Donegal and Dublin will play their Allianz Football League Division One semi final at Breffni Park on Saturday week. The CCCC have fixed the game for Saturday evening the 12th June with a 7.15pm throw in at the Cavan venue. The other semi final between Kerry and Tyrone will be played on the same day […]
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Photo Credit: Ed Mulholland/Matchroom. The new NABO Middleweight Champion Jason Quigley is back on home soil after his successful stint in Las Vegas in the earlier hours of Sunday morning. The Donegal man picked up a 19th pro career win defeating Shane Mosley Jr over ten rounds on a majority decision to take the belt.
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39 people have tested positive for the coronavirus in the north in the last 24 hours. There have been no additional covid related deaths. Just over 1.7 million covid vaccines have been administered in Northern Ireland.
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Six remote working hubs are to be established in Donegal. Minister Heather Humphreys today, announced the Connected Hubs Network, Ireland’s first national network of remote working hubs Connectedhubs.ie is a key action of Our Rural Future and will see over 100 hubs connected by the end of 2021. In Donegal, the hubs will be connected
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Patients attending the Emergency Department at Letterkenny University Hospital are advised to expect long delays as the radiology, laboratory and pharmacy systems are not up and running. The Saolta Hospital Group says essential services like blood tests and diagnostic services are taking much longer to operate than usual as a result of the cyber attack.
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Donegal County Council says there is no scope to put protocols in place that would amount to the general exclusion of a particular supplier from entering all or certain categories of Council tenders. The local authority was responding to a motion put forward by Councillor Liam Blaney who called for management of the council to
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Police in Strabane are treating a fire at the old Adria site yesterday evening as arson. At around 6pm, police received a report that a dumper truck had been set on fire in the Beechmount Avenue area. Police attended the scene along with NIFRS and discovered that a truck had been set alight deliberately. Police
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Mica has taken precedence at today’s meeting of Donegal County Council. Councillors across the county have called for a 100% redress scheme for affected homeowners. Councillors Michael McBride, Frank McBrearty, Jack Murray Liam Blaney and Nicholas Crossan brought forward motions at today’s sitting on the Mica issue. Councillor Michael McBride, proposed a motion calling on
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As part of the EU- PEACE IV Action Plan, Donegal County Council is delighted to announce a new Community Play Park in the village of Killea. Construction is due to begin on the playground this week and the aim is to have it open by the end of August. The playground will be fully inclusive,
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The General Manager of Letterkenny University Hospital has confirmed that there has been a slight increase in the number of infectious cases of Covid-19 at the hospital. There are currently 9 cases at the hospital. Sean Murphy says there has also been an increase in the number of people with the virus presenting at the
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The General Manager of Letterkenny University Hospital says significant progress has been made in recovering from the cyber attack on the HSE but not to a stage were full service can resume. Impacts are still being felt in many areas of the hospital including the laboratory department which Sean Murphy says is a major concern
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Seamus Coleman is out of Thursday’s friendly clash against Andorra. The Ireland Captain has suffered another hamstring strain but he hopes to be fit to face Hungary a week on Tuesday. Coleman picked up the injury in the closing weeks of the Premier League season. Despite the injury, The Killybegs man traveled with the Irish
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Donegal will play Dublin in the semi final of the National League Division One on the weekend of June 12/13th with match details to be confirmed confirmed by the CCCC later today. The other semi final will see Kerry have home advantage in their semi final with Tyrone. Martin McHugh told Oisin Kelly Dublin will
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A Donegal Senator has rowed back on comments he previously made regarding the Mica Redress Scheme. On Friday, Senator Niall Blaney said he disagreed that a 100% redress scheme should be sanctioned and that such a scheme wouldn’t address all the issues facing affected homeowners from the current 90 – 10 format. His comments
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Agriculture Minister Charlie McConalogue says he will continue to be the Donegal voice at the cabinet table for affected homeowners. Issues arising from the Mica Redress Scheme have come to the fore in recent times with Housing Minister Darragh O’Brien coming under pressure to sanction a 100% redress scheme. In a post on social media
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Mica is set to dominate today’s meeting of Donegal County Council. Five motions will come before the sitting of full council including calls for a 100% redress scheme and for the local authority to acknowledge the frustration, anger and heartbreak of the affected homeowners. The campaign by homeowners affected by the defective block issue has
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Postmasters are threatening to ballot members on a work stoppage in June, if the Government doesn’t give them a financial boost. The Irish Postmasters Union’s warning that the state needs to act urgently to maintain the Post Office Network. It says post offices across the country need financial intervention within weeks or the Network will
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Local lockdowns are a possibility heading into the summer, according to the Tanaiste as concerns grow around the so-called Indian variant. Latest figures show there’s 128 cases of the mutation in Ireland, however it is believed to be more transmissible than previous strains. It comes following large crowds socialising in Dublin and other cities prompted
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The SDLP leader is calling for the new head of the DUP in Northern Ireland to support the sensible solution offered in the Northern Ireland Protocol. Edwin Poots has insisted since taking over the DUP earlier this month that he wants to eradicate the protocol which is part of the Brexit agreement and prevents a
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A Donegal Deputy has hit out at the lack of progress in commissioning a new purpose built ferry for Tory Island. A commitment was given three years ago after a campaign by those on Tory Island that a new ferry would be delivered. The Minister for Rural and Community Development now says a new breakwater
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There are calls for smart technology to be used to monitor life ring buoys in Donegal. Councillor Jimmy Kavanagh is proposing Donegal County Council consider the initiative which would alert someone as soon as a ring buoy is missing from its holder. It comes following reports in recent times of the life saving equipment going
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Donegal will play Dublin in the semi final of the National League Division One on the weekend of June 12/13th with the date, and time to be confirmed by the CCCC on Monday. The venue of the tie will also be decided by a coin toss. The other side of the draw will see Kerry
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Donegal jockey Oisin Orr was amongst the winners in Sunday afternoons race meeting in Navan. Orr won on board 15/2 shot Venice Biennale for trainer John Joseph Murphy. The win is his fourth of the season and caps off a great day for the Orr family as his brother Conor won on 9/4 favourite Politesse
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The mid season break has arrived for the League of Ireland Premier Division clubs with Sligo Rovers sitting top of the league as Finn Harps and Derry City are sixth and eighth respectively. In the action played on Friday, there was a derby defeat for Finn Harps as they went down 2-1 to Sligo Rovers.
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The European Commission Vice President says the bloc’s committed to finding the “best solution” for Northern Ireland regarding the Brexit protocol. It follows claims from DUP leader Edwin Poots that the North’s being used as a “plaything” to punish the UK for Brexit. He says having checks on goods arriving into the North from Britain’s
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Health officials have confirmed 374 new cases of Covid-19. 99 patients with the virus are currently being treated in hospital. 35 of those are in intensive care. The HSE has confirmed that half of the adult population have now received a Covid-19 vaccine. May has been a bumper month with over 1 million people receiving
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Letterkenny AC’s Ciaran McGonigle won the Northern Ireland and Ulster 50k race held at Down Royal Racecourse over the weekend. McGonigle finished the race in a time of two hours 59 minutes and 26 seconds beating Gareth King who was second. You can watch the moment the Letterkenny AC man crossed the line below: Winner!
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The Donegal IFA say the government and local authorities must act immediately to resolve the Mica block issue in the county. The County Chairman believes the government and local authorities must now step up with a scheme that covers 100% of the redress cost on all homes and farm buildings. He added they should also
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Conor Orr was in the winners enclosure for the third time this week as he won on board 9/4 Politesse in the opening race of the day in Punchestown. Orr and the Mrs Lorna Fowler trained horse finished 11 lengths clear of Premium Package ridden by Grand National winning jockey Rachael Blackmore. The win comes
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A Donegal TD has called on the Minister for Agriculture Charlie McConalogue to appear before the Dáil to explain his stance on CAP negotiations. CAP negotiations that were expected to conclude this week, ended without agreement between the European parliament and the blocks agriculture ministers. Donegal is one of the counties set to benefit the
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People are being urged to take care in the sun today as the UV index will be moderate to high. Temperatures are set to reach 22 degrees in places this afternoon. It with be cooler along coastal areas and some showers may develop over the northern half of the country. Alan O’Reilly of Carlow Weather
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Four people have been arrested in Dublin city centre after large crowds gathered on the streets overnight. Gardai say the arrests for public order offences were made on South William Street. They say officers from the Public Order Unit and the Dog Unit dispersed the crowd from the area, along with crowds in Temple Bar
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Killybegs Coast Guard were tasked to the Silver Strand beach in Glen yesterday afternoon to reports of a person in difficulty in the water. On arrival the Rescue 118 had landed on the beach and had the casualty onboard the helicopter who was then airlifted to Sligo, while emergency services were also in attendance. The
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Donegal’s 1-16 apiece draw with Armagh on Saturday secured Declan Bonner’s side their Division 1 status and reached the semi finals of the Allianz League. Watch the highlights below… What a run and finish from Michael Langan for @officialdonegal v @Armagh_GAA in Round 3 of the Allianz Football League! #GAANOW pic.twitter.com/UDwDvlSTGR — The GAA (@officialgaa)
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Tyrone have advanced to the semi finals of Division One in the National League following their 14 point a piece draw with Monaghan. The game was tight throughout and ended with a dramatic conclusion with Mattie Donnelly putting Tyrone ahead with very little time remaining in normal time but inside injury time Ryan McAnespie grabbed
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In Episode 3 of Hitting the Fairways, Sean Quinn is joined by John Casey – Director at Rosapenna Hotel & Golf Resort, he gives an insight into the new St Patrick Links and the upcoming Legends Tour, also Michael McGeady of Evolve Golf Coaching has more tips on how to improve your game. Hitting The
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Jason Quigley won the WBO NABO Middleweight title in the early hours of Sunday morning beating Shane Mosley Jr on a majority decision. Watch the DAZN highlights below.
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May 28, 2021; Las Vegas, Nevada; Jason Quigley and Shane Mosley Jr face off after weighing in for the Matchroom boxing card taking place this Saturday, May 29, 2021 at Michelob Ultra Arena at Mandalay in Las Vegas, Nevada. Photo Credit: Ed Mulholland/Matchroom. Jason Quigley will return to Donegal with the WBO NABO Middleweight belt
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Derry have won all three Divison 3 North games and so are through to a promotion play-off which will be against Limerick. But the vastly experienced Chrissy McKaigue knows they still have room for improvement and they made heavy work of seeing off Cavan by 1-16 to 2-11. He pointed out that the reality is
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Donegal had to dig deep to get a draw with Armagh as they booked their place in the Division One semi-finals as it finished 1-16 apiece. Declan Bonner’s side trailed at the break by 0-10 to 0-6 and they had to come from four points down to earn a draw. He gave his reaction to
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Tyrone are into the semi-finals of Division One of the Allianz National Football League after a thrilling draw at Healy Park where it finished: Tyrone 0-14, Monaghan 0-14. Darren McCurry opened the scoring for Tyrone who always led in the first half and at the break were in front by 0-7 to 0-4. They were
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Match analyst Martin McHugh was able to draw many positives from Donegal’s performance as they came from behind to draw with Armagh at the Athletic Grounds and stay unbeaten in the National League. Declan Bonner’s side are through to the semi-finals and that is where they want to be with the championship just around the
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Donegal had to come from behind to draw with Armagh as it finished 1-16 apiece in an exciting Division 1 North game at the Athletic Ground. This result means that Donegal top the group and are into the semi-finals. Substitute Conor O’Donnell was one of the heroes for Donegal while Patrick McBrearty was named as
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Donegal ladies boss Maxi Curran was well pleased with how his side had played in their Lidl Ladies National Football League 1-11 to 0-11 win over Mayo at MacCumhaill Park in Ballybofey. Niamh Hegarty and Karen Guthrie were to the fore for the Donegal side who have now made it back to back wins. He
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Donegal made it two wins from two as they beat Mayo by 1-11 to 0-11 in the Lidl Ladies National Football League Division 1 at MacCumhaill Park in Ballybofey. Donegal, who beat Westmeath last time out, started without key foward Geraldine McLaughlin who was injured, with Roisin Mc Cafferty coming in. Niamh Hegarty and
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Derry have topped Division 3A North of the Allianz National Football League and will now face Limerick in a promotion play-off. The other play-off will see Fermanagh – who drew 1-15 to 0-18 against Longford – taking on Offaly. The Oak Leaf side defeated Cavan by 1-16 to 2-11 to make it three wins
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Derry made it three wins from three as they beat Cavan by 1-16 to 2-11 in their Allianz National Football League Division 3 North game to advance to the promotion play-offs. They will now face Limerick. Derry began well but led by just 1-7 to 1-6 at the break. They had a strong third
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Raphoe Community Sport Development, which was established in 2013 with the ambition of building a new football pitch for all the community to enjoy, has today been announced as the winner of the Sport Award in the National Lottery Good Causes Awards. Before the Donegal-based Raphoe Community Sport Development was founded, the children and adults
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Jamie Brennan will start in the Donegal team against Armagh this evening in place of Michael Murphy, it has been announced. It’s the only change in Declan Bonner’s starting line up from the side that took to the field against Monaghan in Ballybofey last week. The Allianz National Football League Division 1 North game has
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Arlene Foster says the direction of unionism under new DUP leader Edwin Poots is “quite nasty”. Speaking to the Financial Times, the former leader of party says they’re “regressing and becoming more narrow”. During the week, Edwin Poots claimed the Irish Government will cut Northern Ireland off from food. John Downing, political columnist for the
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