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National Jobs Week gets underway with several events in Donegal

National Jobs Week gets underway today, with every region in the country hosting a series of events that will focus on getting jobseekers ready for the working world. A job Seekers and employers Information Open Day is taking place today in Department of Social Protection Office, Training Centre in Ballyraine, Letterkenny. The Open Day will

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Martin Regan delighted to reach County final with Naomh Conaill

Naomh Conaill’s manager Martin Regan was delighted to reach the Championship county final following a comprehensive win over Kilcar in MacCumhaill Park. The final score was Naomh Conaill 4-10 to Kilcar’s 0-11. After the game, he spoke to Highland Sport’s Oisin Kelly, where he reflected on the game, and also looked ahead to the Championship

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Varadkar to meet with campaigners at Letterkenny General Hospital

Health Minister Leo Varadkar is to visit Letterkenny General Hospital this week, with meetings planned with a number of cancer campaigners and other groups and individuals. Minister Varadkar will meet with Donegal Action for Cancer Care and Cooperating for Cancer Care North West in the hospital during a visit on Thursday. DACC have been pressing

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Councillor wants investigation into “toxic” barrels off the Donegal coast

Concerns have been raised once again in relation to claims that hundreds of barrels containing potentially toxic and hazardous material lie dumped just a few miles off the coast of Donegal. Sinn Féin Councillor John Shéamais Ó Fearraigh will today table a motion before today’s meeting of Donegal County Council in which he will be

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FG HQ will select Mc Hugh’s running mate after Ryan withdraws from convention

  Junior Gaeltacht Minister Joe Mc Hugh was the sole candidate chosen by Fine Gael to contest the next general election at the party’s selection convention in Letterkenny this evening. The convention in Letterkenny had two nominations, Minister Mc Hugh and Cllr John Ryan. Cllr Ryan addressed the gathering at the offset and announced he

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St. Columas Church in Termon reopens following fire during mass

  St. Columba’s Church in Termon re-opened this morning following yesterday’s fire in the main body of the chapel. A light overhead went on fire and fell to the ground during 10 o’clock mass yesterday morning. It’s believed there is no structural damage to the building and no injuries were reported. However Toxic fumes circulating

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Naomh Conaill ease past Kilcar to book place in Donegal SFC Final

Naomh Conaill proved to be much too strong for Kilcar in a one-sided Raidio na Gaeltachta Donegal Senior Football Championship semi-final clash in Ballybofey. It finished Naomh Conaill 4-10, Kilcar 0-11. The Glenties side led 2-5 to 0-4 at half-time with Dermot Molloy contributing 1-4 while Eoghan McGettigan got the other second half goal. Kilcar

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St.Eunan’s beat St.Michael’s to return to County Final

St Eunan’s 2-15 St Michael’s 0-11 Dr Maguire Cup holders St.Eunan’s booked their place in the Donegal Senior Football Championship Final with a ten point win over St.Michael’s in Ballybofey on Saturday night. Having been 0-4 0-2 down on 13 minutes, St.Eunan’s hit five unanswered scores to swing the half in their favour to lead

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Horgan delighted with performance which secures Harps second place

href=”https://highlandradio.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/Ollie-Horgan1.jpg”> It was a surprisingly one-sided affair at Finn Park on Friday night as Harps eased to a comfortable 3-0 victory over ten man UCD. Nathan Boyle, Gareth Harkin and Raymond Foy scored the goals which means Harps will finish second in the table – behind champions Wexford Youths, giving them home advantage in second

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Strong second half for Tyrone Minor Hurlers secures them final replay win

Tyrone 2-12, Mayo 1-10 Tyrone came from eight points behind to win the All-Ireland Minor C Hurling Championship final replay, with second half goals from John Campbell and Branan Mollo. After the game, Tyrone Manager Ciaran McElhatton spoke to Francis Mooney, where he told him of the ‘character and spirit’ he saw in his players

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Mulligan’s late goal ensure McCools place in Senior Championship

A late goal from McCools’ Stephen Mulligan was the decider in the Donegal Championship Relegation semi-final, played today in Tir Conaill Park. The final score in Donegal Town was McCools 3-12 to Killybegs 1-16. This means that McCools will play the winners of  Cloughaneely V Ardara to secure their place in next years Senior Championship.

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Friel looks ahead to Donegal Senior Football Championship semi-finals

St. Eunan’s play St. Michael’s on Sunday in the Donegal Senior Championship semi-final. Throw in is at 1.30pm at MacCumhaill Park, Ballybofey. Termon’s Francie Friel, in conversation with Tom Comack, has been giving his views on the semi-final meeting, as well as looking ahead to the other semi-final clash of Naomh Conaill and Kilcar, which

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Daniel O’ Donnell dazzles in dancing debut on Strictly

  Last night saw the first installment of this years Strictly Come Dancing on BBC One.  In total, Fifteen celebrities are competing in this year’s series, including Daniel O’Donnell. Last night we saw the Kincasslagh singer take to the famous floor for the first time. His dance partner, Kristina Rihanoff revealed they would be dancing

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Listen back to live music, chat and features on the Weekend Edition

Coming up on this week’s programme: Gavin Halpin originally from Letterkennny and Director of Paper Owl Films joins us on the programme to discuss new TG4 documentary series Racht. Donald Trump wants to build a massive wall, not along the Mexican border, but to protect his Doonbeg Golf Club and Resort – we’ll discuss this.

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Four men arrested over dissident republican activity released unconditionally

  Four men arrested by detectives from the Serious Crime Branch investigating dissident republican activity in Derry on Thursday have been released unconditionally. The men, aged 38, 42, 45 and 46 were arrested after a car was stopped in the Ringfort Road area on Thursday. The men were taken to Antrim Serious Crime Suite for

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1.2 million euro allocated to Donegal County Council for social housing

  The government has granted 1.2 million euro to Donegal County Council to refurbish vacant houses in Donegal. A total of 154 vacant houses will be brought up to standard and will be made suitable to live in. The houses are located across the county. Until now, it’s been claimed that there hasn’t been substantial

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Donegal Deputy Pádraig MacLochlainn brands Fianna Fáil ‘hypocritical’ over stance on prescription charges

Donegal Deputy Pádraig MacLochlainn has branded comments made by Fianna Fáil’s Deputy Charlie McConalogue regarding government inaction over prescription charges as ‘completely hypocritical’. A statement was issued earlier this week by Deputy McConalogue in which he criticised the current government over their failure to abolish prescription charges for medical card holders. Deputy MacLochlainn says the

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Harps beat ten man UCD

Finn Harps secured second spot in the SSE Airtricity First Division with an impressive 3-0 win over a UCD side that had Chris Mulhall sent off after just 19 minutes following an off the ball incident with Ciaran Coll. Harps had much the better of the first half with Kevin McHugh and Nathan Boyle both

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Mc Conalogue slams Failte Ireland over delay in funding for Malin Head facilities

  Donegal Deputy Charlie McConalogue has criticised the delay by Failte Ireland to provide funding to Donegal County Council for facilities in Malin Head. Deputy McConalogue raised the issue in the Dail today with Tourism Minister, Pascal Donohoe. He claims that Failte Ireland has brought Donegal County Council down a pathway by getting planning permission

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