The number of people in receipt of the Pandemic Unemployment Payment has risen here, after Covid restrictions were strengthened in Donegal. 5,949 will receive the payment in the county today, compared to 5,823 a week ago. Nationally, 217,142, people will receive the payment today at a total cost of just under 62 million euro Meanwhile, […]
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On this week’s DL Debate, Brendan Devenney is joined by Rory Kavanagh, Adrian Logan and Oisin Langan. Listen to the DL Debate – The Championship, in association with The Dry Arch Complex Service Station Letterkenny…
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Declan Devine has reported a clean bill of health as his side travels to the Sligo Showgrounds on Tuesday night for a rearranged league clash with the Bit o’ Red (KO 7.45). The Candystripes were without Ally Gilchrist, Gerardo Bruna, and Stephen Mallon for Friday night’s game at Dalymount but the trio were all involved
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22 new cases of Covid-19 have been identified in Donegal. 390 new cases of the virus have been confirmed across the country by the Department of Health today, with no further deaths. Of today’s cases 209 are in Dublin, with 27 Cork, 22 Donegal, 21 in Galway and 14 in Kildare and Monaghan. Two thirds
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Bank of Ireland has announced that it is to close its branches in Bunbeg, Bundoran and Glenties temporarily. They say the decision was taken to help ensure continuity of service at its larger Letterkenny branch. The redeployment of staff from the three smaller branch locations is said to be to support colleague self-isolation while ensuring
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Main Evening News, Sport and Obituaries Monday September 28th:
Main Evening News, Sport and Obituaries Monday September 28th Read More »
The second victim of a fatal crash in Creeslough at the start of the month has died. The collision occurred on Tuesday September 1st at around 9:30pm at Derryart. 19-year-old Jamie Bonner from Dungloe was pronounced dead at the scene. Michael McGinley, Feymore, Creeslough, a passenger, passed away yesterday at Letterkenny University Hospital.
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This year’s #LoveDonegal Day reached millions of people across the globe. On September 16th scores of people took to social media to share their stories, pictures, videos and memories of why they love Donegal. #LoveDonegal trended at number one of Twitter for 12 hours, reaching 17 million users. Garry Martin, Director of Economic Development with
#LoveDonegal day reaches 17 million Twitter users Read More »
The mortgage payment break scheme will not be extended – instead banks will continue offering payment breaks on a case by case basis only. It follows a meeting between a number of government ministers and the CEOs of AIB, Bank of Ireland, Ulster Bank, KBC and PTSB earlier. The scheme is due to end on
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220 people have been diagnosed with Covid-19 in Northern Ireland today. No new deaths have been reported. The total number of cases in the North now stands at 10,949. The incidence rate in the Derry City and Strabane District Council area continues to rise. 355 people have tested positive for the virus in the area
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Local Property Tax rates are to remain the same in Donegal. At a meeting today, councillors accepted the recommendation of officials that the rate not be changed. This effectively means the 15% increase on the baseline introduced in 2020 will remain in place for 2021. A number of people had called for reductions during a
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House prices in regional towns are rising twice as much as prices in bigger towns and cities, according to the Real Estate Alliance. It indicates that house hunters are returning to their native counties as they take advantage of working from home. As a whole, Donegal registered the third highest average increase in the country.
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Donegal County Council’s newest member has taken his seat. Cllr Donal “Mandy” Kelly was co opted onto the council today, in place of his father Donal, who stood down over the summer. The seat had previously been held by Cllr Kelly’s brother Manus, who tragically lost his life during last year’s Donegal International Rally. Cllr
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The CEO of Letterkenny Chamber says the government needs to look at targeted supports for businesses in Donegal, in light of the fact that level three restrictions are having a “devastating” impact on the local economy. The further restrictions are set to remains in place until October 16th. CEO of Letterkenny Chamber Toni Forrester says
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MABS, the Money Advice and Budgeting Service, is urging people in financial difficulty to seek help, and not to allow money pressures affect their physical and mental health. On today’s Nine til Noon Show, the service’s Regional Manager Carl Cronin said which face to face discussions have been affected by the pandemic, there are online
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More than 85,000 people around the country are now waiting on a driving test. Road Safety Authority figures seen by the Irish Examiner show the average wait time for a test is now nearly eight months, up from six weeks pre-Covid-19. There are three test centres in Donegal, Buncrana, Donegal Town, and Letterkenny. The RSA
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Slaughtneil have set up a Derry Football Final meeting with holders O’Donovan Rossa. The former four in a row winners beat Ballinderry 3-15 to 1-5 in Sunday’s second semi-final at Bellaghy. Sean Cassidy, Paul McNeill and Sammy Bradley scored the goals for Slaughtneil. Defending Champions Magherfelt narrowly defeat The Loup 0-14 to 1-10 on Saturday.
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It finished 1-1 between the Premier Division bottom two clubs Finn Harps and Cork City on Sunday evening in Ballybofey. Dylan McGlade gave the Leesiders the lead before Raf Cretaro came off the bench to grab a point for Harps. The result means Harps stay one point above bottom placed Cork. Harps Assistant Manager Paul
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An Inishowen Councillor has hit out at the HSE’s decision to exclude the provision of a swimming pool from its future plans for Milltown House, Carndonagh. Councillor Albert Doherty has described the decision to not restore and support the existing hydrotherapy pool facilities as a ‘cop out.’ John Hayes, Chief Officer, CHO 1 also confirmed
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Donegal Senator Eileen Flynn has been appointed to the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education, Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science. She says she is fully aware of the inequalities that system, with SNA provision, exclusion of minorities and increasing costs of higher education among the issues she is highlighting. Senator Flynn says she
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Donegal County Council will today decide what the rate of Local Property Tax will be in the county next year. The rate was increased by 15% a year ago, and cannot be increased beyond that. The Council can resolve to maintain the increase, return to the baseline rate or decrease the property tax by a
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Pharmacists say 125 million euro a year could be freed up in the health budget by switching from name-brand drugs to similar ones made in Ireland. The Irish Pharmacy Union says a policy on these “biosimilar” drugs has been promised for years, but never delivered. The group also says if they were allowed to deal
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The acting Chief Medical Officer has warned the situation with Covid-19 will continue deteriorate unless everyone plays their part to stop its spread. Dr Ronan Glynn says there’s ‘no room left for complacency’ and has appealed for people to reduce their contacts over the coming week. 430 more people have tested positive for coronavirus —
Deaths will rise if Covid-19 is not stemmed – McConkey Read More »
187 new cases of Covid-19 were detected in Northern Ireland yesterday. It was down on the previous two day’s figures, both of which had set one day records. No new deaths have been reported. West Tyrone Sinn Fein MP Órfhlaith Begley says there needs to be an all-island strategy for testing………..
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Finn Harps played out a 1-1 draw with Cork City at Finn Park on Sunday evening. The result means Cork still remain a point behind Harps but Ollie Horgan’s side are just three points behind Shelbourne and Derry City. Oisin Kelly and Declan Boyle were on commentary for Highland Radio Sport…
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23 new cases of Covid-19 have been confirmed in Donegal this evening. 430 cases of the virus have been identified across the country while no new deaths have been reported – the highest number of cases reported in a day since April. The death toll remains at 1,802 while the total number of cases now
23 new cases of Covid-19 confirmed in Donegal, 430 nationally Read More »
There were wins at The Curragh racecourse in Kildare on Sunday afternoon for Donegal jockey’s Luke McAteer and Dylan Browne McMonagle. Luke McAteer was the first Donegal jockey to taste success when he rode 14/1 shot Dearg Jazz to victory for trainer James Barrett in the 15:05 race. Dylan Browne McMonagle rode 4/1 second favourite
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Milford retained their Senior Football status after they defeated Dungloe 1-12 to 0-09 in the relegation play off final in O’Donnell Park. Rory O’Donell’s goal on the stroke of half time helped Milford record their first win in this years Championship Shaun Paul Barrett gave his thoughts to Tom Comack after his sides victory…
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Milford will play Senior Football again next year after they defeated Dungloe 1-12 to 0-09 in the relegation play off at O’Donnell Park. Rory O’Donnell’s goal in added time at the end of the first half proved to be a crucial score as Milford ran out six point victors in the end. As for Dungloe,
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187 new cases of Covid-19 have been detected in Northern Ireland in the past 24 hours. It’s a decrease from the previous two day’s figures which were record totals for the North. No new deaths have been reported in the past day. The 7 day incidence rate for the Derry City and Strabane District Council
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There were some mixed results for Finn Harps underage teams this weekend. Joel Bradley-Walsh’s goal earned Harps’ Under 19’s a 1-1 draw with Derry City. The Under 17’s suffered a 4-1 defeat to Derry City, whilst the Under 15’s drew 0-0 also with the Candystripes. The Under 13’s weren’t in action this weekend.
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The incidence rate of Covid-19 in Donegal remains the highest in the country. The infection rate has now increased to 178.4 per 100,000 of the population. So far this week there have been 170 cases of Covid-19 identified in Donegal. The County will remain under Level 3 restrictions until at least October 16th in a
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A Donegal hotel has apologised after offering rooms to locals for €2 to get around the ban on indoor dining. Since yesterday, the county has been on Level 3 Covid-19 restrictions, which includes only eating outdoors at restaurants for up to 15 people. The Beach Hotel in Downings had offered a special rate for people
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A Foyle MLA says a coordinated financial package should be put in place to secure the future of City of Derry Airport. Martina Anderson, Sinn Fein’s Spokesperson on Tackling Regional Inequalities says such an initiative must have input from the Irish Government and Donegal County Council, to reflect the cross border nature of the airport’s
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A Donegal County Councillor thinks people need to abide by the Covid 19 rules in the county. Donegal’s under level 3 restrictions due to rising cases, with the centre of the outbreak around Lifford and Stranorlar. Donegal Town Councillor Tom Conaghan says he feels very sorry for businesses in Donegal as a lot of people
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An investigation is underway to identify organisers of an anti-lockdown protest in Donegal yesterday afternoon. Dozens of people gathered in the Market Square, Letterkenny to hear speeches against Covid 19 restrictions. Gardai aren’t looking into breaches of public health rules by those attending as social distancing and mask wearing are “non-penal regulations”. But they are
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Convoy are through to the Donegal Junior Football Championship final after the defeated Letterkenny Gaels 0-13 to 0-06 at MacCumhaill Park. Joseph McGill was the star of the show, firing over nine points as Convoy progressed to the final. They will now face Downings in the final. Convoy manager Laurence McMullan gave his thoughts to
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Aodh Ruadh are the Donegal Intermediate Football champions for this year after they defeated Cloughaneely 2-14 to 1-12. Cian Dolan’s goal late on sealed the win for Aodh Ruadh and ensured Barry Ward’s side will play Senior Football next year. After the game, Tom Comack spoke with the Aodh Ruadh boss, Barry Ward…
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Aodh Rua BS are Donegal Intermediate Football Champions after they beat Cloughaneely 2-14 to 1-12 at O’Donnell Park. Paul Sweeney’s goal midway through the first half had Cloughaneely 1-6 to 0-08 ahead at half time. Shane McGrath netted for Aodh Rua just after the water break to put them three ahead. Cloughaneely pushed late on
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Finn Park is the venue for a huge game at the bottom of the table this Sunday as Cork City make the trip to Ballybofey. The sides come into the game separated only by a point, while the visitors have a game in hand. The Leesiders arrive in search of their first away victory in
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A new Covid-19 test centre is opening in Donegal Town. The HSE confirmed this morning that the pop-up centre, situated at the Cleary Centre on the Ballybofey Road offers free testing for anyone with coronavirus symptoms, who is referred by a GP. The new centre opens tomorrow, with the aim of increasing capacity by 150
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The HSE’s being accused of leaving carers ‘out in the cold’ with it’s 600 million euro Winter Plan. A group representing carers and people with disabilities, says people are suffering in isolation and carers are at risk of burning out – unless respite and adult day services reopen. Linda Comerford is a Spokesperson for ‘Enough
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The Lifford-Stranorlar area has the highest 14-day incidence rate of anywhere in Donegal. The Roasted Bean Coffee House in Lifford opened for the first time last week – but now has had to operate as a takeaway as it doesn’t have space for outdoor seating. Manager Chrissy Mac says there has been a notable change
Lifford coffee shop manager says the mood in the area has changed Read More »
Since midnight, Donegal has moved into Level 3 Covid-19 restrictions in response to rising case numbers. The county has now overtook Dublin as the area with the highest infection rate, with 148.2. per 100,000 people. Dublin’s figure currently stands at 145 cases. Donegal is the fifth county to face temporary localised restrictions and the second,
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Motorists are being urged to ‘look out for love-crazed deer on Irish roads’. Rutting season is about to begin and male deer can travel miles to look for a mate. The council warns the most common time to find them crossing roads is at dawn and dusk, which coincides with fading light and morning and
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The Union of Students in Ireland says the Government must support student renters due to new restrictions in colleges. It’s after Higher Education Minister Simon Harris announced most students have to do their courses online for the next three weeks. Colleges and universities across the country have also been told to strictly limit those on
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Derry City were only minutes from picking up a fourth Premier Division win of the season on Friday night at Dalymount Park. They hit the front against second placed Bohemians in just the second minute when James Akintunde netted for the Candystrips. They held that lead until injury time at the end of the game.
Injury time agony for Derry – Declan Devine Reaction Read More »
It’s been confirmed that a mobile Covid 19 testing unit will be based in Strabane from today. Following a spoke in recent days in the number of cases in Strabane town and surrounding areas, the Public Health Agency confirmed a mobile testing unit will be located at Melvin Leisure Centre car park from today. West
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Garda checkpoints are in place across Donegal with the county now under Level 3 coronavirus restrictions. It has the highest rate of Covid 19 in the country – and people are being urged not to leave their county for the next 3 weeks. The tighter measures mean indoor dining in pubs and restaurants is banned
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Irish Water has announced four more mains replacement projects which it says will benefit customers and businesses in the Falcarragh-Gortahork area The four areas to benefit from these works are in the Falcarragh/Gortahork area and include Curransport, Calheam/An Sruthàn, Derryconnor and Ardsbeg. Approximately 3.5 kilometres of water pipe that is in poor repair will be
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