As the North West Cancer Centre in Derry begins the process of treating its first radiotherapy patients, the campaign group Co-operating for Cancer Care North West is welcoming the opening of the centre. The groups says it’s clear that neither Donegal nor the Western Health & Social Care trust had enough patients to justify […]
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A 23 year old man has been arrested following the death of a teenage boy who was struck by a car in a hit and run incident in Coleraine on Saturday night. 13 year old Reece Meenan, who was from the town, died in hospital following the incident on Newbridge Road at about 6.30 on
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Donegal boxer Jason Quigley returns to action next month and is confident his recent injury will not stall his career. Jason of Sheer Sport Management has his 12th professional fight at The Forum in Inglewood, California on Saturday, December 17. His last scheduled fight in Dallas in September was called off due to a wrist
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Usain Bolt’s agent Ricky Simms has said the world’s fastest man will have to honour his pledge to come back to Donegal. Ricky, from Milford, was on Sunday Sport to discuss his famous client’s Olympic golden medals and new documentary film I Am Bolt. But Ricky (pictured above with Bolt) also found time, when asked,
Ulster Junior Club Championship Final result: Rock 1-12 (15) v (14) 0-14 Blackhill Rock of Tyrone were crowned Ulster Junior Club Championship winners on Sunday afternoon. They beat Monagahan club Blackhill by a single point and made history as they did it because they have become the first team to record three successive Ulster junior
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Teenage motorbike racer Rhys Irwin has had a year to remember in the sport. The Kilmacrennan 14-year-old took five wins and 24 podiums en route to finishing second in the British Superteen Championship, while also winning the Irish Masters, against riders who were older and more experienced than him. He was also unbeaten in Ireland
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Ulster Intermediate Club Championship Final result: Pomeroy 2-16 (22) v (10) 0-10 Donaghmoyne Tyrone’s Pomeroy won the Ulster Intermediate Club Championship Final easily in the end on Sunday against Monaghan’s Donaghmoyne. Pomeroy’s Sean Quinn got the game going in Pairc Esler, Newry, when he kicked over a close-range point from play on the third minute.
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Slaughtneil made history on Sunday when their footballers rounded off a unique treble of championships wins for the club this year. They are now the senior football, hurling, and camogie champions – and footballers Brendan Rogers and Chrissy McKaigue were celebrating afterwards when they spoke with Highland Radio’s GAA correspondent Tom Comack. Brendan said…
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Slaughtneil’s victorious Ulster Senior Club Championship manager John Joe Kearney was ecstatic at the end of today’s major triumph. His Derry club beat Kilcoo of Down and John Joe said Sunday’s win for an historic club treble of senior football, hurling, and camogie championships made it even better than the club’s 2014 Ulster crown. He
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Ulster Senior Club Championship Final result: Slaughtneil 0-12 (12) v 0-09 (9) Kilcoo Derry champions Slaughtneil made history on Sunday when they won the Ulster Senior Club Championship Final. Highland Radio’s GAA correspondent Tom Comack was there and provided all the details on his Sunday Sport match report to presenter Myles Gallagher…
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The Public Health Agency has revealed that high levels of air pollution are being monitored in Derry, with people advised to take extra care if they have a respiratory illness. While most people will not be affected by short term peaks in air pollution, people with existing heart or lung conditions may experience increased symptoms.
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The Inishowen League beat their local Donegal League rivals in the Oscar Traynor Cup on Saturday night. A last minute goal settled the match in Inishowen’s favour, with their League’s assistant manager Dermot O’Brien saying the group stages are all about getting results and this match was always going to their hardest. The Donegal League’s
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FAI Intermediate Cup result: College Corinthians 1 – 0 Cockhill Celtic Cockhill Celtic went down by a single score against Cork side College Corinthians on Sunday morning. Their manager Gavin Cullen said it was a disappointing performance and claimed some of his players were not able to play as well as they can. Gavin spoke
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Inishowen Football League – Sunday, November 27: Strand Hotel Division One Sea Rovers 1 v 1 Redcastle United QPS Res 4 v 4 Carrowmena FC Moville Celtic 1 v 1 Clonmany Res Rasheney FC 2 v 3 Illies Celtic Inishowen Engineering Division Two Culdaff Res 5 v 1 Illies Res Dunree Res 1 v
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Donegal Junior League reults – Sunday, November 27: Temple Domestic Appliances Division One Raphoe Town 1 v 1 Donegal Town Gweedore United 2 v 1 Keadue Rovers Cappry Rovers 4 v 0 Glenree United CT Ball Division Two Copany Rovers 1 v 3 Lifford Celtic Ballybofey United 6 v 1 Cranford United Kerrykeel ’71
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Investigations are continuing into two fatal crashes in Down and Derry overnight. The PSNI says a teenage boy died in an apparent hit and run in Coleraine. A 23 year old man has been arrested in connection with the fatality and is being questioned on suspicion of dangerous driving causing death. While a motorcyclist has
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Ireland’s victory over Australia gave them a clean sweep against the big three Southern Hemisphere nations. The win over the Wallabies on Saturday was analysed today on Sunday Sport by Highland Radio’s rugby correspondent Alex McDonald. He also discussed the local rugby scene, including the weekend’s winning performance by Strabane against Cavan. Alex was talking
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The National Cross-Country Championships were held today at Abbotstown in Dublin. There were many performances from Donegal athletes and Highland Radio’s athletics correspondent Patsy McGonagle was there. He provided the details on Sunday Sport to presenter Myles Gallagher and revealed it was not a great day for Donegal’s competitors…
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There is top GAA final action today in the Ulster Senior Club Championship Final, Ulster Intermediate Club Championship Final, and the Ulster Junior Club Championship Final. We will hear from the management of the Donegal League and the Inishowen League after last night’s Oscar Traynor Cup victory by Inishowen. There will also be reaction from
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A goal in the dying minutes from Terence Doherty gave the Inishowen League a fortunate victory over the Donegal League in Saturday night’s Oscar Traynor Cup clash at Maginn Park. Inishowen League 2 Donegal League 1 In truth, the visitors didn’t deserve to lose this game. They were the better side over the 90 minutes
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Local American Football club Donegal-Derry Vipers have had meteoric rise. They new club has recruited terrific talent in the last two seasons and are now set to boost their squad. The club is holding fresh try-outs and is inviting players to the trials which began in Derry last week and are to continue in Letterkenny
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Donegal Junior League results – Saturday, November 25: Glencar Inn Saturday Division Fintown Harps AFC 0 – 6 Orchrd FC Dunlewey Celtic 0 – 2 Drumbar FC Glencar Celtic 3 v 0 Strand Rovers Saturday Reserve Division Keadue Rovers Reserves 3 v 0 Donegal Town Reserves Erne Wanderers Reserves 2 v 4 St Catherine’s
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Cockhill Celtic manager Gavin Cullen takes his side to Cork for tomorrow’s FAI Intermediate Cup clash against Corinthians. Gavin spoke on Saturday Sport with presenter Chris Ashmore to preview the chances of the club from Buncrana. The bookies have made College Corinthians the favourites for the tie, but Ulster Senior League giants Cockhill said they
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Inishowen and Donegal go head-to-head in the Oscar Traynor Cup in an exciting derby match. The Donegal League side’s manager Brian Dorrian was clear that the bragging rights are at stake. Inishowen manager Dermot O’Brien believes that concerns about the pitch lifted as the subzero temperatures rose and said there is excitement on the peninsula.
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Ulster Championship Division 3 result: Strabane 19 v 13 Cavan A stirring comeback from Strabane was enough to thwart a bright Cavan start on Saturday. Cavan have not been in great form but they started well against Strabane. After 12 minutes, it was 10 v 0 to the away side as Strabane conceded a series
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FAI Intermediate Cup result: Edenderry Town 2 v 0 Bonagee United Edenderry Town scored first in today’s FAI Intermediate Cup clash against Letterkenny club Bonagee United. The home side scored on the 16th minute when an in-swinging cross was sent home by Edenderry midfielder James Rafferty. Bonagee fought back and were unlucky not to equalise
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Tyrone’s Intermediate champions Pomeroy face Monaghan’s Donaghamoyne tomorrow. They clash in the Ulster Intermediate Club Championship Final in Newry. Pomeroy’s manager Mark Harte has been speaking with with Highland Radio’s GAA correspondent Tom Comack…
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Derry’s Slaughtneil take on Down’s Kilcoo in Sunday’s Ulster Senior Football Club Championship Final. Slaughtneil assistant manager John Joe Kearney has analysed the Derry champion’s meeting with Kilcoo in Armagh. He was speaking with Highland Radio’s GAA correspondent Tom Comack…
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Tyrone junior champions Rock have a chance of winning Ulster Junior Club Championship Final tomorrow. They go head-to-head with Blackhill, from Monaghan, in Newry. Rock’s manager Eunan McGinn has previewed the game with Highland Radio’s GAA correspondent Tom Comack…
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Our GAA preview today includes an analysis of tomorrow’s Ulster Club Senior Football Champsionship between Derry’s Slaughtneil and Down’s Kilcoo. We will also look ahead to Ulster’s Intermediate Football Final between Tyrone’s Pomeroy and Monaghan’s Donaghmoyne. Rock of Tyrone and Blackhill of Monaghan will contest the Ulster Junior Football Final. There has been one weather-enforced
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If you are an artist in the Northwest and would like to perform on the Weekend Edition in the future, you can email greghughes@highlandradio.com . If you or someone you know has an interesting story to tell, you can also make contact by email. This week, our live music on Saturday came from the super
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The Taoiseach says he doubts the UK will be able to negotiate its exit from the EU within two years, as the rules say. There’s supposed to be a time limit from when Britain triggers Article 50, the formal process for leaving the European Union. But Enda Kenny says there are lots of complicated issues
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A Strabane business has been fined £2,000 for the pollution of a waterway. Strabane Developments Limited, Leckpatrick Road, Artigarvan, Strabane was charged with the offence yesterday at Strabane Magistrates Court. Following a visit from the Northern Ireland Environmental Agency it was found that the discharge of suspended solids was 87 times the consented limit. High
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Main utility companies in the North of Ireland have joined forces to launch a winter readiness campaign to assist the public in their preparations for winter. BT, Northern Ireland Electricity Networks, NI Water and Phoenix Natural Gas have been working together to identify ways in which they could provide support and aid during periods of
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A Donegal Deputy is calling for the Oireachtas Insurance Report to be acted on without delay. Deputy Charlie McConalogue says this is a matter of urgency. The Oireachtas Joint Committee on Finance, was charged with investigating the spiralling costs of motor insurance and have accused the insurance industry of “cartel-like” behaviour. Deputy McConalogue says this
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An investigation continues into the discovery of the body of a man in his 30s at a disused building in Buncrana. Gardai have confirmed that the body was found in the vicinity of Mill Brae at 8.30 on Thursday night. His remains have been brought to Letterkenny University Hospital for a Post Mortem examination. Gardai
A woman has been taken to hospital following a crash on Glenshane Road, between Derry and the Claudy turn-off. Her injuries are not thought to be life threatening. Part of the road was closed to traffic but has since reopened.
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Two viable pipe bombs were discovered in Strabane today. Their discovery at Springhill Park sparked a security alert which has now ended and the road has reopened. The a statement to Highland Radio News that PSNI says that two objects were examined by ATO and declared viable pipe bomb type devices. The devices have been
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The body of a man in his 30s has been found in the Mill Brae area in Buncrana. Gardai have confirmed that the body was found in the vicinity of Mill Brae at 8.30 last night, and has been brought to Letterkenny University Hospital for a Post Mortem examination. There are concerns being expressed locally
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There is an ongoing security alert in Strabane. ‘Suspicious object’ have been found at Springhill Park. The public is being asked to avoid the area until further notice. No further details are available at present.
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Derry City and Strabane District Council has passed a motion calling for voting rights in the Irish Presidential elections to be extended to all Irish citizens, regardless of where they live. A similar motion was passed by the Mid Ulster Council last week, and the extension of the vote was also recommended at the latest
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The downward trend in the number of patients without beds at Letterkenny University Hospital is continuing, with 10 patients awaiting admission this morning, four of them on Emergency Department trolleys. On Tuesday last, the figure was 31, on Wednesday of last week, it hit a record high of 45.
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There’s been a 22% increase in the number of patients on the General Surgery waiting list at Letterkenny University Hospital, with 981 people on the list in October, up from 803 in April. There’s also been a similar increase in the numbers waiting longer than a year. Donegal Deputy Pearse Doherty says the figures from
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Two Donegal pharmacists have been censured for supplying a medication that causes serious side-effects to a patient without prescription. Gerard McCormick and Stewart Magee, of Magee’s Pharmacy, Upper Main Street, Letterkenny, Co Donegal, have been found guilty of poor professional performance at a disciplinary inquiry held by the Pharmaceutical Society of Ireland in Dublin. The
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The Letterkenny based property developer who has taken possesion of a building he claims is rightfully his says he will ask Donegal County Council to vacate the premises if the authority has not signed a new lease by this afternoon. The Kube on Thorn Road was taken into receivership along with a number of other
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The planned upgrade of the A6 Derry to Belfast Road is facing yet more delays after a Judicial Review was granted of plans for the section from Castledawson to the Toome by-pass. In a joint statement issued overnight, First Minister Arlene Foster and Deputy First Minister, Martin McGuinness say they look forward to the court
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Donegal County Council is being asked to invite the Minister for Agriculture and Fisheries for a meeting on the need to have proper notice on aquaculture licensing. The call comes from Councillor Marie Terese Gallagher. She says the issues has been brought to the fore recently after locals became aware of applications for Oyster Farm
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Derry City manager, Kenny Shiels has confirmed that goalkeeper Shaun Patton has left the club. The Letterkenny man only made one appearance for City last season and is thought to have been frustrated at the lack of game time with the club. Shiels said the keeper’s decision to leave is a big loss to City.
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The country’s top inter-county footballers are in Abu Dhabi this weekend for the GAA/GPA All Stars Tour and one of the managers on the tour is Mickey Harte The Tyrone manager has been speaking to the Irish media on the tour and was reflecting back on what was a decent year for a Tyrone side
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Monday evening in London will open a new experience for a small group of ten Finn Valley ac members and members of the Simms family, Milford. They will join the buzz of a world premiere occasion at the Odeon Leicester Square for the red carpet launch of the film I AM Bolt . They’ll mingle
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