There were 38 people awaiting in-patient beds at Letterkenny University Hospital this morning. That’s one down on yesterday’s figure, but Letterkenny had the third highest figure nationally for the second day running. Of those waiting this morning, eight were on Emergency Department trolleys. According to the INMO, there were 503 admitted patients awaiting beds across […]
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An Inishowen councillor says there seems little point in going to meetings and moving motions, because it appears they are being ignored. Cllr Bernard Mc Guinness has been pushing to have social housing built in rural areas, and recently proposed that houses be built in the vicinity of rural schools which are in difficulty because
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Detectives from PSNI’s Terrorism Investigation Unit, investigating the discovery of an improvised explosive device (IED) in Church View, Strabane on Saturday, have arrested a 33 year old man. The man was arrested in the Strabane area yesterday and remains in police custody assisting officers with their enquiries. In a statement Detective Inspector Andrew Hamlin said
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The Finance Minister is to bring a memo to Cabinet today outlining his approach to this year’s budget. It’s expected Minister Pascal Donohoe could tell Ministers whether the budget will be prepared on the basis of a no-deal Brexit. Minister Donohoe has indicated in the past that he would make a judgement call in
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The Cathaoirleach of the Inishowen Municipal District says he’s disappointed at the slow progress being made on the roll out of the Mica redress scheme. The council’s special sub committee established in June has not yet met, and Cllr Martin Mc Dermott says he now fears no work will be done this side of
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A public consultation is to take place on the future of the Market Square in Letterkenny. The area in the town centre was once the focal point – an open space for markets but was altered in the 1990s. At the latest sitting of the Letterkenny MD, there was a keen interest expressed among
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A Donegal Deputy is challenging the Government on its state of readiness within the Marine sector for a no deal Brexit. Deputy Pat the Cope Gallagher is calling on Minister Michael Creed to bring the entire seafood and fisheries sector together before next months Brexit deadline. He says, it is this sector that has
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A Donegal man who is a previously convicted sex offender has appeared at Derry Magistrate’s Court, following his arrest in Omagh in the early hours of Monday morning. 43 year-old Patrick Gavin Porter from Grange, Inch Island, was arrested in the early hours of Monday morning, and was charged with committing an act of
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Donegal Centre for Independent Living is to be represented at the European Network for Independent Living Brussels Freedom Drive. It’s gets underway from the 30th September to the 3rd of October and local leaders Vicky Matthew & Frank Larkin will be in attendance. It is the 30th Anniversary since the 1st Freedom Drive which
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The final of the EA Sports Cup on Saturday night is now a sellout, as last year’s winners Derry City meet Dundalk in the Brandywell. Derry City’s path to this year’s final included wins over First Division side Longford Town, as well as Premier Division opposition in local rivals Finn Harps, and a victory over
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It was a big night for Ronan Curtis who started his first International with the Republic of Ireland in Tuesday’s 3-1 win over Bulgaria at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin. Having made two appearances from the bench previously, the former Derry City and Ulster Senior League was given his first full international. He came close
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Main Evening News, Sport and Obituaries Tuesday September 10th:
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Police in Strabane are appealing for witnesses and information following the report of an overnight burglary of commercial premises at Melmount Road, Sion Mills, Strabane. Its believed that entry was gained to the premises between 12:40am and 9:30am this morning. Sergeant McDermott says two males, believed to be aged between 15 and 17 and both
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A Donegal fish exporter has been named on the latest tax defaulters list. Revenue says 43 settlements were made in April, May and June – and over 6 and a half million remained unpaid as of June 30th. Neil O’Donnell, Fair Hill, Dungloe paid over €155,000 in tax, interest, and penalties for non-declaration of income
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Eleven players from the north west have been selected on the Ulster Connacht squad that will play Northern Ireland at the end of September. The squad has been selected to represent the Republic of Ireland in a junior International at Leecarrow on Wednesday 25th of this month. Cockhill Celtics’s Peter Doherty, Oisin McColgan, James Bradley
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The progress of flood relief schemes in the Twin Towns is coming under further criticism this week. Donegal Deputy Pat the Cope Gallagher has received confirmation that works in Lifford, Castlefinn, Glenties, Burnfoot, Carrowkeel and Downings are to be put to tender for design consultants within the coming weeks. However, works in Ballybofey and Stranorlar
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Gardai are investigating a report of intruders at the Rugby Club in Letterkenny overnight. At around 11.30pm, a number of males had been in the building and then exited the premises and they made their way onto the Gaelic pitch in a vehicle and then left the area. One male was arrested in the early
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People are being advised once again to only attend the Emergency Department at Letterkenny University Hospital in the case of a real emergency. Management at the hospital say the ED has been extremely busy over the last number of days with a significant number of ill patients admitted, many of whom are currently in the
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Caolán and Rhys Irwin returned to British Superstock action for a rare double header weekend as the British Superbike Championship made it second visit of the year to Oulton Park on the weekend of August 8th & 9th. It was a mixed weekend for the Irwin Racing boys and their Ready 4 Racing team as
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Two way traffic is to be reinstated at Oldtown in Letterkenny from tomorrow and that traffic control lights will be removed from the area. Irish Water is carrying out the sewer upgrade work to stop the overflow of raw sewage into the River Swilly. The work is part of a major investment in water
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There were no boil notices or restrictions issued by the EPA across Donegal’s 32 public water supplies last year, with 100% compliance in microbiological parameters and 99.3% compliance in chemical parameters. The EPA’s Drinking Water Quality report for 2018 notes that in April 2018, the EPA took prosecutions against Irish Water for failure to complete upgrade
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Letterkenny University Hospital had the third highest number of people awaiting in-patient beds in the country today, with 39. That’s three up on yesterday’s figure. Of those waiting this morning, 15 were on Emergency Department trolleys. According to the INMO, there were 489 admitted patients awaiting beds across the country this morning, the highest number,
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Gardaí at Letterkenny are investigating an overnight burglary in Glencar. The intruder entered the house on Glencar road through an unlocked door and stole a large sum of cash from the residence. The break in is said to have happened between 9.30am, and 10.30am Garda Claire Rafferty is appealing to anyone who was in the Glencar
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Gardai have reissued an appeal for information into two weekend burglaries. Thieves targeted a house in Raphoe at around 10.45 on Sunday morning. The house was ransacked and a sum of money was stolen from it. Meanwhile a sum of money and jewellery with sentimental value were taken during a break in in St
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An urgent meeting has been sought between the Minister for the Marine, the Killybegs Harbour Development Group, and Councillors to seek funding for further development of Killybegs Harbour. It’s thought locally that the pier needs a vital extension of 250 metres to facilitate the increasing number of large vessels and cruise liners and a
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Geoffrey Browne has been elected Chairperson of Donegal ETB with Cllr Rena Donaghey elected as Deputy Chairperson. Twenty-one representatives have been appointed to the Board of the largest education and training provider in the county. The new Board is made up of twelve elected representatives, two staff, two parents, two local industry and three
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An explosive device has been made safe in the Creggan area of Derry. A number of homes were evacuated overnight but families have since returned to their homes. During the operation a crowd of 60-100 persons gathered, some of whom attacked police vehicles with missiles and over 40 petrol bombs. At least two young people
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A Donegal Deputy claims the silence from the Government is deafening in its response to recent flooding in West Donegal. Heavy rain two weeks ago resulted in one road in Min na Loch being temporarily closed as a result of a landslide, while three households were cut off when the River Clady burst its
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The Government is once again being heavily criticised over what’s been described as inaction in dealing with insurance companies and their high premiums. In July, Donegal Deputy Pearse Doherty called out the insurance industry for magnifying the scale of the issue of fraudulent claims in order to justify their high premiums and increases. However,
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The National Youth Boxing team will arrive back from Bulgaria to Dublin airport today . Among them will be Raphoe ABC welterweight Leah Gallen who won a bronze medal at the European Youth Boxing Championships in Sofia, Two wins over German and Turkish opponents secured another medal at a major championships for the Ballybofey teenager
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Police have been attacked with petrol bombs while carrying out searches in Derry. Some people suffered burns during the violence in the Creggan estate. The searches followed the discovery of a dissident republican mortar bomb in Strabane on Saturday.
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A 33 year old man arrested in connection with the discovery of an improvised explosive device in Strabane has been released following questioning. The device was discovered by residents on Church View Street on Saturday morning. The incident remains under investigation.
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There’s been an increase in the number of pupils being taught at primary school level through Irish. Figures released by the Department of Education show that over 45,000 students across 247 primary schools were taught through the medium of Irish during the 2018/2019 school year. Just over 8% of primary school pupils are being
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Main Evening News, Sport and Obituaries Monday September 9th:
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Efforts are being made to increase the number of Dutch visitors coming to Donegal. Leading Dutch tour operators, travel agents and online travel agents have attended Tourism Ireland’s annual travel trade workshop, which took place in Amsterdam. Nine Irish tourism companies – including three Donegal – hotels took part in the workshop. The Abbey and
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Leah Gallen will return from the European Youth Boxing Championships in Bulgaria with a bronze medal. The Raphoe welterweight lost out on an unanimous decision in Monday’s semi final against Hungarian Viktyria Csilla Ambrus. Gallen secured a competition medal with superb wins over German and Turkish opponents last week. It’s back to back medals at
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A burst water main is affecting parts of Inishowen this afternoon. Homes and businesses in the Lisfannon Industrial Estate and surrounding areas are experiencing supply disruptions. Irish Water say a traffic management plan will be in place as they carry out repairs to the burst water main. Works are estimated to be complete by 3pm
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A driver in Letterkenny has been caught with a quantity of cannabis while also having no tax or insurance. Gardai stopped the car on Friday evening after observing that neither the driver nor the passenger were wearing seat belts. Upon further inspection of the car they discovered that there was no insurance or tax
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It’s been confirmed that works are set to begin next year on the Buncrana Sewerage Scheme Network Project. The project includes upgrades to the sewer network and provision of storm water storage at the existing plant in Buncrana and at the Westbrook pumping station. The storm water storage will reduce the risk of overflows during
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The PSNI say they believe the New IRA to be behind an attempted bomb attack in Strabane on Saturday. Homes in the Church View and wider Curly Hill area of the town were evacuated for most of Saturday after a viable device was discovered outside a home close to the local police station. Speaking today,
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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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Questions have been raised about the PSNI’s response to the weekend alert at Church View in Strabane, where a viable device was left. One local resident has claimed the police did not come to the Church View area to cordon off the device, and instead, telephoned a local resident and asked then to evacuate the
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Following the weekend’s first round ties, the quarter final line up has been confirmed for the Derry Senior Football Championship. There will be new champions in the Oak Leaf county this year after Eoghan Rua Coleriane lost to Magherfelt on Saturday evening. In Sunday night’s ties, there were wins for Glen and Ballinascreen. In the
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An investigation is continuing into a burglary in the St. Johnson area. The break in happened yesterday between 11am and 12pm. It’s understood a sum of cash and a number of other items were taken while there was also some damage to the exterior and interior of the premises. The house, on Railway Road, was
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Termon lifted the Donegal Senior Ladies Championship title on Sunday beating Glenfin 5-6 2-13 in the final played at MacCumhaill Park. Geraldine McLaughlin scored a brilliant 4-5 to help her side to a first title since 2015. Manager Sean O’Donnell was proud of his players performance…
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There were 36 people awaiting in-patients beds at Letterkenny University Hospital this morning with six on trolleys in its Emergency Department. According to the INMO, it’s one of the most overcrowded hospitals in Ireland today. University Hospital Limerick was the most overcrowded with 64 people waiting there. Nationally, there were 479 people waiting at
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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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Leo Varadkar will meet British Prime Minister Boris Johnson in Dublin this morning. The Taoiseach has played down hopes the meeting may lead to a Brexit breakthrough – but says he hopes some common ground can be found. The two leaders will discuss the current impasse when it comes to a deal, and the
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A West Tyrone MLA has hit out at those behind the bomb attempt in Strabane at the weekend. Investigations are continuing after the viable device was discovered close to the local police station on Saturday morning. Police are linking the incident to the hijacking of a delivery driver’s car in the Mount Sion area
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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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