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Rugby review: City of Derry let off hook in loss to Wanderers

City of Derry’s bad start to the season continued on Saturday with another loss. But the narrow six-point margin of defeat does not reflect the paucity of their overall play, according to Highland Radio’s rugby correspondent Alex McDonald. He spoke on Sunday Sport with presenter Myles Gallagher and said the scoreline against Dublin side Wanderers

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US Secretary of State believes Northern Ireland’s economy depends on fixing legacy issues

John Kerry says Northern Ireland’s economy depends on fixing legacy issues leftover from the troubles. The US Secretary of State claims peace in the North is vital for attracting investors in the aftermath of Brexit. Critics of the UK’s exit from the EU claim the move will destabilise the North’s Peace Process. But Mr Kerry

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Irish retailers will suffer if people do their Christmas shopping in the North – Fine Gael TD Regina Doherty

The Government Chief Whip says Irish retailers will suffer if shoppers choose to go to Northern Ireland to do their Christmas shopping. Since the Brexit vote, Sterling has taken a slump and consumers are cashing in on the weak exchange rate to Euro. A Red C poll in the Sunday Business Post shows that one

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Killyclogher win quarter-final to set up semi clash with Slaughtneil

Ulster Senior Club Championship quarter-final: Killyclogher 2-10 v 1-08 Cargin Tyrone’s Killyclogher beat Antrim’s Cargin today to reach the semi-final of the Ulster Senior Club Championship. Killyclogher now meet Derry’s Slaughtneil in two weeks’ time. Winning Killyclogher manager Dominic Corrigan spoke afterwards to the assembled media and also to Francis Mooney for Highland Radio…  

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Criminal damage caused to local business and sum of money stolen

A local business is this evening offering a 500 euro reward after a substantial amount of criminal damage was caused to their premises and a sum of money stolen. Sometime between 5:30pm yesterday evening and 10am this morning, Universal Books in Church Lane, Letterkenny was broken into with damage caused to the rear of the shop

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GAA results

GAA results – Sunday, October 30: Ulster Senior Club Championship quarter-finals: Glenswilly 1-06 v 1-12 Kilcoo Killyclogher 2-10 v 1-08 Cargin Slaughtneil 0-12 v 0-07 Derrygonnelly   Ulster Club Junior Championship quarter-final: Magilligan 0-10 v 1-09 Downings   Ulster Club Junior Hurling Championship Final: Lamh Dhearg 0-16 v 0-13 MacCumhaills  

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Local businesses in North West calling for speedy progress in Gas to West project

Local businesses owners are calling on speedy progress to be made on the Gas to the West Project according to Sinn Fein’s infrastructure spokesperson, Declan McAleer. The £250 million project will connect natural gas to thousands of homes across the North West including Strabane, Derry and Omagh. The West Tyrone MLA says that the Gas

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GAA preview: Glenswilly manager Michael Cannnig claims Kilcoo are favourites to win

The manager of Donegal club champions Glenswilly says the club’s experienced players will be needed to take on the might of Kilcoo. Michael Canning takes his side to Newry tomorrow to face Kilcoo in the Ulster championship and believes his team – who were recently crowned county champs (pictured) – are the underdogs. He has

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Finn Harps manager Ollie Horgan admits he was “always worried” about relegation

Finn Harps manager Ollie Horgan has said his club were in a relegation dogfight and admitted he was “always worried” about the drop. Harps ended the season with a 1-0 win over Bohemians on Friday night and Ollie said they prepared for their last game as well as they did for every other match this

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Gweedore beat St Eunan’s to reach Donegal U21A Football Club Championship Final

Donegal U21A Football Club Championship semi-final result: St Eunan’s 0-08 (8) v (13) 1-10 Gweedore Connor Boyle’s goal for Gweedore was the difference in this Donegal U21A Football Club Championship semi-final. Gweedore are now through to the final and will face Aodh Rua, who beat Naomh Conaill in the other semi on Friday night. Harry

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Soccer review: Sean Connor praises Finn Harps boss Ollie Horgan

Finn Harps and Derry City finished at opposite ends of the table this season but both clubs will be satisfied with their seasons. That was the verdict today on Saturday Sport of Highland Radio’s soccer analyst Sean Connor, who said Harps’ manager Ollie Horgan did a fantastic job to avoid relegation. Harps finished third from

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Donegal GAA results

Friday, October 28 Under 21 A Football Championship semi-final: Naomh Conaill 2-06 v 3-16 Aodh Rua   Saturday, October 29 Under 21 A Football Championship semi-final: St Eunan’s 0-08 v 1-10 Gaoth Dobhair   Under 21 B Football Championship semi-finals: Letterkenny  Gaels 1-14 v 1-11 Naomh Colmcille Bundoran 1-11 v 1-13 Killybegs  

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Donegal Youth League wins first group match of FAI Youth Cup Inter-League

FAI Youth Cup Inter-League result: Donegal Youth League 1 – 0 Cavan-Monaghan Youth League Donegal Youth League beat the Cavan-Monaghan Youth League on Saturday afternoon thanks to an injury time winner in the 92nd minute from Fanad United striker Michael Devlin. The match was the first group game for the Donegal side in this year’s

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North’s first minister accuses Irish Government of poaching direct investment

The north’s first minister Arlene Foster has accused the government here of trying to poach foreign direct investment from northern Ireland. In her first speech to the DUP’s annual conference as party leader, she also accused the republic of trying to talk down the north’s economy. Ms Foster said Brexit was Britain’s biggest economic opportunity

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Listen Back to the best bits of the Weekend Edition with Greg Hughes

It was another busy Saturday on Weekend Edition, you can now listen back to some of the highlights. But before you do, if you have any comments or suggestions for the programme you can email greghughes@highlandradio.com or on Twitter @greghughes2 or search the Weekend Edition on Highland Radio on Facebook. We are back next Saturday

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Letterkenny University Hospital receives two awards

The eRoster Project at Letterkenny University Hospital won two awards for their e-rostering system at the hospital. The project was a finalist in five categories at the Allocate User Group Conference which took place recently in Birmingham. Dr Anne Drake, Director of Nursing, received an award for improving working lives through technology. The second award

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Council’s get active drive

Derry City and Strabane District Council have launched an ambitious new initiative to reach out to sections of the community who wouldn’t traditionally take part in physical activity in a bid to get them ‘more active more often’. Sport Northern Ireland’s ‘EveryBody Active 2020’ initiative will specifically target women and girls, people with disability, those

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Harps end the season on a high

Finn Harps           1              Bohemians         0 Finn Harps rounded off their season with a narrow victory over Bohemians in a very open game. Harps took the lead on 44 minutes with a wonderful goal from Ryan Curran who carved out space just inside the before box before unleashing a thundering shot into the top corner beyond

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Motorists urged to watch out for children this Halloween weekend

Donegal County Council’s Road Safety officer has urged motorists to watch out for children this Halloween weekend. Drivers are being reminded to exercise additional caution while on the roads and particularly when driving through housing estates with children out trick or treating. Brian O’Donnell is also asking motorists to ensure their dipped headlights are on

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Harps gear up for last game of the season and to recognise a legend

Later this (Friday) afternoon Ollie Horgan’s squad will be assembling for the final this season in preparation for the visit of Bohemians to Finn Harps tonight with the earlier kick-off time of 7.45. It’s an opportunity for the fans to recognize the unbelievable effort that has been put in by Horgan, the players, backroom staff,

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NI Brexit challenge fails but SDLP says they won’t give up

Northern Ireland’s High Court has dismissed the first legal challenge to Britain’s EU leave vote. A cross-party group of politicians argues it would be illegal to take the country out of the European Union against its wishes. But a judge ruled there is no legal issue with the UK government triggering exit negotiations. S-D-L-P leader

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Funding package launch to support “junior immersion” in Gaeltacht schools

The government has launched a funding package to support schools in Gaeltacht areas who pledge to carry out Junior and Senior Infant classes completely in Irish, even if the children don’t speak the language at home. The Irish Language Immersion Scheme, which was launched in Conemarra today, was first mooted while Donegal TD Joe Mc

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Childrens’ Ombudsman welcomes changes to RACE scheme

The State Examinations Commission has promised to overhaul the Reasonable Accommodations at Certificate Examinations, or RACE scheme following a number of complaints about the scheme last year. RACE is intended to help students with special needs, providing supports such as large print papers, readers and computers on which to do exams. In many cases, individual

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Letterkenny a finalist in international “Communities in Bloom” competition

Letterkenny is one of the international finalists in the Communities in Bloom competition, the results of which are being announced in Regina, Saskatchewan in Canada this weekend. The Letterkenny Tidy Towns Committee is represented at the ceremony, with adjudicators from Canada and Holland visiting the town over the summer. Omagh is also one of the

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Mc Conalogue claims massive underspend likely in GLASS scheme

Fianna Fáil Agriculture Spokesperson Charlie McConalogue has said that he is shocked at the likely €377m underspend in GLAS payments. According to new figures received by Deputy McConalogue, only €11.5m was spent on GLAS in 2015, with the average annual payment to date of €4,600. The GLAS scheme aims to encourage farmers to promote biodiversity,

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