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Eugene Organ on St Eunan’s Ulster Junior Hurling Championship defeat

St Eunan’s are out of the Ulster Junior Hurling Championship after they suffered 3-10 to 2-08 defeat by Craobh Rua of Armagh on Saturday afternoon. Eugene Organ’s side fell behind early in the game and trailed 2-08 to 0-04 at half time. Conor O’Grady netted twice for the Letterkenny side in the final quarter of

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Donegal to face Armagh in 2022 Ulster Senior Football Championship

The draw for the 2022 provincial championships have taken place this afternoon. In Ulster Donegal have been drawn against Armagh with the winner of that clash taking on the winner of Antrim and Cavan for a place in the decider. All Ireland and Ulster champions Tyrone will play Fermanagh in the preliminary round with the

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Bonagee United lift John Gorey Curran Youth Cup with victory over Drumkeen

Bonagee United won the John Gorey Curran Youth Cup on Friday night after they beat Drumkeen 2-0 in Ballyare. Luke Doherty opened the scoring for Bonagee on four minutes before Adam Carr sealed their win with 17 minutes to go. Gary McCroary’s side finished the game with nine men after they had goalkeeper Matthew Gibson

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Mandatory hotel quarantine considered by Government due to Omicron variant

People are being advised to avoid travel to seven countries in southern Africa – and Irish residents already there, are being told to come home. It’s after the World Health Organisation declared the new Covid strain ‘Omicron’ a ‘variant of concern’. The countries affected are Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa and Zimbabwe. The

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Walk-in booster vaccination clinic open in Letterkenny this weekend

Walk-in booster vaccination clinics are being rolled out for healthcare workers and people in their sixties and above from today, including one in Letterkenny. The Letterkenny Vaccination Centre on the Kilmacrennan road is open to walk-ins until 3:30pm today Saturday for any healthcare workers or aged 60 and above to receive a booster shot. The

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Walk-in Clinics in Letterkenny for Booster Vaccines this weekend

  Walk-in booster vaccination clinics will be available for healthcare works and those aged 60 to 69 in Letterkenny this weekend. The booster jabs will be administered to those in this cohort who have reached an interval of at least 152 days since their second dose vaccine. The Letterkenny Vaccination Centre on the Kilmacrennan Road

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‘Significant changes’ expected to Mica Redress Scheme

  ‘Significant changes’ are expected to the Mica Redress Scheme. Campaigners are hopeful the proposals for the long awaited scheme will finally be ready by next Tuesday following several delays and weeks of negotiations. The enhanced scheme will be complex with improvements said to be timely and reasonable according to comments made in the Dail

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Hospitality ‘balanced on knife edge’ this Christmas

  A restaurant operator says the industry is ‘balanced on a knife edge’ this Christmas due to cancellations. Lorraine Heskin of Gourmet Food Parlour says there has been over a thousand booking cancellations as people reduce contacts following recent restrictions. She says they’re down 80 per cent in bookings compared to pre-covid bookings at the

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Donegal County Council, County House, Lifford

Clarification sought after councillor’s comments at Budget Meeting

There was a heated discussion at Donegal County Council’s budget meeting this afternoon on foot of comments made by Cllr Micheál Choilm Mac Giolla Easbuig. In his submission to the meeting, which was delivered in Irish, Cllr Mac Giolla Easbuig called for an investigation into what he characterised as the relationship between some staff and

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