28 GP practices got over 750,000 each for treating medical card patients last year. The highest earning surgery is run by Dr Anas Mansour in north-west Dublin, which got nearly 1.3 million. GPs got a total of 788 million euro under the scheme last year – a 34 per cent increase on 2019. Monaghan GP […]
28 GP practices received over €750,000 each for treating patients Read More »
18 to 24 year olds can opt in for an Astrazeneca vaccine from today. The HSE will officially open its vaccine portal to this age cohort this morning. Those signing up will need their PPS number, their eircode, a mobile number and an email address. The vaccine choice is being expanded due to concerns about
Vaccine portal will open to 18 to 24 year olds today Read More »
The country’s five-day moving average of Covid-19 cases has risen by 89 percent in the past week. It’s grown to 1,101 after 1,179 new cases were confirmed by the Department of Health yesterday. The five day moving average of cases in Donegal is 68 while the 14 day incidence rate of the virus in the
Ireland’s five day moving average of cases up 89% Read More »
Homeowners are being asked to conserve water amid a surge in demand due to the warm weather. Irish Water says it’s dealing with outages in parts of Donegal as well as in north Dublin and Kerry. The utility says high water demand in Rathmullan, Carrigart, Downings, Fanad, Clonmany, Carndonagh, Malin Town, Malin Head, Gleenely and
Homeowners urged again to conserve water Read More »
As the good weather continues, the Mulroy Coast Guard is reminding jet skiers of the importance of following Bylaws. The Mulroy Coast Guard says a recent spate of Jet Ski infringements into swimming areas has resulted in a greater risk to members of the public, and increased demands on Search and Rescue organisations. They are
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International travel is allowed from today for the first time in 16 months, as Ireland rolls-out the EU Digital Covid Certificate. Fully vaccinated people, those recently recovered from Covid-19 or can present a negative test are allowed travel around the European Union. Over 22 thousand people are expected to pass through Dublin Airport today, as
International travel resumes today Read More »
A new Technological University in North West could provide a €600 million boost to the Irish economy from research, innovation and teaching. The Northern and Western Regional Assembly has found that every €1 of expenditure by the new Connacht-Ulster Technological University is likely to result in an overall increase of nearly €4 in output to
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Farm Safety Week begins today across Ireland. This year, organisers are encouraging farmers to Rethink Safety and be more aware of the everyday risks and how to reduce them. Farmers are being urged to take regular short breaks and build enjoyment into the working day to help alleviate stress. IFA President Tim Cullinan says it’s
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League of Ireland Premier Division struggler’s Waterford sprung a surprise on Sunday beating Sligo Rovers 1-0 at the RSC. Cian Kavanagh’s second half strike gave Waterford the win and a valuable three points which leaves them just a point of 8th placed Finn Harps. With the loss The Bit O’ Red missed the chance to
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Tyrone will play Monaghan in the Ulster Senior Football Championship final after they beat Donegal 23 points to 1-14. Man of the match was Kieran McGeary who fired over three points in his sides six point win. After the game, Aisling O’Reilly spoke with Kieran McGeary but first goalkeeper Niall Morgan…
Kieran McGeary and Niall Morgan on Tyrone’s Ulster Semi Final win Read More »
Tyrone are through to the Ulster Senior Football Championship final after they beat Donegal 23 points to 1-14. The Red Hand’s top scorer was Darren McCurry who fired over seven points in their six point win. After the game joint manager Fergal Logan spoke with the media… The other half of Tyrone’s joint management team
Tyrone Joint managers Brian Dooher & Fergal Logan delighted with win Read More »
Donegal bowed out of the Ulster Senior Football Championship after they were beaten 0-23 to 1-14 by Tyrone at Brewster Park. Declan Bonner’s side led early and had the chance to get a goal but Michael Murphy struck his penalty off the post. Shortly after the missed penalty, Murphy was red carded. Tyrone then kicked
Declan Bonner disappointed after Ulster Semi Final defeat Read More »
Tyrone are through to the Ulster Senior Football Championship final after they beat Donegal 0-23 to 1-14 at Brewster Park. Donegal captain Michael Murphy missed a first half penalty before being sent off after picking up a black card following an early booking. Caolan McGonagle netted for Donegal to level the game at 1-08 to
Tyrone beat Donegal in Ulster SFC Semi Final Read More »
Finn Harps and Derry City suffered defeats over the weekend in the Premier Division. Harps were handed their fourth loss in five games, going down 1-0 away to Dundalk with David McMillian netting the games only goal. Derry surrendered a 2-0 lead early in the first half to lose 4-2 to Shamrock Rovers. Ramelton’s Ronan
Premier Division Review: Defeats for Finn Harps & Derry City Read More »
The Department of Health has confirmed 1179 new cases of Covid-19 this evening in the Republic of Ireland. There are now 91 people being treated for the virus in hospital, an increase of 13 in the past 24 hours. The number of patients in intensive care stands at 22, unchanged on yesterday’s figure. Donegal’s 14-day
1179 new Covid-19 cases in ROI Read More »
Derry have beaten Kerry by a single point to win the 2020 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship final. 2-12 to 1-14 was the final score at Bord na Mona O’Connor Park. Captain Matthew Downey was top scorer for Derry with 1-3 with Lachlan Murray scoring 1-2.
Derry win All Ireland Minor title Read More »
Ireland have had their most successful European Under 20 games ever and still have one day of action left in Tallinn, Estonia. They have claimed four gold medals at the event so far, Ireland had only ever won four medals ever at the Under 20 games. Rhasidat Adeleke claimed gold in the 100 and 200
Neil Martin on historic European U20 games for Ireland Read More »
Several council house tenants in County Donegal have been told to move out in order for their homes in order for them to be tested for mica. The Sunday Independent has reported today that a number of residents in the Clos Phadraig estate in Carndonagh have received letters from Donegal County Council, asking them to
Carndonagh council house residents told to move due to mica testing Read More »
A number of Donegal motorists have been penalised by Gardaí this weekend across the county, as the busy Summer season continues. Gardaí from the Letterkenny Roads Policing Unit say that a motorist was pulled over in the early hours of Saturday morning, after being recorded speeding at 172 km/h. Gardaí then say the driver failed
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The Senior Cup was back in all its glory on Saturday afternoon as 50-over cricket returned to the North West after an absence of almost two years. And on a weekend where glorious sunshine provided the perfect backdrop, the usual suspects- Donemana, Brigade, Bready and Eglinton all progressed to the quarter finals with little or
North West Senior Cup Results 17/07/2021 Read More »
Only one in 15 applicants for mica redress have been told how much compensation they’ll receive from the scheme. The Sunday Business Post reports that 475 people have applied to the defective blocks scheme, but just 30 of those have found how much they’ll get. The current scheme is currently being reviewed by the Mica
Only 1 in 15 Mica Redress applicants know what compensation they will receive Read More »
Division 1 St Michael’s 1-11 V 1-09 Gaoth Dobhair Killybegs 1-09 V 0-15 Kilcar St Eunan’s 2-06 V 2-10 Naomh Conaill Bundoran 1-13 V 2-11 Cloughaneely Division 2 Dungloe 2-12 V 2-12 Glenfin Sean Mac Cumhaill 0-12 V 0-11 Aodh Ruadh BS Naomh Columba 1-18 V 0-11 Downings Division 3 Letterkenny Gaels 1-09 V 1-09
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The Ulster Championship starts next Wednesday for the minor u17 age group in the province and Donegal kick things off in the preliminary round against Antrim. The winner in Ballybofey will go through to meet Monaghan in the quarter finals. Donegal Minor Manager Luke Barrett has been speaking with Highland’s Oisin Kelly ahead of the
Watch GAA Preview with Donegal Minor Manager Luke Barrett Read More »
Finn Harps were beaten 1-0 away to Dundalk on Saturday evening. David McMillian netted for the hosts on 33 minutes in what was a controversial goal as the forward appeared to be offside. Harps put pressure on Dundalk in the second half but couldn’t get the leveler and fell to their second successive defeat. Harps
“We played when we went behind”- Ollie Horgan Read More »
Finn Harps suffered their fourth defeat in five game with a 1-0 loss away to Dundalk. David McMillian scored the games only goal on 33 minutes. The win moves Dundalk above Derry City by two points. Ryan Ferry and Declan Boyle report from Oriel Park…
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Donegal Ladies suffered a 3-10 to 1-11 defeat to Galway in their opening game in the All Ireland series. Maxi Curran’s side led 1-06 to 0-04 at the break with the goal coming from Katy Herron but three early second half goals for Galway from Nicola Ward and two from Ailish Morrisey turned the tie
Donegal Ladies start All Ireland campaign with loss to Galway Read More »
Monaghan survived a fight back from Armagh to win their Ulster Senior Football Championship semi-final on a scoreline of 4-17 to 2-21 in Newry. Conor McManus, Jack McCarron, Michael Bannigan and Darren Hughes with the goals for Seamus McEnaney’s side in the first-half. They will play the winner of Donegal and Tyrone in that final
Monaghan get better of Armagh to reach Ulster SFC Final Read More »
There are strong fears that the current Donegal All County Leagues could be postponed. A significant number of matches scheduled for this weekend are off with Covid having a big impact on the current campaign. With Championship due to start in September for the clubs, there is little or no room to play refixed games
ACL games to be moved but fears of competition postponement Read More »
Donegal and Tyrone have named their teams for their Ulster Semi Final clash on Sunday afternoon. There are no changes to the Donegal team that was originally named to start last Sunday’s game with Derry, although the starting 15 was changed before Throw in with Michael Murphy, Peadar Mogan and Brendan McCole being replaced by
Donegal and Tyrone name teams for Ulster Semi Final Read More »
Tributes have been paid to Monaghan Under 20 captain Brendan Og Duffy who was killed in a road crash on Friday night. Two cars were involved in the collision on the N2 in Tullybuck, Clontibret at around 11:30 last night. The accident happened just hours after the 19-year-old played a huge role in Monaghan’s comeback
Monaghan U20 captain dies on way home from Ulster Semi Final win Read More »
People are being warned to protect their skin in the sun as temperatures are set to reach up to 23 degrees in Donegal, and up to 28 degrees in other parts of the country today. 9 out of 10 skin cancers are caused by over-exposure to UV light. The HSE is warning the public to
HSE warns public to use sun protection this weekend Read More »
The HSE says it’s noticing a rise in large Covid-19 outbreaks across the country as the Delta variant spreads. It comes after 1,173 new cases were reported yesterday – the highest daily figure in over 5 months. Health officials are warning of large increases among under 30s – and are urging unvaccinated people not to
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The All Ireland Championship starts this weekend for the Donegal Senior Ladies. Maxi Curran’s side head to Sligo to face Galway in the group four encounter. You can follow the action on Highland – on air and online at highlandradio.com from the 4pm throw in at Markievicz Park. The commentary team is Tommy Devane, Maria
Donegal Ladies v Galway LIVE Commentary Read More »
Concerns have been raised over the wastewater treatment plant in Dungloe. Local residents have formed a group to highlight concerns which they say centres around an odour emanating from the wastewater treatment plant and possible discharge. It’s claimed the odour is evident also in the town centre. Local Councillor Micheal Cholm MacGiolla Easbuig says there
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Finn Harps are on the road in Premier Division this afternoon with a difficult trip to Dundalk on the cards for Ollie Horgan’s side. There’s live match commentary from the 4pm kick off at Oriel Park with Ryan Ferry and former Finn Harps Captain Declan Boyle. Click on player below to listen: Finn Harps on
Dundalk v Finn Harps – LIVE Commentary Read More »
Donegal exited the Ulster Under 20 Championship at the Semi Final stage on Friday night losing out 3-10 to 1-11 to Monaghan. Gary Duffy’s side led nine points to 1-01 at half time but were outscored 2-09 to 1-02 in the second half to bow out of the Championship. Donegal manager Gary Duffy told Oisin
Watch: Gary Duffy on Donegal U20’s Semi Final defeat to Monaghan Read More »
Derry City suffered their second successive defeat on Friday night, this time losing out 4-2 at home to Shamrock Rovers. At halftime the hosts’ led 2-1 through Ronan Boyce and Junior Ogedi-Uzokwe before Graham Burke netted for the visitors. A strong second half display from the league leaders saw goals from Ronan Finn, Rory Gaffney
Tale of two halves for Derry City and Ruaidhri Higgins Read More »
Shamrock Rovers came from 2-0 down to beat Derry City 4-2 at the Ryan McBride Brandywell on Friday night. Goals from Ronan Boyce and Junior Ogedi-Uzokwe had the Candystripes two up before goals from Graham Burke, Ronan Finn, Rory Gaffney and Ritchie Towell gave the Champions all three points. Defender Danny Lafferty told Martin Holmes
“Extremely disappointing”- Danny Lafferty Read More »
Shamrock Rovers came from behind to beat Derry City 4-2 at the Ryan McBride Brandywell on Friday night. Donegal’s Ronan Boyce gave Derry the lead on 20 minutes before Junior Ogedi-Uzokwe doubled the hosts’ lead on the half hour mark but Graham Burke pulled one back for the visitors before half time. Second half goals
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Donegal’s Under 20’s have bowed out of the Ulster Championship at the Semi Final stage after they were beaten 1-11 to 3-10 by Monaghan. Donegal started well and led nine points to 1-01 at half time. Monaghan came alive and the second half and led by five before Ryan McFadden netted to give Gary Duffy’s
Donegal U20’s bow out of Ulster Championship Read More »
1,173 new cases of Covid-19 have been confirmed today – the highest figure in nearly five and a half months. 79 patients are in hospital with the virus, 23 of whom are in ICU. The chief medical officer, Tony Holohan, says half of today’s cases are among 19 to 34-year-olds, and cases are increasing in
1,173 new cases of Covid-19 today Read More »
Main Evening News, Sport, Nuacht and Obituaries Friday July 16th:
Main Evening News, Sport, Nuacht and Obituaries Friday July 16th Read More »
Irish Water says a high demand for water in Donegal is continuing to put severe pressure on water supplies as warm weather continues, visitors to towns and villages increase and the hospitality sector begins to re-open. High water demand in Rathmullan, Carrigart, Downings, Fanad, Clonmany, Carndonagh, Malin Town, Malin Head, Gleenely and across the Lough
Irish Water continue to appeal to people in Donegal to conserve water Read More »
The level of Covid-19 restrictions during certain parts of 2020 highlighted how adaptable Donegal Sports Partnership (DSP) and its staff were, and how willing they were to respond to whatever was placed in their path with great enthusiasm, according to Donegal Sports Partnership Coordinator, Myles Sweeney. Presenting his report to the organisation’s annual general meeting,
AGM hears Donegal Sports Partnership secured €790,326 in funding for 2020 Read More »
The incidence rate of Covid-19 in South Inishowen remains the highest in the country. The 14 day incidence rate of the virus in South Inishowen is 1073 cases per 100,000 people, seven times the national average of 151. 240 Covid-19 cases were confirmed in South Inishowen in the 14 days up to July 12th, with
Rate of Covid in South Inishowen remains highest in country Read More »
There are 1,380 new cases of Covid-19 in Northern Ireland. It’s the highest daily figure in over six months, and nearly 300 more than yesterday’s total. 92 Covid patients are in hospital, with two in intensive care. Over 2.1 million vaccines have been administered in the North.
Highest daily covid figures in the North in over six months Read More »
A dry and warm day across much of Ulster with long spells of sunshine. However, it will stay rather cloudy in some coastal parts of the west and north, where there may be a few spots of drizzle. Winds will generally be light, with sea breezes in coastal areas. Highest temperatures of 21 to 23
Warmest temperatures of the year expected this weekend Read More »
Serious concerns have been raised over parking at Lisfannon Beach. The Cathaoirleach of the Inishowen Municipal District says the parking situation at the moment poses risks with motorists forced to park on the hard shoulder in a 100 km/h zone. The carpark at the beach has been closed due to erosion in the area. Councillor
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The HSE has further extended the opening of the pop-up walk-in Covid-19 test centre in Buncrana. The centre at Nailors Row Car Park behind Cockhill Health Centre, Buncrana, will now remain open until Sunday July 25th. The pop up centre was set up in the first week of July due to concerns over an increase
Buncrana walk-in test centre opening extended Read More »
A Derry Councillor says vaccination certificate systems North and South must work together. Councillor Sandra Duffy says it’s vital for those living and working in border areas that a vaccination system in the North works in tandem with a system in the Republic and vice versa. She says it defies logic if there are two
Calls for vaccination certificates North and South to work together Read More »
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