There’s been an early morning arson attack on a house in Derry. At around 3 o’clock, police say they were alerted to a fire at a house in Drumard Park. It appears some old furniture was deliberately placed against the front door of the property and set alight, blocking the doorway. All four residents inside […]
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Tyrone goalkeeper Niall Morgan will miss the National Football League Division Two Final on Sunday week against Cavan after breaking a bone in his hand at the weekend. He sustained the injury while playing outfield for his club Edendork against Strabane in the opening round of league fixtures. Morgan is expected to have his hand
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A Donegal based orthopedic surgeon has repeated his claim that measures introduced to improve the trolley crisis have had a detrimental impact on waiting lists Yesterday it emerged almost half a million adults and children around the country are waiting for hospital procedures. Peter O’Rourke, a surgeon in Letterkenny University Hospital, says theatre lists are
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A Midlands North West MEP says if the proposed waste water treatment plant were to be allowed go ahead at Carnagarve, Moville, then it would be a travesty. The Campaign for a clean estuary says its understanding is that amended legislation introduced at the behest of the EU apply only to projects into the future,
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A Donegal man has been jailed for three years for the rape of a 14-year-old girl at a teenage disco when he was 15 years old. A trial at the Central Criminal Court heard that the man, now aged 20, pushed the girl into the ladies toilets and raped her in a cubicle. After the
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Nine out of ten mid ranking gardai want the AGSI to engage in a work to rule in support of their pay restoration claims. And pay is the number one issue for 84 percent of garda sergeants and inspectors. The AGSI is planning a massive march on the Dail when the new Government first sits,
AGSI conference told rural gardai station closures have had a serious impact Read More »
In the S.S.E Airtricity league St Pats are fourth this morning after a 2-1 win against Finn Harps in Ballybofey. A Packie Mailey own goal and a strike from Buncrana’s Mark Timlin gave the Saints a two goal lead while Kevin Mc Hugh scored a penalty late on for the hosts. Harps played well, but
Horgan pleased with Harps effort but mistakes cost them Read More »
A 32 year old man has appeared at Derry Magistrate’s Court charged with threatening to kill his former partner. Wayne Campbell of Bligh’s Lane in the city was charged with threatening to kill the woman on Saturday last, and causing criminal damage to a car by arson. A police officer said she believed she could
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Police in Derry are appealing for information following an assault that occurred in the Broomhill Avenue area of the city in the early hours of Thursday last. At approximately 3.20am, it was reported that a 34 year old man was being assaulted by two other men. It is believed that all three men may have
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A Letterkenny businessman has claimed thousands of euro worth of stock is being shoplifted from his premises on a weekly basis. Gary Cooney, owner of Cooney’s Home and Garden says the level of theft in his store has increased so much in recent months he has resorted to posting pictures of the alleged culprits on
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The Football Association of Ireland have announced that Tom Mohan will take over as Republic of Ireland Under 19 men’s manager. The former Finn Harps and Derry City player who is currently in charge of the Under 17s, he has enjoyed tremendous success over four qualifying campaigns, most notably in 2015 when he led the
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Helen Mirren has said she would like to add another tattoo to her body, teasing “a whole sleeve” of a snake design. The 70-year-old actress already has a tattoo of interlocking Vs on her left hand, which was inked on a Native American reservation in the 1970s. During an interview to promote her latest movie
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A judge says a trial is needed to determine if Led Zeppelin’s Stairway To Heaven copies its opening notes from a song by the rock band Spirit. US District Judge R Gary Klausner ruled on Friday that lawyers for the estate of late Spirit guitarist Randy Wolfe had shown enough evidence to support a case
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Finn Harps 1 St. Patrick’s Athletic 2 Buncrana’s Mark Timlin was among the goals as St. Patrick’s Athletic stole the points at Finn Park on Monday night. It was cruel on Harps who played some quality football, especially in the second half. They were the team on top after the break and Sean Houston
Funston makes 300 appearance but Harps go down 2-1 to St Pats. Read More »
Declan Bonner and the Donegal County Board have appealed the ban and fine handed out in the aftermath of Ulster u21 semi final defeat to Tyrone. Bonner was given a 24 week suspension for comments he made towards match official Barry Cassidy while both Donegal and Tyrone were hit with fines of €2000 for their
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Donegal’s focus will now be firmly on the Ulster Championship after their Division One league campaign came to an end at the hands of Dublin. Rory Gallagher’s side lost by ten points to the defending league and All Ireland champions in the semi final at Croke Park on Sunday. The provincial campaign starts for Donegal
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Mid-ranking gardai are stepping up their campaign to have their pay restored to pre 2007 levels, saying they cooperated with measures to rescue the economy, and that must now be recognised. The issue of pay is set to dominate the annual conference of the Association of Garda Sergeants and Inspectors, which gets underway in Co.
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Donegal manager Rory Gallagher hasn’t ruled out a return for goalkeeper Paul Durcan. Durcan won an All Ireland club title with Ballyboden Saint Enda’s despite the fact that he lives and works in Qatar however he hasn’t featured for his county yet this season. Donegal start their championship campaign on June 12th against Fermanagh
Situation still unclear with Paul Durcan Read More »
The 2015 Overall Donegal Sports Star winner Mark English receiving his award from Patrick McLaughlin on the behalf of the exclusive sponsor Donegal County Council. The formal presentation was made to Mark on Saturday in Letterkenny as he had been unable to attend the 40th awards function in the Mount Errigal Hotel at the end
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Finn Harps are back in action again tonight when they take on St. Patrick’s Athletic in a re-arranged Premier Division game. Harps will be hoping to bounce back from their 1-0 defeat in Galway on Friday while the visitors go into the game following a 1-1 home draw with winless Sligo. St. Pat’s could go
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A third councillor has left the SDLP in Tyrone as internal difficulties within the party boil over. Fermanagh and Omagh District Councillor Joanne Donnelly has confirmed she will back Josephine Deehan and Patsy Kelly, both of whom left the party last week. They will contest next month’s assembly election in West Tyrone as independent social
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Having had the original game postponed ten days ago because of a waterlogged Finn Park, Finn Harps and St. Patrick’s Athletic will try again this evening in Ballybofey. There has been rain across the north west today and the pitch at Finn Park is holding up well and the game is definitely on. Apart from
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It has been revealed that no new Garda recruits will be dispatched to Donegal from the latest group about to graduate from Templemore. Figures released by Department of Justice show of the 99 new garda recruits leaving Templemore shortly, the majority will go to Dublin. 94 in total are being sent to Leinster, and the
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House prices in Donegal have risen significantly compared with last year. According to the latest House Price Report released today by Daft.ie the national average house price has risen by an average of 5.9% from this time last year. House prices in the North West have increased significantly in the past year with a 10.4%
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Alastair Fisher & Gordon Noble in a Fiesta R5 had a tremendous drive to third place overall in the Circuit of Ireland which netted them maximum points in the Clonakilty Blackpudding Irish Tarmac Championship. Just behind Fisher were Josh Moffett & John Rowan in a similar car, a result which puts the Monaghan driver into
Maximum points for Fisher as Josh Moffett leads the Championship Read More »
You can now register on-line at www.northwest10k.com to take part in the big 20th North West 10k charity run and walk on Sunday 1st May in Letterkenny. The two benefitting charities this year are the Irish Pilgrimage Trust (Donegal Branch) and Spina Bifida Hydrocephalus Ireland (Donegal Branch).
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A collapse by Jordan Spieth and a final round 67 from Danny Willet means that the 28 year-old English player has claimed his first ever Major. Willet finished three clear of joint second placed Spieth and Lee Westwood on five under at the Masters becoming the first British player in 20 years to take the
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Donegal lost their last match of the league season against Dublin on Sunday. The score in the semi-final clash against the All Ireland champions at Croke Park was Donegal 0-13 v Dublin 1-23. Donegal manager Rory Gallagher spoke to Highland Radio’s head of sport Oisin Kelly after the game and said his players did not
Rory Gallagher says players did not push on after goal Read More »
NFL Division One semi-final result: Donegal 0-13 v Dublin 1-23 Donegal ended their league campaign with five defeats in a row after launching the campaign at breakneck speed with three high-scoring victories. They finished the campaign on Sunday with a 10-point loss in the semi-final of the National Football League Division One against All Ireland
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FAI Senior Cup result: Portmarnock 1 v 1 Letterkenny Rovers Letterkenny Rovers face a fixture headache after drawing another big cup match. Manager Eamonn McGonigley took his team to Dublin on Sunday to face Portmarnock in the FAI Senior Cup and drew 1-1. The sides are now expected to replay the match in a fortnight
Letterkenny Rovers have to do it all again in FAI Senior Cup Read More »
Tyrone hurling manager Kevin Ryan said his players got lucky after they came back from four points down to snatch victory against Fermanagh. The Red Hands won the play-off against Fermanagh on a score of 1-24 to 1-19. They were four points behind and were down a man but Tyrone stormed to the final whistle
Tyrone hurling manager Kevin Ryan thanks his luck Read More »
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Knockalla Caravans Cup Semi Finals Derry City Res 2 v 3 Glengad Utd Cockhill Cel 2 v 1 Bonagee Utd
Knockalla Caravans Cup Semi Finals Read More »
Inishowen Football League. Fr O’Gara Cup Quarter Final Redcastle 3 V 2 Aileach Res Fr O’Gara Cup Semi Final Carn 2 V 1 Sea Rovers Buncrana Credit Union Cup Quarter Finals Rasheney 0 V 2 QPS Aileach 1 V 1 Buncrana
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Donegal Junior League results, April 10 Premier Division Kilmacrennan Celtic 3 v 4 Glenea United Rathmullan Celtic 2 v 2 Cappry Rovers Kildrum Tigers 2 v 1 St Catherines Division One Raphoe Town 0 v 2 Convoy Arsenal Kerrykeel ’71 FC 0 v 3
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The Lifford Bridge re-opened this morning after being closed overnight amid reports of a suspicious object in the area. The bomb disposal team were tasked to the scene late last night and police declared the are safe this morning. Local Councillor Patsy Kelly has been outlining what happened and says it did cause significant
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Ladies’ National Football League, Division 2 result: Donegal 2-07 v 1-02 Cavan Donegal’s lady footballers have made a perfect run with another victory in this unbeaten season in the National Football League. They took on Cavan at TirChonaill Park in Donegal Town for the final round of regulation games and won 2-07 to 1-02 for
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Six teenage boys have been arrested following reports of people on the roof of a school in Derry yesterday morning. The school is on Trench Road, in the Waterside area of the city. The boys, aged between 13 and 17, are being questioned about a number of offences, including criminal damage.
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Two major search and rescue operations got underway yesterday evening in the North West – one in Burtonport and another in Co. Leitrim near Bundoran. A vessel overturned near Arranmore Island just before 6pm and a man could be seen in the water attached to the boat. Due to the adverse weather conditions the Arranmore
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The All Ireland U16 Basketball Championships will be held in Letterkenny and local interest is hoping for an all-Donegal final. Ballyshannon coach Paul McDevitt told Sunday Sport that there is a real chance of a showdown between his side and hosts Letterkenny. Double winners Ballyshannon clinched this year’s league and cup and were chased all
Local derby on cards at All Ireland U16 Basketball Championships Read More »
We have all live the action from Croke Park where Donegal take on All Ireland champions Dublin for a place in the final of National Football League Division 1. Our team today is Highland Radio’s head of sport Oisin Kelly and expert analyst Martin McHugh. There is also football action from Donegal’s ladies who aim
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Donegal’s hurlers were relegated from Division 2B on Saturday following a narrow one-point defeat against Division 3A champions Roscommon. The two sides now swap places, with Donegal dropping down into Division 3A and Roscommon going up to Division 2B. The match at James Stephens Park in Ballina ended Roscommon 3-13 (22) v 4-9 (21) Donegal.
Brave show from Donegal hurlers not enough to avoid drop Read More »
Donegal take on All-Ireland champions Dublin tomorrow in the Allianz National Football League semi-final at Croke Park. Former Donegal All-Star forward Tony Boyle looks at Donegal’s prospects against the reigning champions.
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Finn Harps manager Ollie Horgan says they could have beaten Galway instead of losing 1-0 to them away from home. Ollie was disappointed that Harps did not get at least a point from the game on Friday. He believes Harps deserved a draw at the least but admitted that his team have been lucky to
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Derry City striker Rory Patterson made a point to his critics when he scored one and could have had three in a demolition of Shamrock Rovers. Rory, from Strabane, netted a penalty on 58 minutes to get Derry’s third goal in an impressive win on Friday and he had two goals ruled offside. His goal
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Derry boss Kenny Shiels has targeted a push towards the European qualification places and the top of the league this season. He issued the challenge following City’s 3-0 home victory over Shamrock Rovers on Friday. That victory was a result of the commitment shown by the Candystripes’ players, according to their manager. Shiels described their
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American Football kicks off again tomorrow with the Donegal-Derry Vipers (DDVs) returning to action for their second season in existence. They were accepted in to the Irish American Football League (IAFL) last year and made their debut against local giants Belfast Trojans in Division 2. Donegal-Derry Vipers (DDVs) are now getting ready to return to
American Football side Donegal-Derry Vipers ready for new season Read More »
A panel of American boxers arrive into Letterkenny soon to take on some of the best Donegal fighters for a major night in the ring. Donegal Boxing Board president Peter O’Donnell of Raphoe ABC said today that the Americans are bringing nine men and two women boxers. In total, some 11 boxers will travel from
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Ulster League, qualifying league three: Strabane 12 – 36 Letterkenny Letterkenny’s rugby players beat their cross-border neighbours Strabane on Saturday on a score of 36 to 12. Strabane were the home side and forced the pace in the opening exchanges under the sun but the Letterkenny side quickly imposed their authority. They led at half-time
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Donegal Junior Football League results, April 9th Old Orchard Saturday Division Orchard FC 0 v 0 Drumkeen United Glencar Inn Saturday Reserve Division Cappry Rovers Reserves 0 v 6 Milford United Reserves The Saturday League Shield Strand Rovers 0 v 3 Drumbar FC
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