Four people have escaped serious injury after the vehicle they were travelling in overturned in Carrigans in the early hours of this morning. Gardai attended the scene of the crash on the village’s main street and say the driver and three passengers were not badly injured. Motorists are again reminded to drive with caution particularly […]
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Fáilte Ireland is hosting a series of workshops in Inishowen later this month for local tourism businesses and members of tourism and community groups. The workshops will concentrate on gathering stories, ideas, and opportunities that could be used to boost tourism in the area with the findings then feeding into a Visitor Experience Development Plan,
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An 18 year old is due to appear before Omagh Magistrates Court today in connection with an attack on a taxi driver in Strabane in the early hours of yesterday morning. The man has been charged with grievous bodily harm with intent, making off without payment and criminal damage. At around 1am yesterday morning the
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Update – The road has reopened The Burnfoot to Muff road is currently closed following a multi-vehicle crash this morning. Emergency services were called to the scene at Sappagh shortly before 8am. Gardai are urging motorists to avoid the area and seek alternative routes.
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A review of Gynaecological Clinical Services at Letterkenny University Hospital is to take place in the coming weeks. Bristol based hospital consultant Dr Margaret MacMahon, a Letterkenny native called on the Health Minister in September last to order an immediate review into the diagnosis and treatment of gynaecological cancers at the hospital. Its after her
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The board overseeing the National Children’s Hospital project says they will ‘robustly defend’ extra contractor claims. Chairman Fred Barry told a meeting with Health Minister Simon Harris these costs represent the ‘biggest risk’ in the project. The minutes of the recent meeting have been released under the Freedom of Information Act. The hospital is set
Final price of NCH should have been agreed long in advance – MacSharry Read More »
What’s widely expected to be the final cabinet meeting of this current government will be held this morning. Leo Varadkar has said he wants to speak to his Ministers before announcing plans for a general election. Cabinet Ministers will arrive at government buildings this morning for an earlier than usual meeting, with it being brought
Cabinet meeting this morning to discuss date for upcoming election Read More »
A number of homes and businesses in Donegal remain without power this morning after Storm Brendan. Its after strong winds and heavy rain caused power cuts, fallen trees and flooding when it hit yesterday. The issue is confined to the Cullion and Derrybeg areas. ESB hopes to have power restored to all areas by 5pm
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WARNING CONTAINS GRAPHIC IMAGERY An 18 year old man has been arrested after a taxi driver was assaulted in Strabane in the early hours of yesterday morning. At around 1am on Monday morning, the taxi driver picked up a fare in the Abercorn Square area of the town and took him to Glebe Gardens where
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Hundreds of people from all over Donegal are gearing up to participate in one of the organised walks as part of Operation Transformation National Walks Day which takes place on Saturday, January 18th. Walks will be held this year across seven locations, with Tory the only island in the country being part of this year’s
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As Storm Brendan grows in intensity, we will provide any updates here. Donegal County Council and the RSA have urged drivers, cyclists and pedestrians to be very careful on roads. Households and businesses in Cullion and Derrybeg are currently without power, ESB Networks say there is no indication as to when power will be restored The
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Main Evening News, Sport and Obituaries Monday January 13th:
Main Evening News, Sport and Obituaries Monday January 13th Read More »
A Sports Capital grant of almost €327,000 has been announced for the development of a sports campus project at Letterkenny Institute of Technology. The investment will see LYIT working hand in hand with Donegal County Council, Ladies Gaelic Football Association and Cricket Ireland to draw up a plan and assess how to bring the proposal
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Tyrone have suffered a further blow with an injury to defender Michael McKernan, which will keep him out of action for most of the National Football League campaign. The Coalisland Fianna clubman, who was nominated for Young Footballer of the Year in 2018, was badly hurt while playing for UUJ in the Sigerson Cup against
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Its emerged that Seaview Respite Service in Mountcharles has not opened today, as was scheduled. The HSE had confirmed that the centre would reopen today on a 5 day a week basis. However, parents were left furious upon being informed just this morning that the centre would not be opening. The centre was due to
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Men and Women’s Sheds are being allocated half a million euro by the Department of Community Development. €30,000 has been sanctioned for 26 groups in Donegal. It is the first time Women’s Sheds are being funded with 33 groups availing of the grants. The money for the community support groups is being used to buy
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With an election on the horizon, questions are now being asked about the Terms of reference for the Mica Redress Scheme, which have yet to be published. Donegal Deputy Charlie Mc Conalogue says this is not an issue that needs Dail approval, and he sees no reason why the document should not be published immediately……….
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Ulster has never had a President of the Ladies Gaelic Football Association but Michael Naughton is looking to change that. The former Donegal senior team manager announced at the Ulster Convention on Sunday that his name will go forward into the race for the top job at the Ladies table. The Ulster body say they
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Donegal County Council has published he preferred options for the TEN-T Priority Route Improvement Project. The document covers three sections of road, the Twin Towns By-Pass, the Letterkenny to Manorcunningham Road and the road from Manorcunningham to Lifford, linking with Strabane and the A5. Donegal County Council says the Option Selection Report, which details the
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There were 11 people awaiting in-patient beds at Letterkenny University Hospital this morning, three of them on Emergency Department trolleys. Nationally, the INMOP says 521 admitted patients were are waiting for beds in hospitals across the country this morning. The worst-hit was University Hospital Limerick, with 49.
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A Consultant Geriatrician at Letterkenny University Hospital says if an Acute Stroke Unit is not approved and established in 2020, he will not remain at the hospital. Professor Ken Mulpeter says a unit had been approved before the flood of 2013, and again it was approved last year, but was sidelined because of what he
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Peter Casey has confirmed he will be contesting the upcoming general election. The former Dragons Den investor will seek a Dail seat in Donegal. He came second in the 2018 presidential election and missed out in a bid to become an MEP last year. He says he will be focusing on the need for investment
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Michael Naughton will run for President of the Ladies Gaelic Football Aossication. At Sunday’s Ulster Convention, the Laghey man says he will put his named forward to contest the position. Naughton is a former Donegal Senior Ladies Manager and a former President of the ULGFA. They Ulster body say they are “fully supportive of Michael’s
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The Labour Party leader is urging Leo Varadkar to end the agony of the current Dáil and announce a date for a general election. Brendan Howlin says the Taoiseach’s fired the starting gun anyway, after yesterday stating that he has a date in mind. There’s speculation an election will be called in the coming days
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The Minister for Education and Skills Joe McHugh has today announced a further €50 million investment in ICT infrastructure for all primary and post-primary schools. The funding can be spent on technology which will allow schools to purchase equipment such as PCs, laptops and tablets. This will then aid supports for schools such as the
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Almost a fifth of the country’s network of regional roads is in need of major structural repair, with particular issues identified in Donegal. Thats according to a new report commissioned by the Department of Transport. It highlighted 19% of more than 13,000km of main non-national roads were classified as requiring “structural rehabilitation” while 0.5%
Higher than average proportion of Donegal’s roads need repair Read More »
Finn Harps have announced forward Jamie Browne has signed a first-team deal ahead of the 2020 season. Browne was the top scorer for the club’s Under-19 side last year with an impressive 13 goal return. He joins fellow Under-19 graduates Kieran Farren and Stephen Doherty who signed senior deals with the club last month. Speaking
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Greencastle are through to the Last 16 of the FAI Junior Cup after the defeated the holders of the competition St Michael’s 2-1 on Sunday afternoon. Jamie McCormick opened the scoring for Greencastle with a fine volley early in the first half. St Michael’s then brought the game to extra time after they netted with
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Irish race walking World champion and Olympic medallist Rob Heffernan has been announced as the special guest for the 44th Donegal Sports Star Awards due to be held on Friday 31st January at 7.00pm in the Mount Errigal Hotel. Rob joined Pauric Hilferty on the Sunday Sport to talk about the up and coming
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LYIT have beaten Athlone IT 1-18 to 3-04 in their first ever game of the Sigerson Cup. LYIT led 0-05 to 1-01 after just 10 minutes and led 0-11 to 1-02 at half time. Peadar Mogan’s goal midway through the second half ensured Michael Murphy’s side would advance to the next round. Kevin Egan reports
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Finn Harps have said they are ‘surprised and disappointed’ after being left out of a sport capital grant from the Large Scale Sports Infrastructure Fund. The €77.4m fund, which is to be allocated between 25 individual projects around the country, was announced on Friday by Minister for Sport Shane Ross. Over €1m was already spent
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Met Éireann’s extended a status orange warning for storm force winds tomorrow to the whole country. Storm Brendan will bring sustained southerly winds of up to 80 kilometres an hour — with gusts up to 130 kilometres an hour. The warning comes into effect at 5am tomorrow for counties in the west and southwest, and
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Letterkenny Rovers and Bonagee United played out a 1-1 draw at the Aura Leisure Centre on Sunday afternoon. Michael Doherty opened the scoring for Bonagee after seven minutes after he latched onto a loose back pass by Emmett Friars. BJ Banda ensured a share of the spoils after he netted for Rovers from the penalty
Letterkenny Rovers draw at home to Bonagee United Read More »
Tyrone have advanced to the Dr McKenna Cup final after they defeated Down 2-16 to 1-10 at the Athletic Grounds, Armagh. Conall McCann gave Mickey Harte’s men a dream start when he found the back of the net just two minutes into the game. Tyrone then looked to be advancing to the next round when
Tyrone advance to Dr McKenna Cup final- FT Report & Reaction Read More »
Jackie Crossan Premier Division Culdaff FC 0 V 10 Aileach FC Illies Celtic 2 V 0 Carn FC Cockhill Youths 2 V 0 Glengad Strand Hotel First Division QPS 4 V 0 Aileach Res Redcastle 2 V 2 Rasheney FC Dunree 2 V 2 Glengad Res Inishowen Engineering Division Two Ilies Res 8 V 1
Inishowen Football League Results 12/01/2020 Read More »
Brian Mc Cormick Sports Premier Division Keadue Rovers 1 v 4 Kilmacrennan Celtic Castlefin Celtic 3 v 1 Bonagee United Cranford United 1 v 2 Cappry Rovers Temple Domestic Appliances Division One Ballybofey United 3 v 4 Convoy Arsenal St. Catherines 5 v 1 Drumoghill F.C. Rathmullan Celtic 1
Donegal Junior League Results 12/01/2020 Read More »
There was a mixed set of results for North West sides involved in the All Ireland League 2C. City of Derry left it late to defeat Midleton of Cork 10-6. Simon Logue scored a try deep into the game to ensure City of Derry would pick up the win. Meanwhile, Omagh Academicals were defeated 19-7
Rugby Review: Mixed set of results for North West sides Read More »
Finn Harps are delighted to announce the signing of Shane McEleney from Larne FC. The defender spent the past two years at Inver Park and played a pivotal role in their promotion to the Danske Bank Premiership. The 28 year old has also played with Derry City, St. Pats and Ottawa Fury in Canada. McEleney
Shane McEleney Signs for Finn Harps Read More »
The statement is as follows: “Finn Harps wish to express our disappointment at the exclusion of the Donegal Community Stadium Project from the funding approvals announced by the Dept. of Sport in recent days. The project had previously been approved by the Department of Sport, and commenced on site, with substantial work carried out.
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There were some mixed results for Donegal athletes at the International Cross Country Championships in Stirling, Scotland. Glenswilly’s Sean McGinley finished fourth in the Under 17 Boy’s race in a time of 20 minutes and 11 seconds. Oisin Toye, training partner of McGinley finished in sixteenth position. In the Under 17 girls race, Amy Greene
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Buncrana Hearts have advanced to the sixth round of the FAI Junior Cup after they defeated Rosemount Mulvey 1-0. In a tight game played in testing conditions there were little chances created. Calvin Gallagher scored the games only goal four minutes from time to send Buncrana through. After the game Buncrana Hearts striker Gerard McLaughlin
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Institute let a two goal lead slip to draw 2-2 away at Glenavon. Joe McCready fired Stute ahead from the penalty after just 13 minutes. Alex Pomeroy then doubled Sean Connor’s men’s lead on 59 minutes but Danny Purkis pulled one back for Glenavon just ten minutes later. With just nine minutes remaining Purkis fired
Institute draw away to Glenavon Read More »
Glencar Inn Saturday Division One Arranmore United 7 v 2 Glenea United Reserves Kildrum Tigers Reserves 1 v 6 Donegal Town Reserves Glencar Celtic 2 v 1 Strand Rovers Old Orchard Saturday Division Two Cranford United Reserves 1 v
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City of Derry came from behind to defeat Midleton of Cork 10-6 at the Craig Thompson Stadium. It looked like Midleton would leave with the points after they scored a penalty just five minutes into the second half. Simon Logue scored the games only try deep into injury time to put City of Derry ahead
City of Derry leave it late to defeat Midleton- FT Report & Reaction Read More »
Donegal Under 20’s have beaten Roscommon 0-7 to 0-6 in the Leo Murphy Cup. In a low scoring game, it was Roscommon who led 0-5 to 0-3 at half-time. Second half points from Ethan Harkin, Daithi Roberts, Aaron Doherty and Oisin Walsh were enough to see Shaun Paul Barrett’s men run out as winners. Tom
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Geraldine McLaughlin was named Player of the Year at the Gaelic Life All-Star awards on Friday night. McLaughlin helped guide Termon reach the Ulster final, in which they were defeated by Donaghmoyne. McLaughlin was also named in the All-star team for 2019. She was joined in the team by two of her Termon team mates,
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LYIT Donegal have been beaten 88-80 by Tradehouse Central Ballincollig in the National Cup semi final. In what was the club’s first ever National Cup semi final, LYIT led 39-34 at half-time. A strong second half performance from the National Basketball Division One league leaders saw them run out eight point winners in Cork.
LYIT Donegal beaten in National Cup Semi Final Read More »
(Picture above from Garda Siochana Donegal Facebook Page) A search operation was conducted at a Commercial unit in Drumrooske, Co. Donegal on Friday by the Donegal Town Drugs Unit who were assisted by Ballyshannon District Gardaí, Detective Branch and ASU. During the course of the search a grow house was located. Between 450 – 500 cannabis
Estimated €400,000 worth of Cannabis plants seized in Donegal Read More »
Up to 50 millimetres of rain is likely to fall in parts of Ireland today, causing localised flooding. A yellow rainfall warning is place for Connacht and Donegal until 3 o’clock this afternoon. Forecasters are also warning of winds of up to 110 kilometres an hour today in Donegal, Galway, Mayo and Kerry. Meteorologist Cathal
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A Donegal Councillor says Irish Water still hasn’t clarified why an improvement project, which was to have taken place in West Donegal this year has been deferred, even though the pipes there are prone to regular bursts. Cllr Michael Cholm Mac Giolla Easbuig says the pipes around the old Garda barracks in Gweedore were to
‘Money for Gweedore water pipe works re-allocated’ – Mac Giolla Easbuig Read More »
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