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Limerick FC manager Neil McDonald unhappy with poor performance against Harps

Limerick FC’s boss Neil McDonald was unhappy with a poor first half performance from his side against Finn Harps on Friday evening in Finn Park. McDonald feels that his side scored too late to put pressure on Finn Harps, and that they’ll have to bounce back quickly after the loss. Diarmaid Doherty spoke to McDonald

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Great live music, chat and features on the latest Weekend Edition

Don’t forget, The Weekend Edition is broadcast live every Saturday morning between 10am and 12 noon bringing you the best in music, chat and features. If you want to comment or suggest an item you can email greghughes@highlandradio.com or connect on Facebook HERE or on Twitter @greghughes2 – Now.. on this weeks show… Atlas Zero

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Operation Slowdown records 226 motorists driving over the speed limit

Gardaí caught 226 speeders during their annual Operation Slowdown. Officers checked the speed of almost 135 thousand vehicles over the 24 hours of the operation, which finished this morning. They are highlighting some of the worst offenders including a driver who was doing 100 kilometres per hour in a 60 kilometre zone in Youngstown, Co

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Emergency First Response groups to benefit from more than €174,000 in funding

Emergency First Response Groups in Donegal are to benefit from funding announced by Minister for Regional Economic Development, Michael Ring. €1.2 million has been approved for a range of community groups under the Emergency First Response measure of the CLAR programme with Donegal receiving over €174,000 in funding. Donegal has received the second highest allocation

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Relay for Life Donegal to donate funds raised to LUH research project

Funds raised by Relay for Life Donegal will this year go towards a research project at Letterkenny University Hospital. Organisers of the event hope to exceed last years total raised and reach their target of €100,000. Events kick off this evening at 5pm, running for a 24 hour period. Chairperson of Relay for Life Donegal,

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€82,200 in funding awarded to 18 heritage initiatives in Donegal

The Heritage Council has awarded €82,200 in funding for eighteen heritage initiatives in County Donegal to groups and individuals throughout the county. The Community Heritage Grants Scheme supports projects that promote conservation, appreciation and enjoyment of our built, cultural and natural heritage.   Under the Community Heritage Grants Scheme, The Heritage Council awarded funding for

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Emergency services attend scene of crash at one of Donegals notorious blackspots

Emergency services attended the scene of a crash near Kilmacrennan. The crash happened earlier this afternoon in the Blue Banks area on the main Letterkenny – Kilmacrennan road. Nobody was seriously injured in the crash. Local Councillor Micheal McBride says the area in which the crash happened is a notorious black spot. While funding for

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HSE confirms ‘small outbreak’ of potentially lethal superbug in Donegal

The health services is facing a €40 million annual bill due to an escalating threat from a potentially lethal superbug The warning is from the HSE director general Tony O’Brien who said the bill including “considerable” litigation costs. Over 100 thousand euro is being spent dealing with a small outbreak at a care facility in

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‘Significant interest’ in Cuan na Rí resort with a 2.6 million euro guide price

The Cuan na Rí resort in Donegal has been put on the market for a guide price of €2.6m. Cushman & Wakefield are handling the sale of the oceanfront resort close to Carrigart and Downings over looking Sheephaven bay. The property, which sits on the Wild Atlantic Way, comprises 27 holiday villas with an oceanfront

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Chairman calling on supporters to get behind Horgan’s Harps

Finn Harps Chairman Sean Quinn is calling on supporters across Donegal and the Northwest to come out and get behind Ollie Horgan’s side for tonight’s hugely important League of Ireland Premier Division game against Limerick F.C. in Ballybofey (kick-off 8.00). After the excellent win over St. Patrick’s Athletic on Monday, Quinn says Harps now need

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‘Our Voice Their Future’ NW protest at lack of children’s services

Parents in Donegal affiliated to the group “Our Voice, Their Future” will join colleagues from elsewhere in the North West to protest outside Markievicz House in Sligo today at what they say is a lack of children’s services. The group says the HSE is not providing adequate child psychiatryy and mental health services, and there

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Our Children’s Voice disappointed after Harris pulls out of planned meeting

The Donegal based group Our Children’s Voice has expressed disappointment after Health Minister Simon Harris pulled out of a planned meeting at short notice and instead sent Junior Minister Finian Mc Grath to represent him. This was a follow to a previous meeting at which the group made the case for childrens’ hospice facilities in

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A hard day in the sun for Donegal Rás riders Ronan McLaughlin and Sean McFadden

Today’s stage from Buncrana to Dungloe was the longest of this years An Post Rás. The riders will spend one more day in the county on Friday, with another 130kms from Dungloe to Donegal Town. It was a hard day in the heat for two of the Donegal riders. Letterkenny man Sean McFadden crashed twice

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Dáil hears claims that Sean FitzPatrick trial was deliberately allowed to collapse

  The Dáil has heard claims that the trial of Sean FitzPatrick was deliberately allowed to collapse. The Dáil is holding an emergency debate this afternoon into the state of the Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement, which was found to have botched its handling of the case. Donegal Deputy Pearse Doherty says that

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Danny O’Carroll kindly donates fantastic items for the Big Charity Auction on tomorrows Shaun Doherty Show

  There’s just one day to go until The Big Charity Auction on the Shaun Doherty Show! The idea for an auction was borne on yesterday’s programme and will be in aid of Donegal Relay for Life, the Irish Cancer Society and the Ray of Sunshine Foundation. There’s been a huge response so far with

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18 people awaiting admission at Letterkenny University Hospital

There were 18 people awaiting admission at Letterkenny University Hospital this morning, one of them on an Emergency Department trolley. That’s down from 25 yesterday. Nationally, 385 people were on trolleys or overflow areas at hospitals across the country this morning. According to the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation – University Hospital Galway is the

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GAA Programme – Rory Gallagher, Martin Carney & Burt GAA

The GAA Programme in association with Michael Murphy Sports and Leisure, is broadcast every Wednesday from 8.30pm – 9pm. On this week’s programme we hear Rory Gallagher’s thoughts on Donegal’s 3-19 t0 1-9 win on Sunday last over Antrim, in the first of the Ulster Senior Football Championship quarter-finals, in Ballybofey.. Also what former Donegal

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Report into Donegal planning probe should be published next month

It’s expected that the report of the review into allegations of planning irregularities in Donegal will be delivered next month, almost two years after it was ordered. Senior counsel Rory Mulcahy was appointed by the then Enmvironment Minister Alan Kelly in September 2015, with the report initially expected within a matter of months. The issue

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