Irish Water and Donegal County Council are today turning the sod at the site of the new Ardsbeg Water Treatment Plant, which will serve 5,000 consumers in North West Donegal. The works are part of the €3.8 million investment in the Gortahork/Falcarragh Water Supply Scheme, and and will enable the decommissioning of the existing […]
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The Back of Errigal Road is closed from the Errigal Car Park to the Muckish turn off while gardai and the emergency services deal with an incident. There were reports earlier of a lorry on fire blocking the road. There are no reports of injuries.
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Finn Harps are still in the hunt to try and sign former Northern Ireland international Paddy McCourt. The 33-year-old played for the Donegal club during a pre-season 1-0 defeat against Cabinteely on Saturday. If he signs for Harps, he could make his debut against Cork City at Finn Park in Friday’s league opener. Harps’ budget
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A woman and her son have been injured in a paramilitary style shooting attack in Coleraine. Masked gunmen entered a house in James Street shortly after 7 o’clock last evening, and shot a man in his twenties in the leg. They then shot his mother, who is in her fifties, in the foot. Both have
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The Government has been accused of dragging its heels on rising insurance costs. Donegal Deputy Pat the Cope Gallagher says the Oireachtas Working Group on the Cost of Insurance published their report on insurance costs a number of weeks ago, but since then, no action has been taken and the issue appears to have fallen
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Donegal Deputy Charlie McConalogue says he is appalled by what he claims is the lack of contingency planning undertaken by Minister Michael Creed to safeguard farmers and the Irish agri-food sector ahead of Brexit. The agri-food business supports 270,000 jobs in rural communities across the country who have already been affected by currency fluctuations following
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A Strabane Councillor says the rates increase announced earlier this month by Derry City and Strabane District Council will cause economic hardship for the town of Strabane. Rates in the Derry and Strabane area are to increase by 3%, an increase which Councillor Paul Gallagher believes believes will exacerbate an increase in the number of vacant
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Emergency services are at the scene of a serious road traffic incident tonight (Monday). While gardai are not yet releasing full details of the incident, a section of the road from Carndonagh to Malin Town has been closed with local diversions in place. The Rescue 118 helicopter was initially tasked to the scene to transport
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It’s been a massive year for Danny Ryan and his family from taking part in Ireland’s fittest family to winning bronze at the World Rowing Championship. Ryan finished third in the Men’s 40-49 Lightweight age group, with a time of 6:32.1, in Boston last Month. Ryan also took part in ‘Ireland’s fittest family’ with his
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Having a smaller budget than most teams will mean the fans will need to be more patient with the club, according to Harps’ Commercial officer, Aidan Campbell. A change in the league structure means that three teams will get relegated next year instead of the usual two. This has had an added pressure on clubs
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A Donegal Deputy has spoken out saying his party will not accept contempt for the truth within the Governement. Sinn Féin Finance Spokesperson, Pearse Doherty says he and his party will have zero tolerance for racism, sectarianism, homophobia, and for inequality as society moves forward. Speaking at a ‘New Generation: New Voices Event’ Donegal Deputy
Derry City are hoping their move to Maginn Park, Buncrana will increase their fan base in Donegal according to their Commercial & Marketing Manager Orla Meehan. The Candystripes have made the move to Buncrana ahead of the upcoming SSE Airtricity League campaign due to construction taking place on the Brandywell. After a friendly against Coleraine
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Donegal hurling manager, Adrian McDermott regretted his side’s slow start in their one-point loss away to Monaghan in the National Hurling League today. The hurlers were slow out of the blocks and soon found themselves trailing by seven points early one but managed to drag it back to a level game by halftime. In the
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Jackie Crossan Premier Division Glengad United 5 v 0 Dunree United Culdaff FC 0 v 1 Buncrana Hearts Greencastle FC 3 v 1 QPS Strand Hotel Division One Illies Celtic 1 v 0 Clonmany Res Redcastle United 0 v 0 Moville Celtic Carrowmena FC 0 v 3 Aileach FC Sea Rovers 0 v 3 Rasheney
Inishowen League Results- Sunday 19th Read More »
Cockhill Celtic 5 v 2 Fanad Utd Derry City Res 3 v 2 Letterkenny Rvs
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Glenea United 5 v 0 Castlefin Celtic Milford United 3 v 5 Clonmany Sham
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Donegal ladies manager Michael Naughton said that he was encouraged by his team’s performance away to Kerry despite the loss. The ladies lost the game by just one point after fighting hard for the majority of the game and matched the home side for ability. This is Donegal’s first year back in division one and
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Final Score: 1-14 – 1-11 It was disappointment for Rock St Patrick’s of Tyrone in the All-Ireland Junior Club final, where they lost to Glenbeigh-Glencar of Kerry . Neither side had ever won the competition and for the Kerry side, it has been the first year they have actually surpassed the county stages of the
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Police in Strabane are appealing for information related to an attempted burglary at the Parochial house in Sion Mills last evening. It is reported that while Parish Priest, Fr McLaughlin was saying evening mass between 6:15pm – 7:15pm, persons attempted to gain access to the Parochial house adjacent to the Church, causing damage to a
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Final Score: Monaghan 1-21- 3-14 Donegal Donegal Hurlers lost for the first time this year, away to Monaghan, in Castleblaney, today. It was a thrilling game from the very beginning with both sides trading scores and heading into halftime level at 1-07 a piece. However, it was the second half that the game really kicked
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There are calls for local Councillors as well as TDs and Senators to incorporate their knowledge of the Irish language into political life. Councillor Michael Cholm Mac Giolla Easbig met with the Chairperson of the Irish Language Committee, Catherine Connolly earlier this week to discuss means of using our native language more in official life.
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It was another successful day for a Donegal Athletes at the National Indoor Championships, in Dublin. Yesterday, sixteen year-old, Summer Lecky came away with a joint junior Irish record in the High Jump, leaping 1.81 meters to take the gold. Letterkenny AC’s Brenden Boyce just missed out on the top spot in the 5k walking
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City of Derry defeated Bective yesterday to move out of the bottom three for the first time this year. Despite some early dominance from Bective, Derry bounced back from three down and took the lead before halftime through a Gerald Doherty try and Neil Burns conversion. In the second half, Derry took advantage of numbers
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Final Score: Kerry 2-13 – 2-12 Donegal Donegal ladies made the long journey to Kerry today to face off in the National Football League- but it was a journey in vain. After a great start to the season, the Ladies went into the game having won their first two games and with Kerry having lost
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Barry Molloy has put pen to paper for Finn Harps ahead of the upcoming SSE Airtricity League which kicks off on Friday. Molloy, who formally played for Derry City had a short stint at Harps last season before announcing his retirement. However, the Derry man has gone back on his decision and signed for
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Finn Harps have unveiled their second and third kits for the upcoming League of Ireland season. The Balleybofey side signed a new deal with the brand ‘Joma’ to make the kits and McGettigan’s as the main sponsor. Having secured safety in the Premier Division last year, Harps kick off their season at home to Cork
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The new SSE Airtricity League Premier Division campaign starts next Friday night 24th for the north west senior clubs. Finn Harps get the season up and running by hosting last years league runners up and FAI Cup winners Cork City at Finn Park while Derry City travel to Dublin to take on Bohemians. Champions Dundalk
Voodoo Venue Cup Arranmore United 2 v 0 Castlefin Celtic Reserves Orchard F.C. 2 v 1 Keadue Rovers Reserves Milford United Reserves 2 v 1Kilmacrennan Celtic Reserves Dunlewy Celtic 2 v 3 Strand Rovers Glencar Inn Saturday Division Glencar Celtic 2 v 0 Fintown Harps AFC Saturday Reserve Division Cappry Rovers Reserves 0 v 0
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It was a good day for Donegal Athletes at the opening day of the National Indoor Championships, today. Sixteen year-old, Summer Lecky came away with a joint junior Irish record in the High Jump, leaping 1.81 meters to take the gold. Letterkenny AC’s Brenden Boyce just missed out on the top spot in the 5k
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Final Score: 21- 8 City of Derry defeated Bective today to move out of the bottom three for the first time this year. Playing with a strong breeze in the first half in Judges Road, Bective took an early lead trough a penalty. Despite some dominance from Bective, Derry bounced back and took the lead
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Derry hurling manager Collie McGurk is looking to resurrect his county’s fortunes when they take on Meath, in the National Hurling League, tomorrow. Derry failed to win a game last year, and McGurk was brought in for the season to try and improve the results. Despite the poor season, McGurk said that they were unfortunate
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Ulster Club Champions, Rock St Patrick’s Tyrone will face Kerry champions Glenbeigh-Glencar in the All Ireland Junior Clubs final, in Croke Park tomorrow. Neither side have ever won the competition and for the Kerry side, it has been the first year they have actually surpassed the county stages of the competition. This has been helped
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Donegal midfielder Karen Guthrie said that they will not be concentrating on Kerry’s poor start to the season ahead of their clash tomorrow. Michael Naughton’s ladies have won their two opening fixtures in their first year back in division one, defeating Armagh and Galway. Kerry have lost their first two games against Dublin and Cork
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Donegal hurling captain Danny Cullen believes his young teammates have what it takes to step up to the plate this year. Donegal hurlers recorded their first win in the National Hurling League, division 3A, over Louth, last weekend. This new look Donegal side won comfortably in the end, with the game ending 2-23- 1-14. Despite
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Derry City FC kicked off their new campaign in Maginn Park with a 1-0 win over Coleraine last night. City, who’s home ground the Brandywell is undergoing construction, have opted to play their home games in the nearby Buncrana pitch. Ronan Curtis got the only goal of the night 32 minutes in to gives the
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Police in Omagh are becoming increasingly concerned about the whereabouts of 15 year old Jack O’ Brien. Jack was was last seen in the Omagh area last night at 10pm. Anyone who knows of his whereabouts or has seen him recently is advised to contact Police on the non-emergency number 101.
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It was disappointment for Brett McGinty at the National Elite Boxing Championship, in Dublin, last night, losing out to Wexford man, Dean Walsh. McGinty had fought hard to secure his place in the final, defeating Mark McCole in the quarter-final and Peter Carr in the semi-final last weekend. Walsh, however, was a different challenge for McGinty
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PSNI in Foyle are investigating the report of an assault in the Chamberlain Street area of the city at around 3am this morning. A man aged in his 50’s was taken to hospital with facial injuries following what Police have described as a serious assault. The area is currently sealed off with crime scene investigations
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The Sinn Fein Health Spokesperson says Donegal’s isolation from the rest of the country must be recognised in any future health policy. Louise O’Reilly was in Donegal yesterday as part of a series of meetings across the country to gauge the state of the health service across the state. Speaking after meetings with cancer services
A public meeting is taking place in Buncrana on Tuesday 28th February to further highlight the issue of lengthy hospital waiting lists in Donegal. It follows a peaceful vigil which took place outside Letterkenny University Hospital on Thursday calling for the Goverment to take action and invest more in the health service. The ‘Still Waiting
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White line protests are due to begin now at Lifford Bridge, Bridgend, Derry and Moybridge, Aughnacloy as part of a Day of Action, organised by Border Communities Against Brexit. Ahead of the imminent triggering of Article 50 the protests have been arranged in a bid to demonstrate that the voices of those living in border
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Planning permission for a new state of the art primary school has been granted for Schoil Iosagain in Buncrana. The new facility is to house 600 – 700 pupils with a number of mainstream classes for children with severe and profound learning disabilities. The current school building is among the oldest campuses in Ireland and
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Donegal County Council is inviting applications for their annual Arts Grants Scheme. The scheme enables the local authority to provide funding assistance to individuals and groups engaged in creative projects in the county. In considering applications for the Scheme, Donegal County Council will take into account the extent to which the activities for which
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Paddy McCourt and Barry Molloy trained on Thursday night with Finn Harps and both could be close to signing deals under Ollie Horgan. Molloy signed for Harps ahead of the 2016 season but retired at the end of the year, it now looks like the experienced midfielder is set for a u-turn and rejoin the
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Donegal Jockey Martin Harley had an each way double this afternoon in Newcastle. In the first of his three rides, Harley took victory on-board Excel Again to claim the Red Casino Maiden Stakes, coming home at 4/1 for James Tate. Just an hour later in the 3.25 Betway Handicap, he was 2nd on the 2/1
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A Donegal man who sexually exploited a 15-year-old girl he met on a youth mental health website has been jailed for 12 months. Dublin Circuit Criminal Court heard Donnchadh McGinley, then aged 34, watched the victim’s favourite film, Frozen, with her before trying to have sex with her. McGinley, described by the defence as a
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A protest involving over 100 people was held outside a meeting in Ballybofey last evening which was being given details of a new wind farm proposal in the Carrickaduff area. A previous application for a €200 million wind farm in the area was rejected by An Bord Pleanala following strong local oppositions to the plans.
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A father and daughter appeared at Ballyshannon District Court today charged with offences linked to a disturbance outside a pub in the town 12 days ago. Gerard Brady, 56, and his daughter Guannita Brady, 29, were charged with assaulting Rebecca Kennedy and causing her harm at Market St, Ballyshannon, on February 5 They were also
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THE Republic of Ireland U16 Head Coach Paul Osam has named his squad for two friendly internationals against Hungary in Galway and Ballinasloe next week. Finn Harps midfielder and former Gweedore Celtic player Marc Walsh has been included. Ballinasloe Town’s Curragh Grounds will host a meeting between the sides on Tuesday evening (7.00pm) then Mervue
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The first round draw for the EA SPORTS Cup has been made. Finn Harps have been drawn at home to Cockhill Celtic in the Pool 2 opener while Galway Utd will take on the Mayo League. Derry City and Sligo Rovers have been given byes. The competition begins the week of Monday, March 20th as
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