Donegal Councillor Gary Doherty says if people vote strategically at the next General Election, then Irish Water can be defeated. A Red C poll published today in the Sunday Business Post showed a 5% rise in support for independents, but a three point drop for Sinn Fein. However, Cllr Doherty says he believes the announcement […]
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Donegal’s Donagh Kelly in a Ford Focus has won the Raven’s Rock Rally in Waterford, round five of the Triton Showers National Rally Championship. He finished a minute and 13.9 seconds ahead of the Subaru of Welsh driver Mel Evans with Kerry’s Alan Ring also in a Subaru, 22.8 seconds further behind in third. Martin
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A security alert has ended in St Johnston after a suspicious object was spotted near the Orange Hall earlier this afternoon. The area was sealed off, and gardai examined the scene. After 40 minutes, the area was declared safe, with gardai saying the object was a hoax.
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Raphoe Brothers Sam, Joshua and Sister Chloe, representing Ireland have won a total of 4 bronze medals at the Inaugural European Games in Baku. Chloe and Sam Magee have won bronze in Badminton at the European Games in Baku. The Raphoe pair missed out on a place in the mixed doubles final losing Saturday’s semi
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Donegal have reached the Ulster Senior Championship Final for the fifth year in row after Saturday’s 1-9 to 0-10 win over Derry in Clones. Martin O’Reilly’s goal in the second half proved to be the decisive score which sends Rory Gallagher’s side to the provincial showpiece against arch rivals Monaghan on the 19th July. After
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Football for this summer has come to a sudden stop for the Donegal Minor team. Declan Bonner’s side were the raging hot favourites for the Ulster title and were also marked as All Ireland contenders, but they suffered a one point defeat on Saturday evening in Clones losing to Derry in the Ulster Semi Final.
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Derry took a major surprise win over favourites Donegal in the Ulster Minor Championship on Saturday in Clones. The 0-11 to 0-10 win has put Derry back in a final for the first time since 2007. On Sunday the 19th July they will play Cavan in the opening game on Ulster Final day… Derry
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Mark McHugh says Donegal will have to up their performance if their to overcome Monaghan in the Ulster Final in three week’s time. Donegal came through a stubborn Derry challenge on Saturday night in Clones to win by two points and set up a provincial decider against the Farney County for the third year in
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Donegal are through to their fifth Ulster SFC final on the trot after a narrow win over Derry in their semi-final clash in Clones. Donegal started well and led 0-4 to 0-1 lead by the 10th minute. Derry came back into the game, inspired by captain Mark Lynch. But defences were on top as they
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Derry caused a shock as they defeated last year’s All-Ireland Minor Football Championship finalists Donegal by 0-11 to 0-10 In the end Derry deserved their win and were the better team, with Conor Glass outstanding. Donegal trailed by two points going into the final minute – but were awarded a penalty. However, Conor Doherty put
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The Irish National Cycling Championships are taking place in Omagh this weekend. The action began on Thursday and concludes tomorrow with the feature race, the men’s road race on a course of over 100 miles with plenty of great vantage points in the streets around the centre of Omagh. One of the leading riders taking
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Tyrone will be fancied to overcome Limerick at Healy Park on Sunday (Throw-in 4pm). It’s been a difficult year for Tyrone so far and manager Mickey Harte will not be underestimating the opponents. It’s six weeks since Tyrone were last in action, but many of the players have been in action at club championship level.
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Derry City lost by two goals to nil at home to Cork City on Friday night. Despite a fine team performance the home side were unable to find the net and were unlucky not to take at least a point. Having just had the mid-season break of two weeks, Derry do not play a competitive
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Finn Harps have lost top spot in the SSE Airtricity League First Division after losing 3-2 to Shelbourne. Harps led twice in a game that saw both sides having a man sent off while veteran Philip Hughes bagged a hat-trick (including two penalties) to give the Dublin side full points. Afterwards Finn Harps boss Ollie
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Ireland’s Katie Taylor was won gold at the European Games in Baku. The Bray boxer won the lightweight final against Estelle Mossely with a 3-0 overall win. The judges scores were: 40-36,40-36, 39-37. This was her 18th major gold medal at international level.
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A notice for anyone planning to travel to Clones for this evening’s Donegal – Derry game, there are already half hour tailbacks on the Omagh to Kesh Road and into Enniskillen. Please allow extra time for your journeys.
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On the Weekend Edition this week: Author Richard Fitzpatrick is working on a book and documentary on the intriguing life of Irish man Patrick O’Connell who captained Manchester United and managed Barcelona during the 1st World War. Iain Miller from Unique Ascent joins us to discuss the success of his business which is drawing visitors
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The ‘We Wont Pay’ campaign is holding a bonfire at Limerick City Hall this afternoon to burn water bills. The group is touting it as the ‘biggest bonfire in the history of Limerick’. Yesterday the government published legal amendments to legislation to allow bills be deducted from wages or welfare. It’ll also force landlords to
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Donegal County Council has just released details of two major road projects commencing shortly. When completed the N15 Blackburn Bridge Phase 1 Scheme and the N56 Boyoughter to Kilkenny Scheme will see significant improvements to two crucial routes in east and west Donegal. The work will take place on the main Ballybofey to Donegal Town
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Killybegs Harbour is not being used adequately to promote and develop fishing and seafood, the Dáil Public Accounts Committee has said. The committee, which investigated six fishery harbour centres across the country, said many buildings in them were not being utilised fully to help promote enterprise. The committee said job creation opportunities at the harbours,
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Chloe and Sam Magee have won bronze in Badminton at the European Games in Baku. The Raphoe pair missed out on a place in the mixed doubles final losing Saturday’s semi final 21-12, 23-21, to the French duo of Gaetan Mittelheisser and Audrey Fontaine. They will take back a bronze medal to Donegal as there
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Before the curtain-raiser of the Ulster Senior semi-final, Donegal face Derry in the Ulster Minor Football Championship semi-final, with throw in at 5.15pm. Derry minor manager Damien McErlain has been telling Tom Comack that Derry are very much the underdogs, but he also feels that they will not be lacking in big game experience.
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Donegal minor team boss Declan Bonner has been happy enough with the way things have progressed during his side’s campaign to date. After wins over Tyrone and Armagh, his team will be fancied by many to overcome Derry. However, Bonner will not be underestimating Derry and knows that with players like Conor Glass, nothing can
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Donegal play Derry in the Ulster Senior Football Championship Semi-final this evening, with throw in at 7pm. If Donegal win this game, it will be their fifth consecutive Ulster Final. Tom Comack has been speaking to Donegal boss Rory Gallagher. Before they discussed this evenings game, they began by talking about the departure of Donegal’s
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Donegal face Derry on Saturday evening in the Ulster Senior Football Championship semi-final, with throw in at 7pm in Clones. Derry Manager Brian McIver has been telling Cahir O’Kane that to be successful against Donegal it is not just about stopping Michael Murphy.
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Donegal have made one change to their starting side for Saturday’s Ulster Championship semi final clash with Derry in Clones Colm McFadden has overcome sickness and takes the place of Marty O’Reilly. Other than that it’s the same fifteen which started the win over Armagh. Donegal Manager Rory Gallagher feels if Derry play like they
Colm McFadden returns to start for Donegal in Clones Read More »
Cork City have kept pace with the leaders Dundalk after two second-half goals helped them to claim a 2-0 win over Derry City at the Brandywell. Karl Shepard and Billy Dennehy scored the goals as Derry ended the tie with ten men when Aaron Barry was sent off with three minutes left. Derry haven’t won
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Shelbourne 3 Finn Harps 2 Finn Harps have been displaced by Wexford Youths as the leaders of the SSE Airtiricty League Division One after slumping to a third defeat on the trot. Veteran Philip Hughes was the hero for Shels as he bagged a hat-trick in a 3-2 win at Tolka Park. Harps took the
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Finn Harps have lost top spot in the SSE Airtricity League First Division. Having been 2-1 up at Tolka Park the Ballybofey Blues went down 3-2 to Shelbourne, as Wexford Youths moved to the head of the field with a 3-2 win over Cabinteely at Stradbrook. Damien McNulty put Harps in front 11 minutes
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Nine RNLI volunteers from County Donegal have been honoured at the charity’s annual presentation of awards. The event which was staged at the Titanic Museum in Belfast on Wednesday night last (24 June) recognised Georgina Houten, Susan Shields, Pat Crean, Andrew and Hazel Alcorn, Derek Little, Heather McBride, Fiona McNutt and Patricia Boyce. During the
More good news coming in from the European Games in Baku this morning. Chloe and Sam Magee have guaranteed at least bronze in the Mixed Doubles after winning their Quarter-final against Polish opponents this morning. The Raphoe partnership won their last eight tie 21-18 21-12. There was disappointment for the Men’s Double’s pairing of Sam
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Four fishermen have been rescued off the coast of Donegal after their fishing boat sank. The men were fishing off Malin Head when their boat capsized. The accident happened just after 9.20am. The 118 helicopter and the Shannon Class and Greencastle Lifeboats were quickly on scene, but luckily the men where rescued when another fishing boat
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Funding for the new pedestrian bridge in Strabane could be pulled. It’s after members of Derry Strabane Council voted again, for a fourth time, for the bridge to be named after former Sinn Fein Cllr Ivan Barr. The Department of Social Development have provided £2.3 million for the construction of the bridge, but SDLP Cllr Patsy
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A report into the death and disappearance of two soilders is set to shed more light on what happened to them. Private Hugh Doherty from Co Donegal and Private Kevin Joyce went missing in Lebanon on April 27th, 1981. Pte Doherty was killed in the attack, and while his body was found, Pte Joyce is
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Connemara Mining has identified a target area for more detailed investigations after finding material with gold values in Donegal. In April the exploration company acquired five new prospecting licences covering 187 sq km on the Innisowen peninsula. In a statement published today the firm said that it has finished the first phase of prospecting on
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Ronan O’Neill will start in a re-vamped Tyrone attack in Sunday’s All-Ireland SFC Qualifier clash with Limerick at Healy Park. O’Neill comes in for Omagh club-mate Barry Tierney in one of two changes made by manager Mickey Harte from the team that started against Donegal in the Ulster Championship preliminary round. Tiernan McCann returns to
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The Derry team has been named for Saturday’s Ulster Semi final with Donegal in Clones. It shows just one change from the team that defeated Down last time out. Cailean O’Boyle comes in to replace Benny Heron in the forward line Mark Lynch will again captain the team from centre half forward with speculation that
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The summer looks like it’s finally here as temperatures are expected soar in to the high 20s next week. Met Eireann is forecasting a ‘mini-heatwave’ with high pressure to the east keeping the rain at bay. Temperatures may even reach 29 degrees in some parts. But Meteorologist John Eagleton says this high pressure brings with
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The Chairperson of an Animal Charity in Derry says they are horrified after a greyhound was found in the River Foyle with it’s ears cut off. Racing greyhounds carry ID marks on their ears and the dogs ears were removed to prevent the owner from being identified. The greyhound was found in the river foyle
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A Unionist councillor in Strabane has said he will be objecting to plans for a republican memorial in the town centre to mark the 1916 Easter Rising. A new steering group made up of republican ex-prisoners announced last week that it would be calling for a permanent memorial in line with next year’s 100th anniversary
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Derry and Strabane Council are calling on the Northern Ireland Executive to provide financial support to Foyle Search and Rescue. Over the years, the memebers of the organisation, who work completley voluntary, have saved dozens of lives. Cllr Sean Carr who raised the motion at the latest council meeting, says Foyle Search and Rescue have
The biggest ever cruise ship to visit Killybegs will dock with 1,800 passengers on board – roughly the population of the whole town – this morning. The vessel is 260 metres long – almost double the length of the Croke Park pitch which is 140 metres in length. The cruise business in Killybegs has really
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A 15 Minute Programme presented by Chris Ashmore every Thursday at 7.05pm highlighting all that’s happening in the farming community.
Highland’s Farming News – Thursday 25th June Read More »
Gardai are appealing for information after a hi spec car was stolen in Manorcunningham. The volkswagon golf was stoeln from outside a family home in the early hours of this morning at around 2:15am. The Reg No: of the vehicle is 132 DL 378. The car was last seen heading in the Derry direction, anyone
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At the UEFA European Women’s U17 Championship Finals, Ireland have been narrowly beaten by a goal to nil against Switzerland in their clash in Reykjavik. Greencastles Roma McLaughlin is a member of the Irish team who also lost 1-0 to France on Monday.
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In Badminton, Sam and Josh Magee are the latest members of the Irish squad to secure a medal.They are now guaranteed to take home at least a bronze medal after winning their quarter-final against the Belgian duo the Magees’s winning by two games to one . Earlier, there were also wins for Sam and
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The family of a County Donegal teenager murdered by loyalists is taking legal action against the Ministry of Defence. 16-year-old Henry Cunningham from Carndonagh was killed in August 1973 when loyalist gunmen ambushed the van he was travelling home from work in. In 2008, an Historical Enquiries Team report said that one of the guns
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There has been a substantial increase in the trading of illegal tobacco in Co. Donegal. An investigation found that ‘illegal whites’ which are made entirely for the black market are widely available in towns across Donegal such as Letterkenny, the Twin Towns, Milford and Donegal Town. The investigation was commissioned by cigarette company, Philip Morris
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Calls have been made for a change in legislation in which Gardai charge for events to be policed. In one case, a charity event had to foot a four thousand euro bill for Gardai to be present on the day. The legislation has been condemned by Donegal Deputy and Sinn Fein’s Justice Spokesperson, Padraig Mac
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Calls have been made for lamb factories to stop the price cuts and stabilise the market. Sheep quotes are down at least 50c/kg on this time last year and sheep farmers are angry, according to the Irish Cattle and Sheep Farmers’ Association and the IFA. It’s been said further cuts this week are inflicting severe
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