Donegal Jockey’s Luke McAteer and Oisin Orr were winners on Monday afternoon at Gowran Park in Kilkenny. McAteer won the 2.05 Gowran Park Racing Club Nursery Handicap on 11/2 shot Hot Voice for Carlow trainer Jim Bolger. It was a 23rd win of the year for the apprentice jockey from Rathmullan and follows his recent […]
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820 new cases of Coronavirus have been confirmed in Northern Ireland. Six additional deaths have also been reported, taking the death toll there to 621. In total, there are 261 confirmed cases in hospital, with 29 in ICU. Almost a quarter of hospital admissions over the last week have come from the Western part of
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More people are claiming the Pandemic Unemployment Payment, with a 6.6% rise in the number receiving the payment across the country tomorrow. In Donegal, where Level 4 was imposed last week, the rise is slightly higher at 7%. 244,153 people will receive the Pandemic Unemployment Payment across the country tomorrow, an increase of 15,295 on
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There are currently sixteen patients with Covid-19 being treated at Letterkenny University Hospital. It’s an increase of two on the previous figure of 14 according to the latest data from the HSE. Two of the patients are receiving critical care and are currently being treated in ICU. According to the figures, there are
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Fears are growing locally over the potential impact a no deal Brexit will have both sides of the border. A no- deal scenario is looking increasingly likely after UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson wrote to British businesses which trade with Europe, saying time’s running out to prepare for a no-deal Brexit. Meanwhile EU and
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Questions are being raised over this year’s budget allocation for the Mica Redress Scheme and how it’s being managed. 40 million euro was allocated to the scheme in last year’s budget and while 19 million went back to the exchequer, there’s said to be a lack of clarity as to if they will get
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A teaching union say the difference between a Covid-19 close contact and casual contact needs to be clarified, as well as an urgent review into the wearing of face masks in schools needs to be carried out immediately. The INTO have listed out five requirements for schools to continue to operate in heightened restrictions
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The SSE Airtricity League have confirmed the Finn Harps v Shamrock Rovers game initially scheduled for this evening (Monday 19th) has been moved to Sunday November 1st with a 7.45pm kick off. The FAI Cup game between the two sides was orginally scheduled for that date but it has now been moved to the weekend
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Tyrone have been dragged into a relegation fight after Sunday’s 2-17 to 2-13 defeat at the hands of Donegal in Ballybofey. The Red Hands go to Mayo on Sunday knowing a win will keep them safe, but should the lose and Monaghan beat Meath, Tyrone will drop to Division 2. Tyrone’s goals at MacCumhaill Park
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The owner of Wild Ireland in Donegal has confirmed that one his famous brown bears died over the weekend. Aurnia was one of three brown bears who were rescued from horrible conditions in Lithuania and brought to the animal sanctuary in Burnfoot last year. It’s understood that the bear suffered complications during a procedure
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Tyler Toland made her debut on Sunday in the Scottish Premier League for her new club Glasgow City. The Donegal midfielder who signed from Manchester City at the start of the month was introduced just after the hour mark in Glasgow’s 2-0 win over Celtic. Second half goals from Rachel McLaughlan and Kirsty Howat
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Donegal County Council has confirmed that progress on The Ten-T has continued very satisfactorily in 2020 despite the Covid 19 restrictions. Some elements such as background noise and air quality were suspended due to abnormally low travel and transport activity particularly earlier in the year but it is hoped to progress these shortly. The
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Further questions are being asked as to why an upgrade to the water supply in south Inishowen is not a priority for Irish Water. Despite a widespread area being impacted by frequent outages and bursts, Irish Water recently outlined that it has no current plans to carry out a full upgrade to the supply
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A status yellow rainfall warning is in place in Donegal and across the country until tomorrow evening. The alert came into effect overnight with persistent and heavy bands of rain expected across the country. Some flash flooding is possible – particularly on higher ground. Met Eireann say the warning will be in place until
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House prices have increased sharply despite the economic shock of the pandemic — with a national increase of 4.8 per cent in the third quarter of this year. Researchers at Daft-dot-ie say it’s an unexpected trend in their data, given elevated rates of unemployment. However the number of homes being sold on the
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Stamps won’t be needed for mail going in and out of nursing homes until next year. An Post is offering to carry all cards and letters from today until the end of January at no charge. The freepost offer also works for parcels up to two kilos – which would usually cost up to
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New nationwide COVID restrictions will be announced by the government this evening. Cabinet Ministers are expected to sign off on a plan that will merge aspects of level four and five of the current roadmap. Meetings continued through the day yesterday assessing what the impact of enhanced restrictions will be on the country. Inside
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A Sinn Féin MLA has urged Royal Mail in Derry to put in place contingency plans for services in the city. Foyle MLA Martina Anderson was contacted by a number of members of staff at the Great James Street Sorting Office with concerns after several postal workers tested positive for Covid-19, while others are
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The closing date for the Restart Grant Plus scheme under Donegal County Council has been extended from 30th September to 31st October 2020. The Restart Grant Plus is a NEW standalone grant that is available to all eligible businesses, including those who received a grant in the first Restart Grant Scheme. The grant is
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Donegal man Richard Kerr finished the BSB Supersport season 7th in the championship standings. In what is seen as one of the toughest classes in the Bristish Superbike Series, Kerr was the only rider in the championship to score points and finish every race this year. In the final two rounds at Brands Hatch, Kerr
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Donegal will play in Division One in the National Football League for another year after they ran out 2-17 to 2-13 victors over Tyrone at MacCumhaill Park. Peadar Mogan got the first goal for Declan Bonner’s side before Darren McCurry cancelled that out from the spot as Donegal led by three at the break. Jamie
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1,283 more people have tested positive for Covid-19 and three more patients have died. It’s a new all-time record, and today is the fifth in a row that the daily total in the Republic has been a thousand or more. There are four hundred and eight cases in Dublin, 156 in Cork, 88 in Kildare,
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Donegal will play in Division One for another season after they defeated Tyrone 2-17 to 2-13 at MacCumhaill Park. Peadar Mogan netted earlier in the first half for Donegal before a Tyrone penalty levelled the game. At half time Declan Bonner’s side led 1-09 to 1-06 before Jamie Brennan fired in a second Donegal. Tyrone
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You can’t negotiate with a deadly virus like Covid-19. That’s according to SDLP leader Colum Eastwood, who believes an all island approach is needed to tackle the virus. 1,012 people have tested positive for COVID-19 in Northern Ireland The North’s Department of health says 5 more deaths have been confirmed in the past 24 hours.
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Dylan Browne McMonagle was back in the winners enclosure on Sunday afternoon, when he rode 2/1 favourite Dance Jupiter to victory in the final race of the day at Naas. The Donegal jockey hit the front with a furlong left to race and held on to win by two and a quarter lengths over 40/1
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Former Tyrone goalkeeper Jonathan Curran has died aged 33. The Coalisland clubman won three Ulster Senior Football Championships medals and a Celtic Cross as a substitute goalkeeper. Curran had left the Tyrone panel in 2012 and was also and All Ireland medal winner with the Red Hands in 2004.
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Rhys and Caolan Irwin finished first and second respectively on Sunday afternoon in an exciting race to end the BSB Superstock 600. Rhys crossed the line just 0.360 seconds ahead of brother Caolan at Brand’s Hatch. The result means that Rhys in what is his rookie year, finishes second in the overall rankings with brother
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Cork City have closed the gap to Finn Harps to just one point after they played out a 0-0 draw home to Waterford on Saturday night, although Harps have two games in hand on the Rebel Army. Ollie Horgan’s side were due to face Shamrock Rovers on Monday but that game was postponed due to
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Met Eireann have issue a yellow weather warning for Donegal. Conditions are set to become unsettled by the end of the weekend, with a spell of very wet and at times windy weather tomorrow and Tuesday. Met Eireann say persistent and locally heavy rainfall, coupled with high soil saturation levels, brings a risk of river
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Hospitals will soon become overwhelmed if we don’t clamp down on rising Covid-19 cases, that’s according to a GP advisor to the HSE. 1,276 new cases were confirmed nationally with 43 new cases in Donegal. As of 8pm last night, there were 14 Covid patients in Letterkenny University hospital and 2 in intensive care. Cabinet
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Gardaí are investigating an incident of sexual assault in Ballybofey last night. The incident is alleged to have occurred in the Glenview area of Ballybofey, around 8:30pm, Saturday 17th October. Gardai say enquiries are ongoing at this time.
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FC Köln made it three wins from three on Saturday afternoon with Milford woman Amber Barrett finding the back for the German side. Barrett opened the scoring for Köln before Vanessa Leimenstoll levelled for TSG Hoffenheim II, Sharon Beck then fired home the winner for the hosts. The Donegal woman has now scored in all
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Derry earned their third National League win of the season on Saturday evening after they defeated Longford 2-14 to 0-12 at Celtic Park. Goals from Paul Cassidy and Patrick Kearney helped Rory Gallagher’s side into a eight point win on a night that saw Conor Glass make his return to GAA action. The win moves
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National League football is back and this Sunday afternoon neighbours collide as Donegal host Tyrone in the resumption of the competition and a curtain raiser for their Ulster Championship battle in two weeks time. Donegal v Tyrone will be LIVE on Highland Radio Sunday Sport from the 4pm throw in at MacCumhaill Park, Ballybofey across
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Armagh are through to the Ulster Ladies Football final after they defeated Tyrone 4-14 to 1-10 in Crossmaglen. Goals from Aimee and Blathin Mackin, Catherine Marley and Caroline O’Hanlon helped Armagh advance into their third Ulster Ladies final in a row. They will now face either Cavan or Monaghan in the final.
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Ann Marie McGlynn has set a new Donegal record at the World Athletics Half Marathon Championships in Poland. Competing for Ireland, the Letterkenny AC athlete finished in 42nd in a time of one hour 11 minutes and 40 seconds. McGlynn was the only Irish female in the race and beat her previous half marathon best
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Conor Orr was in the winner enclosure for the second time this week after he rode 9/4 shot Chatham Street Lad to victory in Ballinrobe for trainer Michael Winters. Orr finished three quarter lengths ahead of 16/1 shot Bitview Colin. The win comes on the back of his first place finish on Thursday in Tramore
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Caolan Irwin was on the podium for the BSB Superstock 600 race at Brand’s Hatch on Saturday evening. The Kilmacrennan racer finished in third whilst his brother Rhys suffered a mechanical failure and subsequently didn’t finish the race. The third place finish moves Caolan into fourth place in this years Championship.
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For the second successive year Tyrone have been beaten in the All Ireland Under 20’s Championship semi final. They were beaten 1-14 to 1-12 by Dublin at Breffni Park. Tyrone had led 1-07 to 1-05 at half time with Tiarnan Quinn firing in a goal for the Ulster side, but Dublin finished off strong to
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Seamus Coleman only lasted 31 minutes in the first of the Merseyside derby’s this year as the hamstring injury that ruled him out of the Republic of Ireland’s last three games relapsed. The Killybegs man, had gone off injured in Everton’s last Premier League game against Brighton and was forced to withdraw from the Republic
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Leitrim have conceded their Division Three Football League fixture against Down. They’ve handed a walkover due to “a lack of playing numbers available to travel” for today’s game in Newry. Leitrim County Board say members of their panel are awaiting results from COVID-19 tests and they’re “hopeful” of being able to fulfil their match against
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Caolan Irwin will be on pole position for the BSB Superstock 600 race at Brand’s Hatch after qualifying fastest on Saturday morning. Caolan finished 0.111 seconds ahead of Jack Nixon who was second. It is the Kilmacrennan native’s second pole this season. His brother Rhys, will start on the third row after finishing seventh fastest.
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Police and the family of 28 year old Caoimhin Gallagher are increasingly concerned for his welfare. Caoimhin was reported missing from an address in north Belfast on Friday 25th September and police are appealing for Caoimhin or anyone who knows of his whereabouts to get in touch to confirm he is safe and well. Caoimhin
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This weekend’s Finn Harps vs Derry City in the Under 19 National League clash and the Donegal Under 17 Women’s League game away to Sligo Rovers have been cancelled in light of an FAI statement on Friday afternoon. In their statement the FAI said: Following discussions with Government agencies today, and in the interests of
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Detectives are appealing for information following the report of a burglary at a dwelling in the Glenbrae Gardens area of Derry yesterday, Friday 16th October. Sometime between mid-day and 5.00pm, when the occupier was out, the dwelling was entered and ransacked. The victim has been left extremely shaken by this ordeal. Detectives would appeal to
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Chloe and Sam Magee bowed out of the Denmark Open on Friday evening. The Raphoe siblings were beaten at the Quarter Final stage. French duo Julien Maio and Lea Palermo defeated Donegal pairing in straight sets, 21-15, 21-15.
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Gardai in Donegal are asking people to rethink their journeys, not to travel unless essential and not to leave the county. They are also appealing to those providing accommodation and food services, to adhere to the public health guidelines and regulations during level 4. Such services – under the current measures – are to be
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The leaders of the three coalition parties will meet later today to discuss placing the country back into a six week lockdown. NPHET has recommended Level 5 restrictions for the entire country. 1,000 new cases of Covid-19 and three more deaths were confirmed yesterday. Minister of State for European Affairs, Thomas Byrne, says he’ll support
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A Ramelton based councillor says Donegal County Council should revoke the planning permission granted for a mast at Drumonaghan Wood. Cllr Ian McGarvey told a Letterkenny Municipal District meeting this week he believes the proposed development contravenes the County Development Plan. Responding, officials said the application was fully assessed and considered in the context of
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Donegal County Council has extended the deadline for qualification under the Small Business Grant for commercial rates. The date has been changed from October 31st to November 30th, to allow businesses extra time to discharge their rates liability for 2020. The council says this is in addition to a number of other schemes announced this
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