Fur farming is set to be banned in Ireland under proposals going to cabinet this morning. Agriculture Minister Charlie McConalogue will ask his cabinet colleagues to allow him to draft a bill banning fur farming from early 2022. It’s estimated there are around 120,000 mink on three farms based in counties Laois, Donegal and Kerry. […]
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50 new jobs are to be created in Donegal as part of a €500,000 investment in the Shandon Hotel and Spa. The hotel in Portnablagh, has been granted planning permission to expand its bar areas with work due to get underway in the Autumn. Up to 35 jobs will be created through the construction phase.
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St. Patrick’s Athletic have ended the night top of the SSE Airtricity Premier Division. Ronan Coughlan scored twice in a 4-1 win at home to Finn Harps with Adam Foley on the scoresheet for Harps. Georgie Kelly’s fifth goal in two games saw Bohemians beat Shamrock Rovers in the Dublin derby at Dalymount. Inishowen native
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Ramelton man Ronan Boyce was once again the saviour for Derry City as he scored the equaliser in the Candystrips 1-1 with Sligo Rovers in the Premier Division clash at The Brandywell. Jordan Gibson put Sligo ahead ten minutes into the second as Boyce leveled it up with a deflected 20 yard effort in the
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Finn Harps lost 4-1 to title chasing St Patrick’s Athletic on Monday night. Ethan Lee reports from Richmond Park…
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Derry City came from behind to force a 1-1 draw with Sligo Rovers at The Brandywell on Monday night. Martin Holmes reports for Highland Radio Sport…
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Dylan Browne McMonagle continues to build on his impressive lead in the Apprentice Jockey Championship. The Donegal man was on top form at Ballinrobe on Monday where he picked up two more wins, a second and two third place finishes. His two wins were a 16/1 double on Fearless Girl (3/1) and Merrior (3/1) for
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On this weeks DL Debate Podcast, Brendan Devenney talks men’s and ladies football with Colm Parkinson, Paddy Bradley and Maureen O’Donnell. Listen to the DL Debate in association with the Dry Arch Complex, Letterkenny…
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284 new cases of Covid 19 have been confirmed in the Republic this evening. Meanwhile, latest figures from the HSPC show that in the two weeks to midnight last Thursday, there were 301 cases in Donegal, a 14 day incidence rate of 189.1 cases per 100,000 people. That compares to a national rate of 95.2,
284 new Covid cases as Donegal’s incidence rate remains high Read More »
News, Sport and Obituaries on Monday June 21st……….
News, Sport and Obituaries on Monday June 21st Read More »
Designs have been unveiled this week for a new environmental regeneration scheme in Strabane. The project in the Castle Street area aims to improve the character of the area and help to support local businesses. After extensive consultation it was decided that the Castle Street and Abercorn Square areas would significantly benefit from an upgrade
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The COVID-19 Community Assessment Hub which operated in Letterkenny from April until the 11th of this month has been shortlisted for the HSE Excellence Awards. The facility ceased operating June 11th 2021, ceasing operations as GP’s now have the capacity to assess their patients in GP surgeries. The Donegal hub was the first in the
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A Donegal born senator says there needs to be a special time limited exemption to allow the sale of alcohol for consumption outdoors. It’s after Gardaí said drinking alcohol in areas which were set up to facilitate an ‘outdoor summer’ is not allowed. Justice Minister Heather Humphries says she’s spoken to the Garda Commissioner, and
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Over €12,000 has been allocated to a number of organisations in Donegal as part of funding for small scale local festivals and summer schools. The scheme is designed to assist local cultural events which may not be eligible under funding criteria for larger scale events. €4,000 has been allocated to the Letterkenny Cathedral Quarter for
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Work is progressing to provide surgical termination pregnancy services for women at Letterkenny University Hospital. Saolta says the hospital is not currently in a position to provide abortions but staff are working with the Saolta Hospital Group and the HSE National Women and Infants Programme to progress the introduction of the service. A primarily community-led
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A Donegal Deputy is calling for the right to retire at 65 to be restored. A Sinn Fein motion will come before the Dail tomorrow urging the Government to commit to restore the right to retire at 65 on full pension rate. Deputy Padraig MacLochlainn says people deserve to have the choice to retire or
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A Fin Whale which was discovered stranded in Lough Swilly on Saturday has died. Following the report of the live stranding, the Donegal IWDG, dedicated marine biologists and NPWS attended the scene. The whale is normally found in deep waters and the Donegal IWDG say it is possible the whale may have been feeding in
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A total of 53 arrests were made over the weekend by Gardai in Letterkenny. 29 people were arrested for dangerous driving offences, 14 for public order offences and 8 people were arrested for driving under the influence of drink or drugs. 2 people were also arrested on foot of outstanding warrants.
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170 primary and post-primary schools are to receive funding to improve their walking and cycling infrastructure. 5 schools in Donegal are to receive funding. They are; Deel College, Raphoe, Scoil Cholmcille, Newtowncunningham, Scoil Mhuire, Ramelton, St Baithin’s NS, St Johnston, St Eunan’s NS, Raphoe. It’s part of the government’s Safe Routes to School programme, which
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People coming to Letterkenny to cause mayhem on the roads is unacceptable as it puts lives at risk. That’s according to Donegal’s Road Safety Officer who says no one was safe on the roads as hundreds travelled to the town on what would traditionally have been rally weekend. A number of arrests for dangerous driving
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The HSE CEO says unvaccinated people planning to travel abroad this summer need to carry out a “personal risk assessment”. The National Public Health Emergency Team says there should be no consideration to leave the country this summer for people who haven’t been fully vaccinated. However, the Government has signed up to the EU Digital
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With ten weeks to go to the 2021 Donegal Half Marathon, 150 people have registered for the event. The Donegal Half Marathon was first held in 2014. Because of Covid-19 restrictions, a virtual event replaced an actual event last year. As the gradual lifting of restrictions continues, the organising committee are looking forward to welcoming
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Finn Harps look to bounce back from Friday’s derby defeat as they travel to Inchicore on Monday evening to take on St. Patrick’s Athletic. Kick-off at Richmond Park is 7.45pm. The club’s previous meeting this season ended in a victory for the Saints as they ran out 2-0 winners at Finn Park back in April.
Ollie Horgan – “We’ll have to patch things up” Read More »
Letterkenny’s Killian Gribben has been named as one of five uncapped players in the Ireland U-18 Basketball squad for the upcoming European Challenge. The FIBA competition which will take place in Levice, Slovakia from August 3rd-8th. It’s not the first time Gribben has represented Ireland, he was involved in the FIBA U17 Skills Challenge last
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A Fin Whale has become stranded in Lough Swilly. The live stranding of the 60 ft long mammal was discovered on Saturday. The Donegal Irish Whale and Dolphin Group say there are no obvious marks on its body apart from evidence of rolling on mudflats and blistering of the skin caused by the sun. They
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The INMO are calling on the Government and the HSE to tackle overcrowding in hospitals. An emergency meeting of the organisation’s Emergency Department Task Force is due to be held to discuss ongoing concerns over the levels of overcrowding being experienced by both patients and healthcare staff. The INMO’s North West Industrial Relations Officer, Neal
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The government’s being urged to find a resolution after it emerged it’s illegal for pubs and restaurants to serve alcohol in many outdoors seating areas. Gardai say drinking alcohol in temporary outdoor locations isn’t allowed if they don’t have a licence. The force says these businesses can only sell food or drinks on a takeaway
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The new leader of the DUP could be known as early as tomorrow. It follows the resignation of Edwin Poots who only lasted three weeks as leader, after a row within the party. The DUP has reportedly warned it’ll collapse Stormont if there isn’t a change in the proposals to introduce Irish language laws. Nominations
Jeffrey Donaldson tipped for position of DUP leader Read More »
Registration for a Covid-19 vaccine opens for people aged 38 today. Its expected they will be given an appointment for a jab in the coming weeks. People can sign up online, or by phone.
Covid-19 vaccine registration opens for 38 year old’s Read More »
The Cathaoirleach of Letterkenny and Milford Municipal District says there was a lot of positives in what happened around Letterkenny at the weekend. A large garda operation was mounted as huge crowds of mainly young people arrived or the weekend, many in modified cars. This would have been the weekend of the Donegal International Rally,
Weekend events must be seen in context – Coyle Read More »
Leo McLoone was happy that Naomh Conaill’s All County League win over Gaoth Dobhair. They ran out 1-13 to 1-07 winners with Brendan McDyre scoring the goal for the hosts. The win means the men from Glenties have won their opening two games. Leo McLoone Gave his thoughts to Tom Comack after the game.
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There were more medals won by Donegal athletes at day two of the National Junior and Under 23 Championships. There was also throwing action taking place in Antrim. Patsy McGonagle has the wrap…
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There was a derby day defeat for Finn Harps as they went down 2-1 to Derry City at Finn Park. Ethan Boyle netted the goal for Harps between two Will Patching strikes which gave the Candystripes all three points. Harps now face a trip to St Pat’s on Monday as Derry take on Sligo Rovers.
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Naomh Conaill made it back to back wins in the All County League on Sunday afternoon with a 1-13 to 1-07 win over Gaoth Dobhair. Tom Comack has the full time report… Division 1 Naomh Conaill 1-13 Gaoth Dobhair 1-07 Glenswilly 1-14 V 1-14 Bundoran St Michael’s 0-18 V 1-09 Cloughaneely Ardara 1-06 V 1-12
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Brendan Boyce’s place for this summer’s Olympics was made official earlier in the week as Team Ireland selected seven athletes to compete across the Marathon and 50km Race Walk events in Sapporo this summer. Boyce will compete at the Olympics for a third time in his career tackling the 50k walk on Friday 6th August.
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Fresh off the back of a Derby day win Derry City now play host to Sligo Rovers in another North West Derby. Ruaidhri Higgins’ side come into the tie in good form and are unbeaten in seven games whilst Sligo Rovers have tasted defeat in both thier last two games. Derry City boss Ruaidhri Higgins
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The Mica Scandal will take years to resolve, according to the Housing Minister. Minister Darragh O’Brien told the Sunday Independent between private and social homes, the figure for Donegal will be at least 6,000, and possibly much higher. The Mayo figure could be ion the region of 1,000, and he is now receiving reports of
Mica will take years to resolve – O’Brien Read More »
There are 288 new confirmed cases of Covid-19 in Ireland. The Department of Health says there are currently 49 patients with the virus in hospital. The number of people being treated in ICU is up one to 15. The Covid-19 vaccine portal is now open for people in their 30s. Those aged 35 to 39
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The new DUP leader could be announced as early as Tuesday. Belfast MP Jeffrey Donaldson is the current front runner for the vacant position. It follows the resignation of Edwin Poots after just 3 weeks in charge due to a deal with Sinn Fein and the British government on Irish language laws. SDLP MP Claire
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Local Councillor and Chair of the Donegal County Council joint policing committee, Councillor Gerry McMonagle, has criticised those involved in activities surrounding the “unofficial” rally weekend. This weekend, which was the planned weekend for the now-cancelled Donegal International Rally, has seen many car enthusiasts gather in Letterkenny and the surrounding areas, causing what some
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Mark English looks set to be going to the Olympic following his impressive second place run in the 800 metres in Madrid. The Finn Valley man ran a time of 1:45.22 at the World Athletics Continental Tour Meeting. The time was just 0.02 of the official qualifying standard for the games in Japan but the
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Immunology Professor Kingston Mills of Trinity College Dublin says it will be very difficult to stop the Delta variant of Covid-19 from spreading in Ireland, especially in border countries. His comments come after the chief medical officers in the Republic and the North expressed concern over the variant, and appealed to people crossing the
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Episode 4 of Hitting the Fairways is all about youth golfers this weekend. Sean Quinn is joined by Carlos O’Reilly – Dunfanaghy GC , Luke Kelly – Beaver GC Belfast and Cian Page & Ciaran McCormick – Portsalon GC. Hitting The Fairways is in association with Creative Landscaping Works, Letterkenny, Email: creativelandscapingworks.com, Tel: 074 9205039
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The Covid-19 vaccine portal is now open for people in their 30s. Those aged 35 to 39 can register for a vaccine from today. It’s expected people in that cohort will be given their first doses next month, while vaccination of people in their 20s will start in late July or early August. HSE National
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Sinn Fein MP John Finucane says the DUP must be willing to work with other parties in the North, no matter who its next leader is. Nominations for the post of leader have opened and Jeffrey Donaldson is the current favourite to take the position. It follows the resignation of Edwin Poots after just three
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Donegal County Council issued 128 fines for littering and illegal dumping last year, and processed over 900 complaints. 940 litter and waste complaints were received by Donegal County Council in 2020, 200 of which were still open at the end of the year. There were 2,171 routine waste inspections carried out, with 1,949 non routine
Council received over 900 waste and litter complaints in 2020 Read More »
The second round of fixtures for the 40-Over Cricket League came to a close on Saturday evening. At the Rectory, Glendermott (0) lost to Bready (25) by 152 runs At Killyclooney, Killyclooney (0) lost to Burndennett (25) by 9 wickets At Ballymagorry, Fox Lodge (24) beat Strabane (1) by 52 runs At the Bleachgreen, Ardmore
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Gardai are promising a high visibility presence in Letterkenny and its environs today after another night of what some have described as chaos in the town. Again large crowds of mainly young people, many of them driving modified cars, gathered around the area on what would have been rally weekend. At times last night, the
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Donegal Ladies are back in an Ulster Final after they beat Cavan 6-16 to 2-17 in Breffni Park on Saturday evening. After the game Oisin Kelly got the thoughts of Katy Herron. After the game Maureen O’Donnell spoke with the scorer of 2-10 for Donegal Geraldine McLaughlin.
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Mark English will be going to the Olympic Games thanks to his best run of the year in Spain on Saturday evening. The Finn Valley man ran a season best 1:45.22 to finish second in the 800m at the World Athletics Continential Tour Meeting in Madrid. The time was just 0.02 of the official qualifying
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