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Triathlon Ireland’s Michael Black looks ahead to Sport 4 Life

The first ever Sport 4 Life Conference and Expo will held in Donegal on the 12th and 13th of November. The event is being organised by the Donegal County Council in association with Triathlon Ireland, Athletics Ireland, the HSE, Finn Valley Centre and BASICC. Olympic, European and Commonwealth champion Alistair Brownlee, who is recognised as

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Weeshie Fogarty on Kerry seeking back to back minor and senior All Ireland titles

The Kingdom return to Croke Park on Sunday looking to repeat last years double All Ireland victories. Kerry beat Donegal in both deciders in 2014 and play Tipperay (minor) and Dublin (senior) in this years finals looking to take a unique back to back. Tom Comack has been talking to legendary Radio Kerry commentator Weeshie

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McGeever feels Tipperary have progressed ahead of All Ireland Final

In the All Ireland Minor Football Final, Tipperary will play Kerry tomorrow. Tipperary have a strong Donegal influence in their camp. The Royal County are managed by former Finn Harps boss Charlie McGeever, while Michael McGeehan is part of the backroom team. Charlie says his side have progressed since their provincial final defeat to the

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Government told urgent action is needed to address housing crisis

People Before Profit is calling on the Government to declare a National Emergency in relation to the housing crisis. There are 130 thousand households on the waiting list for local authority houses. It’s reported today, the Government is considering building housing on NAMA controlled land. However, People Before Profit TD Richard Boyd Barrett, is calling

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Dublin unchanged for All Ireland Final

Dublin have named an unchanged team for Sunday’s All-Ireland football final against Kerry. Jim Gavin’s team announcement this evening means Cian O’Sullivan is passed as fit to start at centre-half-back. Dublin: Stephen Cluxton; Jonny Cooper, Rory O’Carroll, Philly McMahon; James McCarthy, Cian O’Sullivan, Jack McCaffrey; Denis Bastick, Brian Fenton; Paul Flynn, Diarmuid Connolly, Ciarán Kilkenny;

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Local man makes tea for German tourists who had a ‘miracle’ bus crash escape in Donegal

Gardai said it was a “miracle” no passenger was hurt when a tour bus tumbled into a roadside ditch after a collision with on Friday. The only injury was to a young woman driving the car whose front was smashed in the crash. She suffered an injured ankle and was transferred to Letterkenny General Hospital.

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Revealed: Ambulance that lost rear wheels was carrying patient on life support

The Minister for Health will be asked in the Dail to review the country’s ambulance fleet after the rear wheels of an ambulance transporting a patient on life support from Donegal to Galway fell off. The incident occurred at the end of August, when the driver of the ambulance brought the vehicle to a stop

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Victory for people power as full NowDoc service will be retained in Carndonagh and Gweedore

The NowDoc ‘Red Eye’ service for Carndonagh and Gweedore will not be cut. That was the outcome of a meeting today to discuss a “Live Test” conducted in both areas over the summer to assess whether it would be viable to cut the overnight NowDoc services there. There was strong opposition to the proposals with

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Tourism Minister launches next phase of Wild Atlantic Way in Donegal

Tourism Minister Michael Ring is in Donegal today to launch the next phase of the Wild Atlantic Way with further development for the touring route’s 188 designated Discovery Points. 3.5 million euro is being spent on planned photo-markers and interpretative panels, with the first of them being unveiled at Bloody Foreland this afternoon. Huston Engineering

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Investigation underway after ambulance wheels became dislodged

Serious concerns have been raised following confirmation that two back wheels dislodged from an ambulance transferring a patient from Letterkenny General Hospital to Galway University Hospital. The incident occured last month when the driver of the ambulance brought the vehicle to a stop after experiencing a shudder an noise in the vehicle. It was then

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Derry Captain McBride faces fitness test ahead of Shamrock Rvs game

Derry City begin life without Peter Hutton tonight when they meet Shamrock Rovers at the Brandywell With Caretaker boss, Paul Hegarty taking charge of team affairs for the final six league games of the Premier Division campaign, tonight’s match is another important test for Derry. Team captain, Ryan McBride faces a late fitness test for

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Seamus Coleman included in Republic of Ireland provisional squad for Euro qualifier’s

Republic of Ireland manager Martin O’Neill has named a provisional 40-man squad for next month’s pivotal Euro 2016 qualifiers. Seamus Coleman is included after his Everton manager Roberto Martinez revealed his hamstring injury wasn’t as bad as first feared. Shay Given is among the goalkeepers while Derry’s Darren Gibson’s is named along with Shane Duffy,

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McLaughlin plays for Ireland in 6-0 victory over Bulgaria

    The Republic of Ireland u19 women’s team were back in action today in Slovenia against Bulgaria in the UEFA European Championship qualifiers. After drawing 1-1 with the hosts on Tuesday, Dave Connell’s side defeated Bulgaria by 6goals to nil to keep alive their hope’s of qualifying for next summer’s finals tournament in Slovakia.Connolly

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HSE confirm two back wheels dislodged from ambulance travelling from Letterkenny to Galway

The National Ambulance Service has confirmed that two back wheels dislodged from an ambulance transferring a patient from Letterkenny General Hospital to Galway University Hospital. In a statement the NAS said the incident occurred on the 26th August last at approximately 14.10. The driver of the ambulance  experienced  a shudder and some noise in the vehicle

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Doherty urges government to follow through on microcredit commitments

Donegal South West Deputy Pearse Doherty is calling on the Government to fulfil its pledge to introduce a new personal microcredit scheme to assist people who have no or limited access to loan finance. The proposed scheme, which has yet to be formally introduced, was advocated in a report by the Social Finance Foundation and

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PSNI free two people detained in relation to O’Hara funeral

Two people arrested in Derry yesterday by detectives investigating offences committed at the wake and funeral of Peggy O’Hara in the city in July have been released unconditionally. A 53 year old man was freed just before teatime last night, a 44 year old woman was released shorly afterwards. Examinations are continuing on a numner

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Survey shows a proportionately high level of emigration from Donegal

A new survey has revealed that Donegal people are more likely to apply for a visa to emigrate. The study conducted by www.visafirst.com shows that applications from Donegal are eighty per cent higher than other counties when the populations are compared. Applications from more suburban areas such as Dublin have decreased dramatically compared to last

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