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Public consultation to take place on the future of Castlederg PSNI station

  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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Consultation on Gweedore Sewerage Scheme to open tomorrow

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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Last Chance to Get Entries in for Joule Donegal International Rally

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 tops US box office with 145 million dollar debut

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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Leonardo DiCaprio’s reaction to James Corden’s hijacked JLo text inspired a t-shirt range

“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

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Michael Naughton’s reaction to Donegal’s Division 1 final loss

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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Emergency services attending the scene of a gyrocopter crash in Omagh

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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Donegal Hurling manager Ardal McDermott gutted about Championship exit

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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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… We kicked

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64 year-old appears in court charged with sexual offences dating back 37 years ago

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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Applications open for interested parties to become a Tidy Towns group

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 claims a number of convictions made under Inland Fisheries Act 2010 are illegal

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.

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Donegal urged to conserve water and minimise water usage for foreseeable future

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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HIQA Chief says its reports are sometimes used as an excuse to close facilities

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.

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