Sinn Féin leader, Mary Lou McDonald, has urged the government to stand firm on the issue of a Brexit backstop. The EU’s Chief Brexit negotiator, Michel Barnier, has told a Spanish newspaper he believes British Prime Minister Theresa May won’t be able to secure a withdrawal agreement before the exit date on the 29th of […]
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Extreme North’s ‘Shore2Summit’ Adventure Race is back again this year and takes place on the 16th of March. There are three different races to choose from; a Mini 22k Race, a Sprint 41k race or the Extreme Race which is 62k. Harold McGuinness joined Pauric Hilferty on Sunday Sport and told him all about the
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After a challenging physical battle and the disappointment of defeat against Sligo Rovers in Ballybofey, Finn Harps manager Ollie Horgan has been focusing on player recovery ahead of tomorrow night’s League of Ireland Premier Division game against Shamrock Rovers at the Tallaght Stadium (kick-off 8.00). Harry Ascroft and Mark Timlin have been joined on the
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Tyrone have moved up to 4th in the standings in Division 1 of the National Football League following their 1-15 v 0-09 win over Cavan at Healy Park in Omagh on Saturday night. Tyrone led by double scores at half-time, 0-08 v 0-04, and then Peter Harte scored a goal for Mickey Harte’s side
Tyrone beat Cavan to move up to 4th in Division 1 – FT Report & Reaction Read More »
Donegal had a 1-09 v 0-11 win over Armagh in Division 2 of the National Football League on Saturday night. Michael Murphy scored the only goal of the game on his return to action while Leo McLoone picked up the Man of the Match award in his first start this year. Donegal can now look
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Donegal had a one point win over Armagh in trying conditions at MacCumhaill Park, Ballybofey on Saturday night. 1-09 v 0-11 was the final score with a returning Michael Murphy scoring Donegal’s goal – a score which proved to be the all-important one at the end of 70 minutes. Leo McLoone made his first start
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Mark English has qualified for the Men’s 800m Final at the European Indoors Championships following some controversy in the Semi-Final in Glasgow. English had initially finished 5th overall due to a collision during the race, but the British athlete in the race was disqualified which meant the Letterkenny runner was ‘Qualified by Referee’. That decision
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The Donegal Ladies have kept their 100% record in this year’s LIDL Ladies National Football League intact by beating Tipperary in Convoy on Sunday by 3-11 v 3-09 and barring some very unfortunate circumstances, should have a spot in the semi-finals. Karen Guthrie, Roisin Friel and Geraldine McLaughlin all found the back of the net
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The Donegal Ladies are top of Division 1 of the LIDL Ladies National Football League following their 3-11 v 3-09 win over Tipperary on Saturday. Karen Guthrie, Roisin Friel and Geraldine McLaughlin scored the goals for Donegal, which were all needed as a late fight back from Tipperary nearly undid Donegal’s 100% League record this
Donegal top Division 1 of Ladies NFL after win over Tipp Read More »
Omagh were 32-25 winners over City of Derry in their All-Ireland League Division 2C clash on Saturday. Alex McDonald was there for Highland Radio Sport…
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Voodoo Venue Cup Quarter-Final: Fintown Harps AFC 3 v 2 Keadue Rovers Reserves Saturday Division One: St. Catherine’s Reserves 0 v 7 Arranmore United Glencar Celtic 4 v 2 Oldtown Celtic Saturday Division Two: Drumbar FC 3 v 0 Gweedore Celtic Reserves Drumoghill FC Reserves 2 v 3 Kildrum Tigers Reserves – Kildrum Tigers are
Donegal Junior League Results 02/03/19 – Kildrum Tigers are Division 2 Champions Read More »
Mark English competes in the 800m Semi-Finals at the European Indoors in Glasgow this evening after winning his heat yesterday. Sommer Lecky did not qualify for the High-Jump Final after she competed in the qualifers last night. Patsy McGonagle joined Kenny Harkin on Saturday Sport to review the action so far…
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Derry have the maximum 10 points from 5 games in Division 4 of the National Football League following their latest win over Limerick on Saturday, which means their spell in Division 4 is over after one year. 0-13 v 1-05 was the final score down in the Gaelic Grounds in Limerick with Derry’s second half
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Tyrone are looking for their second win in five games in Division 1 of the National Football League when they take on Cavan tonight at Healy Park in Omagh. The Red Hands have just 3 points from 4 games and are just one point ahead of tonight’s opponents. Former Tyrone All-Star defender John Lynch looks
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Donegal Councillor Barry O’Neill has stepped down as representative for the South Donegal Municipal District at last night’s Fine Gael Convention in Donegal Town. The Ballyshannon man was first elected in 2004, and topped the poll in 2009 with 2,100 first preference votes. He served twice as deputy mayor of Donegal County Council and stood
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Mark English has won in fine style at the European Indoor Athletics Championships in Glasgow. The twice European medalist took victory in the heats of the men’s 800 metres. He’s told Will Downing he hasn’t felt as good as this in years… Sommer Lecky however did not make it to the Women’s High-Jump Final,
English progresses in Glasgow but Lecky misses out Read More »
A Fine Gael TD has criticised Facebook for allowing anti-vaccination ‘propaganda’ to be aimed at parents. Kate O’Connell says they urgently need to address the issue as children’s lives are being put at risk. It comes as the latest figures show that cases of measles in Ireland last year increased by almost 250 percent, while
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Members of Letterkenny Road Policing Unit have seized a car after it turned away from a Garda checkpoint. Gardaí chased the Ford Focus into a farm yard before it emerged the driver was an unoccupied learner and the car had no ‘L’ plates on display. The car was seized and a fixed charge penalty notice
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A Donegal woman has started a campaign after discovering she can’t get to college in Sligo because her local bus can’t accommodate her wheelchair. Bus Eireann has confirmed that Ballyshannon to Sligo is not a wheelchair-accessible route. Victoria Matthews says the problem is common in many rural parts of Ireland and she’s already collected nearly
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Derry City and Strabane District Council has teamed up with nursing students from Ulster University in a bid to increase awareness of the role healthcare professionals have in helping communities prepare for the impact of storms, heatwaves and flooding due to climate change. Derry City and Strabane District council is leading a cutting-edge climate adaptation
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A Donegal Deputy says he is alarmed at the lack of urgency by Minister Michael Creed in solving the calf export blockages and lairage capacity issues. Deputy Charlie McConalogue says given the crisis in the beef sector coupled with Brexit on the horizon and the large oversupply in the market currently, the Agriculture Minister should
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Finn Harps lost out by two goals to nil to Sligo Rovers on Friday night at Finn Park in their North West Derby in the SSE Airtricity League Premier Division. Sligo went 2-0 up with goals from Romeo Parkes and Kris Twardek with Daniel O’Reilly getting Harps only goal of the game. After the match,
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Derry City had their first draw of the 2019 Premier Division Season with Cork City at Turner’s Cross on Friday night. The Candystripes haven’t won at Turner’s Cross since 2013 and just once in the past 28 visits to Cork. Ciaran Coll started the game as Declan Devine was forced to change his team around
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Finn Harps lost out to Sligo Rovers in Friday night’s North West Derby at Finn Park by two goals to one. Romeo Parkes and Kris Twardek scored for the Bit O’Red while Harps’ only goal came from Daniel O’Reilly. Diarmaid Doherty reports for Highland Radio Sport…
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Main Evening News, Sport, Nuacht and Obituaries Friday March 1st:
Main Evening News, Sport, Nuacht and Obituaries Friday March 1st Read More »
A significant new building project for Pobalscoil Ghaoth Dobhair has been given the go ahead. Minister for Education and Skills Joe McHugh has confirmed that the school will receive four new classrooms, old prefabs will be taken off the site, a new science lab will be developed and a special education base as well as
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New car registrations in Donegal are down almost 11.5%. In the first two months of this year there were 1063 new cars registered in the county, down from 1201 registered in the same period last year. Overall, according to the Society of the Irish Motor Industry new car sales are down 12.2% year on year.
New car registrations down 11.49% in Donegal Read More »
It’s been claimed that the future of Lifford Community Hospital is still in limbo after the HSE refused yet again to commit to its long term future. At this week’s Regional Health Forum meeting, Cllr Gerry Crawford sought a commitment from the HSE that should future census figures demonstrate the viability of services there, would
HSE refuses to commit to long term future of Lifford Community Hospital Read More »
John Downey is to be extradited from the Republic of Ireland, the High Court has ordered today. The Donegal man and alleged IRA bomber is wanted there to face charges in relation to the murders of two British soldiers who died in a bomb attack in Enniskillen in 1972. In November, John Downey was arrested
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Midlands Northwest MEP Matt Carthy is visiting Donegal today for a number of engagements. He will speak at Donegal Sinn Féin’s AGM this evening at 7.30pm in Dillion’s Hotel, Letterkenny. Prior to the AGM the Sinn Féin MEP will visit with many representatives of Donegal’s tourism and enterprise sector as well as social enterprise Spraoi
Carthy to address rural neglect in Donegal visit today Read More »
In the fourth programme of the second series of Night Night North West recorded at Bundoran Community Library: Terance Mc Anerney reads Favourite Rhymes from an Irish Childhood by Sarah Webb and Claire Ranson, illustrated by Steve Mc Carthy, Terence is joined by the pupils of St. Mc Cartan’s National School, Bundoran
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Action needs to be taken to halt the surge in the number of measles cases in the country, according to Unicef Ireland. At least 21 cases of measles have been notified to the HSE since the beginning of 2019; seven cases are confirmed and the remainder are under investigation. Seven were linked to the
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A 32-year-old man who admitted dangerous driving causing the deaths of three Donegal women in a road crash on the N2 in Co Louth has been sentenced to six years in jail, with two years suspended. According to today’s Irish Independent, Dundalk Circuit Criminal Court heard yesterday that Jason Rowntree, of Plantation House, Kingscourt,
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The Harps U17s squad will begin their National League season this Saturday when they host Shelbourne at the Club’s Academy’s grounds in Killygordon (kick-off 2.00). Manager Declan Boyle did a tremendous job with the U17s squad who did that historic League and Cup double. Repeating that feat would be unbelievable but and Boyle acknowledges that
Harps U17s kick-off National League against Shels Read More »
The Government has confirmed that twenty extra Gardai are to be deployed to Donegal. It’s understood that there will be 15 new recruits and five experienced Gardai arriving to the county in the coming weeks. They will be distributed among the Milford, Letterkenny, Buncrana and Donegal Town districts. Former Mayor of Donegal, Noel McBride
Donegal to get 20 extra Gardai in coming weeks Read More »
After back to back defeats at the hands of Tipperary and Fermanagh in the National League, Donegal will seek to find their way again on Saturday night against Armagh in Ballybofey. A win could send them back into a promotion battle while another defeat would leave them in a relegation fight. Paddy McGrath is expected
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Tyrone champions Coalisland have been handed a tough first defence of their title, after being drawn to face Ardboe in this year’s first round. Thursday night’s draw threw up a number of attractive ties, the pick of them the local derby clash of Dromore and Trillick. The Tyrone Championship is renowned as the most competitive
Tyrone Club Championship draw throws up big ties Read More »
John Downey is due to find out today if he’s going to be surrendered to authorities in Northern Ireland. The alleged IRA bomber is wanted there to face charges in relation to the murders of two British soldiers who died in the Enniskillen bombing in 1972. Two soldiers from the Ulster Defence Regiment died when
High Court to decide on extradition of John Downey today Read More »
A new planning application has been submitted to Donegal County Council for a five-screen cinema in Donegal Town. The application for the 714 seater cinema has been submitted by WJ Dolan Construction. Planning for the development was previously refused but the rezoning of the land under the Seven Strategic Towns Local Area Plan has
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Donegal Connect will be launched today at Donegal Airport, Carrickfinn. The new initiative being rolled out is a 10 day event running from September 27th to October 6th which aims to strengthen links with Donegal people both locally and abroad and encourage them to connect again with the county. Donegal County Council’s Director of
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Concern has been raised over possible gaps in nursing and midwifery due to imminent retirements. At this weeks Regional Health Forum meeting the HSE was questioned on what strategy is in place to ensure adequate nursing and midwives personnel into the future. Councillor Gerry McMonagle says nurses themselves are concerned at possible gaps in
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Six historic towns across the country are set to receive one million euro in funding for heritage-led regeneration. It follows a joint initiative of the Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht and the Heritage Council. Letterkenny, Ballina, Boyle, Kilrush, Navan and Nenagh will split the million euro fund between them. Virgina Teehan –
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Three Donegal players were part of the successful Republic of Ireland youth home based side which lifted the John Coughlan Cup in Wales this week. Milford’s Rory O’Donnell and Buncrana duo Aaron McDaid and Mark McFadden started both games. On Tuesday, Ireland won the first game 1-0 and followed that with a 3-2 victory on
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Finn Harps renew their rivalry with Sligo Rovers on Friday night when the Bit O’Red come to Ballybofey. Harry Ascroft and Mark Timlin remain on the Harps injury list and miss out again while Sam Todd has emerged as a doubt. For Sligo, Ballybofey native Johnny Dunleavy will have a late fitness test along with
Sligo Rovers have quality – Ollie Horgan Read More »
After Monday’s win over Waterford at the Brandywell, Derry City have their longest trip of the year on Friday night away to Cork City. Conor McDermott and Gianni Seraf have been added to the squad for the game at Turners Cross. Derry Manager Declan Devine says they have to go to Cork with the belief
Declan Devine says Derry will go to Cork with belief Read More »
The European Indoor Athletic Championships start on Friday with north west athletes Mark English and Sommer Lecky set for qualifying action in the evening session. English, who was a silver medalist at the 2015 European Indoors in Prague goes in the 800m heats just before 8pm. The Letterkenny man has been in good form ahead
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Republic of Ireland Women’s National Team secured an impressive 0-0 draw against Wales on Thursday afternoon in Spain. Donegal’s Tyler Toland started the game in Marbella while Amber Barrett was introduced with just over a half hour left in the second half. Barrett had the games best opportunity and should have put Ireland ahead in
Toland and Barrett line out in Ireland draw with Wales Read More »
Main Evening News, Sport and Obituaries Thursday February 28th:
Main Evening News, Sport and Obituaries Thursday February 28th Read More »
Friday night’s northwest derby at Finn Park between Finn Harps and Sligo Rovers sees the continuation of a busy period for Harps. It’s a hectic start to the campaign, Harps have a trip to Shamrock Rovers brought forward to Monday and then they entertain Cork City in Ballybofey the following Friday which will mean they
Ollie Horgan says schedule is daunting for Harps Read More »
The National Broadband Plan isn’t guaranteed to go ahead until the contracts are signed, according to the Taoiseach. Leo Varadkar has said it’s government policy that the programme should continue. The final tender for the contract to provide broadband to rural areas is being examined at the moment. Taoiseach Leo Varadkar couldn’t guarantee that it
Deputy Doherty challenges Taoiseach over Broadband plan Read More »
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