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Donegal Senior Championship Recap

  The opening weekend of the Michael Murphy Sports & Leisure Donegal Senior Football Championship seen wins for St Michael’s Naomh Conaill, MacCumhaills, Milford, Kilcar and Bundoran. Former winners Gaoth Dobhair, St. Eunan’s and Glenswilly were involved in drawn games. Oisin Kelly has the Highland Championship Recap… Highland’s coverage of the 2019 Donegal Senior Club

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School secretaries to take industrial action later this month

  School secretaries are to take industrial action over pay and conditions. It follows a well-attended protest outside the Education Ministers Office in Letterkenny at the weekend. Their union Fórsa has announced that those involved had backed striking by a margin of 94% to 6% in a national ballot. They say it’s over the Department

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Parking problems at Larkins Lane back under spotlight

  Parking problems at Larkins Lane in Lettekenny have been brought back under the spotlight. There have been several complaints about cars being left there all day, resulting in businesses unable to facilitate parking for their customers. There’s also concern over vehicles partially blocking the narrow two way street. Local Cllr Jimmy Kavanagh has long

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More works on Stranorlar footpath to begin with immediate effect

  It’s been confirmed that the Stranorlar road’s section is to begin works on the footpath from the Weavers out towards Sessiagh Oneill Bridge with immediate effect. Works on various sections of the route have already taken place with hopes that a footbridge on Sessiaghoneill Bridge can be constructed into the future. Works are also

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Leah Gallen, National Title No. 5, Highland Radio, Boxing Association, Letterkenny, Sport, Donegal

Peter O’Donnell believes Leah Gallen can go all the way at European Youth Boxing Championships

Leah Gallen will fight Hungarian Csilla Viktyria Ambrus in the semi final of the European Youth Boxing Championships in Bulgaria on Monday. The Raphoe boxer will be hoping to surpass her bronze medal win at last year’s European Junior Championship. Donegal Boxing President Peter O’Donnell spoke to Sunday Sport’s Pauric Hilferty about Gallen’s Championship so far…

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Taoiseach Leo Varadkar to meet with Boris Johnson tomorrow

The Taoiseach says he’s not expecting any Brexit breakthrough when he meets Boris Johnson tomorrow. The British Prime Minister will hold a bilateral meeting with Leo Varadkar in government buildings in the morning. He’ll then try to win a second vote on having a snap general election, something Mr Johnson looks set to lose. Speaking

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Leah Gallen, National Title No. 5, Highland Radio, Boxing Association, Letterkenny, Sport, Donegal

Leah Gallen guarantees medal after European Youth quarter final win

Leah Gallen is through to the semi final of the European Youth Boxing Championships in Bulgaria. The Raphoe puncher beat her Turkish opponent Gulcan Arga on a 4-1 split decision. The win has guaranteed Gallen a bronze medal at the very least. Gallen who was a bronze medal winner at last year’s European Junior Championship

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Championship Preview with Brendan Kilcoyne and Martin Doherty

Gaoth Dobhair start the defence of their county and provincial senior football championship titles this weekend. They host St Eunans in their opening Donegal Senior Club Championship group game on Sunday evening at Maghergallon. Their opponents from Letterkenny and other clubs like Kilcar, and Naomh Conaill will also have aspirations of lifting the Dr Maguire

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Hardening of border ‘completely unacceptable’ – McDonald

  Mary Lou McDonald says any talk of customs checks on the border is nothing short of ‘political vandalism’. The Sinn Fein President and the party’s Deputy Leader Michelle O’Neill are in Dublin today for an Ard Comhairle meeting on the latest developments on Brexit. Deputy Mc Donald says a hardening of the border is

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North West Simon Community provided support for homeless people in Donegal

  The number of homeless people has now reached a “record high”. The majority of people who are homeless or experiencing homelessness in Sligo, Leitrim & Donegal are not immediately identifiable as homeless. In 2018, North West Simon Community provided supported housing, tenancy support, and settlement services, to 371 people, 200 were adults and 171

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