Outgoing Midlands North West MEP Marian Harkin says Brexit is the product of an internal row in the British Conservative Party, in which an elite group of people are acting without any regard for the impact their actions are having on other people. Speaking after announcing her intention not to seek re-election, Ms Harkin said […]
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A new Friendship Charter has been signed between Letterkenny Municipal District and West Dunbartonshire Council in Scotland. The signing took place at a special event in Clydebank at the weekend, attended by Mayor Ian Mc Garvey and Donegal County Council Director of Service, Liam Ward. In the charter, which wasm signed at the weekend, both
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Investigations are continuing into a spate of break-ins in Donegal over the past week. Two properties in Backrock Drive in Ballybofey were targeted in the early hours of Wednesday morning last. While efforts to gain entry to one house failed, thieves made off with a handbag, a sum of money and items with sentimental
Local business ransacked in spate of burglaries across Donegal Read More »
Donegal celebrated their return to the top tier in the Allianz National Football league with a two point victory over Meath in the Division 2 Final last weekend. The focus in the camp has now switched to championship mode with Donegal starting the defence of their title against Fermanagh in seven weeks time at Brewster
People with autism live an average of 18 years less than those who aren’t on the autistic spectrum. Today is World Autism Day and a motion’s being brought before the Dail aiming to implement an Autism Empowerment Strategy. The Sinn Fein proposal’s being supported by advocacy group As I Am. Cllr Jack Murray says
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There were seven people awaiting in-patient beds at Letterkenny University Hospital this morning, four of them on Emergency Department trolleys. That’s an increase of one on yesterday’s figure. Nationally, the INMO says there were 571 admitted patients awaiting beds, the largest number, 70, at Cork University Hospital.
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Serious concern has been raised over what’s been described as a severe lack of supply of social housing in Donegal while the waiting list continues to grow. In a statement the local authority say that a variety of turnkey developments across the county are progressing while a programme of single house acquisitions are also
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The EA Sports Cup continues tonight with holders Derry City welcoming Longford Town to the Ryan McBride Brandywell Stadium. With a busy schedule ahead over the next few weeks, changes are expected in the Derry camp. Jamie McDonagh is available again after a four game ban while Patrick McClean could feature. The game is sandwiched
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Residents are being urged to take part in the Big Inishowen Spring Clean Up which takes place this weekend. The event gets underway this Saturday and will run throughout the course of the morning. Equipment will be available for picking up litter on the day while Donegal County Council will also have crews available
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Finn Harps are through to the quarter finals of the EA Sports Cup. The match winning goal, from Stephen Doherty on his debut, in the 2-1 win over Sligo Rovers at Finn Park came at the start of extra-time. Both goals in normal time came minutes from the end.Mark Coyle put Harps 1-0 in the
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Frost and ice has affected many parts of the country overnight. A status yellow warning is in place for Donegal,Connacht, Cavan, Monaghan, Longford and Louth until this afternoon. Some hail, sleet and snow is also expected in places. Drivers are being advised to take extra care on the roads this morning.
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Donegal’s latest Lotto winner will claim his winnings today. 23 year old Odhran Doherty from Glebe, Letterkenny won €1 million after his numbers came up in the Lotto Plus 1 draw on Saturday night. The winnning ticket was sold in Barclay’s Newsagents, Raphoe, making it the third big win for the town.
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Researchers examining the history of mother and baby homes and Magdalene Laundries in the North have made a final appeal for anyone who may have knowledge relating to the Good Shepherd Convent in Derry. The project was commissioned by the Department of health in response to calls from campaign groups for an investigation into serious
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Finn Harps took their first win of the year on Monday night as they beat neighbours Sligo Rovers 2-1 after extra time in the EA Sports Cup. Diarmaid Doherty reports from Finn Park for Highland Radio Sport…
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Main Evening News, Sport and Obituaries Monday April 1st:
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The top judo players in Northern Ireland and a host of international talent will descend on the North West this weekend as the 2019 Northern Ireland Judo Open takes place in the Foyle Arena on Saturday 6th and Sunday 7th April. Over 500 competitors will share the Tatami at all age groups and levels from
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The biggest event on the local angling calendar looks set to attract hundreds of visitors this weekend when the North West Angling Fair is hosted in and around the spectacular setting of Castlederg Castle. The family friendly event hosted by Derry City and Strabane District Council is free admission and is set to bring together
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History will be made later this evening as the 2019 Donegal Snooker Championships gets underway at the North West Snooker Club in Letterkenny. Mini Morris from Bundoran will become the first woman player to take to part in the championships. She’s up against Shaun Bonner from Dungloe in the preliminary round. The tournament will see
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A Donegal Councillor has called for the return of a regional health administration model, saying centralising everything in Dublin is vausing major probems. Cllr Ian Mc Garvey, Mayor of the Letterkenny Municipal District, says for the past week, he’s been trying to help a woman resolve an issue with her medical card, but he’s encountering
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New car registrations in Donegal are down just over 9%. Latest figures from the Society of the Irish Motor Industry show that this year to date, 1,388 new cars have been registered in the county, down from 1,531 during the same period the previous year. Meanwhile, nationally, new car registrations are down 5.6% compared to
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A Donegal Deputy is calling on the Minister for Health to allocate additional funding to the Home Care Service in County Donegal. It comes as latest figures have revealed that there were 215 clients awaiting home help in the county as of the end of January. Deputy Charlie McConalogue says there’s a situation escalating
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Detectives in Derry are continuing to appeal for information following a pipe bomb explosion. It happened at around 2am yesterday morning in the front garden of a house in Montgomery Close. No damage was caused to the property, however police say those inside the house were very lucky to escape injury. Chief Inspector Johnny
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A Donegal Senator has reiterated his warning that Brexit poses a huge threat to jobs and border communities. Senator Padraig MacLochlainn was speaking after a well-attended Border Communities Against Brexit protest at Bridgend over the weekend. Meanwhile a Sinn Féin delegation is travelling to Brussels today to meet Michel Barnier and other European leaders
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Independent MEP Marian Harkin will not contest the next European Parliament Election. In a statement, she says she has served the people of the Midlands, North and West constituency for three terms and believes she has made a contribution in the most positive way. The MEP also says she still has a huge interest in
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A Donegal County Councillor is calling for a major overhaul in the commercial rates collection system. It comes as figures from Donegal County Council show the collection performance from businesses increased by a margin of 2% from 2017 to 2018. The data also indicates that arrears are down by over 2 million euro. However
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There’s to be a dramatic drop in temperature this week compared to last week’s high of 17 degrees. Met Eireann has warned there’ll be night-time lows of minus 1, with some wintry showers expected. Forecaster Vincent O’Shea says some areas may even see snow.
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Graeme McDowell’s claimed his first title since 2015 with victory in the Corales Championship in the Dominican Republic. McDowell carded five birdies and two bogeys in a closing 69 to finish 18 under par, a shot ahead of Canada’s Mackenzie Hughes and American Chris Stroud. The victory gives the Ulster man a two-year exemption on
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A Donegal Deputy is urging holders of UK Drivers Licences to immediately make arrangements to exchange it for an Irish Licence. The 12th of April has been announced as a cut of point for the exchange unless further delays to the Brexit process are agreed. In the event of a no deal Brexit, no
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Funding of almost €173,000 has been announced for works on six harbours and slipways across the county. It comes as part of a national €2.2 million euro package announced by Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine Michael Creed, which will be shared across Donegal and 11 other local authorities. The package provides funding
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The cost of house prices both in Donegal and across the country are continuing to rise. Latest figures from Daft.ie’s Q1 House Price Report show the cost of a house in Donegal was 5% higher in the first three months of 2019 than the same time last year. Latest figures from Daft.ie’s quarterly house price
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Funding is being made available for the use of drones to tackle illegal dumping. The Environment Minister says 3 million euro will go towards the Anti-Dumping Initiative – 50 per cent more than last year. It’ll fund special collections for items like mattresses as well as an increased emphasis on targeting blackspots. Richard Bruton
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Ronan Curtis returned from injury on Sunday to help Portsmouth win the CheckatradeTrophy for the first time at Wembley. Pompey came from behind to force extra-time and took the lead with five minutes to go, before Aiden McGeady’s second goal of the game sent the tie to spot kicks. Portsmouth triumphed 5-4 on penalties, with
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It’s been another busy weekend of athletics action. The Women’s Run Donegal 5k was held on Sunday while there was success for north west athletes at the World Masters and National Juveniles. Patsy McGonagle wrapped up the action on Sunday Sport…
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Cockhill Celtic and Letterkenny Rovers shared the spoils in the top of the table Ulster Senior League clash on Sunday afternoon. It means both sides stay joint top with Cockhill having a game in hand. Chris Ashmore reports on the 0-0 draw at the Charlie O’Donnell Grounds… Cockhill Manager Gavin Cullen felt they shoud of
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Ulster’s Heineken Champions Cup campaign ended in heartbreak on Saturday night at the Aviva Stadium losing 21-18 to Leinster. The reign champions were pushed right to the wire in a highly intensive clash in Dublin. A Ross Byrne penalty nine minutes from time sent Leinster to the semi finals. They will play the winners of
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The town of Raphoe could be Ireland’s luckiest town. It’s after the winning million euro Lotto Plus 1 ticket was sold in Barclay’s Newsagents. The winning numbers were 8 11 16 18 20 46 and the bonus number was 40. This win comes after two other lotto wins in the town already this year. National
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A West-Tyrone MLA is calling for a zero tolerance approach against attacks on ambulance crew and other health service personnel. Sinn Féin MLA Catherine Kelly has said those on the front line of the health service must be afforded maximum protection. It comes following an assault on female ambulance crew member in Enniskillen last week.
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Finn Harps manager Ollie Horgan will make personnel changes for tomorrow night’s EA Sports Cup second round game against Sligo Rovers in Ballybofey (kick-off 8.00). A couple of those changes will be enforced with John Kavanagh joining a lengthening injury list while Mark Coyle is suspended after being sent-off against Waterford on Friday night. “John
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Over 700 took part in this morning’s RunDonegal Women’s 5k which was held through the Twin Towns. 706 took the starter’s gun which was fired by Triathlon Ireland Development Officer and motivational speaker, Nikki Bradley. Conditions for the event were perfect. The race was won by Leoni Mullen in 19:15, with Karen Gallagher second in
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Police in the North are investigating a pipe bomb explosion in Derry. It happened at around 2am this morning in the front garden of a house in Montgomery Close. No damage was caused to the property, however police say those inside the house were very lucky to escape injury. Detectives investigating the incident are appealing
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Donegal Jockey Martin Harley has taken his second win in Hong Kong. Earlier today, the Trentagh man tasted success for his first win at the Sha Tin course. He rode Indigenous Star to victory at 5/1 in the Kat O Hoi Handicap for Trainer PF Yiu. At the start of March his guided High Five
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Donegal celebrated their return to the top tier in the Allainz National Football league with a two point victory over Meath in the Division 2 Final on Saturday. A good night for Donegal at Croker Park and a memorable night for Neil McGee. The Gaoth Dobhair full back broke the record for Donegal appearances on
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Donegal beat Meath to win the Allianz National Football League title at Croke Park before a crowd of over 23,000. Donegal came from being five points adrift at half time to win by two, 1-17 to 1-15, and two of their key players were Hugh McFadden and Ryan McHugh. McFadden noted how Donegal have a
Donegal manager Declan Bonner has praised his team for the way that they came from being five points down at the break to winning the Division 2 final at Croke Park. The second half display was particularly pleasing. After the game he spoke with Oisin Kelly to outline his views.
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Michael Murphy was understandably delighted as Donegal lifted the Allianz National Football League Division 2 title by beating Meath 1-17 to 1-15 at Croke Park. He praised his team-mates as they had to come from behind. Donegal played particularly well in the second half. And as he told Oisin Kelly he is hoping that
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Derry star Shane McGuigan had plenty of reasons to be happy after playing a major role in his side’s 0-20 to 0-16 win over Leitrim in the Allianz Division 4 Final at Croke Park. He was very much to the fore in the second half. His tally for the game was 0-6, with two from
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Michael Murphy was the man of the match for Donegal in their 1-17 to 1-15 defeat of Meath in the Allianz National Football League Division 2 Final at Croke Park. Highland Radio match analyst Brendan Kilcoyle was full of praise for the big Glenswilly man who scored seven points. He also highlighted other positives from
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Donegal are the Allianz National Football League Division 2 Champions. They beat Meath 1-17 to 1-15 in the final at Croke Park. Meath had the better of the first half and raced into a 1-6 to 0-1 lead inside 12 minutes with Thomas O’Reilly getting their goal. Indeed, they led by eight at one
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Derry lifted the Allianz National Football League Division 4 title after coming from behind to beat a spirited Leitrim. Leitrim led by 0-6 to 0-3 early on by but at half-time Derry had moved into a 0-10 to 0-7 lead and they never looked back. in the end they won by 0-20 to 0-16. After
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Former Donegal star Brendan Devenney believes that Donegal can win this afternoon’s Allianz National Football League Division 2 Final against Meath at Croke Park. He gave his thoughts on the game to Oisin Kelly at Croke Park as the build-up continued.
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