Kanye West voluntarily performed an extra 12 hours of community service. The 38-year-old rapper, who was ordered to complete 250 hours of work at Los Angeles Trade Technical College after allegedly attacking photographer Daniel Ramos and damaging his camera outside LAX airport in July 2013, reportedly received a glowing review from the college’s Dean at […]
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James Bond’s latest outing Spectre will be in cinemas very soon, and we could be in for an epic ride. A couple of places are currently reporting on the running time of the new film, and it’s not on the short side. Estimate are coming in at somewhere around 155 to a staggering 160 minutes.
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The Tyrone County Board have confirmed Mickey Harte will continue as senior team manager until the end of the 2017 season. Harte had talks with a three-person delegation from the county executive last week and their recommendation was conveyed to the remainder of the executive and club representatives at a crunch meeting tonight in Garvaghey.
Mickey Harte to stay as Tyrone boss for another two years Read More »
Peter Hutton has left Derry City by mutual consent. The decision was made in the wake of Monday nights cup defeat to Cork City at Turners Cross. Hutton’s assitant Paul Hegarty will take charge as caretaker manager for the final six league games of the season. In the Premier Division, the Candystrips have struggled in
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The first ever Sport 4 Life Conference and Expo to be held in Donegal was launched today at the Finn Valley Centre in Stranolar. The Conference will be held over the weekend the 12th – 13th of November and is being organised by the Donegal County Council in association with Triathlon Ireland, Athletics Ireland, the
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The Republic of Ireland Ladies u19 team drew their 1st game today in the European championship’s qualifier in Slovenia . Ireland drew 1-1 with host’s Slovenia , Connolly got their goal, Donegal’s Roma Mclaughlin started the game. Ireland play their 2nd game on Thursday against Bulgaria who lost 4-0 to Russia today, they
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One thousand jobs are to be created in the North West as work on two films at a former British army barracks in Derry is beginning in the coming months. According to Shackelton Studios in Ballykelly, the budget for the first film is 65 million pounds and will create 1,000 jobs in the North
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Tributes are being paid to Fine Gael Deputy Dinny McGinley, who has confirmed he will not be standing in the next General Election. Both The Taoiseach, Enda Kenny and Gaeltacht Minister Joe McHugh have expressed their high regard for the TD. In a statement, Taoiseach and leader of the Fine Gael Party, Enda Kenny
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Police at Strand Road in Derry are appealing for information about a theft from a shop. The incident took place on Sunday last. Three youths went into an electronic cigarettes shop at Spencer Road and stole four iPhones that were on display in a glass cabinet in the front window. This was the result
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Former Ballinderry manager Martin McKinless is the front runner for the vacant Derry Senior Managers position. The Derry Post say, McKinless is in pole position to replace Brian Mc Iver who recently took up the role of Director of Football in the Oakleaf County. McKinless has won five Derry and one Ulster senior football championship
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Karl Lacey would like to have his training load reduced in a bid to find his best form for next season’s championship. The 2012 Player of the Year has yet to sit down with Donegal Manager Rory Gallagher to plan out next year, but he wants a late return to be in peak condition. 31
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The search for a man who’d been missing in the Carrigans area since yesterday has ended, after he was found safe and well. Local Sergeant Jim Collins says just before the search was to resume this morning, news came through that the man was safe. Sergeant Collins says the man is now receiving medical attention,
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Donegal County Council has made its public services centres available for the collection of clothing, tents and toiletries to be sent to refugees currently awaiting processing at Calais. A truck from Donegal will join an aid convoy on Friday, and between now and then, items are being accepted at public services centres and the
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Gardai and Donegal County Council are investigating illegal dumping at Ballyharry close to Culdaff in Inishowen, with concern growing at the extent of the dumping and the potential hazards being presented by the materials being left there. Its believed that at regular intervals, lorries arrive, usually in the dead of night, and dump the materials.
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Calls for the removal of the PSNI station in Castlederg have intensified following the announcement of new PSNI Local Policing Teams. Local Councilor Ruairi McHugh has said the building currently serves no practical purpose, and it costs the community to keep it there. He says police officers assigned to Castlederg currently operate out of Strabane,
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Following confirmation that Rory Mulcahy SC has been appointed to review allegations of planning irregularities in Donegal, Independent Councillor Dessie Shiels has written to the Environment Minister asking that the scope of the review be widened to allow the public make submissions. Cllr Shiels says anything less will be a token gesture which will not
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40 full time permanent jobs are available in Strabane. I.T. company Allstate NI is holding a recruitment open day at their Strabane office on Thursday week from 4pm-7pm. The jobs available are all Technical Support Analyst positions. The Strabane office currently employs 450 people and is the town’s largest employer. Andrena Bradley is Senior Division
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A senior counsel is to investigate allegations of planning irregularities in Co Donegal. The Irish Times reports this morning that the Minister for the Environment Alan Kelly has appointed Rory Mulcahy SC to prepare a review into certain planning decisions by Donegal County Council. The investigation will include an examination of claims that a council
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Corrie’s Roy Cropper is to return to Blackpool for the first time since the death of his wife Hayley. Roy (David Nielsen) and new love Cathy Matthews (Melanie Hill) visit the seaside town to celebrate his 61st birthday. It is supposed to be a happy occasion and Roy tries to enjoy himself. But when Cathy
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TV presenter Graham Norton says he has not watched The X Factor for years because “it’s lost its credibility”. In an interview with the Radio Times, he admitted to watching Strictly Come Dancing, but “not slavishly”. “I haven’t watched X Factor the past few years because it just seems so long now – it’s endless,”
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The CCC have confirmed the details of the 2015 Donegal Senior Football Championship semi finals. Last years winners St.Eunans will play St.Michael’s at MacCumhaill Park in Ballybofey on Saturday 26th September at 7.30pm. The second semi final between Naomh Conaill and Kilcar will be also played at MacCumhaill Park on Sunday 27th September, throw in
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Cork City are through to the FAI Cup semi-finals. The Leesiders under the captaincy of Ballybofey’s Johnny Dunleavy beat Derry City 3-0 in the quarter-final replay at Turners Cross. Second-half goals in the final fifteen minutes from Ross Gaynor, Garry Buckley and John O’Flynn put the home side through to meet Bray Wanderers. Just before
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The quarter final draw for the Derry Senior Football Championship was made on Monday night in Owenbeg. Slaughtneil will play Ballinascreen, Lavey meet Ballinderry, Loup take on Bellaghy and Kilrea were drawn against Eoghan Rua. Loup and Slaughtneil were the last two sides to make the quarter finals. In Monday nights 3rd round qualifiers, Loup
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Deputy Dinny McGinley has confirmed he will not be standing in the next General Election. The Donegal South West TD announced he wouldn’t run about a year ago, but he says he’d come under pressure in recent weeks to go back on that decision.
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A man who died in a crash in County Wicklow over the weekend was originally from Donegal. He has been named locally as Simon McGeoghegan from Moville. The 31 year old was killed as he walked along the M11 motorway on Saturday night. Mr. McGeoghegan who had been working in the fishing industry in recent
Defending Champions St. Eunan’s will play St Michael’s in the semi finals of the Donegal Senior football Championship after their eight point quarter final win over Glenswilly on Sunday evening in Ballybofey. The other side of the draw sees Naomh Conaill take on Kilcar. Those games will be played on the weekend 26th and 27th
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Defending Champions St. Enda’s Omagh lost their grip on the O’Neill cup on Sunday as they bowed out of the Tyrone Senior Championship losing to neighbours and rivals Dromore 1-10 to 0-7 on Sunday evening. Dromore will now have the favourites tag and will meet Killyclogher in the semi finals while Trillick and Coalisland will
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It’s emerged that a man who died in Co. Wicklow over the weekend was originally from Co. Donegal. Simon McGeoghegan (31), was killed when he was walking home, along the M11 motorway on Saturday night. Mr. McGeoghegan who had been working in the fishing industry in recent months was originally from Moville but had
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Garda morale in Donegal is at an all time low, according to the Garda Representative Association, with a number of reasons being cited, including a recent incident in which a garda confronted two burglars single handedly, knowing that the only available back up was a 20 minute car journey away. The GRA’s representative for the
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Details have been unveiled this afternoon of a three day mental health awareness event that will take place in South Donegal from from the eighth to the tenth of October. Connect Mental Health is intended to conincide with World Mental Health Day, October 10th. The initiative is the brainchild of Ciaran Mc Loone, who says
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A search in the Malin Head area for a 58 year old Belfast man has been suspended after he turned up safe and well at Malin Head just before 11 o’clock this morning. The man’s Volkswagon camper van has been parked close to Bamba’s Crown since yesterday morning. Gardai were alerted when it was noticed
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A review into the provision of an antenatal clinic in Dungloe is to take place, with a question mark over whether the service will reopen. In January, the clinic closed because of staffing issues, with some local politicians sayng they had received reassurances that the service would recommence once a key staff member had returned
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Tyrone club delegates are to meet with the county executive on Tuesday evening to decide on the future of senior team manager Mickey Harte. Harte, whose position is shrouded in uncertainty, has had talks with a three-person delegation from the county executive, headed by county chairperson Roisin Jordan. Their recommendation is to be conveyed to
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The draw for the semi-finals of the Irish Mail FAI Cup was made this morning. The winners of the Derry City-Cork City replay tonight will travel to face Bray Wanderers. In the other game, Dundalk, chasing a league and cup double, will host Longford Town. The semi-finals will be played on the weekend of October
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Derry City striker Mark Quigley will miss tonight’s FAI Cup quarter-final replay against Cork City at Turner’s Cross. Quigley, who made his first start for the Candystripes on Friday night when the teams drew 1-1, struggled in the game because of illness, and has been ruled out of the replay. However, there is better news
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Concerns have been raised about a well known ship wreck on a beach in the Bunbeg area. ‘Bad Eddie’ washed up at Magheraclogher in the 1970s. The wreck featured in Clannad’s ‘In a lifetime’ video in the 1980s. Now residents in the area are concerned that the wreck is rotting away, posing a threat for
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Donegal Co Council has agreed to review the matching Amount payable by Disabled and Older people as a percentage of the overall costs to improve their houses . However the Council has to match fund the Government grants as well by 20% . Cllr Patrick Mc Gowan has welcomed the review but says the Council
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There have been traffic delays in the vicinity of Carrigans this morning as a result of a fire. An operation to tackle the blaze is ongoing, and motorists had been diverted away from the Main Street for a time. Traffic is now moving through Carrigans again, but gardai are urging caution. There are no details of
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John Joe Mc Gee from Buncrana won the Northern Ireland Draughts Open Championship at the Greenvale Hotel Cookstown at the weekend. The event which attracted players from all over Europe had an all Inishowen final. McGee defeated fellow Buncrana man Billy Kelly in the decider. John Joe is the reigning All Ireland Senior Champion. This
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Tyrone Senior Championship Quarter Finals Sunday 13th @ Carrickmore Omagh 0-7 v 1-10 Dromore Saturday 12th Sept @ Dungannon Donaghmore 0-9 V 0-17 Coalisland Friday 11th Sept @ Omagh Trillick 0-14 V 1-7 Greencastle Strabane 0-4 V 1-12 Killyclogher
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Rory Kavanagh returned to a victorious Eunan’s team on Sunday, helping the Catherdal Town into the semi finals of the Donegal Senior Club Championship. Having spent the summer state-side in Boston, Kavanagh played a key role for Eunan’s in their 3-7 to 0-8 win over Glenswilly. The game ended in disappointment for Rory who was
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Defending Champions St. Eunan’s reached the semi finals of the Donegal Senior Club Championship on Sunday night via a 3-7 to 0-8 win over rivals Glenswilly. Under the lights at MacCumhaill Park, the Letterkenny side scored the vital goals at vital times in the big tie of the last eight. Lee McMonagle slotted home from
St. Eunan’s beat Glenswilly to set up St. Michael’s Semi Final. Read More »
St. Michael’s 3-15 V 1-05 Malin St.Michael’s disposed of Malin in the Donegal Senior Championship Quarter Finals on Sunday. The Dunfanaghy Creeslough club were dominate throughout their sixteen point win in Letterkenny. St.Michael’s manager Eddie Harkin was pleased to see such a commanding performance from his side…
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Termon 4-13 v 1-11 Termon won a fourth consecutive Donegal Senior Ladies title on Sunday beating Glenfin in the final. Geraldine Mc Laughlin top scored for Termon with 2-4. Geraldine spoke with Tom Comack after the game……
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Ulster Senior League Cup Results Group A Letterkenny Rvs 6 v 1 Swilly Rvs Group B Cockhill Celtic 4 v 0 Fanad Utd
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St. Michael’s 3-15 V 1-05 Malin St.Michael’s cruised into the semi-finals of the Donegal Senior Football Championship on Sunday afternoon beating Malin 3-15 to 1-5 at the O’Donnell Park in Letterkenny. When the second goal by St. Michael’s Ciaran Gallagher hit the back of the net fourteen minutes into the first half, the writing was
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Peter Campbell reviews the Donegal QF’s and previews the Glenswilly and St Eunans game on Sunday Sport……
Peter Campbell reviews the Donegal QF’s and previews the Glenswilly and St Eunans game Read More »
Inishowen Football League 13th September Jackie Crossan Premier Division Illies Celtic 1 v 2 Buncrana Hearts Clonmany Shamrocks 2 v 0 Greencastle FC Culdaff FC 1 v 5 Aileach FC QPS 4 v 1 Moville Celtic Strand Hotel First Division 2pm
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Donegal League Results Sunday 13th September Premier Division Milford United 1 v 2 Cappry Rovers Gweedore Celtic 0 v 1 Rathmullan Celtic Kilmacrennan Celtic 3 v 4 Kildrum Tigers Drumoghill F.C 2 v 1 Glenea United St. Catherines 5
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Termon 4-13 v 1-11 Glenfin Francie Friel was a relieved Manager when he spoke with Tom Comack after the game……
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