Home Instead Senior Care Donegal is urging family members to intervene in a bid to keep the elderly out of hospital where possible. It comes as figures released by the HSE show that 628 people died in hospitals while waiting for a transfer to other services or to their home. In a statement, Manager of […]
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The Club Players Association’s membership has grown to 25-thousand members. Three thousand people have signed up since last weekend’s G-A-A Congress where a motion to recognise the group was withdrawn when on the brink of defeat. The C-P-A are aiming to grow to 50-thousand members by the end of April.
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Tyrone defender Ronan McNamee says the Gaelic Players Association didn’t give inter-county players enough information about the ‘Super 8’ motion ahead of Congress. Speaking in the Irish Examiner, he’s claimed that the proposals weren’t properly explained and that discussion was only in the days leading up to Congress which was ‘probably too late’. Chairman on
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Donegal have a healthy three points from three games in Division One of the National Football League after Sunday’s latest round of fixtures. Rory Gallagher’s side came from two points down against Dublin to force a draw in Ballybofey. Cavan are next up at Breffini Park on Saturday evening, where a win could be enough
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The Allianz National Football League Division One game between Tyrone and Cavan has been re-fixed for Healy Park on Sunday March 12th at 2pm. The game was postponed yesterday due to a waterlogged pitch at Omagh. It means that Cavan and Tyrone will now play on every weekend in March. Meanwhile, The Tyrone v Donegal
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This weeks All Donegal Markey Colleges Cup Final has been moved to Friday the 3rd of March. The game between Coláiste Na Carraig and Coláiste Colmcille, Ballyshannon had been scheduled to be played in MacCumhaill Park, Ballybofey tomorrow, Tuesday. Given the condition of the pitch after the Donegal Dublin game yesterday and with more wintery
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Sommer Lecky won the English u20 high jump title at the weekend in Sheffield. The Finn Valley girl continued her good form with a clearance of 1.79m to take the title ahead of a very competitive field. Sommer did raise the bar to 1.82m in an attempt at a new Irish junior record but it
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The Government has given the go-ahead for 17 new homes in Carrigart. Total funding for the scheme is more than €3 Million with the provisional budget being approved under the Government’s Local Authority Housing Construction Programme. Formal notice to Donegal County Council will be issued in the next few days. Minister Joe McHugh has
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Bumbulance, the childrens’ ambulance service is to base its first regional vehicle in Donegal, to serve the county and the North West. A new committee has been formed in Donegal, with Bumbulance founder and CEO Tony Heffernan saying this is the centerpiece of a wider package of measures designed to enhance the North West service:
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Irish Water has today signed the contract to provide an improved and secure supply of water to the people of Greencastle as part of the €5.8 million Inishowen Regional Water Supply Scheme. At present, the Greencastle Water Supply has elevated is on the Environmental Protection Agency’s Remedial Action List, and these works will enable the
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Once again, two bus companies have been unable to leave their bases in Ranafast this morning as a result of frost and ice on the roads, leading to renewed calls for the area to be added to Donegal County Council’s gritting programme. In November, a committee was formed to address the issue, and discussions began
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Derry City may have got their season off to a winning start by beating Bohemians 4-1 at Dalymount Park over the weekend – but it has come at a price. Striker Rory Patterson was taken off during the game. It is understood that the striker could be out for three weeks. That will mean he
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The Architectural Officer with the Heritage Council has said preserving the built heritage of a town is of little use if the preserved buildings are not being lived in a used. Speaking at the launch of a Conservation Plan for Letterkenny’s Church Lane and Cathedral Quarter at the weekend, Colm Murray said the Heritage Council
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A Donegal Deputy says the Irish government must stand by the principles of the Good Friday Agreement, and act in the best interests of all Irish citizens on Brexit. Deputy Pearse Doherty believes the British government is seeking to reinforce and entrench partition through what he termed its disastrous Brexit agenda. The Sinn Fein Finance
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The tribunal investigating the alleged smearing of Garda whistleblowers is to begin today. Mr Justice Peter Charleton of the Supreme Court will deliver his opening statement at 9am at Dublin Castle. The inquiry will focus initially on the allegation that the highest levels of the force organised a smear campaign against Sergeant Maurice McCabe. It
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The government says over 400 people within Donegal are benefiting from the Back to Work Enterprise Allowance Scheme. A review published by Minister Leo Varadkar revealed that those participating in the scheme are twice as likely to be in full employment after six months than those who did not take part. Minister Joe McHugh welcomed
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Leading from the start Monaghan’s Sam Moffett in a Ford Fiesta WRC and co-driven by Cavan’s James Fulton won the Abbey Court Hotel Nenagh Rally, the opening round of the Triton Showers National Rally Championship. They finished 59.1 seconds ahead of the similar car of Donegal cousins, Declan and Brian Boyle. Another Donegal driver, Donagh
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Donegal manager Rory Gallagher was happy with his team’s performance today in their draw with Dublin, in the National Football League, in Ballybofey. Donegal’s strong finish to the first half saw young players like Jason Magee and Ryan McHugh getting goals on the score sheet. Gallagher’s men were behind on three occasions during the game
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Shane Gallagher of Finn Valley AC finished the Lifford/Strabane 5k with the fastest time today completing it in a time of 17.29. Josephine Donaghy of Convoy AC was the first female in with a time of 21.25. Elsewher, ten Irish Athletes travel to Belgrade to the European Indoor Championships next week with the exclusion of
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Latest developments in the delivery of the long awaited Gaoth Dobhair Sewerage Scheme has been welcomed by Donegal Deputy Pearse Doherty. It was previously argued by Deputy Doherty and MEP Matt Carthy that the state was in violation of EU Law over its failure to deliver the scheme. A briefing session to be held on
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More than a fifth of Irish motorists say they’ve broken the speed limit in the past month. The AA says a new survey also revealed four in ten admitted to speeding in the past year. Within Donegal 41% of people said they have never broken the speed limit with almost 17% of the county’s population
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Cockhill Celtic 4 v 0 Bonagee Utd Fanad Utd 1 v 2 Derry City Res Finn Harps Res v Swilly Rvs (Called off)
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Ireland defeated France over the weekend to go top of the Six Nations table and keep their dreams alive. Connor Murray was the stand out player for Joe Schmidt’s men getting a try while Johnny Sexton returned from injury and played the majority of the game. Today, Ireland ladies won their third game of the
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Ulster Junior Cup Glengad 3-0 Gweedore Terence Doherty, P Mc Dermott, Nigel Killmacrennan 1-3 Culdaff B. Mc laughlin 2 Eugene Mc Laughlin Aileach 3-3 Drumoghill Aet Aileach won 4-2 on Pen Ulster Shield Glencar 5-1 Aileach Res F.T. Illies Res 4-0 Culdaff Res F.T. Cavan Rovers 5 -5 Rasheney FC Cavan won 4-3 on Pen
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Ulster Cup Kilmacrennan Celtic FC 1 vs 3 Culdaff FC St Catherines FC 0 vs 1 Cootehill Harps Brian McCormick Sports Premier Convoy Arsenal FC 0 vs 5 Glenea United Temple Domestic Division One Bonagee United FC 0 vs 4 Keadue Rovers FC Cappry Rovers 5 vs 0 Erne Wan
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A quantity of ammunition was discovered near Derry last evening. Police were called to the Lisdillon Road area shortly after 5:30pm last evening after the discovery of a suspicious object. Following examination of the area a quantity of ammunition was discovered which has now been removed for further examination.
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Donegal ladies manager Michael Naughton said that he is disappointed to come away from Dublin with a loss. The ladies pushed Dublin hard in the first half but were overpowered in the second half losing out by by seven points. After the game, Naughton said that he was disappointed to have conceded three goals and
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In an address to the Colmcille Winter School in Letterkenny, yesterday MEP Mairead McGuinness said that Ireland must continue to set the agenda for Brexit talks as great challenges lie ahead. The North West MEP believes the UK cannot dictate the fate of the EU and citizens concerns must be heard on both a national
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Name Team Bib No Category Gender Chip Time Gun Time Shane Gallgher Finn Valley AC 158 Senior M 17:29 17:29 Conor McDevitt Foyle Valley AC 107 Senior M 17:36 17:37 Karol McGinley 165 Senior M 17:36 17:37 Clint Doherty 24/7 Letterkenny 17 Senior M 18:06 18:06 Brandon McGrinder Lifford Strabane AC 19 Junior M 18:21
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Final Score: 2-05- 1-08 Donegal took a storming lead through a fantastic point from Jason Magee with just thirty seconds played- Shane Carthy responded with a well worked point after a good ball from Philly McMahon. The game was slightly hindered by the conditions in Ballybofey and we didn’t see another point for 12 minutes
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Geraldine McLaughlin was the standout player in the first half and opened the scoring for Donegal from a free kick. Dublin then began to dominate the game and sent five points over unanswered by Michael Naughton’s ladies. McLaughlin pulled the game back with a goal and then leveled the game from the penalty spot minutes
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Martin McHugh has resigned from his post as Kilcar manager following their defeat to Gaoth Dobhair in the Comortas Peile na Gaeltachta yesterday. McHugh took the reigns of Kilcar side last year and guided Ulster University Jordanstown for the Dr McKenna Cup this year. McHugh took Kilcar to a league title last year but just
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Nora Stapleton kicked off Ireland’s scoring today as they defeated France in the Women’s Six Nations. The score came from a penalty ten minutes into the game and was the difference between the side’s for the remainder of the first half. Early into the second half it was the French side that took the lead
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Tyrone vs Donegal in the National Hurling league has been called off due to a waterlogged pitch. The match which was due to take place at 12.30pm at Healy Park but was moved to Carrickmore, and later called off due to a waterlogged pitch. More details to follow..
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Tyrone’s National Football League clash with Cavan has been called off last minute. The match has been postponed for a later day due to increasingly bad weather conditions and a waterlogged pitch. More details to follow later… Game officially postponed, refixture details to follow — Tyrone GAA (@TyroneGAALive) February 26, 2017
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Ulster Shield Glenea United 3 vs 1 KS Eagles Glencar Celtic 5 vs 1 Aileach FC Glencar Inn Saturday Division Drumbar FC 0 vs 3 Strand Rovers Finntown Harps 3 vs 0 Dunlewey
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Slaughtneil’s dream of having two teams in the club All-Ireland final is over after losing out to Cuala of Dublin. Cuala started the game much the brighter and took advantage of the Derry side’s slow start flying into the lead by seven points with just 15 minutes gone. They continued to notch the scoreboard up
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Finn Harps’ first loss of the season signifies the start of what will be a difficult season for the Donegal side, according to boss Ollie Horgan. Harps lost out to Cork City in Finn Park after a Sean Maguire goal on the counter attack. Despite battling hard and Cork going down to 10 men- Horgan’s
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Donegal Ladies are in the division to compete and will fight to win every game, according to manager Michael Naughton. This is the Ladies first year back in the top division of the league and so far they have fared well winning two and losing out once to Kerry. This weekend, they face another tough
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Ardal McDermott is hoping his Donegal Hurlers can get back on track when they take on Tyrone in the National Hurling League, tomorrow. Donegal started the season well with a comprehensive victory over Louth but narrowly lost out to Monaghan last weekend. With that in mind McDermott said he is hoping his team can bounce
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Derry will be lucky if to stay in division two this year if they keep up their form, according to former Derry star, Eamon Burns. The Oak-leaf county have lost their opening two fixtures so far and are in real danger of dropping down another division. Burns believes that relegation is a real worry for
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The days where inter-county players have to fund themselves should be a thing of the past according Alan Rodgers of the Ulster Herald. Speaking on the email scandal coming from the Tyrone GAA camp, Rodgers said that it is unfortunate that something like this would happen in modern day football. A Tyrone GAA player sent
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Donegal will have to concentrate on their own performance rather than focusing on their opponents if they are to come out on top against Dublin tomorrow, according to manager Rory Gallagher. Gallagher’s men have had a mixed start to the season with one win and one loss so far. Dublin on the other hand have
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A Donegal Deputy has accused the Minister for Finance, Michael Noonan of abandoning social services in favour of tax cuts. Deputy Pearse Doherty says the government is still committed to cutting taxes in a time when our public services are in a permanent state of crisis. At the annual dinner of the Irish Tax Institute,
Derry City made a great start to the new season by beating Bohemians 4-1 at Dalymount Park. Nathan Boyle (pictured), who had a spell with Finn Harps, was the City hero, as he came on for the injured Rory Patterson – and scored twice. Aaron McEneff put the Candy Stripes into the lead from the penalty spot, before
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Gardaí in Milford are appealing for witnesses following a fatal road traffic collision on the main Kilmacrennan to Churchill Road at Cottian. A 21 year-old has died following the one vehicle collision involving a van. Gardai and Emergency services attended the scene at approximately 1.40am this morning. The man was taken by ambulance to Letterkenny
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Donegal TD Thomas Pringle says a man in the county has lost out on a career opportunity in Scotland because of cuts to the diabetes nursing service serving the North west. The man was to have had an insulin pump fitted in Sligo University Hospital at the end of last month, but the procedure was
The Colmcille Winter School continues in Gartan today, with the focus on the political and economic aftermath of Brexit. Midlands North West MEP Mairead Mc Guinness will deliver the final speech of the school this afternoon, with Director Martin Egan saying he believes this event will set the tone for discussions locally over the coming
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A Conservation Plan has been formally launched for Letterkenny’s Church Lane, with a warning that 32% of the the buildings in the area require maintenance. 24% of the buildings are vacant. The development of public amenities is also envisaged. A consultation period is now opening, with Senior Donegal County Council Planner Eunan Quinn telling the
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Battling Finn Harps were beaten 1-0 by Cork City in their opening Airtricity League Premier Division game at Finn Park. Sean Maguire’s 44th minute strike proved to be the winner in an entertaining and well-contested encounter. City had to play the final 20 minutes with ten men after Gerry Buckley got a second yellow card for
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