Foyle MLA Mark H Durkan says it’s time to seriously consider the introduction of a Bottle Deposit Return Scheme in Derry. Mr Durkan is seeking meetings with the council and other bodies in a bid to bring a scheme to fruition. When Mark H.Durkan was Environment Minister in Stormont, he explored the possibility of implementing […]
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Donegal County Council has confirmed that lifeguards closed Shroove Beach in North Inishowen to swimmers for two hours yesterday after Lion’s Mane Jellyfish were spotted in the water. Last year, the National Biodiversity Data centre said there had been an unprecedented increase in sightings along the Western Seaboard, with Lion’s Mane jellyfish seen in Donegal,
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Weaker consumer rights, increased VAT and import tariffs will come into effect immediately for shoppers buying UK goods online, if there’s a no-deal Brexit in October. An Post, which processes 14 million parcels from the UK every year, is gearing up it’s preparations for no-deal by increasing operational arrangements with customs officials and the Royal
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Main Evening News, Sport and Obituaries on Monday August 26th……..
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Mariah Carey has signed a deal with Walkers Crisps worth almost 10 million euro. The Sun reported the unusual collaboration could have something to do with a Christmas campaign that will involve Carey’s hit ‘All I Want for Christmas is You’. The advertising campaign is set to hit our screens in November.
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Almost €200,000 has been approved for works to improve road safety, parking, lighting, and footpaths in Donegal. Two schools and a number of development associations are set to benefit. The area around Cranford National School will benefit from €45,000 in funding, while just over €14,000 will be spent around Trentagh National School. Other projects are
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The HSE is raising concerns that up to 7-thousand children a year aren’t being vaccinated against measles and mumps. It comes as children across the country prepare to go back to school this week. Over 1,600 cases have been recorded so far this year – that’s three times the total in the whole of
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Sex Education in Schools was the topic discussed on today’s ‘Monday Matters’ on the Nine til Noon Show. Mary T Sweeney, Carlyn Maguire, and Dominic McGrath all joined Greg to speak about the issue while some of the Nine ’til Noon Show’s listeners called in to give their points of view. Listen back to the entire
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Concern has been raised over the prospect of extra security measures being introduced in and around places of worship in Northern Ireland. It comes as recent figures show that there have been 23 recorded attacks in the Derry and Strabane district in the past three years alone. The data has led to calls for
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Beachgoers are reminded to only swim in waters that are attended by lifeguards. It follows an incident at Murder Hole beach at the weekend in which a girl, who was wave boarding was hit by a riptide and dragged under water. The secluded location of the beach meant that no water safety personnel were
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Monaghan’s Josh Moffett and his Wexford co-driver Andy Hayes in a Ford Fiesta WRC won the Triton Showers National Rally Championship courtesy of their start to finish victory in the Lady Gregory Hotel Galway Summer Rally, the penultimate round of the series that was based in Gort. They finished 37.2 seconds ahead of the Fiesta
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As part of the Finn Harps 50th anniversary celebrations the Club is issuing an open invitation to past players to come along to next Friday night’s League of Ireland Premier Division match against St. Patrick’s Athletic at Finn Park. On the 17th August 1969, Harps played their first ever home game in the League of
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A public meeting is taking place in Letterkenny this week with a view towards intensifying the Donegal Campaign against the Mercosur trade deal. The event entitled “Stop Mercosur – Protect family farmers & rural communities” is getting underway in the Clanree Hotel in Letterkenny this Thursday at 8.30pm. Midlands North West MEP Matt Carthy
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A Donegal County Councillor has refused to condemn the defacing of signs in the west of the county. In recent weeks, it emerged that a number of signs had the English language translation of the Irish place names sprayed across them. In a statement, Donegal County Council said it is disappointed at the vandalism
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Ireland is contributing to the global problem of plastic pollution. An in-depth study of our coasts and waterways shows just 16 percent are clean. The study of 42 areas was carried out by Irish Business Against Litter and revealed that popular tourists spots like Bundoran in Dingle in Kerry were littered. However, the survey
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There were 20 people awaiting in-patient beds at Letterkenny University Hospital this morning according to the latest trolley watch report. Five people were on trolleys in its Emergency Department while a further 15 were waiting onwards. University Hospital Limerick was the most overcrowded with 50 people waiting there. Nationally there were 414 people at
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Emergency personnel attached to the rescue 118 helicopter have been praised for their swift response to an incident on Arranmore Island at the weekend. It’s understood that a person fell ill on the island on Friday night and the helicopter arrived within minutes to carry out a medical evacuation. The individual was then taken
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It’s anticipated that the first sod of the Sliabh Liag Distillery will be turned later this year after planning permission was granted by Donegal County Council. The new distillery complex, to be located in Ardara, is to include a visitor centre and associated offices, labs, bottling hall, bar tasting and shop areas together with staff
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New figures show that just over six thousand families in Donegal have been awarded the Back to School Clothing and Footwear Allowance for this year – one of the highest allocations in the country. The closing date for receipt of applications for this year’s Back to School Clothing and Footwear Allowance is September 30th,
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The Beef Plan Movement has rejected the deal hammered out between farmers and industry representatives. It says it doesn’t go far enough to deal with real pricing control measures that factories and retailers put on farmers. The agreement reached last week had dealt with some key issues, however farmers had expressed their disappointment that
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Michéal Martin is calling on the Tánaiste to distance himself from what he’s called a “dangerous narrative” over Brexit. It comes following a report in the Sunday Independent, which the Fianna Fail leader says he’s deeply concerned about. It said a senior government source said last week’s border attack on the PSNI had forced
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New research commissioned by InterTradeIreland underlines that while Brexit is looming large in the background for businesses, most firms are opting to pay no attention to its potential impact. Figures from InterTradeIreland’s fresh survey reveal just six per cent of cross-border traders are prepared for cash flow and liquidity issues in the event of
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Donegal Jockey Martin Harley travels to Australia on Wednesday to race during the winter months where he hopes to ride in the Melbourne Spring Carnival. The 30-year-old will be linking up with multiple Group 1 winning trainer Ciaron Maher. Harley who returned home from Honk Kong in June has been riding for John Gosden and
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A 31 year-old man’s been arrested in County Derry on suspicion of a number of offences, including assault and possession of a gun. It’s after a disturbance at a pub on Church Street in Claudy at around half 11 last night. It was reported a man had damaged property in the bar and attacked
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Raphoe ABC’s Leah Gallen is preparing for the European Youth Boxing Championships in Bulgaria from the 2nd to the 11th September. She is among the 19 strong Irish squad and has tasted National Championship success twice this year already. Gallen won bronze at the European Junior Championships last year and aims to better that result
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Division 1 St Eunan’s 1-12 V 1-7 Cloughaneely Milford 2-16 V 1-24 Kilcar (Champions) Bundoran 2-16 V 2-14 Naomh Conaill St Michael’s 1-14 V 1-14 Glenswilly Milford have been relegated to Division 2. Division 2 Killybegs 2-14 V 0-13 Naomh Columba Glenfin 3-13 V 1-14 Four Masters Ardara (Champions) 2-20 V 0-12 Dungloe St Naul’s 1-13
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Brian McCormick Cup Lifford Area Curragh Athletic FC 0 v 5 Castlefin Celtic Lifford Celtic FC 1 v 0 Deele Harps FC Gweedore Area Gweedore Celtic 1 v 3 Glenea United Cranford FC 0 v 1 Keadue Rovers FC Glenree United FC 1 v 5 Gweedore United FC Donegal Area Dunkineely Celtic FC 0 v
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Clubman Shirts League Cup Carn 4 V 1 Culdaff Greencastle 1 V 2 Aileach Illies Celtic 4 V 3 Moville Celtic Buncrana 2 V 0 Carn Cockhill Yth 2 V 2 Greencastle Charlie O Donnell Cup Dunree Utd 1 V 3 Redcastle Utd Greencastle Res 3 V 3 QPS Gleneely Colts 3 V 1 Glengad
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Ireland’s preparations for next month’s rugby union World Cup took a serious blow on Saturday. They suffered their worst ever defeat to England – going down 57-15 at Twickenham. In other Rugby news, North West clubs are gearing up as their season will get underway next week. Highland Radio’s Rugby Correspondent Alex McDonald joined Oisin
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The Finn Harps U17s had to settle for a 1-1 draw on Saturday against Bohemians in Santry. Luke Rudden gave Declan Boyle’s side the lead with nine minutes left but Harps had to settle for a point as Bohs swooped for a late equaliser. Meanwhile, on Saturday there was disappointment at Finn Park for the
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Communities are being left waiting for years for school building projects to get off the ground. That’s the claim from Fianna Fail’s Education Spokesperson, who’s calling on Education Minster Joe McHugh to be ‘upfront’ about any further delays. Deputy Thomas Byrne wants to know if mismanagement of government budgets has put the future of
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Beachgoers are being urged to be vigilant after a young girl got into difficulty while swimming near Murder Hole beach near Downings yesterday. It’s understood that the girl was wave boarding when she was hit by a riptide and dragged under water. A rescue operation ensued, with two men managing to eventually get the
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The HSE is working with Twitter to combat online misinformation about vaccines. According to a report in the Sunday Business Post, the body’s concerned about the role of social media in spreading misinformation. It says a new information campaign will be rolled out on Tuesday ahead of children returning to school and the HSE will
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Derry professional boxer Connor Coyle has moved to 11-0 following his win over Rafael Ramirez last night in California. Ramirez’s corner threw in the towel with 60 seconds left in the second round following an onslaught of punches by the Derry boxer. Coyle scored the first knockdown of the bout late in the first round
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Tyrone’s Kris Meeke finished second at Rally Deutschland in Germany this weekend in his Toyota. It was a Toyota 1-2-3 as he finished 20.8 seconds behind teammate and winner Ott Tanak while Jari-Matti Latvala was third, 15.2 seconds off Meeke’s time. It’s the Dungannon driver’s first podium finish of the year.
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Glengad United are out of the FAI Senior Cup following a 2-0 loss to Waterford at Maginn Park, Buncrana on Saturday evening. It was a game that followed a script that many had predicted – with the League of Ireland Premier Division side controlling the action. It was scoreless at half-time but second half goals
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Glengad United’s historic run in the FAI Senior Cup has come to an end at the hands of Waterford United. The Blues ran out 2-0 winners in the second round clash at Maginn Park, Buncrana on Saturday evening. Glengad were the first Junior team from Donegal to reach the second round of the FAI Cup
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Institute have earned their first point of the season with a 0-0 draw in the North West Derby against Coleraine. Stute may have fancied their chances to get all three points when Coleraine’s Eoin Bradley was sent off but they couldn’t break the deadlock. Next up for Institute is a Irish League Cup tie with
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Sligo Rovers 2-1 Finn Harps U15s Despite leading at the break thanks to a Mark M’buli goal, the Finn Harps U15s ended up with nothing to show from their trip to play Sligo Rovers today. The game, at the Showgrounds, turned against Paul McBride’s boys in the early stages of the second half thanks to quick
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The Donegal All-County Leagues are drawing to a close with most teams across all four divisions down to their last two rounds of games. Kilcar claimed the Division One title a number of weeks ago and Ardara clinched the Division Two title as well as promotion to Division One last weekend. But as Tom Comack
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St. Johnstone’s Tyler Toland has been named on the Republic of Ireland’s Women’s National Team squad for their upcoming UEFA Women’s EURO 2021 Qualifier against Montenegro. Toland, who recently joined Manchester City, was named in Tom O’Connor’s 20 player squad. Ireland’s first Qualifier of the campaign sees Montenegro travel to Tallaght Stadium on September 3rd, with
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Undefeated Derry professional boxer Connor Coyle is in action tonight in Alpine, California. Coyle, who is 10-0 with 3 KOs, headlines the Roy Jones Jr. Promotions Card as he faces Rafael Ramon Ramirez (21-4-2, 4 KOs) in a middleweight bout. The card gets underway at around 2am Irish time on UFC Fight Pass.
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Derry City went out of the FAI Cup on Friday night when they were defeated by Dundalk 3-2 after extra time. The Candystripes were ultimately undone by their former player, Georgie Kelly who netted the winner with only three minutes remaining. The Derry manger Declan Devine spoke to Martin Holmes after the game…
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Serious concern has been raised over the temporary closure of the Donegal Animal Hospital in Letterkenny. The facility, which is owned by Vetcare, a major British chain of veterinarians, cited “challenges in the practice” and referred its customers to other nearby chains. The temporary closure is said to have caused upset among local farmers
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It’s been confirmed that the Derry to London air service is to switch to a different airport. The route operated by Loganair which currently flies to Stansted airport will move to Southend airport. The North’s Transport Secretary has announced that the new Derry to London Public Service Obligation route will be funded until March 2021. The
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Investigations are continuing into an overnight crash in West Donegal. The single vehicle collision happened at Loughanure shortly after 11pm. Emergency services attended the scene and all five male occupants were taken to Letterkenny University Hospital for treatment. Their injuries, while serious, are not thought to be life threatening. Gardai are appealing for witnesses, anyone
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Holders Dundalk were given a fright before securing their place in the last-8 of the FAI Cup last night. With penalties just three-minutes away, Georgie Kelly struck to give the Lilywhites a 3-2 extra time win away to Derry City. Martin Holmes reports from the Brandywell Stadium for Highland Radio Sport…
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Members of Aontu are today holding a Day of Action in Derry and Belfast to highlight new abortion laws which will come into effect later this year. The new laws were included in a measure passed just before the summer recess, which also provides for same sex marriage. Derry City and Strabane District Cllr
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Bus Eireann has moved to clarify that one of their vehicles travelling from Letterkenny to Dublin this week only suffered a minor breakdown. The bus was travelling through Co Tyrone shortly before noon yesterday, just outside Sion Mills when the breakdown happened. A company spokesperson has confirmed that reports of a door falling off
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Main Evening News, Sport, Nuacht and Obituaries Friday August 23rd:
Main Evening News, Sport, Nuacht and Obituaries Friday August 23rd Read More »
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