The border region has the highest poverty rate in the Country. Latest figures from Poverty Focus 2021 show the border region has a poverty rate of 22.4%. The CSO poverty data shows an uneven national distribution of poverty. According to the latest data, poverty levels are recorded as higher than the country as a whole […]
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Zoos and heritage sites can reopen to the public while some outdoor sports can resume from today as part of the latest easing of Covid-19 restrictions. Young people can resume non-contact training in pods of less than 15, and the number of people allowed to attend a funeral has increased to 25. On Thursday, the
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It was a busy day yesterday for rescue services in the Lough Swilly area. Lough Swilly RNLI were alerted shortly before 2:30pm following reports of a distress signal in the Leenan Head area, upon investigation it turned out to be a silver helium balloon. Meanwhile, shortly after 8pm the crew were tasked to assist a
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The Joseph O’Brien trained ‘Baron Samedi’ won the feature race of the day – the Vintage Crop Stakes at Navan on Sunday. The 4-year-old was guided to victory by Donegal Jockey Dylan Browne McMonagle at a starting price of 20-to-1. It was a superb performance by the 18 year old taking his first group
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On Saturday, it was announced that Donegal’s John Cronin had been elected President of Athletics Ireland. Cronin’s inauguration took place at the Athletics Ireland Congress 2021 which was held Virtually. His elevation to the top spot in Irish Athletics came exactly 47 years to the day after his first race in the colours of Glenree
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Ann Marie McGlynn narrowly missed out on qualifying for the Tokyo Olympics this morning. The Letterkenny AC member ran 2:29.34 at the Cheshire Elite Marathon in Wrexham Wales and was just a heartbreaking four seconds short of the time required to make the summer games. The time is a huge improvement on her personal best
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Gardai and emergency services are attending an incident on Muff Main street. Incident was reported this evening on the main street. Diversions are in place while no further details are known at this time.
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The sixth round of fixtures in the SSE Airtricity Premier Division came to a close on Saturday evening with St Pat’s and Shamrock Rovers remaining top of the pile. St Pat’s inflicted Finn Harps first home defeat of the season on Friday evening with a 2-0 win at Finn Park. Goals from Billy King and
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Gardaí from the Buncrana District were on patrol last night when they discovered a large gathering of youths at the football pitch and at the beach in Culdaff. The youths had a quantity of alcohol in their possession. Gardai say besides the fact that these young people are not the legal age to drink alcohol,
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429 new cases of Covid-19 have been confirmed today, and one additional death. Today’s figures brings the total death roll to 4,873 since the pandemic began. As of 8am today, 174 people are in hospital with the virus, of which 45 are in ICU. There were 13 additional hospitalisations in the past 24 hours.
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Sligo Rovers suffered their first defeat of the season on Saturday evening after they were beaten 1-0 by Derry City at the Showgrounds. In a game with very few chances, it was decided by a Will Patching penalty on 51 minutes. The defeat means Sligo remain third and are three points off the lead which
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Minimum unit pricing is set to be introduced to stop the sale of cheap alcohol. The Sunday Independent reports the move would see a can of beer cost a minimum of €1.32 and a bottle of wine cost at least €7.75. The introduction of MUP has been delayed since legislation was passed in 2018, leading
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A 22 year old man has died after falling into a blowhole along the coast of Cork. He was part of a group who were camping near Garretstown Beach close to the Old Head of Kinsale. The man was pronounced dead at the scene and his body was recovered by rescue divers. One of his
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Indoor dining, inter-county travel and the re-opening of hotels may not happen until July. The Business Post reports outdoor dining at pubs and restaurants as well as beer gardens could be allowed in June. The plan to ease lockdown may see click and collect back from May 4th – with non essential shops re-opening a
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The head of the HSE says the Johnson and Johnson vaccine will be rolled out immediately – if it’s given the green light. The National Immunisation Advisory Committee is due to make its decision in the coming days – after considering links to very rare blood clots. From today, 62 year olds can register for
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An operation to put out one of the largest gorse fires in recent years in Northern Ireland has entered a third day. It started on Slieve Donard in the Mourne Mountains on Friday morning. More than 100 firefighters were involved in tackling the blaze in County Down yesterday. Crews returned to the area this morning
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Derry City got their first win of the season in the S-S-E Airtricity League Premier Division on Saturday evening and a first for the new manager. The Candystrips beat Sligo Rovers 1-0 in their north-west derby at the Showgrounds with Will Patching scoring from the penalty spot in the 51st minute. Higgins told Kevin McLaughlin
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Jason Quigley is set to return to action on May 29 as he fights Shane Mosley Jr for the NABO Middleweight title. The fight will take place in the Michelob Ultra Arena in Las Vegas on the undercard of Devin Haney’s WBC World lightweight title defence against Jorge Linares. The pair had their proposed fight
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Ruaidhri Higgins made a winning start as Derry City manager on Saturday evening with a 1-0 victory away to North West rivals Sligo Rovers. Will Patching’s penalty 51 minutes into the game was the difference between the two sides. The win see’s the Candystripes remain bottom although they are level on points with Longford and are
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Ronan Curtis found the back of the net for Portsmouth on Saturday afternoon as they beat Bristol Rovers 1-0 at Fratton Park. The game’s only goal came on 27 minutes as Curtis fired his shot by Anssi Jaakola in the Rovers goal after being set up by George Byers. The win now moves Danny Cowley’s
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Downings native John Cronin has been elected President of Athletics Ireland today. The inauguration took place at the Athletics Ireland Congress 2021 which was held Virtually. His elevation to the top spot in Irish Athletics came exactly 47 years to the day after his first race in the colours of Glenree AC. Cronin served as
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Laura Feely came off the bench for Ireland as they clinched third place in the Women Six Nations. The ballybofey native came on in at the 60 minute mark as Adam Griggs’ side ran out 20-5 winners. With the tries coming from Cliodhna Moloney, Dorothy Wall and two from Amee Leigh Murphy Crowe. Stacey Flood
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Gardaí are investigating an incident which occurred on the College Road in Sligo yesterday evening. A fire occurred in a derelict building, known as Old Summerhill College. Fire Services attended the scene and extinguished the fire. Gardai say the scene was preserved for a technical examination earlier this morning while investigations are ongoing.
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The Taoiseach says yesterday was the biggest day yet in the Covid vaccine rollout – with over 41 thousand doses given out. A quarter of adults have now had their first dose – and one in ten have received both jabs. It comes as 165 thousand AstraZeneca doses are due to arrive here next week,
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An 18 year old man is due in court in the North this morning in connection with child abduction. He was charged last night and is before Belfast Magistrates Court later. In a statement, the PSNI says the charges are in relation to a CRI Alert issued by the Gardai during the week.
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St Pat’s earned their fifth win of the season on Friday after they defeated Finn Harps 2-0 at Finn Park. Billy King’s strike 30 minutes into the tie gave them the lead before Matthew Smith netted on the hour mark to maintain Pat’s unbeaten start to the league. Stephen O’Donnell’s side sit top of the
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Finn Harps suffered their first home defeat of the season after they lost 2-0 to St Pat’s on Friday. Goals from Billy King and Matthew Smith helped St Pat’s maintain their unbeaten start to the league. There was also a debut on the night for Ballybofey native Johnny Dunleavy. After the game he spoke with
“It was brilliant to get out there”-Johnny Dunleavy Read More »
The HSE is continuing with its programme of COVID-19 walk-in test centres, with a temporary one being established from today. People can attend the test facility in the St Conal’s Hospital campus. Starting from today, the walk-in tests are being carried out for seven days from 9.30am to 6pm daily.
Temporary Covid-19 walk-in test centre opens in Letterkenny Read More »
The Dail has passed a motion calling for the withdrawal of the European Council of Ministers’ proposal on management of carbon-rich soils. The motion was moved by Independent Donegal Deputy Thomas Pringle, who said the proposal could allow government’s set the standards for eligibility for CAP payments in such a way that excludes some hill
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Finn Harps lost for the second time in three games on Friday going down 2-nil to the unbeaten St Patrick’s Athletic Goals from Billy King and Matthew Smith saw the Saints win at Finn Park. Harps boss Ollie Horgan has no compliants about the result…
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Finn Harps suffered a second defeat of the season and a first at home on Friday losing 0-2 to St Pats. Diarmaid Doherty reports for Highland Radio Sport…
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10 Covid 19 fines have been issued in Donegal since restrictions were eased a week ago last Monday, down from 46 over the previous period. Nationally to date, 20,566 fines have been issued by gardai across the range of all COVID-19 breaches. Of the fines issued across the country by gardai since the start of
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434 new cases of Covid 19 have been confirmed in the Republic today, with one additional Covid related death reported. There were 21 new cases in Donegal, which now has a 14 day incidence rate of 251.3 cases per 100,000 people, compared to a national figure of 117.4. Donegal once again has the highest incidence
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News, Sport, Nuacht and Obituaries on Friday April 23rd…………
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The Cathaoirleach of Donegal County Council and the Mayor of Derry and Strabane have joined together in calling for compliance and for people on both sides of the border to adhere to restrictions and stay local. The message comes as the weather is set to improve over the weekend and various restrictions have been lifted.
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A Donegal Councillor says Housing Action Groups need to be formed in every county to ensure that social housing provision is not privatised. Cllr Michael Cholm MacGiolla Easbuig says he’s long argued that councillors should have more say, and more housing construction should be done at local authority level. However, he fears government policy is
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Stephen Kenny has lost another member of his Republic of Ireland backroom team as Ruaidhri Higgins has been appointed boss of Derry City. Higgins has signed a three and a half year deal to replace Declan Devine as manager of the Candystripes. Derry are bottom of the Premier Division and without a win since the
We’ve got the right man – Philip O’Doherty Read More »
Two men have been arrested in connection with the attempted murder of a part-time police officer in Derry earlier this week. On Monday, a viable device was found beside the young mother’s car on the Ballyquin Road in Dungiven. This morning, a 36 year old man and another man aged 26 were arrested under the
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New Derry City Manager Ruaidhri Higgins has taken up the reigns at The Brandywell on a three and a half year term as he looks to take the Candystrips away from the bottom of the Premier Division table. Higgins left his role of chief scout and opposition analyst with the Republic of Ireland to return
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The Finance Minister has confirmed that he will have no role in any decision made by banks to assist Mica affected homeowners. There have been repeated calls for banks to help meet the 10% contribution required under the Mica Redress Scheme. Minister Colm Brophy confirmed to Senator Vick Boyhan in the Seanad this morning that
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A Donegal Deputy believes the 2024 deadline to end direct provision in Ireland will not be met. The Children’s Minister Roderic O’Gorman published a white paper on ending direct provision in February this year which coincided with the opening of a direct provision centre in Letterkenny. Speaking in the Dail, Donegal Deputy Thomas Pringle said
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Ulster GAA say they will not be in a position to report on the potential dates for return of club activity in Donegal, Cavan and Monaghan for at least another week to ten days. With squad training and competitive outdoor sport returning in the north today, the provincial body says it will only be able
Clubs return in six counties but Donegal must wait. Read More »
The Ulster Council CCC have confirmed the fixture schedule for the 2021 Ulster Senior Football Championship. The actual date and times still have to be determined but the provincial body have released the weekend’s that the various rounds will be take place. Donegal will play their preliminary round tie with Down on the last weekend
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A Donegal doctor fears the reopening of the hospitality sector in Northern Ireland will lead to a surge in Covid cases in border counties. Today, close contact services and outdoor visitor attractions are reopening as restrictions ease further in the North. However, Dr Denis McCauley, Chair of the GP Committee of the Irish Medical organisation
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Ireland manager Stephen Kenny, CEO Jonathan Hill and the Board of the Football Association of Ireland have wished Senior Men’s Team Chief Scout Ruaidhri Higgins the very best of luck following his appointment as the new Derry City boss. Limavady-native Higgins will take up his new job with immediate effect and leaves his scouting and
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Temperatures are set to soar as high as 20 degrees in parts over the weekend. The good conditions are also expected to continue into the early part of next week: Met Eireann’s Head of Forecasting Evelyn Cusack says the best of the weather will be in the west:
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It’s emerged that the SUSI grant has been withdrawn midterm from a number of Donegal students. A total of 2,050 students across the country have lost their SUSI grant, 78 of them from Donegal. In some instances, students are being asked to repay some of the grant paid by SUSI. Donegal Aontú representative, Mary T
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Derry City have moved swiftly to replace Declan Devine as manager with Ruaidhri Higgins signing a three and a half year deal with the Brandywell club. According to Kevin McLaughlin of the Derry Journal, the back-room team will include former Sligo Rovers and Finn Harps favourite Raffaele Cretaro. McLaughlin outlined more about the appointment when
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The Tanaiste has committed to raise the issue of funding for iCare and Bluestack Special Needs Foundation with the Minister of State for Disability. Donegal Deputy Padraig MacLochlainn told Leo Varadkar in the Dail that the €36,000 sanctioned for each centre after a lengthy campaign does not go far enough. Both iCare and Bluestack Special
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Finn Harps return to Ballybofey tonight as they play host to high-flying St. Patrick’s Athletic. Kick-off at Finn Park is 5.45pm. Harps will be looking to get back to winning ways after a narrow defeat at the Showgrounds was followed by a frustrating draw versus Longford. The visitors meanwhile will be looking to maintain their
We want to make Finn Park a difficult place to come – Mark Coyle Read More »
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