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Mc Conalogue concerned at increase in Donegal repossession applications

A Donegal TD says he’s concerned by a wave of new family home repossession cases lodged in the courts in Letterkenny in the first half of the year. Deputy Charlie Mc Conalogue says figures released to Fianna Fáil show there were 35 repossession orders granted in Donegal in the first months of the year, with

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Donegal woman just misses out on finals at World Handball Championships

Donegal’s Avril McNamee has just missed out on a place in the finals at the World Handball Championships in Canada. Competing in the Women’s Singles Small Ball A category she lost out 21-12, 21-5 against Clodagh McManamon of Mayo at the semi-final stage. Then in the Women’s Singles Small Ball B category she went even

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Sinn Fein’s Assembly future uncertain after PSNI claim IRA involvement in Mc Guigan murder

Democratic Unionist Party MP Jeffery Donaldson says he believes there are people in Sinn Féin who know who committed a murder in Belfast last week. The PSNI believes Provisional IRA members were involved in the murder of Kevin McGuigan, who was questioned by police over the murder of another prominent Republican, Gerrard “Jock” Davison. DUP

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Cancer campaign groups issue joint statement following Dublin meeting

A joint statement has been issued by Donegal’s two biggest cancer campaign groups following yesterday’s meeting in Dubin. Meanwhile, Health Minister Leo Varadkar and Junior Minister Joe Mc Hugh have also issued a joint statement pledging their support to the process. Cooperating for Cancer Care North West and Donegal Action for Cancer Care acknoweledge that

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30 Donegal properties included in largest Allsops auction to date

The largest Allsop auction to date will take place over two days next month, with over 375 properties to go under the hammer at the RDS in Dublin. Thirty properties in Donegal are on offer – twenty-eight residential properties and two commercial properties. The lots on offer include twelve semi-detached houses in Chestnnut Grove Letterkenny

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Cancer Care campaign groups welcome commitment to improve cancer services at Letterkenny General

The Health Minister and the Soalta Hospital Group have today given a commitment to strengthen symptomatic breast cancer services at Letterkenny General Hospital. The news was delivered at a meeting today attended by Donegal Action for Cancer Care and Co-operating for Cancer Care Northwest. The groups were told that Letterkenny General’s breast cancer services will

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New sailing route should see more yachts visiting Donegal

  It’s hoped that Donegal will see an increase in sail based tourism following the launch of a website to promote the “Cool Route” sailing project. The project involves the establishment and promotion of a sailing route for yachts, stretching from Cork to Donegal and Northern Ireland, and then on Western Scotland, the Faroe Islands

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Tiernan Mc Cann cleared to play in semi final after red card is overturned

Tiernan McCann’s 8 week ban has been lifted meaning the Tyrone man is free to face Kerry this Sunday in the All Ireland semi final. The Central hearing committee sitting went into the early hours of this morning before eventually clearing him. McCann had been charged with bringing the association into disrepute after taking a

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ICBAN seeks windfarm discussions with Alan Kelly after meeting Durkan in Stormont

Members of the Irish Central Border Area Network met with the Stormont Environment Minister Mark H Durkan last evening to discuss windfarms and windfarm development in the border region. These include the proposed controversial Carrickaduff windfarm in the Finn Valley. The meeting was requested by Donegal County Councillor Gary Doherty who now hopes that the

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Update – Lughnasa festival to honour Brian Friel

The inaugural Lughnasa International Friel Festival gets underway today and will celebrate the works of playwright Brian Friel. The festival will feature an extensive multi-arts and multi-disciplinary programme of talks, music and dance in both Donegal and Belfast over the next 10 days. A brand new production of Dancing at Lughnasa which is the centrepiece

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Comedian Jack Whitehall hands out exam results to GCSE students

Comedian Jack Whitehall has surprised nervous GCSE students by handing out their results on live television. The star, who plays young teacher Alfie Wickers in BBC sitcom Bad Education, described his own results as “mixed”, before presenting three students at Greenwood Academy in Birmingham with sealed envelopes containing their much-anticipated grades. Despite his upcoming role

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Fianna Fail PRO says selection convention outcome not a fait accompli

Despite it being widely expected that Charlie McConalogue and Pat the Cope Gallagher will stand for Fianna Fail in Donegal in the next election, the party’s PRO here says it is certainly not a fait accompli. Fianna Fáil Donegal will select its candidates to contest the next General Election in October – nominations must be

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“We must get Malin Head improvements right first time” – Failte Ireland

Fáilte Ireland says its commitment to Donegal is absolute, and the Wild Atlantic Way, is a game changer for tourism in the county. Yesterday, Failte Ireland was criticised by Cllr Martin Mc Dermott for not providing funding for basic facilities at Malin Head. Today Failte Ireland says it is committed to enhancing the visitor experience,

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Cathedral Quarter committee want to unveil mosaic on Culture Night

It’s hoped that a mosaic marking the Cathedral Quarter in Letterkenny can be unveiled on Culture Night, Friday September 25th, but for that to happen, the Cathedral Quarter committee says it needs more money to pay for the project. In recent months, new tourist maps of Letterkenny have the Cathedral Quarter marked on them, and

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Town Centre broadband row is resolved, but rural areas are still waiting

Eircom has now been given the go-ahead to carry out works to make fibre broadband readily available. Protracted negotiations between the telecom providers and COMREG has stalled the roll out of the service high speed broadband to customers in Donegal’s town centres. But now an agreement has been reached allowing Eircom make fibre broadband more

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LYIT hosts Open Days in Letterkenny and Killybegs as students consider CAO offers

As students continue to consider their options after the first round of CAO offers this week, Letterkenny Institute of Technology is holding an Open Day on both of its campuses today, with an emphasis on helping people who may not have received an offer. One option for people is the list of Available Places on

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Omagh accused’s hearing adjourned as defence team considers seeking preliminary investigation

Lawyers for a bricklayer accused of murdering 29 people in the Omagh bombing have been given a month to decide whether to seek the cross-examination of witnesses in a preliminary hearing. 44 year old Seamus Daly is on remand in Maghabbery Prison in Northern Ireland charged with the 1998 Real IRA attack. Daly, with an

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PARC reject proposal to replace points with training courses

Road Safety Group PARC says it would strongly oppose the introduction of driver training courses instead of penalty points for those caught speeding for the first time. Under proposals being developed by the Road Safety Authority, drivers caught breaking speed limits for the first time may be ordered to undertake intensive training instead of receiving

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Heidi Klum responds to Donald Trump’s comments that ‘she’s no longer a 10’

Supermodel Heidi Klum has responded to Donald Trump’s comments that “Sadly, she’s no longer a 10.” The 42-year-old model and mother of four posted a video, making fun of Trump’s comments to the New York Times. Trump is seeking the Republican nomination for the US presidency in the 2016 elections. She posted a short video

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Derry’s Eunan O’Kane one of three uncapped players named in Rep. of Ire. squad

  Martin O’Neill has named a provisional 37-man squad for Ireland’s UEFA Euro 2016 Group D qualifier against Gibraltar in Faro, Portugal on Friday, September 4, and the UEFA Euro 2016 Group D qualifier against Georgia in Aviva Stadium on Monday, September 7. Today’s provisional squad announcement sees the inclusion of Bournemouth’s Eunan O’Kane from

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Road users urged to be extra careful as students return to school

Donegal drivers are being reminded that they must stop for School Traffic Wardens when school starts at the end of the month. The warning comes after wardens expressed concerns that they are often on the receiving end of motorists’ frustrations. Drivers who do not stop for lollipop men and women could face four penalty points

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Registrar says points will never be artificially increased at LYIT

The Registrar at Letterkenny Institute of Technology says there is no question of the college artificially boosting points requirements for courses by imposing specialist criteria. On the contrary, Billy Bennett says the philosophy at LYIT is to maximise the number of students, with 2000 first round CAO offers issued yesterday. Speaking to John Breslin on

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