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Avril McNamee hopes for good performance at World Handball Championships

Donegal handballer Avril McNamee is jetting out to Canada this weekend for the World Handball Championships. This is the second appearance at the championships for the Seán Mac Cumhaills member and she will once again be competing as the sole representative from Donegal The Worlds are held every three years and alternates between Ireland, Canada

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Derry Courthouse

Man jailed after threatening to throw former partner down the stairs

Derry Magistrate’s Court has heard how a man told children he was going to throw their mother down the stairs. 39 year old Terence Doherty of 30, Dunluce Court in Derry admitted a series of offences including assaults on police and disorderly behaviour. The court was told that on July 12 this year Doherty’s former

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Listen back to live music, chat and features on the Weekend Edition

It was another bumper episode of the Weekend Edition, on this weeks programme… Tim Crowley, curator & founder of the Michael Collins Museum & author of “In search of Michael Collins” talks to Greg in relation to his new book. John Creedon is on to discuss Creedon’s Wild Atlantic Way where he journeys through the

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Apprentice Boys converge on Derry for the biggest parade of the marching season

Up to 40,000 people and 140 bands are expected in Derry today for the annual Apprentice Boys parade which gets underway just after 12 noon. A number of smaller parades will take place this morning, before a religious service in St Columb’s Cathedral and a reenactment of the Siege of Derry. It’s the single biggest

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Vandalism of Urney Road signs could endanger motorists and pedestrians – Mc Hugh

Derry and Strabane Cllr Maolíosa Mc Hugh has contacted Transport NI requesting that it acts urgently to replace two road signs that have been up-routed and pulled down in the Urney Road area of StrAbane. A Stop sign and a sign identifying the presence of ramp on the road between Castletown Court and Glenfinn Park have been

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Protest in Letterkenny as HSE “live tests” proposed NoWDOC changes

Hundreds of people are expected to gather in Letterkenny this afternoon to protest against the possible scaling back of the NoWDOC service in Donegal. As part of a restructuring process which is underway, the HSE is ‘live testing’ the proposed scrapping of the Midnight to 8am services in Derrybeg and Carndonagh, to be replaced by

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Environmental allocations will help clean up Donegal – Mc Ginley

35,700 euro has been allocated to clean up Donegal as part of a €1.09 million funding allocation via two environmental grant schemes. The 2015 Anti-Litter & Anti-Graffiti Awareness Grant Scheme is providing 20 thousand euro to Donegal County Council, while a further 15,700 is being provided from the Environmental Partnership Fund which supports local environmental

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Jennifer Aniston ‘didn’t invite her mother to wedding’

Jennifer Aniston’s mother didn’t attend her wedding. The ‘Cake’ actress reportedly tied the knot with Justin Theroux at her Bel Air mansion yesterday, but Nancy Dow wasn’t among the 70 guests who shared the special day with the couple. However, Nancy – who was believed to have reconciled with her daughter last year following years

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PSNI

Police must rethink heavy handed operations – McCrossan

  SDLP  Daniel McCrossan has called on police to review the way in which they carry out search operations and has warned that heavy handed approaches risk losing community confidence. Mr McCrossan was speaking after a search operation in Ballycolman left two disabled older people left shocked and unnerved. Speaking to Highland Radio News, he

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Derry’s Northland Road to close later this month as resurfacing works reach completion

Derry’s Northland Road will be closed to through traffic as part of the £200,000 resurfacing programme which is ongoing. The road will close from Crawford Square to Eden Terrace from 8am on Monday August 24th to 6pm on Saturday August 29th to allow for the final surfacing to be laid. A diversion route via Duncreggan Road,

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GAA Programme – 06/08/15

The GAA Programme is broadcast every Wednesday from 8.30pm – 9pm. On this week’s programme Tom Comack was joined by Donegal’s 1992 All-Ireland winner Manus Boyle, Former Donegal and Mayo player Martin Carney and Ex- Tyrone All- Star defender John Lynch to look ahead to the All Ireland Quarter Finals. Plus Young Donegal handballer Avril

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PARC question timetable for introduction of Driver Register

The Donegal based Road Safety Organisation PARC say they’ve had a relatively successfully meeting with the Transport Minister Pascal Donohoe. Last evening, the group met with the Minister who pledged to clarify to the Courts Service that the law does allow for court clerks to record the licence numbers of drivers who have been disqualified.

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Mac Lochlainn challenges FG claims that Kenny could serve two more terms as Taioseach

A Donegal Deputy has hit out over comments made yesterday that Enda Kenny could serve another two terms as Taoiseach. Fine Gael Chief whip Paul Kehoe has said Enda Kenny wants to remain in power “for a long time to come”. Sinn Fein is challenging the Government to call an early election to the test

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Public WEEE collection points across Donegal in Augusts

Donegal County Council is urging anyone with waste electronic equipment to dispose of to use one of eight collection depots across the county this month. The collection points will operate over the next three Saturdays under the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment scheme. The council says Donegal has a strong record under the WEEE scheme,

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How are Zayn Malik and Perrie Edwards dealing with their break up ?

Zayn Malik and Perrie Edwards appear to be putting their split behind them, as their latest photos on social media show. The couple, who have called off their engagement and ended their relationship, shared pictures of themselves in Los Angeles on Instagram. But while Little Mix singer Perrie prepares to party, her former fiance chose

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Drivers urged to exercise caution with spot flooding in the North West

    There have been reports of spot flooding in the North West this evening. The Manor roundabout has been affected and the Letterkenny/Derry road just approaching it. The Lifford/ Stranorlar road has also been reported to be flooded. The area between Killgordon and Stranorlar  and Kilross – Stranorlar has also been affected. Motorists are

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Local Cllr says series of incidents in Strabane are ‘alarming’

  A local councillor has condemned the latest incident  in Strabane. A security operation got underway late last night and a  gun was found during a police search in the early hours of this morning. A suspected firearm was taken away for further forensic examination. The operation ended shortly after 2 o’clock this morning. It comes

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Trolley situation at Letterkenny General Hospital unacceptable – Doran

Last month saw the highest level of overcrowding ever recorded in hospitals across the country in the month of July. Figures from the INMO show that 6,715 admitted patients were on trolleys during the past month. It’s an increase of 21 percent on July 2014. General Secretary with the INMO Liam Doran outlines how it

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