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Tyrone through to Ulster SFC Semi-Finals with win over Antrim – FT Report & Reaction

Tyrone had a 14 point win over Antrim in the Ulster Senior Football Championship Quarter-Final on Saturday evening to book a semi-final date with either Fermanagh or Donegal. 2-23 v 2-09 was the final score and Tyrone led by the same margin at half-time when it was 1-16 v 0-05. Tyrone’s goals came from Tiernan

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Final tallies in for Glenties – potential battle for last seats

    The final tallies are in for the Glenties Electoral area which show Cllr Michael Cholm MacGiolla Easbuig in the lead.  Cllr John Sheamus O’Fearraigh comes in second with 11.5%. Cllr Marie Therese Gallagher is at 9% while Fine Gael candidate Michael McClafferty, FF candidate Noreen McGarvey and Cllr Seamus O’Domhnaill are all coming

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Latest tallies indicate it could be as you were in Stranorlar/Lifford

  The latest tallies from the Stranorlar/Lifford electoral area have sitting Cllr Gary Doherty in the lead with 17.5%. Just under half of the boxes for this area have been open so far so it’s early doors. The tallies do however indicate that all sitting Cllrs, Gerry Crawford, Liam Doherty, Martin Harley, Frank McBrearty and

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Early tallies for Stranorlar/Lifford showing Harley performing well

    Boxes are beginning to be sorted from the newly named Lifford/Stranorlar Municipal District with early tallies indicating that Fine Gael Cllr Martin Harley could top the poll. So far, the sitting Cllr has 22.6% of the vote followed by Fianna Fail Cllr Patrick McGowan with 16.6%. Cllr Frank McBrearty who is running for

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Elections 2019

Questions over how accurate tally figures are in the Count Centre which parties feel are inaccurate. This could leave everything to play for @highlandradio@highlandnews #highlandLK19 — Oisin Kelly (@OisinLFKelly) May 25, 2019

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Harps U15s & U17s Previews

Harps U15s host Sligo Rovers in Ballyare The Finn Harps U15s will look to get the better of Sligo Rovers when the two sides meet  this afternoon in the National Elite Northern Section at the Diamond Park in Ballyare (kick-off 2.00). Both sides have had good campaigns to date. Paul McBride’s men picked up three valuable points

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Michelle McKenna says disappointing poll is ‘soul destroying’

Local election candidate for South Inishowen Michelle McKenna has said her latest tally result in the local election count is soul destroying. It’s after it was indicated the Fine Gael candidate received only approximately 4% of first preferences during voting yesterday. All tallies are subject to change as official counting gets underway tomorrow. She gave

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Trends beginning to show in Inishowen and Letterkenny areas

Tallies are well underway at the Aura Leisure Center in Letterkenny as ballot boxes from all over Donegal are opened. Latests reports are that boxes from Buncrana, Carndonagh and some of Letterkenny have been opened. It’s been suggested as tallies got underway in Inishowen that Cllr Paul Canning could top the poll. Tallies in South Inishowen

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National Slow Down day sees two notable detections in Donegal

The Gardaí have thanked all those involved in and supported their National Slow Down campaign which ran yesterday. In total during the 24 hours between 7am yesterday and the same time this morning, An Garda Síochána and GoSafe checked 195,768 vehicles and detected 304 vehicles travelling in excess of the applicable speed limit. Of those,

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Anger after suspected arson attack at Derry parochial house

There’s been widespread shock and anger after a suspected arson attack caused extreme damage to garages attached to a parochial house in Derry. The blaze broke out at the property at the Holy Family Church in Ballymagroarty last night. The garages were completely destroyed by the fire with windows of the parochial house and a

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PSNI, Police, Northern Ireland

Man arrested in Strabane in dissident republican investigation

A 32 year old man has been arrested in the Strabane area under the Terrorism Act by detectives from PSNI’s Terrorism Investigation Unit. The man was arrested on suspicion of membership of a proscribed organisation as part of an ongoing investigation into dissident republican activity linked to the New IRA. He was also arrested in

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Mental Health Commission finds serious issues at Sligo facility

The mental-health watchdog has found serious issues with a facility in Sligo. It wasn’t in good condition, inside or out. The Mental Health Commission carried out its annual inspection of the Sligo/Leitrim Mental Health Inpatient Unit in Sligo town. The 32-bed premises was deemed ‘noncompliant’, with a ‘high-risk’ rating. The watchdog claimed it wasn’t in

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Harps and Derry camps react to Derry’s North West Derby win

Derry City were much the superior side when they face Finn Harps on Friday night at the Brandywell stadium. They defeated the visitors by four goals to nil – three of those coming from Ciaron Harkin and another from Junior Ogedi Uzukwe. After the match Diarmaid Doherty spoke with Harps boss Ollie Horgan and Tony McNamee

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Derry much too strong for Harps at the Brandywell – FT Report

Derry City were 4-0 winners over Finn Harps on Friday night in their SSE Airtricity League Premier Division clash at the Brandywell Stadium. A hat-trick from Ciaron Harkin and one from Junior Ogedi Uzukwe gave Derry a comfortable win in the first of 2 games between the sides in 4 days. The loss also means that Harps

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Donegal’s biggest multimedia outlet to deliver unrivaled Election coverage

With 85 candidates, 37 seats and an electorate of 132,000 it will be a busy weekend as we found out the make-up of the new Donegal County Council. With coverage onair, online and across social media staying with Highland Radio, Donegal’s Number 1 multimedia platform, means you won’t miss a thing. The separation of votes

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Theresa May confirms she is stepping down as British Prime Minister

Theresa May will step down as Conservative leader on June 7th. Amid mounting internal party pressure she has decided to step down – and will stay on as Prime Minister until a new Tory leader is elected. Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has praised Mrs May for her determination, tenacity and courage in difficult times. Political Correspondent

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Funding opportunities for Culture, Creative and Local Legacy initiatives

  Donegal County has announced funding opportunities for Culture, Creative and Local Legacy initiatives. Groups are being invited to apply for funding to Donegal County Council under two grant schemes currently open namely the Donegal Culture & Creativity Grants Scheme and the Local Legacies 1919/2019 grant scheme. These funding opportunities are being made available through

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