The number of people in receipt of the Pandemic Unemployment Payment in Donegal continues to fall. 7,200 people in the county are receiving the PUP payment this week, down 11% on the previous week and down a huge 68% since May 5th. Meanwhile, 300 people in Donegal over the past week closed their unemployment payment. […]
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There are calls for a cross border approach to be taken to tackle rural crime. A recent report revealed that rural crime has risen by 18% in the North at a cost of £3.3 million. Foyle MLA Martina Anderson says as well as the implications of Covid-19 and Brexit, rural crime will leave those in
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A full meeting of the Cabinet will take place today to discuss recommendations made by the National Public Health Emergency Team. The advice will include plans for older and vulnerable people to limit their time outdoors again, while indoor family gatherings will be reduced to just six, according to the Irish Independent. It comes after
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On this weeks DL Debate – The Championship, Brendan Devenney is joined by Frank Craig of the Donegal News and Ronan Scott of Gaelic Life to talk championship action in Donegal and across Ulster. Listen to the DL Debate – The Championship, in association with Sara’s Kitchen @ Sister Sara’s Letterkenny – Serving food you’ll
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There have been two kick-off time changes in the SSE Airtricity League Premier Division. Waterford v Finn Harps set to be played on Sunday, August 23 will now kick-off at 2pm with the fixture set to be live on WATCHLOI from the Regional Sports Centre. Shamrock Rovers v Bohemians set to be played on Saturday,
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56 cases of Covid-19 have been confirmed in Ireland bringing the total number of cases to 27, 313. No new deaths have been reported. Of the cases notified today, 26 are Kildare, 13 in Dublin and the rest of the 17 cases are in Donegal, Galway, Kerry, Laois, Longford, Meath, Monaghan, Offaly, Westmeath and Wicklow.
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Clubs in Donegal Town have temporarily suspended activities as they await the result of a Covid-19 test on a person that has connection with sport in area. The first to bring in the measure yesterday was Donegal Junior League side Donegal Town while Four Masters GAA and Donegal Town Basketball followed a short time later.
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Main Evening News, Sport and Obituaries Monday August 17th:
Main Evening News, Sport and Obituaries Monday August 17th Read More »
The North’s Education Minister has announced a u-turn on the controversial grading of A-Levels. Thousands of students across the region were marked down due to an algorithm used by the exams regulator, with some missing out on a University place. Peter Weir has now confirmed that students will be awarded the higher of the grade
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There have been 39 new cases of Covid-19 in the North. It brings the total number of cases there to 6,430. No new deaths were recorded in Northern Ireland in the past 24 hours, and the death toll remains at 558. There are no patients being treated in intensive care units for the virus, north
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People in Carrigart and surrounding areas are without water again today. Irish Water has confirmed that a tanker is in place to provide an alternative water supply. Repairs to a burst water main are continuing and are estimated to be complete by 6pm this evening. Homeowners are being advised to boil any water obtained from
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A yellow wind warning is in place for Donegal. Unseasonably wet and windy weather is expected at times this week with further rainfall and wind warnings likely. Met Eireann is advising that windy weather on Thursday and Friday may result in unsafe conditions over high ground, lakes and sea areas. The warning is valid for
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A man involved in a rescue on Falcarragh beach on Saturday says a tragedy could have easily developed, were it not for the actions of a number of people on the beach. Mark Dobson was on the beach with a group of family and friends when two people got into difficulty while paddling in the
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Two clerical changes have been announced in the Diocese of Raphoe by Bishop Alan McGuckian. Dr Niall Coll returns to the diocese after spending 19 years lecturing in Belfast to become Parish Priest in Ballintra, while MOnsignor Kevin Gillespie, administrator of St Eunan’s Cathedral will also become administrator in Glenswilly and Templedouglas. Meanwhile, Rev Jonathan
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Foyle MLA Karen Mullan has welcomed the Education Minister Peter Weir’s announcement that grading of GCSE exams will be based solely on teacher assessments, and has urged him to bring forward solutions to the A-Level grading crisis. Ms Mullan, a member of the Stormont Education Committee says the professional judgment of teachers should be respected
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The mother of missing Scottish man Michael Paul Ridge says he may have travelled to Donegal. The 32 year old, who has connections in Creeslough, was last seen attending an appointment in Rutherglen, Scotland on Monday. He is described as 5ft 10in in height, of a stocky build and clean shaven. Michael’s mother Bernadette Ridge
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It may be necessary to postpone the reopening of schools in areas that have seen a significant rise in cases of Covid-19. That’s the view of the World Health Organisation, which says Ireland needs to keep on top of the virus. The WHO’s Special Envoy on Covid-19, David Nabarro says local decisions will have to
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Detectives in Derry have charged two men in relation to an assault in the Duddy’s Court area of the city. A 21 year old man was charged with grievous bodily harm with intent and using disorderly behaviour. A 22 year old man was charged with grievous bodily harm with intent, using disorderly behaviour and possession
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Concerns have been raised that plans for a new Lidl superstore in Strabane could come at the expense of over 50 jobs. Plans have been submitted for the development which includes the creation of 10 new jobs to replace four existing retail units at Strabane Shopping Park where in total, over 50 people are employed.
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Its emerged that the Bunbeg Coast Guard was delayed in launching over the weekend due to access to the pier being blocked. On Saturday afternoon its believed two people got into difficulty off the coast of West Donegal however, when tasked to the scene the Bunbeg Coast Guard had to wait 5 minutes before launching
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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…
Martin McElhinney happy as St Michaels reach Donegal SFC Quarter Final Read More »
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
66 additional cases of Covid-19 confirmed in Ireland, no new deaths Read More »
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.
Wins for Termon and Moville in Donegal Ladies Senior Football Championship Read More »
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
Inishowen Football League Results 16/08/2020 Read More »
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
Donegal Junior League Results 15/08/2020 Read More »
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
Late point earns Glenfin draw with neighbours MacCumhaills Read More »
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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