Councillor Martin Harley has been elected as the new Chairperson of the Donegal ETB. One of the largest education and training providers in the county, Donegal ETB manages 15 out of the county’s 27 post-primary schools and is the largest provider for Further Education and Training in the county. Councillor Harley, looking towards his […]
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Loch an Lúir Cup Result St Eunan’s College 6-10 (28) St Marys CBS Belfast 2-05 (11) St Eunan’s College Letterkenny progressed to the semi finals of the Loch an Lúir Cup as group winners with a comfortable win over St Mary’s of Belfast on Monday. The Letterkenny side played with a strong breeze in the
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Derry City’s poor run of form continued on Monday night as they lost out 2-1 to already relegated Bray Wanderers at the Carlisle Grounds. A John Sullivan goal five minutes into added time handed the Seagulls the victory. Dean Shiels had opened the scoring early on for Derry but the results leaves the Candystripes with
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A 51 year old man arrested in the Creggan area of Derry earlier today under the Terrorism Act has been released unconditionally. The man was arrested by detectives from PSNI’s Terrorism Investigation Unit on suspicion of carrying out a paramilitary style attack in the city on October 5th
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Main Evening News, Sport and Obituaries Monday October 22nd:
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Irish Water is working to repair a burst water main in East Donegal. A major supply outage is being experienced in Killygordon, Castlefin, Ballybofey and surrounding areas. The utility says a traffic management plan will be in operation for the duration of works which due to be complete by 10pm tonight. They are advising householders
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A 51 year old man has been arrested in Derry today under the Terrorism Act. The man was arrested in the Creggan area of the city by detectives from the PSNI’s Terrorism Investigation Unit on suspicion of carrying out a paramilitary style attack in the city on 5 October. The arrest followed a search on
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Minister John Halligan has once again failed to honour a commitment given to resolve the school transport issue for students in the Kilmacrennan and Termon areas. Reassurances were given last week that arrangements would be made to provide an additional bus for the students wishing to attend school in Milford after an initial pledge was
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Its hoped work to repair the Ivy Bridge in Cloghan will be complete before Christmas. Donegal County Council says the fixing of the collapse and the reopening of the bridge is being treated as a priority with phase 1 of works due to commence in the coming weeks. Initial works will aim to ensure the
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A three-way playoff will be needed to decide the champions and the two sides that will be promoted in Division 3 of the All-County League following advice received by the CCC from the Rules Advisory Committee. Killybegs, Naomh Bríd and Buncrana all finished level on points following Naomh Bríd’s win over Burt on Saturday evening
Playoff needed to decide All-County League Division 3 Read More »
People are being urged to protect their property and ensure their homes are as burglar proof as possible. It follows a number of break-ins and attempted burglaries reported last week in the area between Lifford, Raphoe and Convoy. Donegal Crime Prevention Officer, Sergeant Paul Wallace, says such incidents are now happening more in the earlier
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Part of the Fir Trees Hotel in Strabane have been slightly damaged in an overnight fire which was quickly brought under control by the Fire Service. The extent of the damage is being assessed, but the hotel is substantially operational today. West Tyrone MLA Michaela Boyle says the situation could have been much worse……………
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There were 18 people awaiting in-patient beds at Letterkenny University Hospital this morning, four of them on Emergency Department trolleys. The INMO is reporting a total of 236 people waiting across the country this morning, the highest number, 44, at University Hospital Limerick.
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A former Foyle MLA says 20 years after the signing of the Good Friday Agreement, there’s no evidence that the anticipated “peace dividend” has transformed Northern Ireland’s economic prospects. Eamon Mc Cann says it certainly hasn’t happened in Derry, especially when compared to Belfast. The People Before Profit campaigner says this is not an attempt
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Peter Casey has accused the Taoiseach of going against the spirit of the constitution. Leo Varadkar was among those who condemned the businessman’s comments about Travellers last week. And he called on people to send a clear message in Friday’s election about anti-Traveller views. Peter Casey was considering his position in the race over the
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Donegal has the third highest percentage of vacant Local Authority houses in the country according to figures collated this morning by the Irish Independent. There are 4,703 houses owned by Donegal County Council, 208 of which are vacant. That’s a vacancy rate of 4.42%, almost twice the national rate of 2.27%. Across the country, there
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Republic of Ireland captain Seamus Coleman insists Martin O’Neill has the backing of the Irish players, and has hit back at recent criticism. The Killybegs defender made his return from injury for Everton in their 2-nil Premier League victory over Crystal Palace yesterday. Coleman missed last week’s Nations Cup games against Denmark and Wales, but
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Plans for a proposed £25 million regeneration project for the banks of the River Foyle and Foyle Bridge have been unveiled today. The Our Future Foyle project has been developed over the past two years in a bid to transform the area, attracting investment, culture and tourism, whilst delvering support for mental health through a
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An Inishowen Environmentalist says any consultation on the Movile Greencastle Waste Water Treatment Plant must be open and transparent. Mr Craig says such consultations should minimise the possibility of conflict and protest. However, he says when Donegal County Council previously came to the Moville/Greencastle area with details of their proposal for a badly treatment
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The HSE has confirmed that plans to deliver a new 120 bed community hospital in Letterkenny are to proceed along with upgrade works at St Joseph’s Hospital, Stranorlar and Ramelton Nursing Unit. However, the need for additional beds and the potential to develop a new facility in Lifford will be not be reviewed until after
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0-17 v 1-07 was the final score in Gaoth Dobhair’s Michael Murphy Sports & Leisure Donegal Senior Football Championship Final win over Naomh Conaill on Sunday in MacCumhaill Park. It is Gaoth Dobhair’s first Donegal SFC title since 2006 which they won in a game that saw Man of the Match Ódhrán MacNiallais score
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Coalisland won the Tyrone Senior Football Championship on Sunday with a 2-11 v 1-07 win over Killyclogher at Healy Park. Francis Mooney reports for Highland Radio Sport… Coalisland manager Damian O’Hagan gave his thoughts to Francis after the win…
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Gaoth Dobhair are the 2018 Donegal Senior Football Champions following a 0-17 v 1-07 win over Naomh Conaill in MacCumhaill Park on Sunday. Ódhrán MacNiallais put in a Man of the Match performance, scoring 0-08 for Gaoth Dobhair on their way to victory. It is Gaoth Dobhair’s first Senior County title in 12 years,
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Donegal Deputy Charlie Mc Conalogue has been confirmed as one of the members of the Fianna Fail team that will discuss the potential renewal of the Confidence and Supply Agreement with the government. Discussions start this week on a review of the agreement, with mortgage interest rates, housing and health likely to top the agenda,
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The Autumn Cross Country Festival took place on Sunday at the National Sports Campus in Abbotstown, Dublin. Patsy McGonagle reports for Highland Radio…
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Finn Harps U17s have booked their place in the League final following a 3-1 win over Galway United at Eamonn Deacy Park in their semi-final on Sunday. Joel Bradley Walsh, Darragh Ellison and Luke Rudden all converted for Harps as they now turn their attention to a final against Shamrock Rovers, where they will have
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Coleraine claimed victory in the 2018 Derry Senior Football Championship on Sunday when they overcame Lavey on a scoreline of 1-12 v 0-12. 1-05 v 0-02 was the half-time score in favour of Coleraine, but Lavey fought back to within three points with just two minutes left to play. Both sides had six scores from
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Britain’s Brexit Secretary says a range of proposals are being considered for the border post Brexit. Dominic Rabb has re-iterated his government’s insistence there can be no border down the Irish sea when Britain leaves the EU. He also indicated he would be open to the idea of extending the transition period by a matter
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FAI Junior Cup Cappry Rovers 3 vs 0 Rathmullan Celtic Castlefin Celtic 0 vs 3 Glengad FC Greencastle FC 4 vs 1 Raphoe Town Keadue Rovers FC 1 vs 2 Illies Celtic Kildrum Tigers 2 v 1 Glenea United Ballybofey United 1 v 3 Lifford Celtic
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Brian McCormick Sports Premier Donegal Town FC 7 v 2 St. Catherine’s Temple Domestic Appliances D1 Drumoghill FC 0 v 4 Convoy Arsenal FC Donegal Physiotherapy & Performance Centre D2 Curragh Athletic 4 v 5 Kerrykeel ’71
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Jackie Crossan Premier Division 2pm Aileach FC 1-0 Clonmany Anthony Doherty Carn FC 1-2 Culdaff FC Strand Hotel First Division Glengad Res 2-3 QPS Buncrana Res 3-3 Gleneely Sea Rovers 2-1 Aileach Res Rasheney FC 0-0 Cockhill Youths Division Two Dunree Res 1-0 Rasheney Res QPS Res 1-0 Cockhill Res Carrowmena 2-5 Greencastle Res Carn
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A 30 year old man has been arrested in Derry by detectives from the PSNI’s Terrorism Investigation Unit The man was detained in the Ballymagrorty area this morning in connection with a paramilitary style attack on October 5th, during which a man in his fifties was shot in both legs at a house in the
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5-0 was the final score in Letterkenny Rovers’ win over Cockhill Celtic in their FAI Intermediate Cup clash today at Leckview Park. Kevin McGrath, Jonny Bonner (2), BJ Banda and Paul McVeigh all scored for Letterkenny. Diarmaid Doherty was there for Highland Radio… Diarmaid spoke with Letterkenny Rovers manager Eamon McConigley and also Cockhill boss
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St. Eunan’s are the Donegal Senior B Champions for 2018 following a convincing 3-13 v 0-10 win over Naomh Conaill in MacCumhaill Park on Sunday. Goals from Eunan’s captain Michael Martin, Niall Hannigan and Eoin McGeehan made the difference for St. Eunan’s in the second half as the sides went into the break level at
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Kilmacrennan’s Richard Kerr ended his debut season in the Supersport class with a double podium at the International Sunflower Trophy Races held at Bishopscourt at the weekend. It ended a fantastic debut year on the Campbell Motorsport Triumph in front of the large home crowd at the County Down venue. Kerr qualified in third position
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Pettigo are the Donegal Junior B Football Champions following a 1-11 v 2-06 win over Red Hughs on Sunday. The Final had to be replayed after the sides finished up 0-08 v 0-08 last week. Red Hughs had a 2-06 v 0-06 lead at half-time but Pettigo kept them scoreless in the second-half while chalking
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A church and restaurant have been broken into in Sion Mills, with a local councillor saying there are universal feelings of revulsion and anger right across the community. St Theresa’s Church was broken into, as was Restaurant 1861, incidents which Cllr Maolíosa McHugh says appear to be motivated by sheer greed. Cllr Mc Hugh is
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Jason Quigley is still undefeated in 15 professional boxing fights and is still the NABF Middleweight Champion following a unanimous decision victory over Freddy Hernandez at Fantasy Springs on Friday morning. It was a test tougher that most would have expected, but Quigley himself was happy to get 10 rounds under his belt and gain
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Scotland retained their Hurling/ Shinty International Crown on Saturday, defeating Ireland by 1-11 v 1-09. Ireland, with Donegal’s Danny Cullen and Tyrone’s Damian Casey in the starting team, went to Bught Park looking to avenge last year’s three point defeat but it wasn’t to be. Ireland led at the break but late scores from Scotland
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Glencar Inn Division One Arranmore United 1 v 1 Strand Rovers Castlefin Celtic 6 v 3 Dunlewey Celtic Glenea United 2 v 0 St. Catherine’s Reserves Oldtown Celtic 1 v 1 Keadue Rovers Old Orchard Division Two Cappry Rovers 3 v 3 Kildrum Tgers Drumkeen United 1 v 2 Fintown Harps AFC Drumoghill FC Reserves
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The Finn Harps U17 side travel to Galway for their National League Semi-Final which takes place in Eamonn Deacy park on Sunday. Declan Boyle’s side are looking to book their place in the final following them winning the first ever National title at underage for Finn Harps when they claimed the Mark Farren Memorial Cup
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Celtic Park is the venue tomorrow when Coleraine and Lavey face off in the Derry Senior Football Championship Final, with throw-in at 3.30pm. The Derry Championship has thrown up some surprises this year with one of the biggest being Coleraine knocking out Slaughtneil at the Quarter-Final stage after a replay. They then went on to
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Gaoth Dobhair and Naomh Conaill do battle tomorrow, Sunday October 21st, in the Donegal Senior Football Championship Final. Gaoth Dobhair are looking for their first title in 12 years while 2015 was the last time the Dr. Maguire Cup resided in Glenties. Tom Comack spoke with St. Eunan’s clubman John Haran to get his view
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Detectives in Derry are investigating a suspected arson attack in Gobnascale this morning. The fire was reported in an unoccupied flat in the Strabane Old Road area at around 7:05 this morning. Police attended the scene along with The Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service, which has confirmed the fire was started deliberately, so detectives
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Naomh Conaill and St. Eunan’s meet in the Donegal Senior B Championship Football Final on Sunday in a repeat of the 2017 final, which was won by Naomh Conaill. 1-13 v 2-08 was the final score in last year’s final in a game that St. Eunan’s had controlled early on, and led by three points
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Killyclogher and Coalisland face off in the Tyrone Senior Football Championship decider on Sunday at 4pm at Healy Park, Omagh. It is a repeat of the 2016 Tyrone SFC Final, which was won by Killyclogher following a replay. The first game finished 0-16 v 1-13, but Killyclogher romped home with a 14 point win in
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A rally will take place on the Donegal Derry border this afternoon under the banner “Brexit Destroys Rights”. The event, organised by Sinn Fein begins at 12 noon. Meanwhile, a ‘rally to remain’ is due to take place in Belfast this afternoon, while in London, thousands of people are expected at an anti-Brexit march, calling
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National Slow Down Day concluded this morning at 7 o’clock, and gardai have now released the final statistics. In total, Gardaí and GoSafe checked 164,032 vehicles, detecting 276 vehicles travelling in excess of the applicable speed limit. A number have been highlighted, one of them in Donegal, where a motorist was detected doing 99km/h in
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The Cathaoirleach of the Stranorlar Municipal District is calling on both Donegal County Council and Transport Infrastructure Ireland to progress work on the new Finn footbridge. The TII has confirmed that the completion of the bridge has been delayed as a result of a number of technical issues which has arisen during construction stage. However,
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Dedicated reciprocal trade offices have been established in Donegal and Scotland. A new alliance has been created betwees Ireland’s Gaeltacht regions and Scotland following a Business Trade Visit to the county this week. The offices set up in Ghaoth Dobhair and Scotland will provide business support services to companies and facilitate investment and trade opportunities
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