It wasn’t to be Donegal’s day in the sun on Sunday as the county senior girls lost out by just in a point to Cork in their first ever appearance in the Division One League Final. The Munster side won a tight game 2-15 to 2-14 to take a fifth title in a row and […]
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Plans are at an advanced stage to open a public consultation on the future of the PSNI Station in Castlederg. The building has been redundant for a number of years, and was put on the market in January this year. The upcoming consultation will be taken forward by officials from the Regeneration Department of
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Almost 2,500 households and businesses were without power for a time in Letterkenny last nightas a result of a power outage centred around Gortlee and Ballyboe. Power was lost shortly after 9.40, and restored 45 minutes later.
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Members of the public are again being encouraged to attend tomorrow’s information session on the long-awaited Gaith Dobhair Sewerage Scheme. Officals from Irish Water will be present at the drop in session at Amharlann, Gaoth Dobhair. Plans of the new scheme will be on view, enabling the public to express their opinion of the proposals
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Entries continue to flood in for the 2017 Joule Donegal International Rally in advance of next week’s closing date of Tuesday 16th May. Competitors are reminded to get their entries in this week for the chance to participate in one of the biggest rallying events in Ireland. The Joule Donegal International Rally takes place from
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Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol 2 is the number one film in America after taking an estimated $145 million (£111.6 million). Director James Gunn’s second Guardians film opened 54% higher than the first instalment in 2014. That release, which introduced the intergalactic band of misfits played by Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldana, Dave Bautista, Vin Diesel
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“I guess he calls every girls ‘Boo Boo’…” The last time that Jennifer Lopez and James Corden got together, they banged out a Carpool Karaoke session that involved Corden texting Leonardo DiCaprio out of the blue from Lopez’s phone pretending to be her and ended up getting an epic reply from him. So epic, that it
Donegal’s dreams of winning both Division 2 and Division 1 National League Titles in successive years ended today when they fell to defending champions Cork with a scoreline of 2-15 to 2-14. It was a nip and tuck battle that both teams could’ve won, but Cork’s experience saw them through at the final whistle. Donegal
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Cockhill Celtic have won the 2017 Ulster Senor League. They defeated Swilly Rovers by 1 goal to nil to ensure the league win. This is the fifth season in a row that Cockhill have won the Ulster Senior League. A Peter Doherty goal in the first half was enough to seal the win at Swilly
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Glenswilly started their 2017 Championship campaign with a 0-15 to 1-07 victory over Ardara. The Glenswilly men were well in control at half-time, but backed off at the start of the second half and let Ardara in for a goal. The home team managed to keep their noses in front and walked out of today’s
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Kilcar started their 2017 Championship campaign with a good win over Gweedore. Barry Doherty’s team triumphed in an enthralling encounter that saw Kilcar edge out Gweedore with a scoreline of 1-15 v 1-12. Peter Campbell was at the match for Highland Radio, and spoke to Barry Doherty after the match to get his reaction…
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St. Eunan’s recorded a 14 point win over Four Masters on Sunday afternoon to give their Championship hopes a big boost. Eunan’s scored 1-21, which trumped Four Masters’ 0-08 over the hour of play. Eunan’s manager Barry Meehan wasn’t happy with his team’s first half performance but they came out in the second half and
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Premier Division / Division 1 Play-Off Sunday 7th May Dry Arch Park, Bonagee Milford United 2 v 0 Gweedore Celtic
Donegal Junior League Results Read More »
Ulster Senior League Results – 7th May 2017 Swilly Rovers 0 – 1 Cockhill Celtic Fanad Utd 0 – 4 Letterkenny Rovers
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Saturday 6th May Hannon Greene Insurances Fr O’ Gara Cup Final Illies Celtic 3 v 2 Moville Celtic – Sunday 7th May Premier Division Buncrana 0 v 2 Glengad Aileach 2 v 2 Greencastle
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St. Michaels defeated CLG Sean MacCumhaill to claim their first win in this year’s championship. 3-09 v 0-13 was the final score in a match that both teams were up for according to St. Michael’s Colm McFadden. Tom Comack watched the match for Highland Radio, and he spoke to McFadden to get this reaction…
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Donegal Club Championship Results – Saturday 7th May Michael Murphy Sports & Leisure Senior Championship Group A Sean Mac Cumhaill 0-13 V 3-09 St Michael’s Bundoran 3-18 V 1-11 Malin – Michael Murphy Sports & Leisure Senior Championship Group C Glenswilly 0-15 V 1-07 Ardara Kilcar 1-15 V 1-12 Gaoth Dobhair – Michael
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Round 2 of the North West cricket season kicked off yesterday, but not all games could be played because of the Irish national team facing England in Lords. The game between Donemana and Ardmore was not played to allow travelling support for the Irish team. Coleraine and Brigade took full advantage of this as they
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Emergency services are currently attending the scene of a crashed gyrocopter in Omagh. It is reported that the rotorcraft crash landed in the Whitebridge area of the town this afternoon. The PSNI say two people who were in the aircraft at the time are currently being treated at the scene for non-life threatening injuries.
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One of last nights National Lotto winning tickets was bought in Donegal. There were two winners of last night’s €12.3 million jackpot. One ticket was purchased at Mickey Joe’s Country Store, Umlagh, Carrigart, Co Donegal the other in Westmeath. This is not the first time a winning ticket has been purchased in Carrigart. Last October
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Claims have been made that the Out-of-Hours GP service in Strabane is failing the people with only 40% of cover being provided on a weekly basis. MLA Daniel McCrossan said a meeting with the managing director of Western Urgent Care confirmed his fears that the service in Strabane is one of the worst in the
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Donegal Fire Service has issued a warning to the public to avoid the area near Glennevin Waterfall, Clonmany. The Fire Service are currently working to bring a gorse fire under control. They are asking members of the public to cooperate fully with them on this matter. This is the latest in a number of gorse fires
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Aodha Ruadh started off their Intermediate Championship campaign on Saturday night with an 8 point win over Milford in Milford. The Ballyshannon men dominated the first half, scoring 1-09 with no reply. Manager James O’Donnell said that they came believing they could get a result and that his team were focused on the win. Ryan
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Donegal Club Championship Results – Saturday 6th May Michael Murphy Sports & Leisure Senior Championship Group B Termon 1-12 V 1-10 Naomh Muire Lower Rosses Michael Murphy Sports & Leisure Senior B Championship Group B Termon 0-6 V 1-9 Naomh Muire Lower Rosses Michael Murphy Sports & Leisure Intermediate Championship Group A
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For over 40 years on the third weekend in June, the Donegal International Rally has been a major fixture not just on the Donegal calendar but the Irish Sporting calendar. From 2018, this event could be no more. A dark cloud is hanging over the Donegal Motor Club as insurance cost sore to unprecedented levels.
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Donegal manager Ardal McDermott is gutted at his side’s Nicky Rackard cup exit on Saturday afternoon. Donegal fell to Monaghan in Inniskeen with a scoreline of 1-16 to 1-12. McDermott feels that Monaghan deserved the win and that Donegal didn’t perform to their standard. He said that Donegal rued not closing the game out and
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Finn Harps lost out to league leaders Cork City 5-0 on Friday night at Turners Cross. The defeat was Harps third in a row and they remain fourth from bottom, just a point above the relegation zone. They could be in the bottom three if Sligo draw or win against Limerick on Saturday evening. Speaking
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Donegal’s run in the Nicky Rackard Cup has been brought to an end after losing to Monaghan in the Quarter-Final in Inniskeen with a scoreline of 1-16 to 1-12. Donegal started well in this match, leading by one point at the break, 1-05 to 0-07. In the second half Monaghan took control and led 0-15
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The local rugby season has concluded with club across the north west having had long campaigns. Omagh were the big winners after gaining promotion to senior rugby for the first time in twenty years. After a rocky start City of Derry held their place in All Ireland League 2b while the junior clubs in the
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The Donegal Ladies football team will be playing in the Lidl Ladies National League Division 1 final this Sunday against Cork. Parnell Park in Dublin will be the venue for what is, according to manager Michael Naughton, the biggest ever day for ladies football in the county. This is the first time that a Donegal
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The Michael Murphy Sports & Leisure Donegal Club Championships swing into action this weekend. The race for the Dr Maguire starts on Saturday evening with Termon hosting Naomh Muire in Group B. On Sunday, holders Glenswilly meet Ardara and beaten finalist last year Kilcar play Gweedore in the tie of the day. Among the other
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Tyrone got the better of Donegal in the Quarter Final of the Ulster Special U17 Football Competition with a scoreline of 2-09 to 1-07. Healy Park was the venue for this quarter final clash on Saturday. A late goal for Tyrone gave them a 5 point win, but Donegal manager Francie Friel feels the scoreboard
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Brendan O’Donnell from Lifford threw 67.2 metres in the Hammer Throw in Cork today, which is a European Junior Qualifying Standard. The European Junior Championships will be taking place in Grosetto in Italy between the 20th and 23rd of July this year.
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With the second series of games up and running in the SSE Airtricity League, Cork City have already massed a 14pt lead at the top of the Premier Division. Their latest win came via a 5-0 hammering of Finn Harps at Turners Cross. The Leesiders maintained their 100% record and with last years winners
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Derry City claimed their first win in 7 games with a 2-0 win over Bohemians at Maginn Park on Friday night. Dean Jarvis and Aaron McEneff were the goalscorers for Derry, in a match that manager Kenny Shiels said he was happy with keeping possession and a clean sheet. Martin Holmes spoke with Nathan Boyle
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Institute Football Club are still on course to gain promotion to the Danske Bank Premiership next season after defeating Ballyclare Comrades 3-1 at the Riverside Stadium, and 3-2 on aggregate after 2 legs. Ballyclare Comrades brought a slender 1-0 lead into Friday’s second leg, but Jamie McIntyre brought the sides level on aggregate after 16
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Over 150 thousand people have taken part in Pieta House Darkness Into Light events across the country this morning. It saw people embark on a 5 km walk or run as dawn broke – it’s aimed at encouraging us to talk about suicide and mental health issues. In Letterkenny over 1600 people took part in
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Derry and Strabane District Council have given the green light for a walking trail at Plumbridge and a woodland trail at Donemana. They have agreed to commit £31,000 in Council match funding towards the development of the project at Balix Hill, Plumbridge, and £125,000 of match funding towards the development at Donemana. The Aghnacbrack &
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A 64-year-old man has been accused of sex offences dating back 37 years ago. He appeared at Ballyshannon District Court accused of three sexual offences against two females. The man is charged with two counts of indecently assaulting a female on July 20 1980 under Section 6 of the Criminal Law Act. He is further
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Donegal County Council is inviting expressions of interest from any groups, towns or villages that are interested in becoming a Tidy Towns group. The Council will provide any support and advice necessary to potential future participants and groups can receive a start-up fund of €250. The closing date for applications is 26th May 2017 at
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Donegal Deputy Thomas Pringle is calling on the Government to quash what he terms illegal convictions under Inland Fisheries Act 2010. Speaking on the Inland Fisheries Bill 2017 Deputy Pringle says that this legislation was introduced in light of advice that Inland Fisheries Ireland had unlawfully prosecuted people in court for breaches to fishing legislation.
A run of seven games without a win ended at Maginn Park on Friday night when Derry City beat Bohemians by two goals to nil. The game’s hard to watch first half hour was livened up by a fine goal from Dean Jarvis when he rose unchallenged in the box meeting Aaron McEneff’s cross from
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Cork City maintained their 100% record in the SSE Airtricity League Premier Division with a 5-0 win over Finn Harps at Turners Cross. Stephen Dooley put the home side ahead on 22 minutes, from a corner he smashed home 15 yards from the target. Sean Maguire netted the first of his two goals on the
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There was disappointment at the European Championships in Croatia for Tyler Toland and the Republic of Ireland u17 women’s side this afternoon. They lost 1-0 to Norway in their second group game at the Plzen City Stadium. A late header from Norway captain Rikke Bogetveit Nygard sealed a narrow defeat as Ireland wasted a number
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Irish Water is asking consumers living in Donegal to conserve water and minimise water usage for the foreseeable future. The call comes due to the unseasonable dry weather conditions where records indicate that April 2017 has been the driest April experienced for 67 years. Consumers connected from both the Lough Colm source which serves the
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Tyrone start the defence of their Anglo Celt Cup with another tie at Celtic Park as they clash with Derry in the Quarter Final of the Ulster Championship at the end of May. The O’Neill County will return to the city venue where they ran out 3-14 to 0-12 winners in 2016, a result which
Mickey Harte says Tyrone are in a good place ahead of title defence Read More »
Former West Tyrone MP Pat Doherty says Donegal Deputy Pearse Doherty is ‘up there’ as a potential leader of the Sinn Fein party. Mr Doherty says it is a matter of when and not if Gerry Adam’s steps down as leader of Sinn Fein as it continues through a transition period. Mr Doherty, who announced
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The Head of HIQA says it is the case that service providers and planners sometimes use the authorities reports to close a unit or facility. Phelim Quinn was in Donegal as part of the first ever national survey of patients, with those being discharged from Letterkenny University Hospital in May being encouraged to take part.
HIQA Chief says its reports are sometimes used as an excuse to close facilities Read More »
Seamus Coleman has signed a new five-year contract at Everton, keeping him to Goodison Park until the summer of 2022. The Republic of Ireland full-back’s currently recovering from a double leg break – and has called the deal a “massive boost”. The deal was agreed before Coleman went away on international duty but the defender
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