Experts are issuing a warning about the number of rental properties available, as students prepare to face the new college year. According to the latest report from Daft.ie, 4 thousand 6 hundred properties were available nationwide on the first of this month, compared to 6 thousand 8 hundred on the same date last year. It’s […]
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Applicants in rural Ireland have more success in getting a college grant than their Dublin counterparts. According to figures from Susi, published in today’s Irish Times, Longford has the highest success rate at 71.5%, followed by Carlow, Cavan, Monaghan and Donegal, where the figure was 68%. By contrast, just 45. 6% per cent of students
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The Boyzone star wed the 34-year-old Australian model in a glamorous ceremony at the luxury Archerfield House estate in East Lothian yesterday. Guests included his bandmates Shane Lynch and Keith Duffy, as well as Brian McFadden and Dannii Minogue. The happy couple got engaged in April, just a month after his divorce to first wife
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Actress Kitty McGeever, who played the character of Lizzie Lakely in the ITV soap Emmerdale, has died. A spokeswoman for the show said she had died last night, surrounded by her loving family. She added: “Kitty was a great talent and a true inspiration to all who worked with her. The cast and crew are
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The Garda Representative Association says the number of assaults on officers is an “unacceptable occupational hazard”. Over 14 hundred incidents of assaults or obstructing Gardaí have been recorded in the last 5 years – 84 incidents were reported between January and March of this year – if that trend continues, new high of 336 incidents
Former Donegal Garda Sergeant wants tougher penalties for assaulting Gardai Read More »
Young Donegal volunteer lifeboat crewmember to officially open new RNLI All-Weather Lifeboat Centre The honour of officially opening the RNLI’s new All-Weather Lifeboat Centre at the charity’s headquarters in Poole this Friday (21 August) will fall on the shoulders of the two youngest fully qualified all-weather volunteer lifeboat crew in the Institution. One of these
A Derry councillor has hit out at a gang who set fire to plastic safety barriers and traffic cones being used for roadworks on the Madams Bank Road. Building materials were also taken from a nearby building site and set alight. The Fire Service and the PSNI were both called out to attend the scene
Madams Bank Road fires could have endangered motorists and pedestrians Read More »
As students consider their CAO offers today the President of LYIT Paul Hannigan says there’s been a notable increase in the numbers of graduates securing employment. He says in terms of the offers being made this year, the number of higher level 8 places has increased…………..
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The UNITE Trade Union has written to the new owners of Maydown Precision Engineering in Derry, threatening industrial action and possible legal proceedings. The Union’s Regional Officer Philip Oakes says MPE’s new owner Schivo NI have failed to honour existing agreements with workers, and are refusing to engage with the union. He says initially,
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Australian Jason Day won his first “major” golf title as he registered a superb record score for one of the big four tournaments. He won the US PGA Championship with a 20 under-par total. Rory McIlroy finished in 17th and was nine under. This result means that Jordan Spieth has now taken over as the
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The number of CAO courses requiring 500 or more points has jumped by more than a quarter. Around 50 thousand offers have just been made available online in this year’s first round, following last week’s Leaving Cert results. Growth in demand for places has been mirrored in areas of the economy that have been on
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Lawyers acting for the Omagh families who successfully took a civil action against four men they believe to be liable for the 1998 bomb in the town will this year begin efforts to gain access to the men’s assets in the republic. The Sunday Business Post reported this weekend that a three pronged approach is
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The “live test” of a proposal to end NoWDOC’s red eye service from midnight to 8am in Derrybeg and Carndonagh ends tonight, with an analysis of call activity and response time data to continue until the end of August. The proposal to close the two centres in favour of one extra doctor and driver in
Petition circulating in Inishowen as NoWDOC live test ends Read More »
A Killybegs councillor says this weekend has been a highly significant one for the cruise industry in the town. For the first time ever, passengers boarded a cruise ship in Killybegs Harbour. 11 people boarded Fred Olsen’s ‘Black Watch’ ahead of a two week voyage to Canada. It’s been a very good year for Killybegs’
Black Watch embarkations bode well for future of Killybegs – Kennedy Read More »
Little Mix brought their Black Magic to the Teen Choice Awards as they bewitched the audience with a spellbinding performance. On a bumper night for British actors and musicians, Little Mix performed their hit single Black Magic at the awards ceremony in Los Angeles. The girls turned up to the event dressed in the same
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McBusted star Harry Judd has revealed he went through fertility treatment with wife Izzy Johnston to conceive their first child. The 29-year-old drummer, who announced last month that he was set to become a father, said he felt “blessed” after the heartache of a miscarriage last year. Izzy, who was diagnosed with polycystic ovaries in
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Brian McCormick Cup : Killdrum Tigers 5 Convoy Arsenal FC 6 Curragh Athletic FC 1 Raphoe Town 4 Ballybofey United FC 2 Lifford Celtic FC 6 Whitestrand United FC 2 Kerrykeel 71 FC 0 Kilmacrennan Celtic FC 5 Bonagee United FC 1 Glenea United 4 Glenree
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Division 1 Dungloe 1-8 v 0-8 Naomh Conail Kilcar 4-9 v 1-13 Gweedore Glenswilly 0-9 v 2-4 St Michaels Ardara 1-9 v 0-5 Four Masters Division 2 St Nauls 4-14 v 2-6 Glenfin Naomh Columba 1-7 v
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Fianna Fáil is calling on the Government to crate more student accommodation. The party says students will face a battle to find a place to live this term and CAO offers to be released tomorrow morning will increase demand. The party’s also urging the Education Minister to publish a report on the issue carried out
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A search has ended in County Derry after the occupant of a crashed car was found safe and well. The empty Toyota was discovered near Portstewart at Strand Road just before two o’clock this morning. Several search teams including the Portrush RNLI and the Irish Coastguard Helicopter from Sligo have been dispatched to search the
Portstewart search called off after woman found safe and well Read More »
The N13 between Letterkenny and Ballybofey has reopened following a two car collision this afternoon. The road was closed for a time with diversions in place, but the scene has now been cleared and traffic is moving normally again. A number of people have been brought to hospital, but gardai say none of their injuries
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Donagh Kelly in his Ford Focus won the Todds Leap Ulster Rally on Saturday to seal the 2015 Clonakilty Black Pudding Irish Tarmac Championship following last minute dramas for Garry Jennings. Kelly had led for a day and a half until Jennings, in his WRC Subaru Impreza, made a charge for the lead taking
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Donegal’s Ciaran Doherty has won silver at the World Masters Championships in Lyon, France. The Letterkenny AC man came home 2nd in the 3k steeplechase. It’s not the first medal at world events for Doherty, Ciaran won gold at both the indoor and outdoor championships back in 2012.
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Ireland’s European gold medallists are due back into Dublin airport at around 5pm today. Both Joe Ward and Michael Conlan won gold at the European Elite Championships in Bulgaria yesterday. Conlan also scooped the Best Boxer Award and Ward became the first Irish male boxer to win two European Elite gold medals. Ireland also
Peter O’Donnell honoured to be Ireland Team Manager at golden Euro’s Read More »
A review of out-of-hours GP care in the North West is to be extended to analyse call activity and response time data until the end of August, according to a story published in the Irish Medical Times. The review period incorporates the two-week live test of proposals to end the red eye service from midnight
Evaluation of NoWDOC call and response data to continue until end of August Read More »
Ballyare teenager Oisin Orr landed the biggest race of his fledgling career when steering Balmont Mast to victory at Dundalk this afternoon. Sent off at 13-2 for the competitive Bar One Racing Mourne Handicap, Orr always had Balmont Mast in a handy position but showed maturity beyond his years to delay his challenge until the
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It’s been a golden day for Ireland at the European Elite Boxing Championships. Westmeath’s Joe Ward has beaten Peter Mullenberg of the Netherlands to claim gold in the light-heavyweight decision. Earlier, Michael Conlan won gold in the bantamweight division with a unanimous decision victory over Britain’s Qais Ashfaq. Donegal’s Peter O’Donnell is Ireland Team manager
Conlon & Ward score Gold for O’Donnell’s Team Ireland Read More »
Donagh Kelly has won the Irish Tarmac Championship Drivers title after winning the Ulster Rally which finished on Saturday in Enniskillen. Kelly took maximum points in his WRC Ford Focus with navigator Kevin Flanagan, coming home nearly two minutes ahead of Desi Henry and Liam Moynihan in a Skoda. Kelly took control of the
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The Inishowen Football League kicks off next weekend, with two rounds of games taking place on Friday and Sunday. The PRO of the Inishowen Football League, Terrence Hegarty, spoke to Oisin Kelly, where he told of Killea FC no longer being involved with the League, as well as looking forward to the season itself.
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The Donegal Junior League gets up and running this weekend, with the Brian McCormick Cup kicking off the season. 12 further fixtures will take place this weekend, with the League getting started in September. Gary Foy, the PRO of the Donegal League, caught up with Oisin Kelly on Saturday Sport, where he previewed the season
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Kevin McHugh’s second half penalty was enough to give Harps a vital win against Shels at Finn Park on Friday night. After the game, Diarmaid Doherty got the views of Harps boss, Ollie Horgan…………..
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Triathlon Ireland with support from the Letterkenny 24/7 Triathlon will run their Woman’s Try-a-Tri Programme. The programme consists of a 6 week triathlon training programme, commencing on the 13th September. Club & Coach Development Manager, Michael Black, looked ahead to the initiative, as well as the Letterkenny 24/7 Triathlon club and how they have progressed
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Ballyare 10k Results Mens: 1st – Marc McPaul 34:19 2nd – Ciaran McGonagle 34:32 3rd – Noel Diver 36:15 Male 40 – Joe Gallagher 39:19 Male 45 – Anthony Doherty 37:35 Male 50 – Joe Hegarty 39:15 Male 60 – James Doherty 47:27 Womens: 1st – Aisling Diver 43:52 2nd – Eimear Gormley
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The Derry Senior Football Championship swings into action this weekend. Loup and Magherafelt kicked off proceedings on Friday night at Owenbeg, with Loup winning 3-14 to Magherafelt’s 2-16. On Saturday evening, Swatragh face Kilrea, with throw in at 7.30pm. On Sunday, Bellaghy play Glen, Foreglen take on Newbridge and Slaughneil play Lavey. Tom Comack has
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The second annual Donegal Marathon takes place next weekend, Sunday 23rd August, and will see route changes from last year. After last year’s event which was the first marathon in the county in over 30 years, runners had said parts of the course were very tough due to the terrain. Chairman of the Donegal Marathon
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Kevin Mc Hugh says Finn Harps fully deserved their win on Friday night against Shelbourne as the Ballybofey side remain second in the table. The goal which seperated the side’s was a McHugh penalty eight minutes into the second half. Speaking with Highland’s Diarmaid Doherty after the game, Kevin Mc Hugh said it was a
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Derry City lost for the the twelfth time on Friday night going down 2-0 to leaders Dundalk at the Brandywell. The Candystripes played most of the game with ten men after Conor Mc Cormick was harshly sent off. Derry travel to Sligo on Monday for a crucial relegation battle at the Showgrounds. Speaking with Highland’s
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There are a pair of gold medals on the line in Bulgaria for Peter O’Donnell’s Irish boxers today. First into the ring at the European Championships is Michael Conlan in the 56kg category. He’s up against Britain’s Qais Ashfaq who he beat to claim gold at last year’s Commenwealth Games. Westmeath’s Joe Ward then
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Another super busy Weekend Edition this week, on the programme We discuss how experts predicting that by 2025 robots will be commonplace in society, there is a new selfie friendly passport card on the way , we’ll have the details. How many times do you check your phone on a daily basis? It is probably
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Rory McIlroy is best placed of the Irish heading into day 3 of the PGA Championship at Whistling Straits. The world number one is 2-under par after a second consecutive round of 71. Shane Lowry and Padraig Harrington should both miss the cut, with both on 3-over. Masters and US Open champ, Jordan Spieth is
McIlroy with work to do at PGA Read More »
Today marks 17 years since the Omagh bomb struck in County Tyrone, killing 29 people, one of them woman pregnant with twins. The attack was the single biggest atrocity to take place during the troubles in the North. Almost two decades on – no one has yet been criminally convicted for the bombing, with a number
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All 47 playgrounds owned or operated by Donegal County Council have been found to be smoke free. All the playgrounds were visited by Health Promotion and Improvement staff from the HSE Donegal over the last 6 months and assessed regarding compliance with Smoke Free Playground signage. No one was found to be using tobacco at
Smoking ban in playgrounds is being observed – HSE Read More »
Premier Division leaders Dundalk left the Brandywell with the full set of points on Friday night thanks to a 2-0 win over Derry City. Derry’s task of pulling of a shock win against the title favourites was made even tougher when Conor McCormick was sent off on 23 minutes. The incident infuriated the Derry bench
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Finn Harps got back to winning ways on Friday night beating Shelbourne 1-0 at Finn Park. The games only score came eight minutes into the second half from the penalty spot. Kevin McHugh powered passed keeper Greg Murray after a Michael Funston cross came of the arm of a Shelbourne defender. The result keeps Harps
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Shay Given says he will retire from International duty at the end of the Euro 2016 campaign. Speaking to The Herald, the Stoke City keeper confirmed he will call it a day after the Euros in France next year- or at the end of the qualification campaign if the Boys in Green don’t make it.
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Fianna Fail’s Education Spokesperson Charlie McConalogue has given Health Minister Leo Varadkar an ‘F’ for his achievements since taking over the portfolio a year ago. Deputy McConalogue says the Health Minister’s failure to bring the health service under control has led to dramatically increased waiting lists at Letterkenny General Hospital. He says that under Leo
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Killea FC have withdrawn from the Inishowen League. The club informed the league on Friday morning that they will not be part of the new first division season. The reasoning behind their withdrawal was their inability to field a team due to the lack of local players and loss of their manager. Manager Emmett Mc
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REPUBLIC of Ireland Women’s U19 head coach Dave Connell has announced his squad for two home friendly internationals against Scotland next week. Four Donegal girls have been included, Greencastle’s Nicole Gordan, Roma McLaughlin and Sarah Jane McDonald and Zoe McGlynn who now plays her football with Sion Swifts FC in Tyrone. The Irish host the
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A Donegal Councillor says the Septic Tank Inspection Process introduced by the government in 2013 is not working, because the government is concentrating on it as a revenue source rather than an environmental initiative. At the last meeting of Donegal County Council, Cllr Paul Canning raised a number of questions about the initiative. He was
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James O’Donoghue has emerged as a doubt for Kerry’s all Ireland semi final with Tyrone on Sunday 23rd August. The player of the year from last year has a shoulder injury. O’Donoghue dislocated his shoulder for the second time in the Kildare win and has yet to resume contact training. The Legion man had corrective
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