Sommer Lecky is in action at the World U20 Championships in Tampere, Finland on Friday morning. The Finn Valley athlete will take on High Jump qualification at the Ratina Stadium at around 9.30am. Sommer will need to jump a height of 1.84 metres, equaling her season best to qualify, a top 12 place may also …
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The DUP’s Jeffrey Donaldson says his party is prepared to share power with Sinn Fein without any pre conditions. The Northern Ireland Assembly has been suspended for the past 18 months and several attempts to restore power have failed. Jeffrey Donaldson says his party is ready to go back to Stormont………….
Main Evening News, Sports and Obituaries on Thursday July 12th
Finn Harps manager Ollie Horgan wants his players rise to the occasion when Longford Town come to Ballybofey on Friday night. Longford had inflicted a 4-2 defeat on Harps at Finn Park but in the reverse tie in April Harps won on the road. Tommy McBride returns to the squad following suspension while new signing …
More than €93,000 has been approved under the Clár programme for a number of First Responder organisations in Donegal. Announcing the allocation, Junior Minister Joe Mc Hugh sa1d from Ardara, to Falcarragh, to Sheephaven and further afield, the Government is demonstrating the importance of supporting community based organisations and the selfless work that they do. …
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A Donegal Deputy is today moving the final stage of an amended bill which would divest public money from fossil fuel companies through its final stages in the Dáil, with Government and cross party support. The bill will then have to go through the Seanad in the new term. The Fossil Fuel Divestment Bill, which …
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12th of July parades in the North have passed off peacefully so far – despite five nights of violence. Incidents in Derry, Belfast and Down saw vehicles hijacked and torched, petrol bombs thrown at police and the discovery of a suspected pipe bomb. Tens of thousands of people have been attending today’s parades across the …
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The Education Minister has acknowledged the frustration felt by those waiting on the long anticipated three school campus in Buncrana but he’s confident that a positive outcome from current negotiations is possible. The proposed multi campus facility which would house three local schools has been over a decade in the pipeline but Minister Richard Bruton says …
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Police in Derry have dealt with a fifth night of disorder in the Bogside. Police have now left the scene of a security alert in the area of the city’s Walls where two suspect devices were discovered at approximately 3:40am this morning. The devices have been examined by ATO and declared to be crude …
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All businesses in the Twin Towns are being urged to attend a meeting to discuss and agree traffic management options for the area from now until December. The meeting is taking place on Monday next at 2pm in the BASE. Later in the week, the Council’s Director of Roads and transportation John McLaughlin will meet …
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It’s been confirmed that traffic calming measures are to be implemented at a Falcarragh housing estate. Following a number of speeding complaints, Donegal County Council installed traffic counters at the main entrance of Ballina housing estate which found some motorists were notably breaking the 30kph speed limit excessively. It’s envisaged that works, including advanced warning …
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Frank McGlynn says Donegal are refocused for the Super Eight’s of the All Ireland Championships. Donegal go into the next phase of the summer as Ulster Champions having defeated Fermanagh in the provincial final at the end of June. The last time Dublin lost in the championship was in 2014 and that was the All …
The leader of the Seanad has been asked to help facilitate a meeting between the AGSI and G-SOC following the publication last week of Mr. Justice Frank Clarke’s report into the circumstances surrounding the death of Sergeant Mick Galvin at Ballyshannon Garda Station in May 2015. Sergeant Galvin, who was under investigation by G-SOC took …
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The prosecution will make its closing speech today in the case of a 19-year-old youth has who denies raping and orally raping a then 16-year-old girl behind a building in a town in Co Donegal in the early hours of March 18, 2016. Yesterday, a garda investigating the alleged rape confirmed to the court that …
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Staycations have boosted Irish tourism this summer – with 70 percent of hotels and guest houses saying business is up. The Irish Hotels Federation says employment’s up too, with the industry on track to create 40,000 new jobs by 2021. However Federation President Michael Lennon says there’s no room for complacency because advance bookings are …
It’s emerged that residents in a housing estate near Letterkenny have had to keep their windows shut due to a foul smell coming from a nearby Sewerage Treatment Plant. Problems with the treatment plant at Errigal View have been reoccurring for a number of years and is not operating at present. Donegal County Council is …
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The GAA Programme in association with Michael Murphy Sports and Leisure, is broadcast every Wednesday from 8.30pm – 9pm. On this week’s programme, Tom Comack is joined by Donegal 1992 All-Ireland winning Donegal captain Anthony Molloy, Donegal player from the 1960s Mickey Griffin and avid Dublin follower Denis Doyle to look ahead to this weekend’s …
Further round table talks are to take place over unofficial diffing events which take place over Rally Weekend in Letterkenny. Donegal County Council planning department has stressed that such events are held on private land and effectively their hands are tied. A meeting with all relevant bodies is now to be arranged while the local …
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