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Peter O’Donnell’s Team Ireland depart for Euro Championships

The Ireland Boxing squad depart for the European Elite Men’s Championships in Samokov, Bulgaria today. The team is being led by Donegal’s Peter O’Donnell. The Raphoe man has taken senior sides to tournaments before but never to a major championship. Peter had a team in Finland earlier this year where Ireland came back with six […]

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Kelly Osbourne sorry for remarks made on The View about Latinos ‘cleaning toilets’

Kelly Osbourne has apologised for remarks she made on The View that suggested if Latinos were expelled from the United States, there would be no one to clean Donald Trump’s toilets. The star’s comment, while a guest host on the ABC show, was directed at the Republican presidential candidate, whose comments calling Mexican immigrants “criminals”

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Mayo unchanged for Donegal

Mayo have named an unchanged team for Saturday’s All Ireland quarter-final showdown against Donegal. Joint managers Noel Connelly and Pat Holmes have opted to stick with the same fifteen players that started the Connacht final win over Sligo as they prepare to face this year’s beaten Ulster finalists. It means that Donal Vaughan has once-again

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Patsy Mc Gonagle says doping allegations are concerning

Athletics’ world governing body has strongly rejected allegations of widespread doping in the sport. The IAAF says a report in last weekend’s Sunday Times are “sensationalist and confusing”. It’s condemned the distribution and publication of medical data that was obtained from the organisation without consent. The association says the results referred to were not positive

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Man arrested over road traffic crash in Strabane released

  A man who was arrested for careless driving causing grievous bodily injury after a road traffic crash in Strabane last night has been bailed pending further enquiries. The crash, which injured two teenage girls happened on the Melmount Road in Strabane just before 5 o’clock yesterday evening. One girl suffered minor injuries and was

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Thomas Pringle

Pringle calls on Minister Burton to reverse Farm Assist Scheme cuts

  According to a reply to Thomas Pringle TD’s question to Minister Burton, there are 1 and half thousand Farm Assist recipients in Donegal. In total there are 1,458 recipients in the county, making it the second highest number in the country, Mayo having the highest with 1,614. According to Deputy Pringle, the Minister says

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Donegal’s Special Olympic heroes due back in Letterkenny at 5pm

Donegal’s Special Olympic hero’s will return back to Letterkenny this evening. Letterkenny’s Patrick Quinlivan and Buncrana’s Oliver Doherty are expected at the Market Square at around 5pm. Patrick won a total of seven medals in Gymnastics while Oliver Doherty took Silver in Golf. Tyrone’s Nuala Brown who won two silver medals in Kayaking will arrive

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Donaghey claims council was not properly consulted on Linsfort Oyster application

A Donegal councillor has claimed this morning that the council were not formally consulted by the Department of the Marine regarding the granting of a licence for a controversial oyster farming operation on Linsfort Beach in Inishowen. Cllr Rena Donaghey was part of a protest which took place at the weekend. Speaking to Greg Hughes

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PARC welcome driver register plan ahead of meeting with Transport Minister

A new driver register is being proposed to link penalty points to your driver licence for the first time. The new central register would be accessible to the Court Service, the Gardai and the Road Safety Authority – which gives out penalty points – to get rid of any loopholes for drivers who commit offences.

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Mental Health support service concerned at “legal high” increase in Donegal

Anti-drug campaigners in Donegal have reported a significant increase in the number of so-called legal highs or synthetic drugs in border counties. They fear an increase in drugs deaths because the substances, which were banned in the Republic five years ago, are now being brought into Donegal and other border counties by couriers from the

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Quinlivan and Doherty back on Irish soil with Special Olympic World Games Medals

Donegal athletes Patrick Quinlivan and Oliver Doherty, plus the rest of the Irish Special Olympics team arrived back home this morning following their success in Los Angeles. Letterkenny man Quinlivan won one silver and three bronze competing in gymnastics. Oliver Doherty from Buncrana won silver in the individual golf 18 hole competition last Friday. It

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Police in Derry appeal for information following incident in Butcher shop

Police at Strand Road in Derry are appealing for information after a man stole a knife from a butcher’s shop. The incident happened at around 4.30 on Saturday afternoon. Police received a call from premises on Clooney Terrace, Derry reporting that a male entered the shop demanding a knife. When staff told him he couldn’t

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The McHugh View – Donegal and Tyrone look forward to All Ireland Quarter Finals

Donegal will play Mayo and Tyrone will take on Monaghan in the All Ireland Quarter Finals next Saturday 8th August at Croke Park. Donegal reached the last eight beating Galway 3-12 to 0-11 thanks to goals from Patrick Mc Brearty, Ryan Mc Hugh and Christy Toye while Tyrone eased past Sligo 0-21 to 0-14 with

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Exciting times ahead for Donegal and Irish Boxing – Ulster Congress a great success

The Ulster Boxing Congress was held in Buncrana this weekend. As well as the election of officers, there were discussions about various competitions for the year ahead. The President of the Donegal Boxing Board Peter O’Donnell says that these are exciting times for Irish boxing. And boxers like Jason Quigley and Katie Taylor are a

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Update – homes evacuated as security alert continues in Strabane

  A Strabane cemetery has been closed over reports of a suspicious object in the area. The cemetery is located in Townsend Street/Cemetery Road in Strabane. Some residents are currently being evacuated to St Pats Hall Kennedy Street. Police are continuing to warn public not to touch any suspicious objects if they happen upon them.

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