There were 22 people awaiting in-patient beds at Letterkenny University Hospital this morning according to the INMO, up 13 on Friday’s figure. 521 patients were waiting for a bed across the country this morning, Cork University Hospital being the most over-crowded with 56 patients waiting there.
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An outgoing Donegal Deputy has pledged to make three new school builds for Buncrana a top priority if he is re-elected. Crana college secondary school, Buncrana Gaelscoil and second level Colaiste Chineal Eoghain are all said to be overcrowded with a heavy reliance on prefabs. Hopes for a three school campus were dashed last
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Donegal County Council is to ask the government to immediately review and increase housing grants. Cllr Ciaran Brogan says there are many people in the county applying for funding under schemes for older and disabled people, with the €8,000 available under the grant for older people nowhere enough. At a meeting of Letterkenny Municipal
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The National Youth Council is making a last call to 700-thousand young people to make sure they’re registered to vote. It says the 18 to 29 year-olds who are entitled to go to the ballot box in the general election need to register by Wednesday. It says thousands of people have turned 18 and
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The outgoing government has been accused of dragging it heels again on the Cleary Centre Donegal Town project. Pat the Cope Gallagher say he is shocked at the decision by the government to go back on their prior commitment on the project. Late last year it was issued that the project was included in the
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With exactly 20 days left until polling in the general election, health is on the agenda for the two largest parties. The first full week of campaigning begins today. The weekend’s shock opinion poll has put all the parties – but particularly Fine Gael – under a bit more pressure as this week of campaigning
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The Cathaoirleach of the Inishowen Municipal District has hit out over the state the main road to Malin Head was left in by Irish Water following recent works. Councillor Martin McDermott has described the resurfacing of the road by contractors employed by the utility as nothing short of a disgrace. The Inishowen Area Manager
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An outgoing Donegal Deputy is accusing the government of failing women’s healthcare in the county. It follows revelations that Gynaecology services at Letterkenny University Hospital are undergoing scrutiny over diagnosis concerns and, following the Cervical Check scandal, it’s understood that women in Donegal have been struggling to access basic services. Deputy Thomas Pringle says women
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Derry City Reserves recorded their first league win of the season after they defeated Finn Harps Reserve 2-1. Odhran Kennedy gave Derry the lead on six minutes when his header looped into the back of the net. Matty Walker then doubled the Candystripes lead on 12 minutes when he finished from a tight angle after
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LYIT will face Carlow IT in the Sigerson Cup semi final. LYIT had a comfortable 1-14 to 1-08 in Sligo on Sunday afternoon. Carlow IT pulled off a shock 3-09 to 0-14 victory over UCC on Sunday evening. The semi final will take place on Wednesday January 22nd at Inniskeen in Monaghan. Throw in 7pm.
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LYIT are through to the Sigerson Cup semi final after they defeated Sligo IT 1-14 to 1-08 in Sligo. Michael Murphy’s side led the game early and Michael Langan fired in a goal with just 14 minutes on the clock to give LYIT a 1-04 to 0-01 lead. At the break LYIT led 1-09 to
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Omagh St Endas GAA Club will host “An Inspiratioal Talk” with Declan Coyle author of the book “The Green Platform” on Friday 24th of January at Healy Park in Omagh at 8pm. Declan is also joined by Seanie Myler from Myler Performance on the night. The event is aimed at assisting individuals from all clubs and walks of
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LYIT have reached the Sigerson Cup semi final in their first campaign in the competition after they beat Sligo IT 1-14 to 1-08. LYIT controlled the game throughout and led 1-04 to 0-01 after 14 minutes thanks to a Michael Langan goal. Sligo rallied and got themselves a goal midway through the half but LYIT
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A Donegal election candidate has said he is considering putting his name on the ballot paper in West Dublin as well as Donegal. Independent Candidate Peter Casey is considering a challenge for the sole reason of giving people of that constituency an opportunity to register a protest vote against Taoiseach Leo Varadkar. Casey has referred
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Jason Quigley is eager to get back into the ring ahead of his fight on Thursday 23rd of January. He will face Oscar Cortes in The Hangar at the Orange Country Fair in Costa Mesa, California. This will be Quigley’s first bout since he defeated Abraham Cordero in the third round of their fight on December
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Letterkenny came from 2-0 down to win 4-2 to reach the Knockalla Cup semi final. Fanad United took the lead on 12 minutes when Dean McCarry fired home. That lead was doubled by Edward O’Reilly on 33 minutes. Two goals in nine minutes from BJ Banda drew Rovers level before Matty Harkin fired Rovers ahead
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Brian Mc Cormick Sports Premier Division Donegal Town 1 v 3 Castlefin Celtic Cranford United 1 v 1 Keadue Rovers Temple Domestic Appliances Division One Drumoghill FC 1 v 4 Convoy Arsenal Letterbarrow Celtic 1 v 1 Ballybofey United Kerrykeel ’71 F.C. 7
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Cancer patients, people with arthritis and those needing hip replacements, are just some who should be exempt from hospital parking charges, according to the Irish Patients Association. It says the fees, some reaching 15 euro per day, are an added financial burden on patients and their families at an already difficult time. In 2018, Health
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Buncrana Credit Union Cup Buncrana 4 V 0 Rasheney FC Aileach 4 V 0 Carn FC Culdaff 0 V 1 Cockhill Youths QPS 1 V 4 Greencastle Dunree 5 V 0 Redcastle Glengad 5 V 0 Gleneely Colts Clonmany 1 V 0 Moville Inishowen Engineering Division Two A Aileach Youth 2 V 2 Dunree Res
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Irish Water is carrying out projects to improve both the drinking water supply and sewer networks in Letterkenny. Works will begin on the Station Road Roundabout in Letterkenny from tomorrow morning Monday 20th January. The works will take place from Monday – Wednesday from 7pm until 7am and Thursday from 8pm until 7am. Works will
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Ulster have qualified for the Champions Cup quarter finals after they defeated Bath 22-15 in the Kingspan Stadium on Saturday evening. In the Towns Cup, Limavady remain unbeaten this season after they got the better of Randlestown 33-14. In the Ulster Championship 2, Coleraine defeated Ards 7-6 in a low scoring game. Strabane had a
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LYIT’s historic Sigerson Cup run has continued after they defeated Sligo IT 1-14 to 1-08. Michael Murphy’s team started the brightest and led 1-04 to 0-01 after 14 minutes with the goal coming from Donegal’s Michael Langan. Sligo IT quickly rallied and reduced the gap after Tiernan McSkean netted for the hosts 21 minutes but
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It was a successful weekend for Donegal boxers at the National U-18 Championships held in the National Stadium in Dublin. On Friday night Cahir Gormely of Illies Golden Gloves defeated Nathan O’Brien of Wexford CBS by unanimous decision to set up a semi final bout with John McConnell of Holy Trinity Boxing Club on January
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Tyrone have claimed their 17th Dr McKenna Cup title after they defeated Monaghan 0-11 to 1-05 at the Athletic Grounds in Armagh. Mickey Harte’s men led early and never fell behind, although the sides were level at three points a piece 26 minutes into the tie. Five unanswered scores from the Red Hands saw them
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Tyrone have claimed the Dr McKenna Cup for the second consecutive season after they defeated Monaghan 0-11 to 1-05 in the Athletic Grounds, Armagh. Tyrone started the brightest and led three points to one after 15 minutes. Two points from Conor McCarthy levelled the game before five unanswered scores for Tyrone put them 0-8 to 0-3 up at
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Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service personnel are fighting s blaze at the Foyle Proteins plant at Strathfoyle in Derry. 44 firefighters are at the scene with six appliances and specialist equipment. The blaze was reported shortly after 4pm today.
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Keith Cowan had a debut to remember today for Glentoran when his side defeated Institute 2-0 at the Ryan McBride Brandywell Stadium. The former Finn Harps captain scored Glen’s second goal and helped them to keep a clean sheet as they moved to top of the table. After the game, Eamon McLaughlin spoke with Keith
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Voodoo Venue Cup Kildrum Tigers Reserves 2 v 1 Fintown Harps AFC Drumoghill F.C. Reserves 0 v 5 Arranmore United Glencar Celtic
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Glentoran are the new Irish Premiership leaders after they defeated Institute 2-0 at the Ryan McBride Brandywell. Navid Nasseri fired Glentoran ahead on 20 minutes. Former Finn Harps captain Keith Cowan then doubled Glentoran’s lead on 42 minutes. With very little action in the second half, Glentoran held out to go top of the league.
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The Football Association of Irish Schools’ under-18 team beat Australia 2-1 in Dublin today. Adam McCarron of Scoil Mhuire Buncrana started while Luke Rudden (Carndonagh CS), Patrick Ferry (Pobalscoil Gaoth Dobhair), and Patrick McGarvey (Rosses CS) and were all substitutes. Australia took the lead but the Irish side, managed by Finn Harps first team coach
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Donegal Under 20’s have bowed out of the Leo Murphy Cup after they drew 3-06 to 2-09 with Mayo. At half-time, Mayo led 0-06 to 0-02. Mayo started the second half the brightest and added 1-1 to their score before Donegal battled back and an Aaron Doherty penalty helped them reduce the deficit. Mayo then
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Creeslough man, Shaun Stewart has won the 53km Art O’Neill night challenge, across the Wicklow Mountains. The Multi-sport Adventurer, Ultra Trail Runner & Local WAARior completed the race in just over five hours. The race began in Dublin Castle where Stewart ran 30km before he could avail of his creature comforts. To complete the race, Stewart
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The Lord Mayor of Dublin says the Taoiseach’s comments about a homeless man injured during works on the Grand Canal, appeared to be more about passing the blame than dealing with the issues. He was responding to controversy after Fianna Fail leader Micheál Martin criticised Leo Varadkar for calling on the Lord Mayor to make
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An Inishowen Councillor says it is not acceptable that library services in Inishowen are operating on a skeleton staff. Library services in the peninsula previously operated on a 5 day a week basis which has now been reduced to 2 days and holiday and sick leave cover is reportedly not being provided. Councillor Martin Farren
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The Environmental Protection Agency is urging all small private water schemes to register with their local authorities after E coli was found in 62 private water supplies in 2018. A report published this week showed that nine boil notices were issued in Donegal during 2018 on schemes supplying a total of 967 people. The EPA
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A Donegal Councillor and election candidate is calling for an extension of the 60km/h speed limit on the Letterkenny side of Kilmacrennan. Cllr John O’Donnell says recent road developments at Bluebanks have been a major success, but one effect of the works is the speed at which people are approaching junctions on the outskirts of
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Evening News, Sport, Nuacht and Obituaries on Friday January 17th 2020…..
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Donegal County Council has confirmed that people who registered to vote between May 7th and November 25th last year will be automatically included on the Supplementary Register of Electors. The new Register is to come into force on February 15th, after the General Election, which means that people who registered last year will not have
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Tyrone Manager Mickey Harte has made ten changes to his starting line up for this Saturday’s Dr McKenna Cup Final against Monaghan at the Athletics Grounds. Hugh Pat McGeary, Ronan McNamee, Frank Burns, Ben O’Donnell and Kieran McGeary are the only players to keep their place. Tyrone beat Down in the semi finals but Monaghan
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A new report published today by the Mental Health Commission has shown that a mental health unit in Donegal has not met its obligation to provide individual care plans. The ‘Individual Care Planning 2016-2018 in Review’ report says Letterkenny Department of Psychiatry has been consistently non-compliant for three years. The commission’s Chief Executive says after
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Members of the Teachers Union of Ireland are to strike on Tuesday the 4th of February. The union represents 19,000 members in second level schools, colleges of further education, as well as Institutes of Technology/Technological universities. It’s in a row over what it says is pay discrimination.
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Donegal County Council has welcomed a new €1.6 million Fund for social enterprises in Ireland. The Fund, which originally launched in 2018, now totals €3.2 million, making it the largest private investment in social enterprise to date. It aims to create 300 jobs and provide services to 100,000 people over four years The new
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Ulster Senior League sides Bonagee United and Cockhill Celtic will look to make home advantage count on Sunday in the FAI Intermediate Cup. Bonagee welcome Cork side College Corinthians to the Dry Arch Park while the visitors to the Charlie O’Donnell Sports Ground ion Inishowen will be Dublin outfit Kilnamanagh. Both games kick off at
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Both the Government and the HSE are being urged to ‘drop the spin’ over a funding announcement for St. Joseph’s Hospital. Earlier this week, the HSE stated that a €4 million “upgrading and refurbishment” programme was to commence at the hospital. However, it’s been claimed that that announcement is a repeat of one in
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A Letterkenny area councillor has said safety measures are necessary on a crossroads where he had a lucky escape just last month. Cllr Donal Coyle says lights and signage are necessary on the Leck Road and Cullion Road crossroads at the Readymix premises. The council says lining has been improved, signage will be erected
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The number of penalty point disqualifications in Donegal rose by over 40% last year when compared with 2018. Figures show that there were 29 drivers in the county disqualified last year compared with 17 in 2018. More than 27-thousand penalty-point notices were issued to drivers for holding a mobile phone while driving last year.
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Detectives investigating an arson attack in Limavady last night are appealing for witnesses and information. Police received a report from the Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service at approximately 11:55pm of a house fire in Coolessan Walk in the town. A door at the back of the property was destroyed, while damage was also
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A large quantity of suspected cannabis has been seized in Sligo As part of an ongoing investigation into the sale and supply of controlled drugs in the area, Gardaí attached to Ballymote District and Sligo Divisional Drugs unit carried out a search of a property in Castle Burn, Ballymote, Co. Sligo yesterday. During the search
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A Donegal Election Candidate has expressed support for beef farmers who have been carrying out major protests in Dublin this week. The demonstrations caused significant traffic delays on the M50 and in and around the capital yesterday evening with a go slow protest by farmers driving tractors blocking a number of routes. Aontú local
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There were nine people awaiting in-patient beds at Letterkenny University Hospital this morning according to the INMO. The number is up one on yesterday’s figure of 8. Nationally, there were 518 people waiting at hospitals across the country today with Cork University Hospital the most overcrowded, 55 people waiting there.
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