A man charged with the attempted murder of a police officer in Eglinton outside Derry in June last year has been refused compassionate bail to see his new born child. 35 year old Sean McVeigh of Victoria Street in Lurgan is charged with the attempted murder of the officer and possessing Semtex on June 18 […]
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The Paralymic Games in Rio start later this evening with the opening ceremong. Team Ireland are sending 46 athletes to the games in Brazil and there’s three from the north west. Jason Smyth will not be at the ceremony because the Derry man is in 100m action tomorrow. Smyth was a double gold winner in
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The Finn Harps U19 game against Longford Town which was called off last weekend has been re-fixed for this Sunday afternoon at the City Calling Stadium (kick-off 2.00). The game had been due to take place on Sunday past but was postponed due to an unplayable pitch. Joe Boyle’s side is still battling for a
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Swilly Rovers have sacked manager Aaron Rogan after just two games and have replaced hime with Gerry Crossan. Swilly lost both of their league cup games to Cockhill and Letterkenny conceding nine goals in the process. The Ramelton club start their league campaign on Sunday against Bonagee Utd
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A man has been arrested after he drove the wrong way up a one-way street in Buncrana while drunk. The man then crashed into a wall and reversed into a garda patrol car. The incident occurred around 4am in Buncrana on August 28 but details are only emerging now. Gardai had been in pursuit of
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A man accused of taking part in the fatal shooting of a man at a boxing event in Dublin is fighting extradition from Northern Ireland. Kevin Murray was arrested in Strabane last night in connection with the death at the Regency Hotel in February. The killing sparked a string of gangland murders. Sky’s Ireland correspondent
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Police are investigating the death of a person on railway line in Derry. The railway line has been closed following the incident which happened close to Caw Park on this morning. The line is expected to remain closed for some time. Bus routes are operating as an alternative and NIR tickets will be accepted. There
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A number of public buildings in Donegal are being lit up gold this month to raise awareness of childhood cancer, and the need for more specific research and development to find treatments and cures. In county Donegal, the Public Service Centres in Dungloe, Donegal Town and Milford are going gold. In Buncrana, the Council Offices
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Special guest Manus Kelly Students , Parents committee and Principal, Nora Friel at the launch of the Loreto Secondary School, Letterkenny Annual 5K road Race / Fun Run and Walk which will take place on Tuesday next, 13th September, starting at 7.30pm. This year the event has been included as part of the Athletics Grand
Donegal Rally Ace Manus Kelly launches Loreto 5k Read More »
Patients lives are being threatened by delays, according to the head of the country’s national brain surgery centre. Nine patients with malignant brain tumours were turned away from the unit in Beaumont hospital one day last week. Clinical Director Mohsen Javadpour says people are at risk of dying while they’re waiting for treatment. On the
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Northern Ireland is set to lose an MP, and some sitting representatives may find themselves under pressure as a result of proposed boundary changes published last evening. Belfast will lose a constituency, while a number of constituencies are to be scrapped, including East Derry and West Tyrone. The bulk of East Derry will be in
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The draw for the quarter finals of the Donegal Senior Championship was made on Monday night in Ballybofey. The tie of the round is a repeat of last years final between holders Naomh Conaill and St Eunan’s. The other last eight encounters see Glenswilly face off against MacCumhaills, Kilar will play Termon and Malin will
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The 2016 Donegal Harvest Stages Rally will be launched tonight. Based in Killybegs, This years event runs on Saturday 8th October and is named by the Donegal Motor Club in honour of Martin Howley, a former club member and skipper of the Atlantic Challenge fishing vessel. The Harvest is the final round of the Triton
A man arrested in Strabane yesterday is due in court in Belfast this morning in connection with the Regency Hotel shooting. The 46 year old was detained by the PSNI on foot of a European Arrest Warrant. Police in the North say he was being sought by Gardaí in connection with murder and firearm offences.
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The National Youth Council of Ireland says there is an argument for special measures to be introduced in counties such as Donegal with higher levels of youth unemployment. Latest figures show that there are 2,137 young jobseekers in the county. The Youth Council is calling on the government to allocate 30 million euro in the
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Latest figures show over 6,000 patients spent time on trolleys or in ward overflow areas while waiting for beds in Irish hospitals last month. The Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation has this morning released it’s latest survey of Trolley Watch figures for the month of August. At Letterkenny University Hospital, there were 128 people awaiting
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Finn Harps Club secretary John Campbell has confirmed that the League of Ireland Premier Division game between Dundalk and Finn Harps at Oriel Park will take place on next Monday night the 12th of September (kick-off 7.45). But, the new date is subject to their being no replay required in the FAI Cup quarter-final replay
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Rilion Gracie Ireland – BJJ/MMA club, based in Letterkenny & Donegal Town, took part in the prestige NAGA tournament, which was held for the first time in Ireland last weekend and the club swept the board with numerous medals from the Gracie Elite Team. The North American Grappling Association (NAGA) is an organization started in
BJJ MMA club members win five Gold Medals at NAGA Tournament Read More »
Despite a disappointing performance in Belgrade, Ireland’s World Cup qualifying campaign has started with an away draw. Martin O’Neill’s men battled their way to a 2-all draw against Serbia after a drab display from both sides in-front of a surprisingly small crowd inside the Red Star Stadium. Jeff Hendrick gave Ireland the perfect start when
Coleman captains Ireland in 2-2 draw with Serbia Read More »
The quarter final draw has been made for the 2016 Michael Murphy Sports and Leisure Donegal Senior Football Championship and the stand out tie of the last eight has pipped the champions from the last two season together. Naomh Conaill, the only side to win all three group games and current holders of the Dr
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A 46 year-old man has been arrested in Strabane in connection with a Dublin shooting and will appear in court in Belfast on Tuesday. The man was arrested by virtue of a European Arrest Warrant held by Authorities in the Republic of Ireland. The warrant is for the offence of murder and firearms offences. The arrest
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Rory McIlroy has returned to winning ways. After almost a year and a half without a victory, the world number five produced a stunning final round to win the Deutsche Bank Championship in Boston. Despite starting the day six shots off the lead, McIlroy carded brilliant final round 65 to finish on 15-under par and
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There has been an appeal for information after an 18 foot boat was stolen from a house in Portnablagh in broad daylight. The boat and trailer are worth up to 18 thousand euro and were taken from the house on Sunday between the hours of 4.30pm & 8.30pm. It may have been towed in the
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A Donegal woman has become the first winner of Electric Irelands Electric Car Competition and in the process has become the first owner of an electric car in Killybegs. Sinead McGinty has recieved delivery of a new Nissan Leaf SVE, worth €31,000 and has installing her own charging station outside her home. Sinead won the
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The Premiership title in North West Cricket is set for a shoot out between Brigade, Donemana and possibly Ardmore Coleraine missed the chance to seal the title on Sunday as they lost to Brigade. That result put Brigade top of the table with one game remaining. Donemana has two games left to play and one
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The prospect of closer links between Donegal and Georgia is being explored following a visit to Lifford last week by George Zurabashvili, the Georgian Charges d’Affaires. He met with Donegal County Council’s Cathairleach Terence Slowey and and Chief Executive Seamus Neely. Mr Neely says the visit of Mr. Zurabashvilli to County House provided the Council
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Kilmacrennan’s Richard Kerr took double wins at Kirkistown on Saturday. The 16 year old was competing in the Irish Short Circuit Championships and put in a dominated display to take pole position and victory in both races. The wins will be a boost to Richard who has had some back luck in recent rounds of
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The owners of a filling station in Inishowen has been injured after three men armed with batons robbed them at the premises near Fahan. The incident happened shortly before 9 o’clock last night. Gardaí say the owner and his wife were struck with batons, and both are being treated in hospital for non life threatening
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The draw for the quarter-finals of the Michael Murphy Sports and Leisure Donegal Senior Football Championship is to take place this evening at the monthly meeting of the County Committee in Ballybofey. Pot one will host group winners Naomh Conaill, Glenswilly, Kilcar and Malin. Pot two will have Termon, Dungloe, St. Eunan’s and MacCumhaill’s.
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Seamus Coleman and John O’Shea are both fit to start the Republic of Ireland’s first World Cup qualifier tonight. That’s according to manager Martin O’Neill who, as ever, won’t name his starting eleven for the meeting with Serbia until the hour before kick off. The Group D clash gets underway at 7.45. Elsewhere in the
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Victories for Joe Courtney on both days of the Donegal Hillclimb weekend clinched the Naylor Engineering National Hillclimb and Sprint Championship for the Galway driver, repeating his title of last year. Heading into the final two rounds of the series over the famed and scenic Knockalla Coast Road near Portsalon, Courtney’s only rival for
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Donegal Deputy Pat the Cope Gallagher is calling on the HSE and the government to immediately increase the number of home help hours and resources in community hospitals. Following Minister Simon Harris’ visit to Letterkenny University Hospital last week Deputy Gallagher revealed that Letterkenny lost 1,387 bed nights in the first seven months of this
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Sweet wrappers are the most common form of litter on the streets of Ireland. A new survey by Irish Business Against Litter says fast food wrappers, cigarette butts and chewing gum are among the most prevalent forms of rubbish around the country. While nearly all of Ireland’s main towns are now clean, pockets of major
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Energia have announced €22,000 in funding for community-based projects in South Donegal. The funding, run by the Community Fund Ireland comes in collaboration with Energia’s Meenadreen windfarm development, which is located bewteen Donegal Town and Glenties and will be the largest in Ireland when completed. Projects recently funded include the installation of a monitored CCTV
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The Waterside Half Marathon cemented its reputation as the biggest and best Half Marathon on the local athletics calendar when over 2,000 runners completed the race in front of throngs of spectators on Sunday. Some issues with traffic management resulted in an hour delay to the race start but this was resolved following consultation with
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Donegal Democrat sports editor Peter Campbell believes clubs will want to avoid St Eunan’s and Termon in the draw for the Donegal Senior Football Club Championship quarter-final. Peter said it is expected that the draw for the quarter-final could be made at the Donegal County Committee meeting that is scheduled for tomorrow night. He discussed
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Donegal Senior Football Club Championship result – Sunday, September 4: GROUP B St Michael’s 2-14 v 3-14 St Eunan’s St Eunan’s manager David McGinley has vowed his players will work hard to make sure that they are competitive “no matter” who they get in the next round in tomorrow’s draw. The Letterkenny side beat St
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Donegal Senior Football Club Championship result – Sunday, September 4: GROUP C MacCumhaills 4-10 v 0-17 Naomh Muire MacCumhaills manager Damien Devenney was in great form after beating Naomh Muire today to reach the quarter-final of the Donegal Senior Football Club Championship. He joked that he will be cancelling his players’ holidays as they train
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Donegal Senior Football Club Championship result – Sunday, September 4: GROUP A: Bundoran 0-07 v 3-12 (21) Glenswilly Glenswilly’s star players Michael Murphy and Neil Gallagher put on a dazzling display in Bundoran today to help their club into the quarter-final of the Donegal Senior Football Club Championship. Two-time winners Glenswilly, who lifted the
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Ulster Senior League Cup result – Sunday, September 4: GROUP A Letterkenny Rovers 6 v 1 Swilly Rovers *Rovers have qualified for the League Cup semi-final
Ulster Senior League Cup result: Letterkenny Rovers hammer Swilly Rovers Read More »
North-west players like James McClean are tipped to make their mark on Ireland’s upcoming World Cup qualification campaign. Highland Radio’s soccer analyst Sean Connor said McClean will give manager Martin O’Neill the option of having a direct runner against Serbia in the match on Monday night. He also said the move to abandon Finn Harps’
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Donegal Junior League results – Sunday, September 4 Brian Mc Cormick Sports Premier Division Drumoghill FC 2 v 0 Glenea United Castlefin Celtic 0 v 0 Convoy Arsenal St Catherine’s 0 v 2 Kilmacrennan Celtic Rathmullan Celtic L – L Lagan Harps Kildrum Tigers 1 v 1 Milford United Temple Domestic Appliances Division One
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Inishowen Football League results – Sunday, September 4: Premier Division QPS 0 v 2 Buncrana Clonmany 3 v 3 Greencastle Glengad 1 v 0 Carn Aileach 3 v 0 Culdaff Division 1 Aileach Res 2 v 1 Illies Celtic Sea Rvs 1 v 8 (eight) Cockhill Yth Redcastle 0 v 1 QPS Res Rasheney
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Donegal Senior Football Club Championship results – Sunday, September 4: GROUP A Bundoran 0-07 v 3-12 Glenswilly Dungloe 0-07 v 2-09 Ardara GROUP B Killybegs 0-23 v 0-07 Kilcar St Michael’s 2-14 v 3-14 St Eunan’s GROUP C MacCumhaills 4-10 v 0-17 Naomh Muire Malin 2-20 v 1-13 Glenfin *Through to quarters: Naomh
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Donegal Senior Football Club Championship result – Sunday, September 4: GROUP C Malin 2-20 v 1-13 Glenfin Malin beat Glenfin today by 10 clear points to win this tie in the Donegal Senior Football Club Championship. They have topped Group C and qualified for the quarter-final. Manager Terence Colhoun was delighted afterwards and is was
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Donegal Senior Football Club Championship result – Sunday, September 4: GROUP B Killybegs 23 v 7 Kilcar Kilcar dished out a crushing defeat to 16-point defeat to Killybegs on Sunday in this Donegal Senior Football Club Championship encounter. It means Kilcar topped the group and are through to the quarter-final after two wins and a
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Donegal Senior Football Club Championship result: Sunday, September 4: GROUP A Dungloe 17 v 2-09 (15) Ardara Dungloe beat Ardara on Sunday afternoon and have progressed out of the group thanks to a huge shift in the second half and a penalty save in the closing stages. Winning Dungloe manager Tony Boyle spoke to Highland
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A man in his 40s has died following a road traffic collision in Derry. A Ford Ka and a grey Peugeot 308 collided on the Clooney road in Derry at 12:50am this morning. A man and woman both in their 50s were taken to hospital for treatment to their injuries which are not believed to
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Donegal Senior Football Club Championship result, September 3: Naomh Conaill 2-18 v 0-11 Gweedore Defending champions Naomh Conaill convincingly overcame Gweedore by 13 points on Saturday to clinch victory in this Donegal Senior Football Club Championship tie. Goals from Dara Gallagher and Brendan McDyer, plus six points from Dermot Molloy helped Naomh Conaill’s manager Martin Regan
GAA result: Naomh Conaill manager Martin Regan says they are happy to go through Read More »
Donegal Senior Football Club Championship result, September 3: Termon 2-13 v 2-11 Four Masters Termon are through to the next round of the Donegal Senior Football Club Championship after beating Four Masters on Saturday. They came from five points down in the second half to reach the quarter-final thanks to a two-point victory, aided by
GAA result: Termon manager Francie Friel says his players were determined to win Read More »
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