The Urris school transport issue has been resolved with students from the area now able to avail of the school bus to Carndonagh. Previously, some children in the Urris area wishing to attend the secondary school in Carndonagh had been denied access to school transport because secondary schools in Buncrana are deemed to be closer […]
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Letterkenny Athletic Club will stage the 40th annual Hickey, Clarke & Langan Interfirms 5K road race on Tuesday, May 16th at 7.30 pm. with the start and finish next to the the old Dunnes Stores on Oldtown Road. The interfirms is one of the longest established races in the north west and has always proved
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With just days to go for this Saturday’s Abbey Hotel Donegal Forest Rally, things are starting to fall into place. The action kicks off on Friday with Scrutiny at the Donegal County Council Offices were all cars will undergo mechanical examination before hitting the stages on Saturday. First car away on Saturday morning at 09:30
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Gairmscoil Chú Uladh is the winner of the Michael Murphy Sports and Leisure School Stars’ Award for this term. Located in the Donegal Gaeltacht Centre, near Fintown, the school was commended for a number of national recognitions and awards. The Donegal captain made a surprise visit to the school to present the pupils with
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Donegal race team Irwin Racing made a dramatic Masters Superbike Championship debut at Mondello Park last weekend where the Oasis Bar Letterkenny and Clean Rubber backed team picked up five wins from six races. The teams two riders Caolán and Rhys Irwin were in dominant form, as they impressed the Masters paddock with their speed
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Finn Harps held their AGM on Sunday last in Ballybofey and the current board of the club were re-elected, with the addition of Paul McLoone. Paul McLoone is the former Chief Executive of North West Tourism and previous to that he was General Manager of Sligo University Hospital. He was a leading figure in bringing
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Harps chairman Sean Quinn addressed the AGM on Sunday last and spoke of the great privilege of having been chairman of the club through years when so much progress had been made. He thanked the directors and volunteers who keep the club going, in particular those who help run the match night. He also expressed gratitude to
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Gary Barlow has dyed his hair blonde and fans are delighted of the style reminiscent of the aul 90s Take That days. Indeed the new style is for Take That’s new Wonderland Live tour so no doubt the throwback is a very consciously made one. When interviewed on Good Morning Britain today, the singer admitted
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It’s really hard not to love Chris Pratt. Not only is he one of the most likeable stars on the planet right now but he also seems to genuinely care about his fans. Case in point being one of his latest Instagram videos in which he used sign language to apologise to fans who are hard
Chris Pratt uses sign language to apologise for offending fans who are hard of hearing Read More »
Police can confirm that two 17 year old girls reported being sexually assaulted in separate incidents in St. Columb’s Park in Derry at the weekend. The first incident occurred on Friday night and a 15 year old male suspect was subsequently arrested, charged with rape and appeared in court in Derry this morning (8th).
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A Donegal County Councillor says work on the removal of the notorious Meenacarn Bends and now the Gweebarra Bends will be a huge improvement to the locality. The west Donegal N56 works are part of an overall €70M project which includes cycle lanes along the route. Phase 3 from Kilkenny to Letterlilly is out to
Removal of notorious Meenacarn and Gweebarra Bends a huge improvement – Bonner Read More »
Delegates from Sweden, Finland, Iceland, Faroe Islands and Northern Ireland will attend an international conference in Letterkenny on Wednesday this week looking at bioremediation to manage runoff from agriculture, mining and landfills. The conference, which is being hosted by Donegal County Council, is part of an innovative EU funded project called WaterPro which aims
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With their league campaign at an end, the Donegal Senior Ladies will now refocus for the Ulster Championship in June against Armagh. Michael Naughton’s side lost to Cork in Sunday’s Division One League Final at Parnell Park by just a point , 2-15 to 2-14. Midfielder Karen Guthrie told Coilin Duffy that the experience of
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The standard of care in Irish hospitals and nursing homes isn’t up to scratch according to a new survey carried out for the health watchdog HIQA. RED-C pollsters have spoken to over a thousand people about their experiences with the health system over the last five years, almost two thirds of whom said they have
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It’s emerged that in the past week, the Fire Service in Donegal has dealt with 54 different gorse fires, with some of them requiring several fire appliances to be deployed. Speaking on the Shaun Doherty Show today, Senior Assistant Chief Fire Officer Glenn Hamilton urged people to be careful and not to do anything that
Fire Service in Donegal has dealt with 54 gorse fires since May 1st Read More »
The Garda Representative Association’s Donegal representative has called for the law to be changed to allow for mandatory prison sentences in cases where people are convicted of assaulting gardai and other members of the emergency services. Brendan O’Connor was speaking after a man convicted of striking a garda with the car he was driving received
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The railway campaign group “Into The West” has lodged a number of objections to the proposals for development of the Old Waterside Station. Foyle MLA and Into the West Spokesperson Eamonn Mc Cann says under the proposals as they stand, trains will not enter the station shed, which was specifically designed and built for this
“Into The West” lodge objections to elements of Waterside Station plan Read More »
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
Consultation on Gweedore Sewerage Scheme to open tomorrow Read More »
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
Michael Naughton’s reaction to Donegal’s Division 1 final loss Read More »
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…
Kilcar with hard-fought Championship Round 1 victory Read More »
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
St. Eunan’s record big win over Four Masters Read More »
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
Inishowen Football League Results Read More »
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…
St. Michael’s walk away with 5 point Championship win Read More »
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
Donegal Club Championship Results – Sunday 7th May Read More »
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
Cricket Review: Round 2 of games Read More »
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
Aodha Ruadh start off Championship campaign with 8 point win Read More »
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
Donegal Club Championship Results – Saturday 6th May Read More »
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.
Insurance hikes could bring an end to The Donegal International Rally Read More »
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
Donegal Hurling manager Ardal McDermott gutted about Championship exit Read More »
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
Donegal Ladies looking to win historic National League Title Read More »
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
GAA Preview: Donegal Senior Championship with Martin Doherty Read More »
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
Friel proud of Donegal U17s after loss to Tyrone Read More »
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.
Lifford’s Brendan O’Donnell hits European Junior Qualifying Standard Read More »
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