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Alanis Morissette shuts down apology of the manager who stole $5 million from her

Alanis Morissette was in the news recently not for her musical endeavours, but as the victim in a story that showed the ugly side of the music business. The Canadian singer’s former manager Jonathan Schwartz admitted having One Hand in Her Pocket (sorry) and stealing almost $5 million from her over the seven years he

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Ultrasound pilot project to be set up in Dungloe Community Hospital

  The HSE has confirmed that a pilot project will be set-up at Dungloe Community Hospital which will see the rollout of community based Ultrasound services. It’s understood that this will be as part of planned upgrades to the radiology department at the hospital. The pilot service will operate in tandem with the soon to

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Donegal County Council launches new Driver Awareness Campaign

Donegal County Council has recently launched a new campaign promoting greater awareness among their drivers of how they can improve energy performance in their fleet. This campaign is being launched as part of the Councils drive to improve energy efficiency in line with their ISO 50001 accredited energy management system. “In our Energy Policy we

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Man arrested in connection with Andrew Allen murder released without charge

A man in his 50s who was arrested at the weekend as part of the investigation into the murder of Andrew Allen in Buncrana five years ago has been released without charge. He was arrested on Saturday and had been held in Letterkenny Garda Station for questioning under Section 30 of the Offences Against the

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Donegal’s victorious U21 Joint Captains Eoghan Ban Gallagher & Tony McCleneghan

The focus of Donegal’s Under 21’s now turns to Saturday’s All Ireland Semi Final against Dublin at Breffni Park in Cavan. Their place in the last four was sealed by lifting the Ulster title on Monday night beating Derry by 13pts in Armagh. The title was Donegal’s eighth at under 21 level and a first

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Calls made on Council to provide adequate toilet facilities on Donegal’s Islands

  It’s unreasonable to expect people living on some of Donegal’s islands to provide toilet facilities for tourists. That was the claim at this month’s meeting of the islands committee. It was told that three of Donegal’s smaller islands have seen a big increase in tourists as they include discovery points on the Wild Atlantic

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Carthy warns any loss of EU funds post Brexit will hit both sides of the border

A Midlands North West MEP is warning that Brexit will compromise EU funding for the entire border region. Matt Carthy says that while guarantees have been given that Peace funding will continue, there are no guarantees that Interreg funding will be maintained, and that’s the programme which funds major infrastructural and development projects. Mr Carthy

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Derry councillor raises road safety concerns at Grangemore and Ardgrange

A Derry Councillor is seeking a meeting with Transport NI to discuss the need for road improvements in Grangemore and Ardgrange. Cllr Colly Kelly says there major safety concerns, with hundreds of homes connected by one main access road, on which there is a serious speeding problem. At the very least, he says there needs

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Bus Eireann dispute goes to the Labour Court as WRC talks break down

There’s bad news for passengers this morning after talks to resolve the Bus Eireann dispute broke down without a deal. The company says agreement was reached at the WRC on eliminating many work practise inefficiencies, but their offer aimed at addressing financial viability was rejected by the driver grade within the unions. The NBRU insists

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Postmasters take campaign to Taoiseach’s constituency office in Castlebar

Postmasters from Donegal are joining colleagues at a protest outside the Taoiseach’s constituency office in Castlebar today, demanding action to save 600 post offices around the country. The Irish Postmasters’ Union wants the government to enact the findings of a report by Bobby Kerr, which recommends closing only 80 offices to stem losses at An

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Venue confirmed for Donegal hurlers’ relegation play off against Down

Donegal will play Down in the Ulster Senior Hurling Championship relegation play-off at Owenbeg on Sunday, with a 12.30 throw-in, it has been confirmed. Last weekend, Donegal lost out to Antrim in their semi-final while Down were beaten by Armagh. The losers of the game will be relegated to play in the Ulster Senior Hurling

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Varadkar’s leadership ambitions are delaying crucial report – Cope

Minister Leo Varadkar’s leadership ambitions are causing the government to drag its feet in addressing the financial plight of seasonal workers. Donegal Deputy Pat the Cope Gallagher says changes to the welfare system means it is almost impossible for hundreds of seasonal workers to build up credits to claim social welfare, and in the case

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Rural businesses in Derry and Strabane can benefit under latest LEADER scheme

Derry and Strabane Rural Partnership is advising local rural businesses and communities of new opportunities now available in the latest release of LEADER funding. The overall Rural Development Programme for Northern Ireland 2014-2020 has allocated a total of £7.54 million to the Derry City and Strabane District Council area over a four year period The

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Katy Perry had the best response to Ryan Phillippe’s ‘angry’ tweet about their dating rumours

They say they’re not dating but honestly all this Twitter exchange is doing is showing us they’re perfect for each other.  You may remember yesterday we reported that Ryan Phillippe got a little annoyed about the helicopters that were flying over his house to get a glimpse of Katy Perry who he was rumoured to

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Korn’s New Bassist Is The 12-Year-Old Son Of Metallica’s Bassist

There’s now a definitive child of the Korn. Over the weekend, nu-metal band Korn announced on Facebook that they will be touring their upcoming South America shows with a “special guest.” Filling in for their regular bassist, Fieldy, will be Tye Trujillo ― the 12-year-old son of Metallica bassist Robert Trujillo. “We are bummed Fieldy

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Declan Bonner’s brilliant Donegal team win Ulster U-21 title in style

Donegal are the Eirgrid Ulster U-21 Football Champions. The Declan Bonner managed team were far too strong for their Derry counterparts and romped to a 3-17 to 0-13 win at the Athletic Grounds in Armagh. Donegal  now play Dublin in the All-Ireland U-21 Football semi-final this Saturday at Kingspan Breffni Park in Cavan with a 2pm

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Young people in Donegal waiting over a year to access Mental Health Services

Donegal is one of the county’s with the longest delays in young people accessing Mental Health Services with some waiting over 12 Months to be seen. The CHO Area 1, which includes counties Donegal, Cavan, Monaghan, Sligo and Leitrim, also has the highest volume of cases waiting to access mental health services. The figures were

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Public vote underway to decide who will feature on Derry’s “Bus of Legends”

Translink says the “Bus of Legends”, which will celebrate two living legends in Derry, is to be unveiled on June 5th. A shortlist of six names has been drawn up by a judging panel, with the two legends who will feature on the bus to be decided by public vote. Judges were asked to select

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Council backing tourism training initiative for TY students

  Transition Year students from two schools in Donegal are to receive specialist training in tourism as part of a pilot programme being funded by Donegal County Council. The training will be delivered through the LYIT School of Tourism in Killybegs, with the Abbey Vocational School in Donegal Town and St. Columba’s College in Stranorlar

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Man arrested as part of Andrew Allen investigation remains in custody this morning

  A man arrested at the weekend as part of the investigation into the murder of Andrew Allen in Buncrana five years ago remains in custody this morning. The man in his 50s was arrested in the county on Saturday, and is being held at Letterkenny Garda Station under Section 30 of the Offences Against

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IBEC says new planning framework must have a regional and a cross border focus

Ireland is the lowest investor in public capital infrastructure in the EU, despite having the fastest growing population. IBEC says the Irish government needs to be more ambitious if it’s to achieve the 2040 national planning framework. The business group is making their submission on the public consultation today and insists significant political planning and

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The first Record Store Day ‘legend’ has been revealed ahead of its 10th birthday this month

The word ‘legend’ is undoubtedly a term that gets bandied about a little too freely these days – but there is no question that Elton John is one of the small group of musical artists on the planet that is a bona fide legend. The star’s status has now been recognised by Record Store Day,

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Scarlett Johansson speaks out on being ‘disappointed’ and ‘baffled’ by Ivanka Trump

The star of Ghost in the Shell had some words to say about the First Daughter. Johansson has responded to Ivanka Trump’s CBS News interview with Gayle King earlier this week. Trump was herself responding to a SNL sketch in which Johansson impersonated Ivanka for a pointed faux perfume ad called ‘Complicit’ (“the fragrance for

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