Sinn Fein’s two Donegal candidates have been elected on the first count with a surplus of over 8,000 votes. Pearse Doherty secured 21, 044 first preferences, Padraig Mac Lochlainn secured 13,891. The quota was 12,909. Deputy Pearse Doherty told Greg Hughes that after the loss of Padrakig Mac Lochlainn’s seat in 2016, the situation tonight […]
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Donegal suffered their first league defeat of the season after they were narrowly beaten 2-8 to 2-7 by Galway in O’Donnell Park. A penalty from Michael Murphy on 22 minutes helped put Donegal 1-3 to 0-4 ahead at half-time. Ciaran Thompson’s goal had Donegal seven points up just seven minutes after the restart but that
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Donegal suffered their first National League defeat of the season after they were defeated 2-8 to 2-7 by Galway. A Michael Murphy penalty put Donegal ahead for the first time in the match 22 minutes into the game before points from Jamie Brennan and Murphy helped Donegal into a 1-3 to 0-4 lead at half-time.
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Donegal Ladies have been defeated by Galway 3-12 to 4-05 in their National League Division One, third round tie at O’Donnell Park. Goals from Amy Boyle Carr, Geraldine McLaughlin and Nicole Gordon helped Maxi Curran’s side into a 3-01 to 1-02 after just 13 minutes. Donegal failed to score for the rest of the half as
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Donegal Ladies suffered their second league defeat of the season after they were defeated 4-05 to 3-12 by Galway. Donegal had a dream start and led 3-01 to 1-02 after 13 minutes, with goals coming from Amy Boyle Carr, Geraldine McLaughlin and Nicole Gordon. By half-time they sides were level at 3-01 to 1-07. Galway
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Ballybofey duo, Laura Feely and Larissa Muldoon came off the bench to help Ireland’s Women’s rugby team claim their second win in the Women’s Six Nations. Both were 70 minute subs when they replaced Lindsay Peat and Claire Keohane respectively. Ireland Women scored five tries as they defeated Wales 31-12 as the remain unbeaten in
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Tyrone claimed their second league win of the season after they defeated Kerry 0-14 to 0-13 on Sunday afternoon. Mickey Harte’s side trailed the Kingdom until a Niall Morgan free 17 minutes into the second half, put them ahead for the first time. Once Tyrone gained the lead they never went behind again as the
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It was another successful weekend for Donegal athletes as Finn Valley AC’s Teresa Doherty claimed a National Masters title. Teresa also helped her Finn Valley team pick up a third place in the team category. The Donegal County team also had a successful day, they won the InterCounty Tournament with Claire McGuigan finishing behind Teresa
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Derry claimed their first National League Division 3 win of the season after they defeated Tipperary 0-10 to 0-06 in Celtic Park. In a low scoring encounter, it was Derry who led 0-04 to 0-03 at half-time. Derry extended their lead to five after 55 minutes with Shane McGuigan firing over four frees. Tipperary tried
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Tyrone bounced back from their defeat to Monaghan last week with a 0-14 to 0-13 win over Kerry. Kerry began the first half the brightest and led 0-05 to 0-01 after just 14 minutes and by half-time Kerry were 0-08 to 0-04 in front. Tyrone rallied early in the second half and the sides were
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Gardaí in Newtowncunningham are investigating a burglary overnight at a coffee shop premises on Monfad Road, Newtowncunningham. It’s understood a small sum of cash was taken in the raid. No arrests have been made to date and enquiries are ongoing.
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LYIT Donegal were defeated 94-103 by Limerick Celtics on Saturday evening in An Danlann. The defeat comes after LYIT picked up two wins last weekend. At half-time LYIT led 50-48 but a strong finish in the final two quarters by Limerick Celtics saw them claim the victory. Manny Payton was LYIT Donegal’s top scorer, scoring
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Temple Domestic Appliances Division One Lifford Celtic 0 v 4 St. Catherines Letterbarrow Celtic 1 v 5 Convoy Arsenal Kerrykeel ’71 F.C. 2 v 3 Drumoghill F.C. Gweedore Celtic 0 v 0 Glenea United Donegal Physiotherapy & Performance Centre Division Two Whitestrand United 3 v 2 Curragh Athletic
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Jackie Crossan Premier Division Cockhill Youths 5 V 0 Culdaff FC Glengad 2 V 0 Moville Carn 0 V 3 Buncrana Inishowen Engineering Division Two Clonmany Celtic 1 V 0 Moville Res Illies Res 6 V 1 Carrowmena FC
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Flooding is being reported at Islandmore on the Foyle close to Lifford, caution being advised in the area. Islandmore pics – Eileen Mc Laughlin As Storm Ciara continues to hit Donegal, there are now 317 homes without power in Letterkenny, 91 in Gortlee and 226 in Ballyraine. ESB networks are estimating power should be
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Donegal and Galway will battle in a league double header this afternoon at the O’Donnell Park in Letterkenny and the Highland team are there to cover the action. First up at 12noon, the Donegal ladies seek out a second win of their Division One campaign. That’s followed at 2pm by the Donegal men, as Declan
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Sinn Fein’s Martin Kenny is set to top the poll in Sligo Leitrim, on foot of an opinion poll carried out by IT Sligo and Ocean FM. The constituency contains parts of South Donegal, which were included in the exit poll. The poll give Martin Kenny of Sinn Fein 21.1%, Marc McSharry of Fianna Fail
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Finn Harps are delighted to announce the signing of midfielder Barry McNamee for the 2020 season. He joins the club from rivals Derry City having captained the Candystripes last season. McNamee has been courted by clubs up and down the island since the end of the 2019 season but has penned a deal with Harps
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Finn Valley AC’s Teresa Doherty won the National Masters title in Rathdrum in County Wicklow this afternoon. Alongside this performance Teresa may have led her Finn Valley team onto the podium in the team’s category. The team are still awaiting their results. Claire McGuigan finished third overall in the Women’s Masters and she helped her
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Institute suffered their fourth league defeat in as many games on Saturday afternoon after they were defeated 4-0 by Larne. Larne fired in four goals in just 18 minutes to ensure they would leave the Ryan McBride Brandywell Stadium with all three points. The defeat see’s Institute remain bottom of the Irish Premiership. After the
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Glencar Inn Saturday Division One Arranmore United 0 v 3 Strand Rovers Milford United Reserves 3 v 1 Oldtown Celtic Donegal Town Reserves 2 v 1 Glencar Celtic Kildrum Tigers Reserves 4 v 0 Fintown Harps AFC Old Orchard Saturday Division Two Drumbar F.C. 2 v 2 Drumkeen United Reserves Castlefin Celtic Reserves 4 v
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Institute have suffered their fourth defeat in as many matches after they were defeated 4-0 by Larne at the Ryan McBride Brandywell Stadium. On 52 minutes Larne opened the scoring after Lee Lynch’s header was deflected into his own net by Conor Tourish. Just 11 minutes later Davy McDaid doubled Larne’s lead before Jeff Hughes
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St Eunan’s will play in the MacRory Cup Quarter-Final after they defeated Patrician College 1-5 to 0-4. In a game played in terrible weather conditions, it was the Monaghan side that led one point to no score at half time. Ciaran Tobin scored the games only goal half way through the second half to put
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St Eunan’s are through to the MacRory Cup Quarter-Finals after they defeated Patrician College of Monaghan 1-5 to 0-4. In a game played in very bad conditions it was Patrician College who led by one point to no score at half-time. Two quickfire points early in the second half gave St Eunan’s the lead before
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Loreto Milford have reached their first ever MacLarnon Cup Semi-Final after they defeated St Patrick’s of Down 1-11 to 0-07. Adrian Doherty’s side raced into a four points to no score lead early in the first half and led by 0-05 to 0-03 at half-time. On 44 minutes, Lorcan Guinness scored an own goal to
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Loreto Milford are through to the MacLarnon Cup Semi-Final after they defeated St Patrick’s of Down 1-11 to 0-07. Loreto started the game the brightest and raced into 0-04 to no score lead but only added one more point to the scoreboard before half-time as they went in at the break 0-05 to 0-02 ahead. A
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It’s another busy weekend in the National Football League this weekend. Round Three of the league has thrown up a few stand out fixtures for Ulster sides. Donegal play host to Galway, Tyrone are at home to Kerry and Derry take on Tipperary at Celtic Park. Former All Ireland winning player with Tyrone, Conor Gormley,
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Staff and election campaign supporters in and around Donegal’s polling stations are reporting a steady turnout this afternoon. A total of 132,000 voters are eligible to vote right across the county until 10pm tonight, after polling stations opened at 7am this morning in what’s the first Saturday election since 1918. High turnouts so far
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People living on the five islands off Donegal cast their votes in the General Election yesterday with Arranmore seeing a 51% turnout. Tory, the second largest island in the county, saw a 41% turnout while 10 out of the 29 people inhabiting Gola voted, equating to 34.4%. 17 people out of 63 voted on
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A number of homes in Omagh were evacuated overnight following a security alert in the Glenside Housing development on the outskirts of the town. The Leisure Complex had been offered as temporary accommodation as Army Technical Officers checked a suspect object on the Glencam Road which was later declared by police as ‘nothing untoward.’
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Polling stations have opened across the country for today’s general election. Voters are taking to the polls in what’s the first Saturday election since 1918. Polling stations are open across the country with people casting their ballots in election 2020. Stations will stay open until 10pm this evening. You don’t need to bring your
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A yellow wind alert has taken effect across the country this morning, with Orange storm alerts due in three counties this afternoon. Donegal, Mayo and Galway will be affected by gusts of up to 120 kilometres per hour, ahead of the main arrival of Storm Ciara tomorrow. Carlow Weather’s Alan O’Reilly says heavy rain’s
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Buncrana has been chosen as one of the locations for a pilot project to promote the use of brown bins, and help people use them properly. This project is being managed by the Regional Waste Management Offices and Donegal County Council, who are working with local company Logan Waste on the pilot project. It’s
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A Foyle MLA says it’s vital that everyone in Derry and surrounding areas up the pressure for the expansion of the Magee campus of Ulster University. Karen Mullan says the key aim must be to have the first students enrolling in the proposed medical school there in September of next year. A meeting took
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Main Evening News, Sport, Nuacht and Obituaries on Friday February 7th………..
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Met Eireann has issued a status orange wind warning for Donegal, Galway and Mayo. The alert for Donegal and Mayo will come into effect at noon tomorrow, and last until 4pm. The warning for Galway will take effect from 1 o’clock tomorrow afternoon until 6pm. Winds of up 120 kilometres an hour are expected across
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Highland Radio will provide all the very latest on General Election 2020 with comprehensive coverage, On-Air and across all Social Media platforms. We will make sure that you don’t miss a thing. On Count Day, Sunday 9th February 2020, Highland Radio will be the only place for a front row seat. Join us LIVE
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BJ Banda feels as if he is starting to show his real potential again. The Letterkenny Rovers striker believes he is in his best form since returning to the bmcsports.ie Ulster Senior League. Banda’s six goals in January have helped put Rovers to the top of the USL and the in-form hitman has been named
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Ireland’s greatest ever athlete, Sonia O’Sullivan, will be among the competitors at the 2020 Ballyliffin International Coastal Challenge, in association with Specsavers, Letterkenny. Twenty years after Irish athletics icon O’Sullivan won a silver medal at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney, the Cobh woman will take part in the scenic 10-mile race in Donegal on
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Mark English’s target of Olympic qualification starts this weekend in New York. The Letterkenny man will compete in the 800m at the Millrose Games on Saturday night. 1:45.20 is the qualifying standard time for Toyko 2020 while the IAAF World Rankings will also be used to fill the quota. English received an invite via the
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It’s emerged that a cat has been shot in the face in the Lifford area. Last weekend, two volunteers from Donegal charity Animals In Need spotted the cat whilst they were carrying out routine Trap/Neuter/Return of feral cats in the area. X-rays of the injured cat this week have since revealed that the
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Four drivers in the Letterkenny area have been caught drug driving in a significant overnight operation. Both the Letterkenny Roads Policing Unit and the Letterkenny Drugs Unit were involved in the joint operation. Four drivers were detected driving whilst under the influence of drugs namely cocaine, cannabis & benzodiazepines. Garda are warning the
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Gardai in Letterkenny are warning that there will be a partial road closure in the town on Sunday as part of a traffic management plan. Those who are either going to the double header in O’Donnell park or the election count in the Aura on Sunday are being advised that the section of road
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Green party Candidate for Donegal Michael White believes people in the county don’t yet realise the magnitude of the threat of climate change. A rise in sea levels, flooding and dramatic changes in weather patterns are just some of the things to come according to the party. January 2020 was the hottest ever recorded
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The Education Minister has stated that Fine Gael is committed to investing in schools in Donegal. It’s understood that there are more than a dozen major projects planned for the county, with three of those beginning construction this year at Glenswilly National School, St Mary’s National School in Stranorlar, and Scoil Cholmcille in
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An Independent Donegal Election Candidate has pledged that if elected to Dail Eireann, he will do everything in his power to address pay issues for the working class. This week alone saw secondary school and third level teachers of the TUI take to the picket lines over pay parity while there were also protests
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Gardai in Donegal have revealed that several Garda stations in the county have been targeted by people claiming to be calling on behalf of Amazon. They say that stations right across the division received a lot of calls over the past few days and have issued a warning to the public. In a
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Donegal have started their season well in Divsision One of the National League and after their draw with Mayo and last weekend’s win in Meath, they suddenly find themselves leading the way in the table on scoring average. Declan Bonner’s men play host to Galway this Sunday at the O’Donnell Park. With Storm Ciara approaching,
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The Score presented by Diarmaid Doherty is broadcast Thursday evenings from 7.05pm to 8pm. Lifford Strabane AC’s Brendan O’Donnell and Sharon Foley will be talking athletics as Diarmaid’s special guests in-studio this week. Ahead of this weekend’s Donegal-Galway double-header in the league, we’ll hear from Martin McHugh and Donegal ladies’ manager Maxi Curran. Also, Finn
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Two status yellow warnings have been issued for wind and rain as Storm Ciara approaches. The wind warning comes into effect from 9 o’clock tomorrow morning until midnight on Sunday. The rain warning is from midday tomorrow until 3 o’clock on Sunday. Winds of up to 110 kilometres an hour are expected with possible
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