A 19-year old Donegal man who orally raped a young woman acting as a “good Samaritan” has been given a five year sentence with the final three years suspended. Bailey Laughlin, of Ballylin, Ramelton, Co Donegal pleaded guilty at the Central Criminal Court to oral rape of the then 16 year old woman at Fanad, […]
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The Tanaiste has criticised the British Prime Minister’s view that the North can’t be treated differently to the rest of the UK during Brexit negotiations. Simon Coveney was speaking at the MacGill summer school in Donegal last night, where he said progress on the Irish issue has been slower than they wanted. He also accused
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As Home and Away celebrates its 30th anniversary this week with a very special episode on RTÉ Two at 8.30pm on Tuesday, we’re take a look back at the Hollywood megastars whose careers were launched in Summer Bay. Chris Hemsworth – Kim Hyde It’s hard to think of a time when Chris Hemsworth wasn’t a household name,
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Main Evening News, Sport and Obituaries Monday July 23rd………
Main Evening News, Sport and Obituaries Monday July 23rd Read More »
Up to 500 new jobs are set to be created at the Abbott pharmaceutical plant in Donegal Town. The company says it plans to expand its existing manufacturing facility, which will lead to the creation of hundreds of new positions. The jobs will be created over the next few years, and will more than double
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Donegal County Council has named the three recipients of the Tipp O’Neil Diaspora Award this year. They are golfer Paul Mc Ginley, whose father hails from Dunfanaghy, and Martin O’Malley, the former Governer of Maryland. The third recipient is the Homes of Donegal Fundraising Committee, which formed in Boston last October to raise money for
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A 23 year old man charged with the murder of a three and a half year old child cannot apply for bail due to a threat made against his life Derry Magistrate’s Court sitting in Omagh heard today. Liam Whoriskey, of Glenabbey Gardens in Derry is charged with the murder of Kayden McGuinness on September
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Sky have denied they were behind the narrowing of the Healy Park pitch for Tyrone’s Super-8 defeat to Dublin on Saturday. Speaking after the loss, Tyrone manager Mickey Harte said he wasn’t behind the altered dimensions, but rather they were reacting to a request from the match broadcaster. But Sky say they did not, nor
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Donegal County Council is to hold a civic reception for Ballyliffin Golf Club. All involved in organising the Irish Open have been praised for their efforts at today’s sitting of Donegal County Council with members of the golf club said to have conducted themselves in an extraordinary fashion. The Council is to liaise with Ballyliffin
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Two decades after their Irish Senior Cup victory in 1998, Strabane Cricket Club are back in the semi finals of the All Ireland competition. They reached the last four thanks to a 6 wicket victory on Sunday away to Phoenix. Strabane are joined in the semi’s by Waringstown, Merrion and Clontraf. The draw will be
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Approval to carry out works on Phase 1 of the Letterkenny Designated Urban Gateway Scheme has been deferred over claims that neither local representatives nor business owners were consulted. The scheme which involves new crossing points, paving, and the realignment of the junction at An Grianan Theatre was put forward for consideration at today’s sitting
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Donegal and Tyrone have concerns ahead of their decisive Super Eight battle in Ballybofey on Sunday 5th August. Eoin Ban Gallagher had his right arm in a sling having suffered a knock to the elbow in the first half of Donegal’s win over Roscommon. Early indications are the Killybegs man suffered bruising to the elbow.
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Staffing issues at Buncrana Nursing unit are causing serious concern. 5 beds are currently closed and the Unit is currently not accepting any admissions. Local Cllr Rena Donaghy said a local employment campaign by the HSE proved fruitless due to the lack of permanent posts available. Speaking on The Nine Til Noon Show this morning,
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Former Fine Gael Councillor Mickey Doherty has been officially co-opted onto Donegal County Council today. He replaces John Ryan in the Inishowen Municipal District who announced his resignation in May. Former Cllr. Mickey Doherty was first elected to Donegal County Council in 2009 and represented the Inishowen MD for five years. Speaking in the Council
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Stoke City confirmed the signing of James McClean from West Brom over the weekend. The Republic of Ireland international joins the Potters on a 4 year deal for an initial fee of £5 million pounds. It marks Stoke fourth signing of the summer transfer window. On social media, The former Derry City man asked to
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Concerns have been raised over continued instances of dumping at the local Bring Bank in Derrybeg. Bags of waste continue to be left at the site, despite the regular presence of a litter warden. Cllr Micheal Choilm MacGiolla Easbuig has said it’s very frustrating for the local community. Along with other councillors, he’s calling for
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A fundraiser has been set up to procure funds for essential repairs to the lighthouse road on Arranmore Island. Frustrations have been mounting following a failure to secure funding from a number of Government departments. Noreen Ní Mhaoldomhnigh is Vice Chair Donegal Islands Commitee. Speaking on the Nine Til Noon Show this morning, she says
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An election in Britain would be more likely than a second referendum on Brexit. That’s the view of former Taoiseach Bertie Ahern. He made his comments at the Mac Gill Summer School which got underway in Glenties in last night. It comes as British Conservative MPs aired their differences over the weekend on the British
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The government has announced the allocation of grants for schools providing new Leaving Certificate subjects. From September 40 secondary schools country wide will offer Computer Science, while 64 will offer Physical Education as subjects. 6 Donegal Schools are taking part in Phase 1 of the new Leaving Certificate Physical Education subjects. They are Carndonagh Community
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Margot Robbie has admitted that she “won’t know what to do” when Love Island comes to an end as she finds it to be “the most addicting thing on TV ever”.The Oscar-nominated actress has been following the reality TV show this year, which sees a host of single people enter a villa in the hopes of finding
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Britain’s Prince George’s fifth birthday was marked by Kensingston Palace with the release of a new portrait of the young royal.The photograph was taken after George’s baby brother Prince Louis’ christening earlier this month, and sees the third in line to the throne smiling broadly.”The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are very pleased to share a new
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Donegal were 7 point winners over Roscommon in Dr. Hyde Park on Saturday, and Tyrone fell to Dublin by 3 points at Healy Park in Omagh. That now means that it’s a winner-take-all clash in Ballybofey on Sunday August 5th when the sides meet in Phase 3 of Group 2 in the Super 8s. Martin
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Derry City will travel to Turners Cross tomorrow night to take on Cork City. The last time the sides met, Cork ended up winning the game 4-2, but Derry are coming off the back of a good 2-1 away win over Dinamo Minsk in the Europa League Qualifiers. Derry boss Kenny Shiels looked ahead to
Kenny Shiels expecting a tough task at Turners Cross against Cork Read More »
Michael McGeady (Evolve Golf Coaching) picked up win number three of the season at the Blue Equipment Ireland Killeen Pro-Am in association with Killaree Lighting Services. McGeady’s four under par round of 68 at the Co. Kildare venue earned him a two shot advantage over Joe Dillon (Headfort GC), Cian McNamara (Monkstown GC), Adam Dunmore
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Michael Murphy Sports & Leisure Senior Hurling C’ship Group Stage Sean Mac Cumhaill 1-08 V 2-21 St Eunan’s Buncrana 1-10 V 2-19 Setanta All County League Division 1 Gaoth Dobhair 2-09 V 0-09 Aodh Ruadh Ballyshannon Milford 3-10 V 1-10 Kilcar Naomh Conaill 4-03 V 2-14 St Michael’s All County League Division 2 Bundoran 1-11
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Kerry and Monaghan played out a 1-17 v 1-17 draw in Phase 2 of the Super 8 Series in Group 1. It was a late David Clifford goal 4 minutes into injury time that keep Kerry’s chances of making an All-Ireland Semi-Final alive. Francis Mooney reports for Highland Radio… Monaghan manager Malachy O’Rourke spoke after
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It was a difficult day at the office for the Donegal Women’s League U17s as they suffered a heavy defeat away to Shelbourne. At the AUL Complex in Clonshaugh, Shels ran out 6-0 winners in what was Donegal’s first away fixture of the new Continental Tyres Women’s National League season. Donegal came into the game
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The Finn Harps Academy launched their new ‘Player Pathway’ structures and unveiled new managers on Friday night at the club’s offices in the Base Centre, Stranorlar. Head of the Academy Kevin McHugh outlined the vision for the development of underage football from U12 upwards where a new head coach has been installed for the first
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Sean Lanigan defeated Michael Judge in the final of the European Masters Snooker Qualifier in the North West Snooker Club earlier today by 3 frames to 1. Judge took the first frame before Lanigan posted a 70+ break to even things up. Sean Lanigan won the third frame to leave the score at 2-1, and
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Gardaí in Letterkenny have seized a vehicle with no tax or NCT. It emerged the vehicle, which was detected in the area of St. Johnston, had not been taxed in 6 years, since 2012. The vehicle’s NCT certificate had also expired in 2013. The car was seized by Gardaí with a fixed charge penalty notice
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The North West Cricket Union Premiership yesterday saw wins for Eglinton, Strabane,Bready and Brigade. Bready lead the way at the top of the table there. P W T NR L BP Pts NRR Bready 9 7 0 0 2 32 172 1.354 Strabane 9 5 0 0 4 24 124 0.004 Coleraine 9 5 0
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A Donegal mountaineer has become only the 2nd Irish person in history to conquer K2. Jason Black made the summit of the mountain in Pakistan yesterday evening. It’s the second highest mountain in the world after Mount Everest. He’s on his descent from the summit and is expected to arrive back at base camp tomorrow.
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It was a super Saturday for the three Finn Harps underage sides in action in their respective National League campaigns. Down in Dundalk, Kevin McHugh’s U15s bounced back in impressive style with a 1-0 win thanks to a Daniel Gildea goal. The previous weekend the 15s had lost for the first time in Group 1
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Derry’s Daryl Gurney survived an enormous scare to scrape through to the second round of the BetVictor World Matchplay darts. The world number 5 saw his opponent Steve West miss 11 match darts, before edging through 12-10 in a tie-break at Blackpool Winter Gardens. Gurney told Dan Dawson that he had no right to win
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Dublin overcame Tyrone by 1-14 v 0-14 today at Healy Park in Omagh on Saturday evening in Round 2 of the Super 8’s Series. Francis Mooney reports… Mickey Harte spoke after the Red Hand’s loss in Omagh… It’s a winner take all clash on Sunday the 5th of August in Ballybofey when Tyrone visit neighbours
Tyrone push Dublin but McCarthy’s goal the difference in Omagh: FT Report & Reaction Read More »
Donegal were 7 point winners over Roscommon today in their Super 8s clash at Dr. Hyde Park. Michael Murphy scored 9 points today and that coupled with a fantastic defensive performance from Donegal, helped them to victory. It was a vital win for Declan Bonner’s men as they now look ahead to a match with
Good win but work to be done – Michael Murphy on win over Roscommon Read More »
Donegal picked up their first win of the Super 8s Series on Saturday, defeating Roscommon in Dr. Hyde Park on a scoreline of 0-12 v 0-13. Michael Murphy was the main man for Donegal today, with the captain scoring 9 points. Roscommon got the better start, leading by 0-2 v 0-0 early on, but
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The second annual MAD Adventure race took place around Milford on Saturday. Entrants had a choice of two distances, with a combination of kayaking, running and cycling. In ideal conditions, there was a great turn out. Marty Lynch won the overall title in the main event. Race Director Hugh Coll was well pleased with the
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The Donegal Ladies had a hard-fought 3 point win over Tipperary today in Roscommon, running out 0-17 v 0-14 winners to book their place in the All-Ireland Senior Championship Quarter-Finals. Tom Comack reports for Highland Radio Sport… Donegal move on to face Kerry next week, with the loser of that game facing Dublin in the
Donegal Ladies through to All-Ireland Quarter-Final: Report and Reaction Read More »
The 7th staging of the Quadrathon Challenge in Inishowen takes place next month. Hosted by Extreme North, the Quadrathon takes in four marathons in four days from Thursday 16th to Sunday 19th August. The endurance test has established itself into an iconic event with visitors from around the world set to tackle the peninsula’s 105
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The Finn Harps Academy launched their new ‘Player Pathway’ structures and unveiled new managers last night at the club’s offices in the Base Centre, Stranorlar. Head of the Academy Kevin McHugh outlined the vision for the development of underage football from U12 upwards where a new head coach has been installed for the first
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Donegal go in search of their first win in the Super 8s when they travel to Dr. Hyde Park today and face Roscommon at 5pm. Declan Bonner’s men are coming off the back of a loss to Dublin, while Roscommon suffered a heavy defeat to Tyrone last time out. The Red Hand County will
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A Donegal cancer survivor is today attempting to become the first crutch-user to reach the peak of four iconic mountains in Ireland in 24 hours. Letterkenny Woman Nikki Bradley sustained severe damage to her right hip after battling cancer in her teens. This weekend she aims to climb Carrauntoohil in Kerry, Croagh Patrick in Mayo,
Donegal woman to climb 4 Irish mountains in 24 hours on crutch Read More »
The Irish Farmers’ Association does not want land for national cycleways being obtained by compulsory purchase orders. The Government’s National Greenway Strategy was launched yesterday and has raised concerns amongst farmers. Rows have broken out over planned routes on the Ring of Kerry and in Co. Galway. Deputy President of the IFA, Richard Kennedy, welcomes
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Finn Harps are now 4 games unbeaten in the SSE Airtricity League First Division since the mid-season break following their 0-0 draw with Shelbourne at Finn Park last night. Both sides are chasing promotion to the Premier Division, but a draw came as no real surprise as the previous two encounters between the sides also
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Donegal Councillor Jack Murray has been elected as vice-chair of the Northern and Western Regional Assembly at a meeting in Roscommon, with Monaghan Councillor Seamus Coyle in the chair. The assembly represents eight counties, Donegal, Sligo, Leitrim, Mayo, Galway, Cavan, Monaghan and Roscommon, with a brief to coordinate and promote economic planning and development. Cllr
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The Manager of the Ballybofey and Stranorlar Chamber of Commerce says it’s vital that the long awaited Twin Towns By-Pass provides easy access to local businesses while taking unnecessary traffic out of the area. Leah Fairman says the inclusion of the by-pass in the Ten-T programme which is currently under discussion is welcome, but she
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Donegal travel to Roscommon today with both sides looking for their first wins in the All Ireland Quarter Final Super Eight Series. After last week’s defeat to Dublin and a game against Tyrone to come it’s key that Donegal get a result on the road this weekend. Join the Highland team of Oisin Kelly and
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Finn Harps and Shelbourne once again finished all square as the promotion chasing sides battled in a scoreless draw at Finn Park. Diarmaid Doherty reports for Highland Radio Sport…
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Main Evening News, Sport, Nuacht and Obituaries – Friday July 20th
Main Evening News, Sport, Nuacht and Obituaries – Friday July 20th Read More »
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