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Woman makes emotional plea after elderly mother’s house ransacked

  A local woman has made an emotional plea for information after her elderly mother’s home was broken into and ransacked. Thieves targeted the house in Convoy at some stage on Thursday night and Friday morning last making off with a sum of money and jewelry of huge sentimental value. Gardai are continuing their investigation […]

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Donegal’s Finesse represent Ireland at this year’s World Gynaestrada

Donegal’s Finesse Gymnastics Club will have the honour of submitting 13 gymnasts to represent Ireland at this year’s World Gynaestrada. The gymnasts will travel as Ireland’s Gymnastics for All (GFA) National squad. The process of the club being given this honour stems from their previous representation of Gymnastics Ireland (GI) at major events around Europe.

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Cllr McDermott elected new Cathaoirleach of Inishowen MD

  Fianna Fáil Councillor Martin McDermott has been elected the new Cathaoirleach of the Inishowen Municipal District. Councillor McDermott topped the poll in Mays local elections and replaces outgoing Chair Councillor Martin Farren. He will be working closely with Fianna Fáil Councillor Paul Canning who has been announced today as Leas Cathaoirleach. Councillor McDermott says

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Public consultation event on traffic calming plans for Fintown

  A public consultation event is taking place over road improvements and traffic calming plans for Fintown. There are also proposals on the table for improved car parking, signage, public lighting and trees/planting. People are encouraged to have their say with the drop in event taking place this Thursday at the Health and Daycare Centre

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DACC express concern over delayed meeting with Health Minister

  Voluntary group Donegal Action For Cancer Care have said they’re still waiting for a follow up meeting with the Health Minister and other health professionals in relation to Donegal’s Cancer and Health Services. An initial meeting was held on the 6th of March, however a follow up scheduled for 15th April was cancelled a

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What was the point? Cllr hits out over electoral splits

  A Donegal County Councillor has hit out over the decision to create two separate electoral areas for Letterkenny and Milford in last month’s local elections. Despite the areas being split in two, Municipal District meetings for both Letterkenny and Milford are still united as was before. The spilt resulted in some sitting Milford Cllrs

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McConalogue calls for clarification on €50 million beef fund

A Donegal Deputy is calling on the Agriculture Minister to clarify when he first became aware that the €50 million beef fund announced by the European Commission was contingent on production reduction. Fianna Fáil Agriculture Spokesperson Charlie McConalogue believes that farmers were clearly misled pre-election with the government message that the compensation package secured would

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Geography should not dictate access to a consultant – IHCA

The Irish Hospital Consultants Association says geography shouldn’t dictate a patient’s access to a consultant. It’s reacting to details of an un-published HSE report in today’s Sunday Business Post. It notes how the recruitment of consultants here is at crisis point, due to issues around pay and conditions, with small and rural hospitals said to

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Ulster Final Preview – The McHugh View on the battle for the Anglo-Celt Cup

Donegal and Cavan will face off in the 2019 Ulster Senior Football Championship Final on Sunday the 23rd of June in Clones. One man who knows all about the footballing pedigree of both counties is Martin McHugh. The Kilcar man is an All-Ireland SFC winning player with Donegal back in 1992 and he has also

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Ulster Final Preview – The Managers Declan Bonner & Mickey Graham

Donegal are just one victory away from a 10th Ulster Senior Football Championship. Standing in their way of another title and back to back Anglo Celt Cups next Sunday in Clones is Cavan. Donegal were underdogs going into their semi final but an impressive win over Tyrone has them favourites again to win Ulster. Jason

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‘That was a battle and a half’ – Maxi Curran on Donegal Ladies Semi-Final win over Cavan

The Donegal Ladies had to dig deep to overcome Cavan in their Ulster Semi-Final on Saturday evening as it took extra-time for Maxi Curran’s side to book a date with Armagh in the Ulster final. 0-24 v 2-13 was the final score in Killyclogher. Donegal had trailed by 5 points at one point in the

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Donegal Ladies reach Ulster Final after Extra-Time battle with Cavan

The Donegal Ladies will look to defend their Ulster title in the Ulster Ladies Senior Football Championship Final against Armagh on the 30th of June after they overcame Cavan in this evening’s semi-final. Extra-Time was needed to separate the sides as they finished level at the end of normal time when it was; Donegal 0-16

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GAA Preview: Donegal Ladies face Cavan in Ulster semi-final tonight

Donegal will look to take another step towards defending their Ulster Ladies Senior Football Championship crown tonight as they take on Cavan in the Ulster Semi-Final. Maxi Curran’s side overcame Tyrone in the semi-final to book their place in tonight’s game and they hope to book a final date with Armagh on Sunday the 30th

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Roger Brown wins Donegal Ultra 555k as Gaoth Dobhair’s Colm Richardson is third

The 4th edition of the Donegal Ultra 555k race was won by Limavady man Roger Brown in a time of 21 hours 40 minutes and 55 seconds. He finished nearly 42 minutes ahead of second placed Philip Culbert of Dublin (22:22:17), with Gaoth Dobhair’s Colm Richardson finishing in third place overall in 23 hours 16

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Arranmore asks people in US & Australia to consider moving there

Residents on Arranmore have written open letters to people in the US and Australia asking them to consider moving to there. The island has been suffering from population decline for decades, and currently has only 469 residents. Recently, the first offshore digital hub in the country was opened on Arranmore, with residents able to avail

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Garda

118 Gardaí committed breaches of discipline last year

  New Garda figures show 118 gardaí were found to have committed breaches of discipline last year. There were 13 serious breaches, including abuse of official communications, and criminal conduct. According to details released by An Garda Siochána, under the Freedom of Information Act, 118 members were found to have committed breaches of discipline last

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Cllr John O’Donnell elected Cathaoirleach of Letterkenny MD

Cllr John O’Donnell has been elected Cathaoirleach of the Letterkenny/Milford Municipal District.  He replaces fellow Independent Cllr Ian McGarvey as Mayor for this coming year. Numerous Cllrs paid tribute to outgoing Mayor McGarvey with Cllr Ciaran Brogan commenting that age was no barrier but only a number.  O’Donnell topped the poll in the Milford Electoral

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Kevin Bradley elected as Leas Cathaoirleach of Letterkenny/Milford

Independent Cllr Kevin Bradley has been elected as Leas Cathaoirleach of the Letterkenny MD. The newly elected Cllr polled exceptionally well in last months local elections in the Letterkenny electoral area. New to how it all works, Cllr Bradley says he’s looking forward to the exciting challenges that lie ahead:

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