There’s been widespread criticism of a vandalism attack in the new section of Derry’s City Cemetery. The latest incident happened in the section of the cemetery overlooking Lonemoor Road. Local Cllr Patricia Logue says it’s not the first occasion in recent times that graves in that section have been targeted. She says this has deeply […]
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Surveys are beginning this week in four areas to prepare for flood relief schemes. Donegal County Council says the preliminary ecological surveys to gather baseline data are beginning tomorrow in Burnfoot, Castlefinn, Downings, and Glenties. RPS Consulting Engineers have been appointed to carry out the environmental assessments, with work on the baseline surveys beginning tomorrow.
Flood Relief Surveys beginning in fours areas of Donegal Read More »
Finn Harps return to league action tonight when they make the trip to neighbouring Sligo Rovers. Kick-off at the Showgrounds is 7.45pm. There will be full LIVE match commentary on Highland tonight with Oisin Kelly and Declan Boyle in association with B&S Credit Union Ballybofey. For Harps its two wins on the bounce after they
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An infectious disease expert’s warning further deaths from Covid-19 are ‘inevitable’ as case numbers continue to rise. A further 138 cases were recorded yesterday, at least one of them in Donegal. Saturday saw five more cases in the county There were no further deaths linked to the virus in the latest data, a trend that
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Arranmore RNLI is appealing to businesses in the community to become RNLI local ambassadors by sharing key water safety advice to help keep people safe. On average, 175 people lose their life around the coast of Ireland and the UK each year. The RNLI say these deaths are accidental but along with the community they
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Optometrists are calling for a roll out of the Sligo Post Cataract Scheme across the country. It’s because it only takes a year for cataract surgery in the North West, but people have to wait up to 5 years in the South West. They’re concerned that eye-care waiting lists have surged to 52 thousand during
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A body has been found in Inishowen during the search for a missing 59 year old man. Ken Keeney from Cockhill, Buncrana, had been reported missing on Saturday. Last night, Gardai confirmed that following the discovery of a body, the search had been stood down.
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Leaving Cert students have received record grades this year. Almost 60,000 will receive their results online this morning, almost 3,000 in Donegal. The new calculated grading system, introduced due to Covid-19, shows an increase of 4.4 percent on average across all subjects. The Education Minister says the decision to provide them with calculated grades was
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The British Prime Minister is reportedly drawing up new legislation that will override the Brexit withdrawal agreement on Northern Ireland. The move could risk the collapse of talks with the EU over a free trade deal. Labour say it would be an act of ‘immense bad faith’. SDLP Leader Colum Eastwood says such a move
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The quarter final draw has thrown up some intriguing ties in the last eight of the Derry Championship. The stand out game involves two of the favourites to lift the senior title. After comfortable wins over Kilrea and Foreglen, Glen and Slaughtneil will meet in the next stage on the weekend of the 19/20 September.
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Kilmacrenans Richard Kerr remains in 7th position in the Dickies Supersport class at the British Superbike Shampionships after the series reached the halfway point last weekend. Richard qualified in 16th position for Saturdays sprint race and was 1.2 seconds slower than pole man and championship leader Scotland’s Rory Skinner. A good start got the kilmacrennan
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The draws have been made for the Donegal Senior and Intermediate Football Championships semi-finals as well as the Junior Hurling semi-finals. The Senior draw is a repeat of last years with Kilcar taking on Gaoth Dobhair and Naomh Conaill will play St Eunan’s. In the Intermediate draw, Clougheneeley’s reward for defeating Red Hughs 0-13 to
St Eunan’s booked their place in the Donegal Senior Football Championship semi-final with an emphatic 8-11 to 0-06. Goals from Caolan Ward, Sean McGettigan, Padraig McGettigan, Eoin McGeehin and two from Niall and Conor O’Donnell helped the Cathedral Town side ease into the semi-finals Oisin Kelly and Brendan Kilcoyne report from O’Donnell whilst Ciaran O’Donnell
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138 new cases of Covid-19 have been confirmed in the Republic and there are no new deaths. The number of new cases in Dublin today has dropped to 68 from its high 133 figure yesterday. There are 13 in Limerick, 9 in Galway, 9 in Kildare and 5 each in Cork, Wexford, and in Wicklow.
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Gaoth Dobhair have squeezed past MacCumhaills by the thinnest of margins in the Donegal Senior Football Championship quarter final. It took a late point from Cian Mulligan to get the 2018 champions over the finishing line in Magheragallon. MacCumhaills’ Oisin Gallen finished the game on 1-09 but it just wasn’t enough as his side were
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Cian Mulligan’s late point has sent Gaoth Dobhair through to the Donegal Senior Football Championship semi-finals after an epic encounter in Magheragallon. The game finished 0-14 to 1-13 to Gaoth Dobhair. Oisin Kelly and Martin McHugh report…
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It was successful weekend for Donegal athletes at the National Championship in the Morton Stadium. Following on from Adrienne Gallen’s success on Saturday, many Donegal athletes picked up medals at the Masters level. Sinead McConnell, Bosco Reid, Patrick Galvin, Martin Cunningham, Robert Anderson, Damien Crawford, Patrick Brennan and Nicole O’Donnell all won in their Masters
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Finn Harps battle at the bottom of the Premier Division continues this evening with the North West derby against neighbours Derry City (Kick-Off 5pm). Click on player below to listen to big match commentary with Oisin Kelly and former Harps Captain Declan Boyle in association with B & S Credit Union Ballybofey, Freephone 1800 290 390
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Glenfin have won back the Donegal Senior Ladies Football title in emphatic fashion after they beat Termon 7-07 to 2-10. Yvonne Bonner inspired her side to a 5-04 to 0-08 half time lead. Termon tried to battle back but Glenfin’s first half goals proved too much for Termon as Paul Bonner’s side ran out 12
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Glenfin are Donegal Senior Ladies champions after they defeated Termon 7-07 to 2-10. Yvonne Bonner was the star of the show for Glenfin as they regain the Senior Ladies title Frank Craig reports for Highland Radio Sport…
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Animals in Need Donegal have appealed to anyone interested in re-homing a number of roosters to contact them. Yesterday they were contacted about 6-7 roosters of various ages found dumped in a drain. 5 have been caught and settled in makeshift pens. 1 is a fully grown white sussex rooster and 4 are around 15
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Cappry Rovers are into the Brian McCormick Sports cup final after they beat Bonagee 4-1 at Ballyare. Cappry were 2-0 up at the break with goals coming from Dean O’Donnell and an Aaron Kelly penalty. Paddy McNulty netted to make it three before Bonagee pulled one back. Sean McBride then rounded off Cappry’s win. They
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Clonmany Shamrocks are the Fr Ó Gara Cup winners for 2020 after they beat Rasheney 4-0 on Saturday evening. A first half hat-trick from Man of the Match Jason Devlin had Clonmany on their way to winning the cup before Mark McLaughlin sealed the win by scoring his sides fourth. Clonmanys attention will now turn
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Rhys Irwin has claimed his first BSB Superstock race win at Silverstone. In what is his rookie year Rhys crossed the finish line just 0.371 seconds ahead of Daniel Brooks. The win moves Rhys up to second in the overall leaderboard. As for his brother Caolan was involved in a racing incident and went out
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Gardaí in Ballyshannon have arrested a driver following a checkpoint last night. They detected a driver who was driving while under the influence of cannabis. The driver was arrested and Gardaí are now awaiting further test results. Gardai have urged road users to never drive while under the influence of alcohol or drugs.
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The Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland is encouraging homeowners to avail of Government funded grants for home energy upgrades, saying that to date, over 11,000 homes have already benefited. SEAI say the improvements provide more efficient energy, and in the longer term, ensure that bills are lower. SEAI says supports are available for insulation, renewable
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Donemana won the North West Senior Cup on Saturday afternoon with a 14 run victory over Brigade at Beechgrove. The final play of the game fell to William McBrine – his 2-18 sealed a 14-run winning margin as the cup headed out of Beechgrove after a 2 year residency. In the other final played on
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Trillick and Dungannon are through to the Tyrone Senior Football Championship finals after victories over Coalisland and Errigal Ciaran respectively. The defending champions Trillick, had a 2-13 to 1-12 win over Coalisland with Mattie Donnelly firing over a crucial score in injury time to help send his side through to their second final in as
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Kilcar are through to the Donegal Senior Football Championship semi-finals after they survived a late comeback from St Michael’s. The game finished 3-14 to 3-12 with Kilcar captain Matthew McClean scoring 1-05 for the home side. After the game Frank Craig spoke with Matthew McClean…
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Kilcar have booked their place in the Donegal Senior Football Championship Semi-Finals after they beat St Michael’s 3-14 to 3-12 in a thrilling encounter in Towney. Two goals before half time from Darragh O’Donnell and Stephen McBrearty had Kilcar 2-09 to 0-03 up before Colin McFadden netted to give St Michaels a lifeline at the
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Luke McAteer was back in the winner’s enclosure on Saturday afternoon after he rode Robin Des Sheikh to victory in Navan for trainer Paul Flynn. McAteer beat fellow Donegal jockey Oisin Orr who finished second onboard Dark Pine for trainer Dermot Weld. The win is the Donegal jockeys fourth in as many days after he
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Naomh Conaill continued the defence of the Dr Maguire Cup with a 2-16 to 0-05 win over Glenfin at Davy Brennan Memorial Park. The afternoon’s top scorer was Charles McGuinness with 1-05, three of those coming from free’s. Martin Regan spoke with Ryan Ferry after today’s game…
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Naomh Conaill are through to the Donegal Senior Football Championship semi-final after they beat Glenfin 2-16 to 0-05. Goals from Ethan O’Donnell and Charles McGuinness helped Martin Regan’s side into the semi final draw. After the game Ciaran O’Donnell got the thoughts of Man of the Match Ethan O’Donnell but first Oisin Kelly and Martin
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Finn Harps make the short trip to the Showgrounds on Monday evening to take on north-west rivals Sligo Rovers in the SSE Airtricity League. Both teams go into the game on the back of some good results. Harps beat Sligo on the opening day of the season but having struggled before the break the
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Aodh Rua Ballyshannon are through to the Donegal Intermediate Football Championship semi-finals after they beat Naomh Muire 0-15 to 1-07. Ultan Boyle’s goal had Naomh Muire ahead at half time but a strong second half performance from Aodh Rua saw them advance. Phillip Patton was the star man for the Ballyshannon side, scoring eight points.
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Adrienne Gallen of Lifford-Strabane AC took the silver medal at the National Junior (U-20) Track and Field Championships in Santry. The 15-year-old athlete threw 48.58m in the junior women’s hammer event. The throw was good enough to break the Donegal female senior record (4kg). Her fifth of six throws was her best. Nicola Tuthill of
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The Irwin brothers have finished in the front row of the grid for the BSB Superstock 600 race at Silverstone. For the second weekend running, Rhys Irwin will start on pole position for a Superstock race. Rhys was just over 0.3 of a second of Ben Luxton who qualified in second. Caolan Irwin was third
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An Irishman in his 30s, believed to be from Donegal, has been arrested in Belgium after his girlfriend was doused in petrol and set alight. Emergency services were contacted by the woman’s Grandmother who lives nearby the couple’s home near the city of Antwerp. The woman was rushed to hospital, and placed in an artificial
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Ardara will play Donegal Senior Championship Football for another year after they beat Dungloe 1-11 to 0-12 on Friday night. Kevin Whyte’s goal after seven minutes proved to be the vital score of the game for. The loss now means that Dungloe, will have to scrap it out with the loser of the other relegation
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A Foyle MLA has called on Environment Minister Edwin Poots to hold a public inquiry into the Mobuoy dump on the outskirts of Derry. The Foyle MLA was speaking after a meeting with NIEA officials where they outlined their plans for dealing with the toxic site. The site is beside the River Faughan, which supplies
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The HSE’s new Covid-19 Community Testing Facility for Donegal is open from today at the Upper Car Park in St Conal’s Hospital in Letterkenny, with four drive-in testing bays and facilities for people on foot, It replaces the centre which operated at O’Donnell Park on the outskirts of the town. Testing in Donegal has been
Covid testing ramped up in Donegal as new facility opens today Read More »
All pubs could be allowed to reopen by the middle of this month. The move’s set to coincide with the release of the government’s new long-term strategy for dealing with Covid-19. The government’s currently finalising a new set of guidelines on the reopening of all pubs that will include strict regulation and inspection. According to
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There have been 98 new cases of Covid 19 reported in the republic this evening, with no new deaths. None of today’s new cases are in Donegal. The total number of reported cases is now 29,303, with 1,777 Covid related deaths. Statement from the National Public Health Emergency Team There have been no new
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News, Sport, Nuacht, and Obituaries on Friday September 4th……..
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Donegal jockey Luke McAteer (above) rode a winner in the 2.00 at Down Royal this afternoon. He rode the 11/4 shot Verbal Fencing to victory. This latest win comes after winners over the previous two days at Gowran Park and Punchestown. Meanwhile, Dylan Browne McMonagle was also in the winner’s enclosure today. He was victorious
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The new Community Testing Centre for Co. Donegal will become operational on Saturday 5th September. The centre, which replaces the temporary facility in O’Donnell Park, is located in the Upper Car Park on the St Conal’s Hospital Campus in Letterkenny. The HSE says the new centre will ensure that testing is delivered to the people
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Mairead McGuinness and Andrew McDowell are set to be put forward by the government as candidates for the position for EU Commissioner Ms McGuinness is a sitting MEP for the Midlands North West constituency, and Vice President of the European Parliament. Mr Mc Dowell is Enda Kenny’s former chief econonomic advisor.
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The Donegal Chair of the Irish Hotels Federation has described new rules asking restaurants to keep a record of what food customers have ordered as “bureaucracy gone mad”. The measure requires businesses to keep a record of people’s substantial meals for 28 days. Minister Simon Harris earlier claimed the rule had been interpreted wrong
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Donegal County Council has hailed the remarkable voluntary work carried out by Christy Murray, a local man in Raphoe who has been completing a massive clean-up operation since March of this year. Mr Murray took on the huge task of clearing the roadsides on the approaches to Raphoe of litter. One special project he
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A further thirteen organisations in Donegal have been allocated funding under the Covid-19 Stability Fund. Groups across the county are to share almost 145,000 euro in the latest tranche of funding. Among the highlights include almost 40,000 euro for the Dunkineely Community Company Limited and ten thousand euro for both the Friends of Carndonagh
More Donegal organisations to benefit from Covid-19 Stability Fund Read More »
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