The Department of Education is being urged to rethink the plan for predictive grading that’s replacing the leaving cert this year. Green Party TD Patrick Costello says Ireland needs to learn from the mistakes made in Northern Ireland and Great Britain. 280-thousand students there had their A-levels reduced by one grade or more from predicted […]
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The National Public Health Emergency Team will meet later to discuss what further measures may be needed to control the spread of Covid-19. It’s after 66 further cases were recorded yesterday – with two weeks or less until most schools are due back. Professor Patrick Mallon is a consultant in Infectious Diseases at St Vincent’s
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The draw has been made for the fourth round of the Michael Murphy Sports and Leisure Donegal Senior Football Championship. St Eunans v St Michael’s Dungloe v Killybegs Ardara v Bundoran Termon v St Nauls Glenswilly v Naomh Conaill Milford v Four Masters Glenfin v Kilcar Gaoth Dobhair v MacCumhaills All games to be played
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Kilcar have picked up their second win in this year’s Championship after they defeated Glenswilly 4-24 to 1-10 in Towney on Sunday Afternoon. The four goals came from Mark McHugh, Conor Doherty and Patrick McBrearty before Shaun Gallagher was unfortunate to have the ball rebound off him and into his own net. John McNulty spoke
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St Michael’s are into the Quarter Finals of the Donegal Senior Football after they picked up a two point win over Ardara at The Bridge. Colin McFadden scored the games only goal as it finished 1-11 to 0-12 in favour of the home side. Tom Comack spoke with Martin McElhinney after his side’s win…
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Kilcar remain unbeaten in this year’s Donegal Senior Football Championship after they defeated Glenswilly 4-24 to 1-10 at Towney on Sunday afternoon. John McNulty’s side had 11 different scorers in their impressive win. Martin McHugh reports for Highland Radio Sport…
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66 new cases of Covid-19 have been confirmed in Ireland this evening. The Department of Health has reported no new deaths. Of the 66 confirmed cases, 21 are in Kildare, 16 in Dublin, 6 in Limerick, and the rest of the 23 cases are in Clare, Donegal, Laois, Louth, Meath, Monaghan, Offaly, Roscommon, Sligo, Tipperary
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Caolan Irwin started this years BSB Championship campaign with a second place finish at Donnington last weekend. The Kilmacrennan racer is glad that racing was able to resume although he admitted that it feels strange that there’s no spectators at the events. During the week, Pauric Hilferty spoke with Caolan where he reveals his new
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St Michael’s have booked their place in the Donegal Senior Football Championship quarter finals after they defeated Ardara 1-11 to 0-12 on Sunday afternoon. Colin McFadden’s goal after two minutes proved the decisive score in the end. Tom Comack reports from The Bridge…
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The Taoiseach said he’s deeply concerned about large number Covid-19 cases reported yesterday. 200 infections were recorded yesterday, the highest in one day since the beginning of May. On his Twitter account Micheal Martin said the figures were “deeply concerning” adding that he had discussed the evolving situation with the Tánaiste, Green Party Leader, Health
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Bundoran have made it two wins from three in the Donegal Senior Football after they defeated Milford 2-18 to 1-12. The win sees Terry McCann side keep their chance of reaching a quarter final alive as for Milford they remain at the bottom end of the table with no points. Ryan Ferry was reporting today
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Brian Mc Cormick Sports Premier Division Keadue Rovers 3 v 1 Cranford United Kildrum Tigers 2 v 1 Cappry Rovers Kilmacrennan Celtic 0 v 3 Castlefin Celtic Milford United 1 v 2 Bonagee United The win for Castlefin Celtic moves them joint top with Kilmacrennan Celtic who have one game left after today unlike Castlefin.
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There were wins on Sunday morning for Termon and Moville in the Ladies Senior Football Championship. Gerladine McLaughlin hit 1-09 as Termon ran out 2-14 to 1-04 victors over Glenfin who were without Yvonne Bonner, Karen Guthrie and Annie McGlynn. In the mornings other game, Moville were 5-13 to 2-07 winners over Naomh Conaill.
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Premier Division Promotion /Relegation Play off Carn FC 2 V 1 QPS Jackie Crossan Premier Division Buncrana Hearts 0 V 0 Glengad United Buncrana Credit Union Cup ½ Finals Aileach FC 4 V 1 Greencastle FC Cockhill Celtic Yths 1 V 3 Clonmany Shamrocks Strand Hotel Division One Aileach Res 1 V 2 Redcastle United
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Another 27 cases of Covid-19 have been confirmed in the North today. There have been no new deaths. The total number of positive cases in Northern Ireland is 6,391.
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Former Irish Olympic marathon runner Tommy Hughes smashed the over-60s world record for running a 15k race on Sunday morning. The Derry runner finished the Danny McDaid 15k event which was hosted by Letterkenny AC in 51 minutes 30 seconds. His time was three minutes and two seconds faster than the previous record set by
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Derry City manager Declan Devine believes there are positives and negatives to take from his side’s 1-1 draw with Shelbourne at Tolka Park on Saturday evening. Ibrahim Meite penalty on 30 minutes gave the Candystripes the lead before Ryan Brennan header home the equaliser 16 minutes from time. Derry pushed for a winner and Adam
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Gaoth Dobhair’s Neil McGee believes his side had to be patient in their 4-10 to 0-05 win over St Naul’s on Saturday afternoon. Mervyn O’Donnell’s side led 1-06 to 0-02 at half time with the goal coming from Cian Mulligan on seven minutes. Gaoth Dobhair had only managed to fire over three points in the
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MacCumhaills and Glenfin had to settle for a point a piece after Gerard Ward scored a free deep into injury time in their Donegal Senior Football Championship clash. In what was an entertaining tie, the sides were level a total of nine times and finished on on 1-13 each. Both sides remain unbeaten in the
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Glencar Inn Saturday Division One Donegal Town Reserves 4 v 0 Strand Rovers Glencar Celtic 3 v 1 Glenea United Reserves Kildrum Tigers Reserves 3 v 2 Oldtown Celtic Milford United Reserves 6 v 1 Fintown Harps AFC Old Orchard Saturday Division Two K.O. 2p.m. Copany Rovers 2 v 5 Ballybofey United Reserves Cranford United
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Since League of Ireland Premier Division Football returned Finn Harps are still with a point or a win. On Saturday afternoon they lost 1-0 to Bohemians at Finn Park with Dan Grant scoring the games only goal in the first half. Harps boss Ollie Horgan who was given a red card in the game told
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Four Masters gave themselves a senior championship lifeline on Saturday as they beat Dungloe 4-10 to 1-14 in a huge relegation battle at Tir Chonaill Park. The four goals from Patrick Reid (2), Jamie Crawford and Leo Hugh means their first win of the championship with a round to play, could keep them at senior
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Its believed a missing Glasgow man may have travelled to Donegal. Police in Scotland are appealing for information after Michael Paul Ridge who has connections in Creeslough, was last seen attending an appointment in Rutherglen on Monday August 10th. He is described as 5ft 10in in height, of a stocky build and clean shaven. The
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Access to Rossnowlagh beach will be partially closed for the next two weeks to facilitate road upgrade works. The access road to the beach below the Smugglers will be closed from tomorrow. Donegal County Council is advising that the beach access roads at The Surf Club/Sandhouse and at the Northern end of the beach will
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Eight people have been rescued after their boat suffered mechanical failure off Inishowen last night. Lough Swilly RNLI were tasked to the scene by the Irish Coast Guard shortly before 8:30pm after the small cruiser got into difficulty. The boat was towed to Buncrana pier with all onboard safely returned to land. https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=1517381651803728&id=252395128302393
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Schools want rapid Covid-19 testing to be made available to teachers when they reopen. The Irish National Teachers Organisation is warning if there is a delay in testing, schools could be left without appropriate staff cover. It is calling for priority access for staff who request a test. General Secretary of the INTO John Boyle,
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A GP’s warning the country will be ‘snookered’ if Covid-19 cases continue to increase into the winter flu season. Dr. Ilona Duffy says many GP’s are experiencing their busiest August ever, and the situation could become unmanageable as people get colds and flu in the months ahead. Yesterday saw the highest daily increase in coronavirus
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It was another action packed afternoon in the North West Senior T20 on Saturday where Brigade won the match of the day with a narrow 6-run win over Newbuildings. Donemana crushed Bonds Glen by 10 wickets to go top of their group while Bready beat Strabane. St Johnston posted a convincing win over Glendermott while
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Gerard Ward scored a late free to ensure a share of the spoils between MacCumhaills and Glenfin in the Donegal Senior Football Championship. In what was an entertaining game the sides finished on 1-13 apiece. Nathan Gavigan got the goal for the Ballybofey side with Stephen Ward finding the back of the net for Glenfin
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Derry City were denied all three points at Tolka Park on Saturday evening as they played out a 1-1 draw with Shelbourne. On 30 minutes the Candystripes took the lead when Ibrahim Meite scored from the penalty spot after he was fouled in the box. Declan Devine’s side looked like they were going to pick
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There were 200 more cases of Covid-19 confirmed in the Republic today, bringing the total number of confirmed cases since the pandemic began to 27,191. At least one of the new cases is in Donegal. As of Midnight on Thursday, the confirmed figure for the county is 501. No new deaths have been reported, with
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Finn Harps suffered their fourth successive S-S-E Airtricity League Premier Division defeat in a row since football resumed. Dan Grant’s 23rd minute goal was enough to see Bohemians leave Finn Park with a 1-0 win. After the game Diarmaid Doherty got the thoughts of Finn Harps defender Dave Webster…
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2018 winners Gaoth Dobhair maintained their push to lifted the Dr Maguire Cup in this season Michael Murphy Sports and Leisure Donegal Senior Football Championship. They were easy winners over St Nauls as Tom Comack reports for Highland Radio Sport…
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S-S-E Airtricity League Premier Division Bohemians have beat Finn Harps 1-nil in Ballybofey on Saturday afternoon. Danny Grant’s goal for Keith Long’s side in the 24th minute keeps their 100% record intact since the league’s resumption. There’s now just 3 points between Bohs and their Dublin rivals Shamrock Rovers at the top of the table.
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Finn Harps lost out to Bohemians 1 -0 this afternoon in their latest game of the League of Ireland Premier Division. Diarmaid Doherty and Declan Boyle were on commentary for Highland Radio Sport at Finn Park…
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Donegal League side St. Catherine’s FC in Killybegs say they will return to football this coming Monday. The club suspended of all activities on Friday as a precautionary measure, as a club member had shown symptoms of Covid-19 but the test returned negative today. In a club statement, “St Catherine’s FC would like to let
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Four Masters won their first game of this years Michael Murphy Sports and Leisure Donegal Senior Club Championship beating Dungloe 4-10 to 1-14. Peter Campbell reports from Donegal Town…
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Donegal Jockey Martin Harley had a double this afternoon at Newmarket. He won the opening two races of the day on Apollo One at 22/1 for trainer Peter Charalambous and then for John Godsen he took Megallan home first at 7/2. He also finished second in the third race on board Indigo Lake. He still
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Irish Water and Donegal County Council are urging people in Donegal to conserve water. In a statement, they say the warm weather and an increase in the number of visitors is resulting in an increased demand on the public water network. Irish Water Operations Lead for Donegal, Kevin Love said: “With the recent warm weather
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The Chairman of Fáilte Ireland has stepped down after it emerged he travelled to Italy on holiday. The Minister for Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport and the Gaeltacht Catherine Martin has accepted Michael Cawley’s resignation. It’s after the Irish Independent reported that he was on holiday in Italy. In a statement this afternoon, the Minister
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Finn Harps play host to Bohemians FC this afternoon with kick off at Finn Park 2pm. There will be full match commentary with Diarmaid Doherty and Declan Boyle on Saturday Sport in association with B&S Credit Union. Harps will be buoyed by Monday night’s victory over St. Pats in the FAI Cup first round. The
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An Inishowen Councillor says if water supply problems persist in the vicinity of Clonmany, irish Water should deploy a tanker to ensure supplies. Irish Water has confirmed that a treatment plant issue has been causing disruptions since yesterday evening, and crews are working to restore supplies as soon as possible. However, Cllr Albert Doherty says
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There are reports that part of Clonmany has been without water for 12 hours. Irish Water has confirmed that a treatment plant issue is causing supply disruptions in the vicinity of Gordfad, Urras, Clonmany, and surrounding areas. Crews are working to restore supply as soon as possible.
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A man has been hospitalised following what police are describing as a serious assault in Derry. Detectives at Strand Road say the incident happened in an alleyway in the Stoneburn Place area of the city in the early hours of this morning. At approximately 2.40am police received a report that a man had been attacked
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Finn Harps host Bohemians this afternoon in Ballybofey looking for their first points since the Premier Division resumed. Harps will be boosted by their recent cup win over Pats but Manager Ollie Horgan knows Bohs will provide another major test again. Ollie has been looking ahead to that game with Oisin Kelly on this weeks
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In the Friday night Michael Murphy Sports and Leisure Donegal Senior Football Championship tie, holders of the Dr Maguire, Naomh Conaill had too much for a young Termon side at Davy Brennan Park. The defending champions run out comfortable winners 6-18 to 0-8. The three wins and a massive difference has all but secured a
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Pub opening hours could be extended under new government plans aimed at discouraging house parties. According to the Irish Independent, venues serving food could be allowed open longer due to concern about gatherings in homes after they close at 11pm. It comes as 67 new cases of Covid-19 have been confirmed across 13 counties, the
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Plans have been submitted to Donegal County Council for a new distillery at Cummirk, Cloghan. The plans include the construction of a distillery complex building to accommodate an ancillary office/ reception and toilet area, a storage area, bottling line, plant room, milling mash tun, fermentation, pallet and still areas as well as external silos and
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Irish Water has confirmed that Councillor clinics are to resume. Such clinics had been suspended following the outbreak of Covid-19. However, the utility says following ongoing engagement with local authorities, they will be recommencing councillor clinics remotely online from September. The announcement has been welcomed by Councillor Micheal Colm MacGiolla Easbuig but he says much
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A prominent businessman and GAA supporter has died in a crash in County Derry. Hugh McWilliams of H&A Mechanical Services in Derry, was driving a car which went off the road at Five Mile Straight in Draperstown at around lunchtime yesterday. The PSNI says it was the only vehicle involved. Derry GAA says the community
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