Donegal suffered their second successive National Football League defeat on Saturday night when they were beaten 1-15 to 1-14 by Dublin in Croke Park. A Hugh McFadden goal five minutes into the first half helped Donegal into a 1-06 to 0-07 lead at half time. Dublin hit the front five minutes from time when the ball […]
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Donegal have been beaten for the second time in the National Football League this season after they were defeated 1-15 to 1-14 by Dublin in Croke Park. Donegal had a dream start when Hugh McFadden found the back after just five minutes. At the break Donegal led 1-06 to 0-07. Declan Bonner’s men then led by
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There has been more medal success for Donegal competitors at the World Tug of War Championships which are taking place in the Aura Leisure Centre in Letterkenny. Ireland (with some of the team made up of Clonmany club members) finished in the Bronze medal position in the 560KG International team competition. Chinese Taipei won the
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The Donegal League’s Oscar Traynor Cup campaign has come to an end after they were defeated 2-1 by the Defence Forces. The Defence Forces fired in two goals in the first half, leaving the Donegal League with an uphill challenge in the second half. Kevin McHugh scored for Raymond Shiels side with just 30 minutes remaining but they
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Ulster Junior Shield QF Drumbar F.C. 1 v 2 Quigleys Point Swifts Donegal League Saturday Division One Fintown Harps AFC 0 v 8 Donegal Town Reserves
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Donegal Under 20’s are through to the Ulster semi-final after they defeated Monaghan 3-1 on penalties. An Aaron Doherty goal midway through the first half gave Donegal a 1-05 to 0-05 lead at half-time. With just 10 minutes remaining Ethan Harkin found the net for Shaun Paul Barrett’s men giving them a 2-07 to 1-09 lead
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Donegal return to Croke Park this Saturday evening to take on Dublin in their fourth fixture of the year in Division One of the Allianz League. Dublin v Donegal will be LIVE on Highland Radio across the north west on air and online at www.highlandradio.com. Join the commentary team of Oisin Kelly and Martin McHugh
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City of Derry earned a 26-5 bonus point win over Tullamore in Judges Road on Saturday afternoon. Neil Burns opened the scoring for City of Derry on six minutes with his try converted by Alex McDonnell. Davy Graham was the next man to go under the post’s for Derry just nine minutes later, his try
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Institute remain rooted to the bottom of the Irish Premier League after they were defeated 4-0 at home by Coleraine. Aaron Canning fired Coleraine ahead after 27 minutes. Canning then doubled his side’s lead right on the stroke of half-time. On 57 minutes Stephen O’Donnell headed in Oran Kearney’s sides third goal. Josh Carson then
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Tyrone are through to the Ulster Under 20 semi-final after they defeated Armagh 1-09 to 0-08 after Extra Time. The sides were level 0-03 a piece at half-time in a low scoring opening half. Armagh started the brightest in the second half and led 0-06 to 0-04 before Tiarnan Quinn netted to put The Red
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There has been more success from a Donegal perspective at the World Indoor Tug of War Championships, being staged in Letterkenny. Ireland (with half the team made up of Clonmany club members) took bronze in the Men’s 680kg international team competition. It was won by Scotland with The Netherlands in second. Meanwhile, the Irish ladies
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Donegal Under 20’s are through to the Ulster semi-final after they defeated Monaghan 3-1 on penalties in Ballyshannon. In a tight opening 20 minutes the sides were level three times before Aaron Doherty fired in a penalty to give Donegal a 1-03 to 0-03 lead. At half-time Donegal led by three but that lead was
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Tyrone McCullagh has been defeated for the first time as a professional. McCullagh lost on unanimous decision to Ryan Walsh in the semi-final of the featherweight Global Golden Contract competition which was held in York Hall on Friday night. The defeat see’s the Derry natives pro record move to 14-1.
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Clonmany (b) will look to build on their World Indoor Tug of War medal haul over the next two days wearing the Ireland jersey. The club won gold and silver in the opening competitions at the Aura Centra in Letterkenny on Thursday and Friday. The gold came in the 600kg open club pull late on
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Gardaí have arrested three men and recovered firearms and ammunition following an incident in Glenties, Co Donegal. Shortly after midnight Gardaí were called to Mill Road, Glenties following reports of shots fired by a man armed with a rifle. A number of Garda units attended at the scene. During a brief standoff the armed man shot
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Finn Harps have 4pts from their opening two Premier Division games this season and have started the campaign unbeaten. On Friday night they drew 1-1 with Derry City at the Brandywell. New man at Finn Park Ryan Connolly had Harps ahead in the first half but Derry grabbed a late equaliser. Speaking with Diarmaid Doherty,
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A Public Consultation day regarding the Lifford Flood Relief Scheme is taking place on February 27th. As part of the Government’s National Development Plan 2018-2027, almost €1 billion has been committed to the investment into flood relief measures across the country. A steering group has also been set up between the OPW and Donegal County
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A Letterkenny area councillor is calling for speed restrictions to be implemented in the vicinity of Leck Cemetery. Cllr Kevin Bradley says there are visibility issues at the entrance to the cemetery, and the speed of some of the cars traveling on the road is a matter of serious concern. Officials have said they will
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At approximately 5.45pm in Wednesday the 19th of February, Gardaí at Letterkenny responded to a domestic incident at a private dwelling. A teenage male had barricaded himself into the house and it was confirmed that he had access to firearms and ammunition. No other person was in the dwelling. Following assessment of available information, the
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The refixed Donegal v Monaghan quarter final in the Ulster U20’s Football Championship will be LIVE on Highland this Saturday afternoon (22nd Feb) in association with The Lagoon Restaurant Termon – Serving up fantastic food in comfortable surroundings. Now taking bookings for communions and confirmations on 9139088. Throw In at Pairc Aodh Ruadh (Monday’s
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Declan Devine feels they got out of jail on Friday night as the home side found a late equaliser to draw 1-1 with Finn Harps. Adam Liddle was the player that netted late in injury time as Derry took their first point of the season. The Derry boss gave his players credit on a difficult
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A man has been seriously injured in a crash in Inishowen. Gardaí attended the scene of the crash on the Slavery Road in Buncrana at approximately 5.40pm on Friday evening. A young male pedestrian collided with a van during the incident . The young male sustained serious injuries and was later taken to Altnagelvin Hospital
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Finn Harps were within seconds of beating Derry City in the first big north west derby of the Premier Division. Ryan Connolly gave Harps the lead in the opening half at the Brandywell after some sloppy play by the Derry defence. The hosts piled on the pressure in the second half and eventually got the
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Finn Harps and Derry City shared the spoils in the big derby on Friday night in the Brandywell. Ryan Connolly had Harps 0-1 up in the first half but Adam Liddle netted the equaliser in the 5th minute of injury time. Diarmaid Doherty and Declan Boyle were on commentary for Highland Radio Sport at the
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Clonmany(b) are World Indoor Tug of War 600kg champions after a stunning victory over fellow Irish side Mountain View in Letterkenny. The Inishowen boys followed up Thursday 560kg silver by winning their second competition of the event. Having sailed through the group they went on to pull against the Louth club in the final. Clonmany
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A major power outage is affecting Inishowen this evening. Currently, 5,936 homes and businesses are affected by the outage. ESB estimate that power will be restored by 8pm tonight. Earlier, over 1,000 properties in Convoy were also affected by a power outage. Supply has since been returned there. Elsewhere, 49 ESB customers in Gweedore are
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The Slavery Road in Buncrana is currently closed due to a serious road traffic incident. The road which is adjacent to the Woods housing estate will remain closed until further notice. Motorists are advised to avoid the area.
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€8.4 million in funding has been announced today for the development and maintenance of outdoor amenities such as trails, walkways, cycleways and blueways. Part of the funding announced jointly by Fáilte Ireland and the Department of Rural and Community Development will go towards a Sustainable Access and Habitat Restoration project on Mount Errigal.
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It’s emerged that work on a major road project in Letterkenny has stalled because of issues with a newly laid sewer. The Joe Bonner Road will link Port Road and Neil T Blaney Road, but work has now stopped. Cllr Donal Coyle moved an Emergency Motion at a Letterkenny Municipal District meeting this afternoon, saying
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Donegal County Council have activated their Severe Weather Assessment Team and are continuing to monitor the evolving situation and all Council resources are at a heightened state of readiness in response to this period of unsettled weather. A status yellow wind and rain warning is in place for Donegal until 3am tomorrow morning. The weather
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Donegal will be targeting a win away at Westmeath on Sunday, a game which could have huge significance come the end of the Division One campaign. With three tough games against Dublin, Cork and Tipperary to come, a victory could seal their place in the top flight for another term. Speaking with Tom Comack on
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Update: Power has been restored to all areas of Convoy. ___________________________________________________ A major power outage is affecting Convoy this afternoon. 1088 homes and businesses have been left without electricity. Power is expected to be restored before 6pm this evening. ESB crews are also working to restore power to a number of properties in Gweedore and
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The mother of murdered Danielle McLaughlin has described today’s publication of a new and expanded Victims Charter as a step in the right direction. The previous version of the Charter dates from 2010. The Department of Justice and Equality has updated the Victims Charter to take account of this law and to enable victims
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A Donegal schoolboy has been left stunned after receiving a personal letter from Jurgen Klopp. Daragh Curley wrote to the Liverpool manager to ask if the club could stop winning so many games. Klopp explained to the 10 year old Manchester United fan why he couldn’t grant his request. Darragh says he couldn’t believe what
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The Allianz National League resumes this weekend with seven of the eight teams in Division One separated by just a point. Donegal start the weekend’s games with a trip to Croke Park to play the All Ireland Champions Dublin while Tyrone are off to Galway. In this week GAA Preview Tom Comack has been looking
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Former Donegal Councillor Francis Brennan has died. Mr Brennan served in the Glenties Electoral Area for nine years. He was selected by Fianna Fail in late 1990, and formerly co-opted onto the council in January 1991. He was the son of Donegal TD Joe Brennan, a former Minister, Ceann Comhairle and Deputy Leader of Fianna
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For Donegal’s hurlers, the big games keep coming in Division 3a of the National League. This Sunday they play host to Monaghan, they go into the game lifted by last weekend’s win over Louth when a late late Danny Cullen goal gave Donegal the win. Donegal manager Mickey McCann said that goal ensured his team’s
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The Cathaoirleach of Donegal County Council says more personnel and resources need to be deployed to the Buncrana Garda Division to combat the sale and supply of illegal drugs. Earlier this week, Gardai attached to Buncrana uncovered five thousand euro worth of cocaine during a search of a car in the St Johnston
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Tyrone champions Trillick will begin the defence of their title in a first round clash with newly promoted Galbally. It’s a tricky opener for the St Macartan’s against a Pearses team that reached the Ulster Club IFC final in 2019. Last night’s draw at Garvaghey threw up a number of intriguing ties, including a mouth-watering
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Work has started to pave the way for a new primary care centre in Newtowncunningham. The site is currently being cleared with the felling of trees and shrubbery while the demolition of the building known locally of the Castle is due to take place shortly. It had been anticipated that construction works on the
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There were contrasting results for Derry City and Finn Harps as the League of Ireland season got up and running last Friday night. Derry lost out 1-0 at Dundalk while Harps were 1-0 winners over Sligo Rovers at Finn Park. Tonight, the Ryan McBride Brandywell Stadium will host the first meeting in the new
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A motorist has been caught with a quantity of drugs paraphernalia on the Donegal/ Derry border. Gardai from Buncrana were conducting a routine rural border patrol in the Bridgend area yesterday evening when they came upon a car pulled in at the roadside. Gardai subsequently carried out a search of the car and a
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There were 17 people awaiting in-patient beds at Letterkenny University Hospital this morning according to the INMO, down four on yesterday’s figure of 21. Seven people were on trolleys in its Emergency Department. University Hospital Limerick was the most overcrowded with 54 people waiting there. Nationally, there were 470 people waiting at hospitals across
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Two separate status yellow weather warnings are in place in the west and north west this morning. A rainfall warning is in place for Donegal, Leitrim, Mayo and Sligo, with the risk of flooding. Meanwhile, a wind alert has been issued for Donegal, Galway and Mayo, with gusts of up to 95 kilometres an
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Around a thousand healthcare workers are to strike across the country today in a dispute over pay restoration. Homecare, dementia and Alzheimer’s services are among the sectors involved. SIPTU and Forsa say the cost to resolve the dispute would be no more than seven million euro. Paul Bell is SIPTU’s Health Division Organiser and
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Leo Varadkar and Micheal Martin have agreed to exploratory talks between Fine Gael and Fianna Fail. They spoke over the phone last night and Mr. Varadkar has said he has accepted an invitation for similar talks from the Green Party. Fine Gael has already said it’s intending to go into opposition and not form
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Serious health and safety concerns have led to calls for the temporary closure of the lighthouse road on Tory Island, and an immediate allocation of funding to improve it. The road is in a serious state of disrepair, and is now in a treacherous condition. Councillor Micheal Cholm MacGiolla Easbuig says the road should
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Donegal County Council has announced a project to explore how Letterkenny town centre can be best regenerated to become a vibrant, competitive and attractive place in which to live, work and invest. Consultants are now being invited to tender for the project, which will be formally launched in May. It’s envisaged that the project
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Finn Harps and Derry City meet on Friday night in the Premier Division at the Brandywell. Join Diarmaid Doherty and Declan Boyle for full match commentary from the big derby this Friday from 7.30pm. Live coverage from Finn Harps versus Derry City, comes to you in association with B & S Credit Union, who have
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On Thursday’s programme, Diarmaid was joined in studio by Raymond Shields, team manager of the Donegal League’s Oscar Traynor Cup side who are in quarter final action this weekend. His team take on the Defence Forces on Saturday in Limerick. Oisin Kelly was also in studio, reporting back from the Aura Centre in Letterkenny at
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