Education Minister Joe McHugh says cross border relations and development will be an important element of the Fine Gael manifesto. Mr McHugh was speaking after confirmation that the Donegal Youth Service will take the lead in a €6.1 million cross border resilience and peace building programme. The 3 year ‘Our Generation’ project is designed to […]
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A 21 year old man has been arrested following a report of theft at the Ballycolman Estate area of Strabane last night. At around 10:15pm, it was reported that a male had entered a car parked in the area. It is believed that a number of items were taken during the incident. He
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A pre-election public meeting is to take place in Letterkenny’s Mount Errigal Hotel on this night week, January 30th, to discuss the health service, and particularly, the situation in Emergency Departments. Emma Govha, whose teenage daughter Michaela has complex medical needs, called the meeting after spending several hours in the Emergency Department with Michaela at
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It’s been revealed that there were almost 240 buildings under construction in Donegal in December. The latest GeoView Residential Buildings report has also indicated that 400 new residential address points in Donegal were added to its database last year. 238 residential buildings were under construction in Donegal in December, according to the latest report
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Police are reissuing an appeal for information after two police officers were injured in Derry. It’s after a vehicle failed to stop for them in the city at the weekend. Following information about a suspicious vehicle in the Rosemount area after 3.30pm on Sunday police officers attempted to stop a black Peugeot 207. The
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There were 26 people awaiting in-patients beds at Letterkenny University Hospital this morning according to the INMO with three on trolleys in its Emergency Department. It’s a rise of seven on yesterday’s figure of 19. University Hospital Limerick was the most overcrowded with 50 people waiting there. Nationally there were 477 people waiting at
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General election candidate Peter Casey says he will represent Donegal IF elected to the 33rd Dail. The businessman is running for a seat in Donegal AND he’s also contesting Dublin West, the same constituency as the Taoiseach. He says he’s running in the Dublin West constituency to give people a reason not to vote
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Every constituency in the country has at least one woman running for election for the very first time. There’s only one woman running in the Donegal constituency – Aontu candidate Ms. Mary T. Sweeney. At least 30 percent of a party’s candidates in general elections must be women – and this will rise to
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Traffic congestion in Buncrana is said to be a major problem with calls on Donegal County Council to carry out a review as a matter of urgency. Two junctions in particular at Cassie road at the Generals Shop and the other at Westbrook Bridge – both entering onto Cockhill road – are said to
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A nationwide status yellow fog warning is in place until eleven o’clock this morning. Motorists are being advised to drive with extra care and use fog lights when necessary. Met Eireann says there’s the risk of dense fog in every county.
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Finn Harps have signed Canadian under-23 international Kosovar Sadiki on loan from Scottish side Hibernian until the end of the 2020 season. The 21 year-old centre-back featured in both of Harps’ pre-season friendly defeats against Galway United and Derry City in recent days. Sadiki was previously been a part of Stoke City’s junior setup before joining
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Donegal County Council officials have stressed that the authority has no jurisdiction or role in relation to private rights of way. There was a lengthy discussion at this month’s Letterkenny Municipal District meeting on foot of two motions from Cllr Ian McGarvey. Cllr Mc Garvey proposed two linked motions, one of them proposing that all
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SIPTU is warning thousands of people will be left facing a financial “cliff edge” if the government increases the pension age. Under the proposal, the pension age will increase from 66 to 67 in 2021, and then to 68 in 2028. The union is today launching its new STOP 67 campaign – calling for
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There are calls for a safety audit to be carried out on the R265 from Rossgier to Carrigans. Lifford Councillor Gerry Crawford says urgent action needs to taken in a bid to put an end to the high frequency of crashes on the route. He says a number of factors need to be taken
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The Donegal Youth Service is to benefit from a €6.1 million cross border programme supporting communities in tackling post-conflict resilience and peace building. The 3 year ‘Our Generation’ project is designed to build relations, deal with legacy issues and bring people together. Joe McHugh says this is a vital project in terms of supporting
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LYIT are out of the Sigerson Cup, after their 2-09 to 1-09 defeat at the hands of Carlow IT. The game was close throughout, and was highlighted by a sending off for LYIT, as well as a goal for both sides in injury time at the end of the game that saw Carlow scrape through
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LYIT’s Sigerson Cup run has ended after being defeated by Carlow IT 2-09 to 1-09 in the Sigerson Cup semi-final. At half-time LYIT led 0-05 to 0-04, but midway through the second half LYIT went down a man, as Darragh Black was sent off for a second yellow card. A frantic added-time sequence saw goals
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Main Evening News, Sport and Obituaries Wednesday January 22nd:
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Its transpired that 13 candidates in Donegal have been nominated to contest the upcoming general election. They are – Peter Casey: Independent Pearse Doherty: Sinn Fein Pat the Cope Gallagher: Fianna Fail Martin M Harley: Fine Gael Padraig MacLochlainn: Sinn Fein Charlie McConalogue: Fianna Fail Niall McConnell: Independent Arthur Desmond McGuinness: Independent Joe McHugh: Fine
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Gardai in Donegal are again urging people to be wary of a number of scams doing the rounds. Gardai received a report today of a man receiving a WhatsApp message from an unknown woman which included a number of videos. The man contacted Gardai as he feared it may lead to a blackmail attempt. Other
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Operation Transformation National Walks Day in Donegal has been hailed as a great success by Donegal Sports Partnership Co-Ordinator, Myles Sweeney. Around 300 people took part in the seven walks organised at various locations in Donegal as part of National Walks Day. All of the walks were 3K in distance and started at 11 am.
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The much anticipated Lagoon Bar and Restaurant Mini Stages Rally is all set to go this Saturday the 25th of January. There is an excellent field of over 80 cars and crews. The event will be centred in the Termon area at the Lagoon Bar and Restaurant, where the headquarters and service area will be
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Finn Harps manager Ollie Horgan has issued an invitation to club supporters, who are backing squad building efforts by subscribing to the club’s vital 500 Club fundraiser, to attend a special training session and meet with the squad and management team. The club have been delighted with the response to the re-launch of this initiative
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An independent election candidate in Donegal says if elected, he will strive to end what he called a mass influx of economic refugees. Niall McConnell, says young Irish men and women are being forced to emigrate, while cheap labour is being imported from elsewhere. Mr McConnell says he accepts that Ireland has obligations to refugees,
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Emergency services are currently at the scene of a crash in Letterkenny. The multi vehicle collision is believed to have occurred a short time ago on the Port Road. No further details are currently known.
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The Central Bank has confirmed it cannot instruct banks or financial institutions to do support families in meeting the 10% contribution that they are being asked to make towards the cost of Mica restoration works on their homes. Sin Fein candidate Padraig Mac Lochlainn says he’s disappointed at the response received by his party’s Finance
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It’s been claimed that over 1,100 family home loans in Donegal are in arrears for two years or more. New figures have also revealed that 13 mortgage to rent cases have either been completed or are being actively progressed. The scheme allows mortgage holders at risk of losing their homes to switch to paying
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Peter Casey has confirmed that he is running in the general election in the Taoiseach’s constituency in Dublin. The former presidential candidate is also running for a seat in Donegal. Mr. Casey is lodging his papers for the Dublin West constituency this morning ahead of the deadline at midday.
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Parents whose children attend an after school service in Convoy have written an open letter to all Donegal Election Candidates urging them to do what they can to keep the service from closing. It’s after the owners of Smart Steps announced that due to the ongoing insurance issues facing the sector, they are not
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Serious concern has been raised once again over ambulance response times in Inishowen. It’s after an ambulance took almost an hour to attend the scene of two vehicle collision at Ture in Muff overnight. Nobody was seriously injured however it’s understood that the impact of the crash resulted in one of the cars
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There were 19 people awaiting in-patient beds at Letterkenny University Hospital this morning, three of them on Emergency Department trolleys. That’s up two on yesterday’s figure. Nationally, the INMO says there were 512 admitted patients awaiting beds at hospitals across the country, the highest number, 56, at Cork University Hospital.
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Jason Quigley will now face Mexican Fernando Marin on Thursday night in California, after his scheduled opponent Oscar Cortes withdrew from the fight. The 10-round super middleweight contest will still be the main event of the Thursday Night Fights card, despite the last-minute change of opponent for Quigley. The 31 year old Marin holds a
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It’s a busy week for Finn Harps as they continue their preparations ahead of the new Premier Division campaign. On Tuesday evening in Ballisodare on an Astro pitch they lost their first pre-season friendly going down 2-0 to Galway United. Former Harps man Mikey Place was among the goals for Galway. The Ballybofey men will
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Detectives in Derry are investigating a street robbery in the John Street area of the city during the early hours of this morning. Police received a report just after 1:30am that a man had been robbed and injured as he walked along John Street. It was reported the victim, aged in his 60s, was
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95 percent of Irish trawlers are now helping to clean up our seas by ‘Fishing for Litter.’ They collected 190 tonnes of marine debris last year and 422 tonnes since the voluntary initiative was introduced in 2015. With nets, pots and ropes accounting for around 40 per cent of the litter, recycling schemes have
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Questions are being asked over how roads funding is divided by Donegal County Council among the county’s Municipal Districts. Its claimed the Lifford Stranorlar MD is receiving on average, between €1.5 and €1.8 million less than any other Municipal District. While management of Donegal County Council has agreed to meet Councillors in the Lifford Stranorlar
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Planning permission for the new Primary Care Centre in Buncrana has been granted. The 3 storey development on Maginn Avenue will provide state of the art facilities to accommodate a range of services including; including GP Services, Public Health Nursing, Physiotherapy, Occupational Therapy, Speech & language Therapy, Audiology and Ophthalmology. Children and Adult
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Personal finance, pensions and issues in rural Ireland will be on the agenda for political parties today. It’s day eight of the election campaign, which is very much in full swing. Fine Gael’s plans for rural Ireland will be unveiled, while Fianna Fail will discuss their personal taxation proposals. Personal finance will also be
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The Letterkenny Institute of Technology are one game away from reaching the Sigerson Cup Final. With two wins so far in their first year in the competition, The Letterkenny side will look to keep with that winning formula this Wednesday evening when they meet IT Carlow in the semi final in Monaghan. It’s been an
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Main Evening News, Sport and Obituaries Tuesday January 21st:
Main Evening News, Sport and Obituaries Tuesday January 21st Read More »
Stephen McMenamin and Daire O’Baoill have been added to the Donegal injury list ahead of the start of the National Football League. The Red Hughes and Gaoth Dobhair man picked up issues in recent weeks and will rule them out at the very least the first few games. They join the likes of Paddy McGrath,
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The Ladies National Football was launch today in Dublin. This Sunday, Donegal head to Swinford to play Mayo and will be hoping to start the campaign with a victory, just like they did in 2019 when they beat the All Ireland Champions Dublin at Croke Park. Donegal Captain Emer Gallagher told Coilin Duffy they want
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The Donegal Road Safety Working Group is appealing to election candidates to be mindful when erecting posters. Candidates are being asked to place election posters in a way that does not obscure road signs or interfere with road safety. Road Safety Officer Brian O’Donnell says those putting the posters up should also be conscious of
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Almost €33 million has been allocated for regional and local roads in Donegal for 2020. The investment is part of a national announcement of €525 million. Pat the Cope Gallagher has given the announcement a cautious welcome. He says while it is an increase on last year’s allocation, it does not meet inflation:
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Colm Horgan has signed for Derry City ahead of the new S-S-E Airtricity League season. The 25-year-old defender made 20 appearances for Cork City last term having Horgan had been training with Derry and played in the second-half of the Candystripes’ friendly against Drogheda last weekend.
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Leading Donegal businessman, Donagh Kelly, will be the guest speaker at next month’s Cairde le Cheile Gala Ball which will be held in conjunction with North West Special Olympics in Letterkenny. The Frosses native is the CEO of KN Circet. His company is the biggest telecoms contractor in Europe and employs around 3,500 worldwide. Donagh
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Gardaí in Letterkenny are investigating a burglary that happened on Tuesday last, January 14th at a house in Carnamugagh Upper, Letterkenny. Between 5 and 7.30 that evening, the back door of the house was forced open and entry was gained. A quantity of US Dollars and some items of jewellery were stolen from the house.
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A cross border investigation is underway following a number of burglaries. Gardaí in Letterkenny are investigating a burglary at Mourne Antiques on Main Street between 4pm and 4.30pm on Saturday afternoon last. Five females and one male, described as being Eastern European, entered the store. The sole staff member was distracted by the group while
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Sommer Lecky says winning the 2018 Overall Donegal Sports Star Award was something very special and a great honour. The Finn Valley AC High Jumper was speaking ahead of the 2019 Awards which take place on Friday week the 31st of January in the Mount Errigal Hotel. “It was a great feeling to hear my
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Gardaí are warning they don’t have adequate armed personnel to monitor ongoing emergencies in the country. Last year, the availability of Emergency Response Unit personnel came under the microscope in Donegal in the wake of the murder of Jasmine McMonagle in Killygordon. There were suggestions at the time that a second Armed Unit would be
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