life story of Irish communist Jimmy Gralton (Ward). In 1921 Jimmy Gralton’s sin was to build a dance hall on a

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Maleficent

“Maleficent” explores the untold story of Disney’s most iconic villain from the classic “Sleeping Beauty” and the elements of her betrayal that ultimately turn her pure heart to stone. Driven by revenge and a fierce desire to protect the moors over which she presides, Maleficent cruelly places an irrevocable curse upon the human king’s newborn

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Edge Of Tomorrow

In a near future, a hive-like alien race called Mimics have hit the Earth in an unrelenting assault, shredding great cities to rubble and leaving millions of human casualties in their wake. No army in the world can match the speed, brutality or seeming prescience of the weaponized Mimic fighters or their telepathic commanders. But

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Blended

After a disastrous blind date, single parents Lauren (Barrymore) and Jim (Sandler) agree on only one thing: they never want to see each other again. But when they each sign up separately for a fabulous family vacation with their kids, they are all stuck sharing a suite at a luxurious African safari resort for a

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Grace Of Monaco

Grace Of Monaco focused on the personal story of former Hollywood star Grace Kelly during a dispute between Monaco’s Prince Rainier III, and France’s Charles De Gaulle over tax laws in the early 1960s. Nicole Kidman stars as Grace Kelly with Tim Roth as Prince Rainier III. The film is directed by Olivier Dahan (LA

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“Commission of Investigation” to look into Mother and Baby Homes

The Government’s announced a full ‘Commission of Investigation’ into mother and baby homes. It will have full statutory powers to seek documents and compel witnesses. The wide ranging inquiry will examine all aspects of the running of the homes and won’t just be confined to the revelations concerning the former Bon Secour’s home in Tuam.

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WW2 Commemorative Ceremony

At 12.35 on 16th June 1942 an RAF Lockheed Hudson light bomber, with a crew of three international volunteers from Atlantic Ferry Command and one additional (Irish?) mystery-man, made a classic, successful, emergency landing (“Forced landing- No Petrol” as the Royal Canadian Air Force, Radio Operator’s Log book shows) on Killyhoey beach, having been one

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Cllr raises concerns about future of Glenveigh National Park shuttle bus

A Donegal County Cllr has said that he’s concerned by reports that management at Glenveagh National Park are preparing to privatise the park shuttle bus service. The bus service between the Visitor Centre and the Castle is currently operated by the park using seasonal workers. Cllr Micheál Cholm Mac Giolla Easbuig says there is now

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Five PSNI officers disciplined in Derry over Sean Dolans fire investigation

Five PSNI officers have been disciplined following a Police Ombudsman investigation which found that police failed to properly investigate a fire at the Sean Dolan’s GAA clubhouse in Derry in December 2011. The fire broke out in the early hours of Saturday, December 2011, and caused extensive damage to the building. At the time the

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Pat Finucane Centre in Derry seeking early meeting with new Chief Constable over Good Samaritan bomb

The Pat Finucane Centre in Derry is seeking an early meeting with the new Chief Constable after it came to light that the PSNI is rejecting the central findings of the Police Ombudsman into the 1988 Good Samaritan Bombing case in Derry. Last year, the Ombudsman upheld the Dalton family’s complaints that the RUC failed

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22 Jump Street

                  After making their way through high school (twice), big changes are in store for officers Schmidt (Jonah Hill) and Jenko (Channing Tatum) when they go deep undercover at a local college. But when Jenko meets a kindred spirit on the football team, and Schmidt infiltrates the

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Call for protection for basking sharks as thousands prepare to converge on Donegal coast

The Donegal based Irish Basking Shark Study Group is asking the government to provide legal protection for basking sharks. The group is lobbying Arts, Culture and Tourism Minister Jimmy Deenihan to take action, saying the sharks can promote eco-tourism and being an economic benefit to areas such as Malin Head, particularly over the next two

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Protection For Basking Sharks

A Donegal based Irish Basking Shark Study Group has requested Minister of Arts, Heritage, Gaelteacht and the Islands, Jimmy Deenihan to provide legal protection to basking sharks.  Hundreds of Basking Sharks have been spotted in Irish Waters in recent weeks with several spotted in Donegal. The Shaun Doherty Show  is joined by Emmett  Johnson who

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Lough Swilly Ferry Service

Cllr Liam Blaney joins Shaun to call on ferry operators to come forward if they are interested in running the Lough Swilly service which links Buncrana with Rathmullan. A closing date for tenders for the ferry was March 12th, but Donegal County Council has received no applications to date. Councillor Liam Blaney says the service

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