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Rents rise as shortages of accommodation become an issue in bigger cities

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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Former Donegal Garda Sergeant wants tougher penalties for assaulting Gardai

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

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Young Donegal volunteer lifeboat crewmember to officially open new RNLI All-Weather Lifeboat Centre

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

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Strike action more likely at MPE as union claims new owners are refusing to negotiate

  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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Black Watch embarkations bode well for future of Killybegs – Kennedy

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’

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Harry Judd ‘blessed’ after wife Izzy’s IVF conception

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 Results

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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Donegal All County League Results

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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Peter O’Donnell honoured to be Ireland Team Manager at golden Euro’s

  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

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Evaluation of NoWDOC call and response data to continue until end of August

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

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Conlon & Ward score Gold for O’Donnell’s Team Ireland

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

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Inishowen League Preview

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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Triathlon Ireland to hold Woman’s Try-a-Tri Programme

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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Donegal Marathon Preview

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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Fianna Fail’s Education Spokesperson gives Health Minster an ‘F’ for first year

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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