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Women fear using town parks after being subjected to verbal abuse

  Concerns have been raised in relation to women being subjected to verbal abuse in Letterkenny parks. There have been reports women and children are now afraid to avail of the local facilities because they are being exposed to comments of a sexual nature by teenagers loitering in the parks. Calls have now been made […]

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Donegal to play Fermanagh Antrim winner in 2016 Ulster Championship

Donegal will start their 2016 Ulster Championship against the winner of the preliminary round game between Fermanagh and Antrim. For just the third time in the last six years Donegal have avoided the preliminary game. A Fermanagh win and the game will be played in Ballybofey, if the saffrons take victory Donegal will have to

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Sexton to have fitness test ahead Ireland team announcement at lunchtime

Ireland coach Joe Schmidt names his team at lunchtime for Sunday’s quarter final with Argentina in Cardiff. Johnny Sexton will have to prove his fitness at this morning’s session before the coach makes up his mind whether or not to pick him. Jordi Murphy and Chris Henry are expected to replace the injured Peter O’Mahony

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Zoe Green start’s as Ireland win first game at Under 17’s European championship qualifiers

    Republic of Ireland Women’s Under 17s are in  UEFA European Championship Qualifiers in Turkey this week.They got their campaign off to the perfect start with a 3-0 win over Ukraine.In their Group one encounter Lagan Harp’s left back Zoe Green started  today’s game , where goal’s from Lauren Kelly,Alex Kavanagh and Lean Kiernan 

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GAA Programme ‘County Final Special’ – 14/10/15

In this week’s hour long GAA Programme ‘County Final Special’, Tom Comack is joined in studio by Naomh Conaill chairman Daniel McGeehan, St Eunan’s chairman Cathal Greene and former Naomh Conaill player and long serving St Eunan’s official Connie Maguire, to look ahead to Sunday’s Donegal Senior Championship final meeting of St Eunan’s and Naomh

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LYIT eased to win over UCC

The LYIT men’s gaelic football side beat University Ulster Coleraine 3-12 to 0-7 at the O’Donnell Park in Letterkenny today. The goals were scored by Termon’s Daire Mc Daid, Naomh Brid’s Callum Gallagher and County Down man Ultan Larney. Jack O’Brian and Ryan Langan also starred for the Letterkenny side. The institute scored a double

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Concerns raised that Budget 2016 will have serious implications for rural Donegal

  Donegal Deputy Thomas Pringle says Budget 2016 could have serious implications for rural Donegal. Deputy Pringle has claimed that despite cuts in USC, the budget has failed to consider the plight of seasonal workers and part-time farmers dependent on income supports. He says the Government has also failed to address the problem of high

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Listen back to the ‘Donegal Tigers’ interview on the Shaun Doherty Show

    A memorial day to honour the Donegal Tigers is taking place this weekend. The Donegal Tigers are a group of young Donegal men who travelled the world constructing tunnels. They worked in the 1940s and 1950s on the subways of New York, Britain and elsewhere to dig the tunnels that provided important infrastructure.

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2016 Joule Donegal International Rally expecting record numbers

The Organisers of the Joule Donegal International Rally have released preliminary data about the running of Ireland’s only 3-day International Rally, the Fifth round of the Clonakilty Black Pudding Irish Tarmac Rally Championship, which will run from Friday 17th to Sunday 20th June 2016. Press Officer John McCay says that the 2016 event is likely

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Ebola stays in the system far longer than previously thought

Scientists have found ebola stays in the semen of male survivors for up to nine months after recovery – much longer than previously thought. Their study is published as British nurse Pauline Cafferkey remains critically ill after suffering a “late complication” from the virus. Her condition deteriorated yesterday. Sky’s Michelle Clifford’s at the Royal Free

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Sheils calls for action to alleviate traffic congestion in Mountain Top area of Letterkenny

A Donegal County Councillor has been highlighting the on-going issue of traffic congestion at the Mountain Top area of Letterkenny. Councillor Dessie Shiels says motorists travelling into Letterkenny from the Kilmacrennan road during peak times continue to suffer severe delays, with one woman saying it took 25 minutes to travel just a few hundred yards.

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Doherty calls for more collaborations between LYIT and Magee

Calls have been made for greater collaboration between Letterkenny Institute of Technology and Magee College in Derry. It’s believed the move would advance Irish education on an in-land basis, creating significant economic and societal benefits. Sinn Féin Councillor Gary Doherty a former graduate of University of Ulster Magee is calling for the collaboration, he feels

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Mica Action Group calls on local politicians to include issue on election manifestos

The Mica Action Group is calling on all political representatives in Donegal to commit to including the issue of defective blocks in their election manifestos. Thousands of homeowners in the county are thought to be affected by the issue, where their homes are crumbling, worthless and increasingly dangerous places to live. An independent panel of

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EastEnders’ Adam Woodyatt hits back at Lord Sugan after he tells him to go on a diet

Lord Sugar and Ian Beale from EastEnders (aka Adam Woodyatt) have continued their bizarre Twitter spat, with Adam ribbing his mate about looking overweight in a snap. The Apprentice boss posted a picture wearing his new Piaget watch, but Adam was quick to point out the strap was looking a little tight. Strap looks a

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America’s Next Top Model heads down the catwalk for the final time

Tyra Banks’s hit TV show America’s Next Top Model is leaving the runway after the latest series. The modelling competition will finish in December, with the current season’s finale screened on CW in the US. In a statement, network president Mark Pedowitz called the series “a global pop culture phenomenon”. Tyra, the programme’s host and

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Glasgow nurse is now ‘critically ill’ following late complication of Ebola

  A nurse being treated in the UK for a late complication of an Ebola infection is now “critically ill”. Pauline Cafferkey who has family roots in Rannyhual near Kincasslagh,was flown from Glasgow to an isolation unit at the Royal Free Hospital in London last week. Doctors now say her condition has deteriorated. She was

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Social finance seminar this evening for community groups and clubs in Donegal

Community organisations, social enterprises and sports clubs are being invited to a seminar on finance options at the Niall Centre in Killybegs tonight, hosted by Community Finance Ireland. The group, one of the largest providers of social finance in Ireland says it has up to €100 million available in funding, and has supprted over 400

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Doherty and Mac Lochlainn both support a three candidate strategy

Sinn Féin sitting TDs in Donegal have backed the bid by Cllr Gary Doherty to be approved as a general election candidate. Deputies Pearse Doherty and Padraig Mac Lochlainn have issued a joint statement saying they would welcome Gary Doherty’s inclusion as a third Sinn Féin candidate. They say while it would present a significant

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Audio Update – Solicitor says retired DCS will be called to testify at Arlene Arkinson inquest

A former senior police officer has told the BBC he believes Arlene Arkinson’s alleged killer was close to telling him where her body was located. Arlene Arkinson was last seen with Robert Howard, who died in prison earlier this month, after attending a disco in Bundoran in August 1994. Howard was charged eight years after

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Father Ted’s Frank Kelly is battling Parkinson’s disease

Father Ted star Frank Kelly has revealed that he has been diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease. The 70-year-old revealed the news in a recent interview but has said he is determined to keep working. “I’m not going to let Parkinson’s beat me. I’m just not that kind of person”. Parkinson’s disease is a movement disorder which

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Kourtney Kardashian won’t allow ‘split custody’

Kourtney Kardashian won’t let Scott Disick have “split custody”. The ‘Keeping Up With The Kardashians’ star is reportedly planning to deny her former partner – with whom she has Mason, five, Penelope, three and Reign, nine months – equal access to their children as she doesn’t think he’s “fit to be a parent without supervision”.

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Pro Social Drivers project wins major national award

The Donegal based Pro Social Drivers Programme has won the Social Entrepreneurs of Ireland Impact Award 2015. The award was announced at a ceremony at Dublin’s Mansion House tonight (Tuesday). The programme is targeted mostly at young motorists convicted of road traffic offences such as drink driving and speeding. To date, over 100 offenders have

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Budget 2016 – Reaction to the Key points

The Minister for Finance Michael Noonan and Minister Brendan Howlin have been delivering Budget 2016 to the Dail this afternoon. Details of the key announcements are available HERE. Reaction to the Budget has been swift: OPPOSITION Fianna Fail’s Finance Spokesperson Michael McGrath, says this budget is the coalition’s cynical bid for re-election. Sinn Féin Finance

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Northern Ireland fire service confirm they are treating fire in Sion Mills as deliberate

  The Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service have confirmed they are treating the fire at the Old Herdman’s Mill in Sion Mills as deliberate. The ‘significant fire’ started in the central ground floor area of the disused factory and quickly spread to involve the entire ground floor of the building. 63 fire fighters and

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Audio Update – Donegal County Council’s “Road Safe” roadshow in its 9th year

Almost 2,600 students from across Donegal will attend the County Council’s annual Road Safe Road Show events taking place today and tomorrow. Now in its ninth year, the initiative is one of the most effective road safety promotion tools in Donegal. Earlier this month the council was been named winner of the “Road Safety Award

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