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Educating Cardiff shows us how much we’ve grown since our own school days

It was a fantastic first episode of Educating Cardiff. And what have we learned? Mainly, that perspective is something you gain after school, as we found heroes in the most unlikely of people. Barely 10 minutes in and Twitter came alive with love for maths teacher and head of Denbigh House, Paul Hennessy, or rather […]

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One of two fisherman from Killybegs pier incident dies in hospital

One of two fishermen who was rushed to Letterkenny General Hospital after an incident at Killybegs pier yesterday evening has died in hospital. The victim was a 27 year old from County Galway. The other man, a native of the Philippines aged 46,  remains in a critical condition in Letterkenny General Hospital. The two men were

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Donegal and Tyrone Championship winners to meet in Ulster Club Quarter Final

  The draws have been made for the 2015 Ulster Club Football Championships. The winners of the Donegal Senior Championship will host the Tyrone winners on Sunday 1st November in the quarter finals. The Derry champions will have to come through the only first round game on the 18th October and will have home advantage

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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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