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Two fishermen rushed to Letterkenny General Hospital following incident at Killybegs pier

Two fishermen have been rushed to Letterkenny General Hospital after an incident at Killybegs pier. The incident is said to have happened earlier this afternoon. The two men were cleaning the Galway fishing vessel they were both working on when they were  overcome with fumes. One man is believed to be from Galway, the other

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Update: Police investigating death of young man in Derry are treating it as unexplained

  25 year old Conall Kerrigan’s body was discovered at around 10.20 past last night in the Bank Place area of the city. Police think he’d been in the city’s Metro Bar on Saturday night and want to speak to anyone who saw any form of altercation after he left in the early hours of

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Pat the Cope confirms decision to seek election nomination

Pat the Cope Gallagher has confirmed his intention to seek the Fianna Fail nomination for the forthcoming General Election. Mr Gallagher announced his decision in a written letter to every registered Fianna Fail member in the new 5 seat Donegal constituency. Pat the Cope confirmed his intention stating after much consideration he will be putting

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Cllr James Pat McDaid announces intention to seek FF nomination in General Election

  Councillor James Pat McDaid has confirmed his intention to seek the Fianna Fail nomination for the forthcoming General Election. Cllr McDaid says since Cllr Ciaran Brogan’s announcement not to run he has been receiving a great deal of encouragement to put his name forward. The Fianna Fail selection convention is taking place on October

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Mark English says there’s plenty to look forward to after World Championship exit

  Despite recording the eighth-fastest time across all three semi-finals, Mark English has bowed out at the penultimate stage of the 800m at the World Athletics Championships in Beijing. English came fifth in his semi-final, overtaking three athletes in the final 200 metres. He’s told Will Downing it was all tactics:

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Local Councillor commends Strabane police searches

Police investigating dissident republican activity have been carrying out searches in Strabane. The searches, conducted by the PSNI were carried out in Townsend Street area last night and this morning. It’s believed the searches continued into last night as the police helicopter was sighted hovering low over the town. The PSNI said the policing operations

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Over one and a half thousand Donegal people have their details hacked on adultery website

  Over one and half thousand people in Donegal have had their profile on an adultery website hacked with their details published online. The Irish Sun is reporting that 767 people in Letterkenny and 942 in Donegal have had their personal details hacked from Ashley Madison.com, totalling 1,709. The Sun is also reporting that emails

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Foundations for Donegal Ladies championship run laid last year – McLaughlin

The countdown is on for the Donegal ladies’ TG4 All-Ireland quarter-final clash against Armagh which takes place in Clones tomorrow. It’s three weeks since Donegal won the provincial title in what has been a great year so far. Manager Davy McLaughlin believes that they in the last eight on merit and points out that the

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