Termon are into the Donegal Senior Ladies Football Championship final after they defeated Naomh Conaill 3-14 to 1-03. Goals from Ciara McGarvey and two from Geraldine McLaughlin helped the defending champions to claim a 16 point win. They will face the winner of Glenfin and Moville in the final
Termon into Donegal Senior Ladies Football Championship final Read More »
The PSNI say they received a report that a home under construction on Urney Road in Clady was deliberately set alight sometime between 2.00am and 4.00 am this Saturday morning. They say the property was extensively damaged by the blaze. Police are working to establish a motive for this crime and officers are urging anyone
PSNI appeal for information following deliberate house fire in Clady Read More »
Brian McCormick Sports & Premier Division Donegal Town FC 3 vs 3 Killdrum Tigers Drumkeen United 0 vs 6 Kilmacrennan Celtic FC Keadue Rovers FC 0 vs 1 Cappry Rovers
Donegal Junior League Results 23/08/2020 Read More »
19 people with Covid 19 are currently being treated in 12 different hospitals around the country. Six of the patients are being treated in intensive care, and three of them are being ventilated. The World Health Organisation said data to date suggests 80% of Covid-19 infections are mild or asymptomatic; 15% are severe infection requiring
19 Covid-19 patients currently being treated in hospitals in Ireland Read More »
Two Status Yellow Warnings for wind and rain have been issued for 15 counties. Met Eireann says gusts of up to 110 kilometres per hour can be expected on Tuesday in Munster and Wexford, with a wind alert in place from 6am to 7pm. Meanwhile a rain warning for Connacht, Donegal, Cork, Kerry and Waterford
Met Eireann issue rain warning for Donegal Read More »
Coleraine, Donemana, Brigade and Bready have semi final matches to look forward to in the North West T20. In the games that were played yesterday, Brigade beat Glendermott by 8 wickets while Bready’s gane at Fox Lodge and Donemana’s at home to Killyclooney fell victim to the weather just after 8 overs. There was a
Semi Final places finalised in North West Cricket T20 Read More »
The rising R rate of infection is giving teachers cause for concern ahead of the reopening of schools over the next week. Preparations have been underway at the country’s 4,000 schools for a number of weeks, with a range of new measures in place to protect pupils and staff. Teachers unions are warning that they
Rising R rate of infection giving teachers cause for concern Read More »
A raid by dog wardens and local gardaí in north county Dublin’s uncovered 32 dogs — thought to be stolen. Gardaí got a search warrant after checking out a tip about unusual activity at Stockhole, near Swords. 24 daschunds, four pugs, three chihuahuas and a Jack Russell were found — with the wardens estimating their
Gardai in Dublin uncover 32 dogs, thought to be stolen Read More »
Rhys Irwin secured his first podium finish in the BSB Superstock race at Snetterton earlier today. The Kilmacrennan teenager finished on pole position after Saturday’s qualifying but finished in third just four and half seconds off the winner, Ben Luxton. His older brother, Caolan, was involved in a racing incident in this mornings warm up
First podium finish for Rhys Irwin in BSB Superstock 600 race at Snetterton Read More »
Finn Harps make the cross-country journey to the RSC this afternoon to take on Waterford FC in their final game of the first round of league games. The hosts will come into the game looking to bounce back having suffered a last minute defeat at the hands of Sligo Rovers at the Showgrounds on Tuesday.
Waterford United v Finn Harps Preview Read More »
Wins for Buncrana, Naomh Columba and Cloughaneely have secured each of them home venues in the Michael Murphy Sports and Leisure Intermediate quarterfinals – the CCC may review the venues under this year’s special Covid-related regulations. Aodh Ruadh secured the final fourth home venue with a 7 point away win at Fanad putting them above
Donegal Intermediate Championship Round 4 Results and Quarter Final lineup Read More »
Dylan Browne McMonagle made it five winners this week when he rode 7/1 shot Might Blue to victory at The Curragh. The Donegal jockey finished 2 and three quarter lengths ahead of Effernock Fizz for trainer Joseph O’Brien. He saddles Rock on Seamie in the last race of the day at the Kildare Racecourse at
The winners keep on coming for Dylan Browne McMonagle Read More »
Finn Harps go to the RSC Grounds to face Waterford United on Sunday afternoon in the Premier Division. Elsewhere in the league, Bohemians closed the gap on leaders Shamrock Rovers to two points on Saturday while there’s a big week coming in Europe for LOI sides. Oisin Kelly has been talking League of Ireland football
Talking League of Ireland with Aidan Fitzmaurice Read More »
Brendan O’Donnell has won the Irish Senior Hammer Throw title at the National Championships at the Morton Stadium. Whilst claiming the National title the Lifford/Strabane AC man also set a new personal best with a throw of 64.62m. O’Donnell becomes the first Lifford Strabane AC athlete to win a National Senior title since 1990. Patsy
Brendan O’Donnell smashes PB to win National title Read More »
There were wins for Keadue Rovers and Glencar Celtic in their retrospective Voodoo Venue Cup semi finals. Keadue defeated League One champions Donegal Town 3-1 whilst Glencar were 4-2 winners over Castlefin Celtic. In League Two, Drumkeen United are celebrating after their 4-3 win over Drumoghill Reserves which promoted them to the top tier of
Keadue Rovers and Glencar Celtic advance to Voodoo Venue Cup final Read More »
Rhys Irwin has finished in Pole Position for Sunday’s BSB Superstock 600 race at Snetterton. He finished 0.3 of a second quicker than Aaron Silvester who finished in second. His brother Caolan broke down on the first lap of qualifying and will now start the race at the back of the grid. In the Supersport
Rhys Irwin on pole for BSB Superstock 600 race at Snetterton Read More »
Patsy McGonagle has questioned Athletics Ireland’s quarantine ruling following the decision to not let Mark English defend his National 800m title this year due to his requirement to self isolate. The Letterkenny man ran a season best time in Italy on Monday but will have to self isolate for 14 days as per an Athletics
Patsy McGonagle questions Athletics Ireland Quarantine rules Read More »
There’s still lotsa to play for in the Donegal Intermediate Championship this weekend with the top sides battling for home advantage in the quarter finals and the bottom teams looking to avoid the relegation places and possibly bring themselves in the last eight. Oisin Kelly has been looking at the Saturday evening games in the
Donegal Intermediate Championship Preview – Barry Meehan Read More »
11 year old girl missing from Derry has been found safe and well. Police in Derry were concerned for the whereabouts of an 11-year old girl who had been missing from the area since Saturday morning. Mary Kate Crumlish was reported as missing from the Clon Elagh area of the city just before 11am. She
Missing girl (11) found safe and well Read More »
Derry City’s assistant manager Kevin Deery has praised his side’s mentality after they came from behind to beat Cork City 3-1 at the Ryan McBride Brandywell Stadium on Friday evening. Joseph Olowu had the visitors ahead at half time before two goals in a minute turned things around for the Candystripes. On 49 minutes, Kevin
Kevin Deery happy with Derry’s mentality in comeback win over Cork City Read More »
A leading health expert says it’s very likely there’ll be clusters of Covid-19 in schools when they reopen. The local lockdown will continue in Kildare until September 6th – but schools will still reopen before that. There have been 444 cases of coronavirus in Kildare since the restrictions were imposed two weeks ago. And Dr
Covid-19 clusters in schools likely when they reopen – De Barra Read More »
A parish priest in Donegal is paying tribute to the three family members who were killed in a car accident on Thursday night. John Mullan and his two children – 14-year-old Tomas and 6-year-old Amelia – died after their car plunged into Lough Foyle. Their funeral Mass will take place in Moville, on Monday morning
Fr O’Hagan pays tribute to family members killed in Quigleys Point crash Read More »
Third level students in Donegal are to receive laptops to assist with online learning. Further Education Minister Simon Harris says he expects 17,000 devices to be distributed to colleges across the country shortly and ahead of the academic year starting. A €15 million fund has been sanctioned with Donegal ETB and LYIT to share over
Third level students in Donegal to receive laptops for online learning Read More »
Donegal County Council has said that dive survey inspections of pier pile supports are to be carried out at various locations across the county. It’s part of the Council’s maintenance and management of its piers and harbours facilities. Dive survey inspections of pier structures in Donegal are to be carried out next month. As part
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Mark English will not defend his National 800m title this year due to the requirement of self isolation. The Finn Valley athlete ran in Italy on Monday night last with a seasons best time but athletes who have travelled overseas have to isolate 14 days prior to an event which unfortunately for Mark is the
Isolation forces Mark English out of National Championships Read More »
Derry City came from behind on Friday night to beat Cork City 3-1. Kevin McLaughlin reports from the Ryan McBride Brandywell Stadium…
FT Report – Derry City 3 Cork City 1 Read More »
Dylan Browne McMonagle’s fine form continued at Killarney this afternoon as he picked up a fourth win of the week. He won the 2.05pm Irish Examiner Rated Race on High Altitude, bringing the horse home at 15/2 for trainer John Joseph Murphy. It’s a second win in Killarney this week for the Donegal jockey who
McMonagle’s winning week continues in Kerry Read More »
There are 79 more cases of Covid-19 in the Republic and no more deaths. 43 of the cases are in Dublin, nine are in Kildare, and the others are spread across 11 other counties, including Donegal. It brings the total number of cases to 27,755, while the death toll remains at 1,776.
79 more cases of Covid-19 confirmed in Ireland, no new deaths Read More »
Main Evening News, Sport, Nuacht and Obituaries Friday August 21st:
Main Evening News, Sport, Nuacht and Obituaries Friday August 21st Read More »
Taoiseach Michael Martin has removed the party whip from three Fianna Fail Senators, Paul Daly, Aidan Davitt and Donegal’s Niall Blaney who attended the golf society event. While the Tanaiste’s removed the Fine Gael whip from Senators Jerry Buttimer, Paddy Burke and John Cummins. Leo Varadkar says the representatives should lead by example. Earlier today,
Taoiseach removes party whip from Niall Blaney Read More »
There are 20 new cases of coronavirus in the North. No new deaths have been reported. The death toll remains at 559 while the total number of cases stand at 6,576.
20 new Coronavirus cases in Northern Ireland Read More »
Irish Water has confirmed that 3.5 kms of problematic water mains have been prioritised for replacement in the vicinity of Falcarragh and Gortahork region. The extra works will involve 1.8 kilometres of pipe at Curransport, 1.1 kilometres at Derryconnor, 720 metres at Calhearn and 600 metres between the Ardbeg Water Treatment Plant and Owentully bridge.
Irish Water pledge to replace 3.5 km of pipe in West Donegal Read More »
A man whose partially completed new home in Strabane was burned down last weekend has appealed to anyone with information to contact the PSNI. Paul Gallagher was building a family home on the Urney Road, but it was destroyed in the early hours of last Saturday morning. Earlier today, Paul spoke to Greg Hughes on
Partially completed home burned down in Strabane Read More »
Gardaí in Inishowen are appealing for information following last night’s tragedy near Quigley’s Point. They say they were alerted to a car in the water at Three Trees at approximately 10.20. The car had been travelling from Muff towards Quigley’s Point when the driver, named by Gardai as 49 year old John Mullan from Moville
Local superintendent repeats appeal following Inishowen tragedy Read More »
The Agriculture Minister Dara Calleary has resigned after breaking Covid 19 guidelines. He went to an Oireachtas golf event at a hotel in Galway on Wednesday attended by 80 others. The Taoiseach has accepted his resignation and says it was wrong and an error of judgement. Michael Martin also believes the event should not have
Blaney apologises for attending Oireachtas Golf Society function Read More »
This weekend sees Round 4 of the Michael Murphy Sports and Leisure Donegal Senior Championship as sides jockey for position in the fight for the quarter finals and the battle against relegation. Oisin Kelly has been looking ahead to the games with championship winner with St Eunan’s Brendan Kilcoyne… Tune to Highland for Championship Super
Senior Championship Preview – Brendan Kilcoyne Read More »
Gardaí are investigating an arson attack on a business at Pearse Road in Letterkenny. They say emergency services responded to an incident of criminal damage by fire at approximately 1 o’clock this morning. One of the offices connected to the premises caught fire during the incident, and surrounding vehicles were also damaged. Significant criminal damage
Letterkenny Gardai investigate arson attack on Pearse Road Read More »
The Agriculture Minister Dara Calleary has tendered his resignation to Taoiseach Michael Martin. He apologised last night for going to a golf event attended by 80 people that broke Covid 19 guidelines. The minister admitted he shouldn’t have gone to the Oireachtas Golf Society dinner at a hotel in Clifden, Co. Galway on Wednesday. The
Update – Dara Calleary resigns as Agriculture Minister Read More »
Donegal man Keith Cowan had a successful night in his first ever European tie. Cowan started at centre half for Glentoran in their 1-0 win over HB Thorsarvin in the preliminary round of the Europa League qualifiers. The Irish League Premiership side will now face Motherwell of the Scottish Premiership in the next round. Robbie
Cowan’s European journey continues Read More »
Gardaí in Inishowen are appealing for information following last night’s tragedy near Quigley’s Point. They say they were alerted to a car in the water at Three Trees, Quigleys Point, Donegal at approximately 10.20p.m. The car had been travelling from Muff towards Quigley’s Point when the driver lost control and the vehicle skidded across the
Gardai appeal for information following Inishowen tragedy Read More »
The average rent in Donegal is €649, down 1.5% compared to this time last year. This bucks the national trend where the average monthly rent rose by 1.2% in the first six months of this year. While the average rent in Donegal is down according to the latest Daft.ie report, the average asking price for
Donegal rents down 1.5% on 2019 Read More »
Donegal County Council has confirmed that additional measures will be put in place at a number of piers in the county to help alleviate access problems. It comes following a number of recent incidents during which emergency services were delayed in attending an emergency due to access being blocked at piers by parked vehicles, including
Donegal County Council promises action on pier parking Read More »
Three people have died in a road tragedy in Inishowen. A car left the road and went into Lough Foyle at Three Trees, Quigley’s Point at 10.30 last night. A man and two children have died. The man was in his late 40s, the children were a six year old girl and a 14 year
Three people dead in Inishowen tragedy Read More »
The GAA are to make funds available to county boards during the current crisis. Government restrictions mean that all games are to be played behind closed doors until September 13th at the earliest. Director General Tom Ryan told county chairpersons that ‘centrally sourced borrowings’ would be made available to assist the running of activities. Meanwhile,
Croke Park to make funds available to County Boards Read More »
Naomh Muire GAA club are the latest club to bring a halt to club activity. The Lower Rosses club confirmed on their social media platforms that they have taken the measure due to a suspected Covid-19 case within the club. Naomh Muire have been flying high in this years Intermediate Championship and are due to
Naomh Muire suspend club activity Read More »
Dylan Browne McMonagle picked up a third win of the week on Thursday at Leopardstown and for the second time in as many days for trainer Dermot Weld. He took lightening Amber home first at 15/6 in the Racing Academy Apprentice Handicap. McMonagle’s other wins this week were at Killarney on Mere Catherine and on
It’s been a good week so far for Dylan Brown McMonagle Read More »
The Score is broadcast Thursday evenings after the News from 7.05pm. On this week’s show, Oisin Kelly talks Donegal Senior Championship with Brendan Kilcoyne, and Irish League and League of Ireland Soccer with Sean Connor and Declan Devine…
The Score – 20/08/20 Read More »
There are another 136 cases of Covid-19 in the Republic and one more death. Of the cases confirmed today, 51 are in Dublin and 24 in Kildare. The remainder are spread over 15 other counties, including Donegal. It brings the total number of cases to 27,676 and the death toll to 1,776. Acting chief medical
One more Covid-19 death and 136 new cases confirmed in Ireland Read More »
School buses for secondary school students will operate at 50 per cent capacity when they return. In a statement this evening the Department of Education says it is in discussions with Bus Eireann about the plans. It follows the most recent advice from NPHET on public transport policy. Primary school transport will proceed as planned
School buses for secondary students to run at 50% capacity Read More »
New limits on gatherings are being introduced in the North in response to an increase in the number of coronavirus cases. The new restrictions come into force next week. They’ll see a limit of 15 people for outdoor gatherings, down from 30 people. While indoors, 6 people from 2 households will be allowed meet. Health
New limits on gatherings introduced in Northern Ireland Read More »
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