A Donegal Senator is encouraging people to get involved in the All-Island Strategic Rail Review. Public consultations are getting underway this year and people will get the opportunity to voice their concerns over a lack of rail services in the North West. Senator Niall Blaney says the review is real progress towards rail connectivity […]
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It’s emerged that St. Conals Day Services in Letterkenny has been closed since March of last year due to a lack of resources. At the beginning of the pandemic the service shut its doors with clients being given some home support. Despite an easing of restrictions, the service has yet to resume and it’s
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Families affected by a lack of provision of day services in North Inishowen say they feel deeply let down by both the HSE and the Government. A number of services have been compromised in the area due to a range of issues including a Covid outbreak and the redeployment of staff. There are currently
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The Transport Minister says he doesn’t believe further restrictions will be introduced this Christmas. It follows a stark warning to the Cabinet Sub Committee on Covid last night. Senior ministers were told the peak of the wave could see between 4 and 5000 cases a day and up to 200 ICU admissions. Eamon Ryan
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Bonagee Utd defeated Letterkenny Rovers 3-1 in the semi final of the Gorey Curran Youth Cup and booked a final date with Drumkeen or Kilmacrennan Celtic. On a miserable night weather-wise Bonagee got a dream start with Luke Doherty netting in the third minute. Bonagee doubled the lead on 67 through Leon Boyce before Josh
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The chief medical officer says the health service is under ‘significant pressure’, due to the worsening Covid situation. Latest figures show that there were 13 infectious Covid cases in Letterkenny University Hospital. Dr Tony Holohan says he’s ‘increasingly worried’ about the rise in cases across the country. The five-day moving average now stands at
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A Sinn Féin TD says a gun threat to his office shows how ‘careful’ politicians need to be about their security. Someone called South Donegal Deputy Martin Kenny’s office in Leinster House yesterday, and made threats against gardai and TDs. It comes two years after an arson attack on his car in Co Leitrim
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There has been a call for the government to rethink its policy on new rules for the reopening of nightclubs. One of the rules will see those wanting to attend a club having to purchase their tickets online at least one hour in advance of turning up at the door. Nightclub owner Ian Redmond
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A Donegal County Councillor has criticised the fact that the authority’s Disability Committee hasn’t met since the current council was elected in 2019. Cllr Michael Cholm Mac Giolla Easbuig says he sought a place on the committee because there are a number of issues he wants to pursue, including better footpaths, increased access, and
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There are calls for urgent action on flooding issues on the main Letterkenny to Stranorlar road as the winter season begins. Councillor Gary Doherty says that a number of properties and businesses along the road have been consistently flooded during periods of heavy rainfall. He raised the issue at yesterday’s meeting of the Lifford
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Four motorists have been caught speeding in the Letterkenny area on Bank Holiday Monday. Gardaí from the Letterkenny Roads Policing Unit operated a number of speed checks throughout the day. Drivers were clocked speeding at 141, 125, 128 and 126 kph in a 100 zone. Gardai issued Fixed Charge Notices and those in question
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Donegal’s Erin McLaughlin came off the bench for Ireland on Tuesday afternoon as they recorded their first win in the Uefa Women’s Under 19 European Championship Qualifiers with a 2-0 win over Northern Ireland. McLaughlin replaced Teegan Lynch on 64 minutes as Dave Connell’s team claimed all three points thanks to goals from Ellen Molloy
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The main evening news, sport and obituary notices on Tuesday the 26th of October…
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2,193 new cases of Covid-19 have been reported this evening. 513 patients are in hospital with the virus – the first time the figure’s been above 500 in nearly eight months. 97 Covid patients are in intensive care, down two from yesterday. Chief medical officer, Tony Holohan, says he’s ‘increasingly worried’ about the rising incidence
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Knockalla Caravan’s Senior Cup 2021/22 Draw 1st Round draw Castlefin Celtic v Letterkenny Rover’s Finn Harp’s u21s v Buncrana Heart’s Kilmacrennan Celtic v Kildrum Tiger’s Cockhill Celtic v Glengad United Aileach v Monaghan United Glaslough Villa v Capry Rover’s Bonagee United v Greencastle Cavan Town v Derry City Reserve’s First Round Ties pencilled in
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The number of patients in hospitals here with Covid-19 has reached its highest level in more than seven months. The amount of virus in-patients rose from 497 yesterday to 513 today, which is higher than at any point since early March. 97 patients are also currently receiving intensive care treatment. Professor of Immunology at Maynooth
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A number of vehicles have been damaged in Letterkenny in recent days. Gardaí are investigating the incident of criminal damage that occurred in the area of Gleann Eadan, between Wednesday night last at 11pm and Thursday morning at 8am. Two vehicles, a van and a car both of which were parked at the same address
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Substantial damage has been caused during a weekend incident in the Twin Towns. It happened last Sunday night at 11.50pm, in the area of Aisling Court on the Donegal road in Ballybofey. Gardaí received reports that a black VW had been driving in a dangerous manner and had caused substantial damage to a number of
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On today On today’s Nine Til Noon Show, Donal Kavanagh was joined by Garda Grainne Doherty for the Community Garda Slot.
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Donegal County Council has issued a warning over bonfires ahead of the Halloween festivities. They are asking the community to remember that bonfires can cause serious damage and injuries both to our environment and to our health. In a statement, the Council says that there has been a significant reduction in the number of
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The renowned MacGill Summer School gets underway tomorrow. The event, normally held in Glenties every year, will be held online due to the pandemic. The theme of this years event is ‘A threatened Planet: Recovery from the Pandemic Must be Built on new values and a new vision’. Director Joe Mullholland says Covid has
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A number of people have been arrested in connection with the theft in a shop in Letterkenny. Yesterday, Gardaí were alerted to the fact that the theft had occurred at a sports shop on the Main Street in Letterkenny shortly after 3.30pm. A number of males had entered the store and had stolen a
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Gardaí are investigating a burglary in Buncrana yesterday evening. The incident happened at Earlsfort, at some stage between 7.30pm and 9pm. The key of a car was stolen from a house which had been left unlocked and the car, a white Hyundai Kona ‘VGZ’ was then taken from the driveway of the house. The
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Gardai have reissued an appeal for information after a jewellers was targeted during a burglary in south Donegal last week. The incident happened on Main Street in Donegal Town in the early hours of Friday morning last. At around 3am, two masked males are believed to have gained access to the premises by
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Gardaí are investigating a burglary that occurred at Westside Apartments, Lower Main Street, Letterkenny between 8pm on Sunday the 17th of October and 11pm on Thursday the 21st of October. The door to an apartment there was forced open and entry was gained. The apartment was rummaged through and a substantial sum of cash was
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Letterkenny University Hospital is the second most overcrowded in Ireland today. As of this morning, there were 57 people awaiting admission with 18 people on trolleys and 39 waiting on wards or in overflow areas. Nationally, there were 477 admitted patients are waiting for beds this morning, according to today’s INMO Trolley Watch. 376
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A Donegal Deputy says Gardai have not yet contacted the whistleblower as part of their investigation into sexual abuse at Ard Greine Court and Sean O’Hare Unit at St.Josephs hospital in Stranorlar. Parts of the report that have been leaked to the public revealed that over 100 instances of “sustained sexual abuse” occurred over
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Planning permission has been submitted to Donegal County Council to construct 30 new houses in the Twin Towns. McHugh Brothers Builders are seeking permission to demolish 21 partially built houses at Navenny to make way for 24 new two storey homes. The plans also include a new pedestrian crossing and a play park. Meanwhile,
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Questions are being asked as to why supports for children with intellectual disabilities are still suspended in Carndonagh, months after a Covid-19 outbreak in the area. The outbreak happened in August with families and service users having to remain at home while staff were redeployed. Local Cllr Albert Doherty says this latest issue is further
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Talks between Government officials and groups representing nightclubs and late-night venues will take place this morning. They’ll try to finalise plans for how the late-night sector will operate over the next few months. One of the main issues to be resolved is the need for tickets, where people won’t be seated, to allow for contact
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Finn Harps return to action on Friday night with a trip to Shamrock Rovers – and they’ll go to the Tallaght Stadium having slipped back into the bottom two in the Premier Division. That’s because Waterford gave their survival hopes a massive boost on Monday night. They came from behind to take a crucial
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In the Donegal Youth League, there was Bank Holiday Monday action in the John Gorey Curran Cup. Kilmacrennan Celtic came from 2-0 down to defeat Keadue Rovers 3-2 in a cracking game at Letterkenny Community Centre. They will now play Drumkeen United in the semi final – Drumkeen defeated Ballyraine in their tie yesterday
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12 thousand jobs are at risk in the forestry sector due to the backlog in granting afforestation and felling licences. Thats according to the Social Economic, Environmental Forestry Association of Ireland. They are staging a series of social media protests today targeting Government TD’s in an effort to highlight the crisis in the sector.
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A Donegal Deputy believes that there is “no valid reason” why the report into sexual abuse at a HSE facility in Stranorlar should not be released in full. Parts of the report that have been leaked to the public revealed that over 100 instances of “sustained sexual abuse” occurred at the Ard Greine Court
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An expert government committee has released a programme to cut Ireland’s greenhouse emissions in half inside a decade. The government plans to make the two five-year carbon budgets legally binding within the next four months. The first five-year budget will require cuts of 4.8% a year compared with emissions in 2018. After 2025, a
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Six in ten companies say the risk of financial crime and cyber-attacks has increased because of remote working. 280 organisations were surveyed by the Association of Compliance Officers in Ireland, with four in ten saying data breach risks have also risen. It comes as financial cybercrime activities such as fraudulent emails, phishing attempts, ransomware
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There’s been a broad welcome to engineering proposals which are aimed at solving the flooding issue at Pearse Gardens and the Ballycolman Estate in Strabane. The area has been flooded multiple times in recent years, most recently this August when torrential rains once again caused flooding at Pearse Gardens. West Tyrone MLA Maolíosa McHugh
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A motorist has been clocked speeding at 115kph in an 80 zone at the weekend. Gardai caught the driver in the Muff area on Saturday evening. In a statement on Donegal Garda Facebook page, Gardai are reminding people to slow down.
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Dylan Browne McMonagle was among the winners in Galway on Monday. The Donegal jockey was first past the post on 5/1 shot Big Island for trainer John James Feane. It is Browne McMonagle’s second win in the past few days having ridden the 7/1 Dilawara to victory in Leopardstown.
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Sean MacCumhaills lifted the Donegal Minor Division 1 Championship title on Bank Holiday Monday beating Glenswilly 2-9 to 0-3 at the O’Donnell Park in Letterkenny. The Twin Towns side were lead to their first minor crown in 50 years by Kevin McCormick who kicked 1-5 while the other goal was scored by Andrew Murray. Tom
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The number of people signing up for Covid-19 vaccinations has doubled since Thursday, according to the CEO of the HSE. Paul Reid says that there are now 2,000 people a day registering to receive a Covid-19 vaccine nationally, and that there were over 10,000 vaccinations administered in just two vaccination centres in central Dublin over
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1,845 new cases of Covid-19 have been announced by the Department of Health today. There are currently 497 people in hospitals with the virus here, up 24 on yesterday. 99 of those patients are now in ICU, an increase of 2. As the upward trend of hospitalisations from the virus continues, the number of people
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Police are appealing for information after reports that shots were fired in in Derry last night. The PSNI say that there was a report of gun shots being discharged in the Sevenoaks area of Derry city, at approximately 9:40pm on Sunday night. While there have been no reports of injury or damage caused, Police are
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Cloughaneely booked their place in their third successive Donegal Intermediate Football Championship Final after they claimed a 2-11 to 0-11 win over Buncrana. Goals from Paul Sweeney and Aidan Doohan helped Michael Lynch’s side to victory. They will now play Dungloe in the decider in two weeks time Cloughaneely boss Michael Lynch spoke with Tom
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Cloughaneely are through to the Donegal Intermediate Football Championship Final for a third successive year after they beat Buncrana 2-11 to 0-11 in Convoy. Paul Sweeney and Aidan Doohan goals were the difference between the sides. Tom Comack reports for Highland Radio Sport…
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It’s another packed DL Debate podcast with Brendan Devenney. This week Brendan talks club championship football with Listen to the DL Debate presented by Brendan Devenney in association with Sara’s Kitchen at Sister Sara’s Letterkenny:
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Gardaí in Ballyshannon say the search operation that was ongoing in the Cashelard area near Ballyshannon earlier today has been stood down as remains have been found. No further updates are available at this time.
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Naomh Conaill are through to their fifth Donegal Senior Football Championship final in a row after they beat Kilcar 0-11 to 0-08. The defending champions are looking to make it three in a row and will take on St Eunan’s in two weeks time. Diarmaid Doherty spoke with Naomh Conaill manager Martin Regan. Naomh Conaill’s
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The high number of nurses and midwives currently out of work with Covid is compromising the provision of safe care, according to the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation. Over 370 nurses and midwives have been infected with Covid-19 in the last month, according to the INMO, putting ‘enormous pressure’ on an ‘already pressurised workforce’. The
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Conor Orr was back in the winners enclosure on Sunday afternoon in Galway. The Donegal Jockey won on board 7/2 shot Theatre World for trainer Ross O’Sullivan. It is Orr’s second win in as many days.
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