The IRFU has officially announced it’s bid to host the women’s World cup in 2017 at venues in Dublin and Belfast. The stadia includes University College Dublin before moving to Belfast for semi-finals and finals at Queens University Sport and the newly developed Kingspan Stadium. Last year the women’s team reached the semi finals in […]
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Padraig Harrington is tied for second place – three behind leader Ian Poulter – after the third round of the Honda Classic in Florida. With bad weather delaying the tournament, Harrington had three bogeys in his first 10 holes to go to three-over for the day but recovered with birdies at the 11th and 13th
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A new farm organisation is to launch in Donegal this week following a sustained campaign in the county on behalf of hill and commonage farmers. The Irish Natural and Hill Farmer Association will meet in Letterkenny’s Mount Errigal Hotel on Thursday. There will also be information for farmers on how the new GLAS scheme will work
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Donegal’s Sam and Chloe Magee were beaten in the semi-finals of the German Badminton Open. They recorded their finest ever mixed doubles win as they shocked the world number ten pairing Michael Fuchs and Birgit Michel in the quarter-finals, winning 15-21, 21-14, 21-16. Speaking after the match, Chloe Magee said that it was the biggest
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Housing Minister Paudie Coffey has met with the Mica Action Group in Inishowen during a visit to Donegal at the weekend. Mr Coffey was in Donegal to address the Colmcille Winter School. It follows a public meeting attended by hundreds of people in November, highlighting the the issue of defective blocks which people say are
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East Derry MLA John Dallat says concern is growing that the long awaited upgrade of the Derry-Belfast railway could be delayed again because of funding issues. Regional Development Minister Danny Kennedy has written to assembly members, indicating that while upgrades to the signalling system can go ahead, the substantive upgrade depends on European funding. An
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Rory Gallagher’s Donegal side were victorious in their National Football League fixture against Cork, played in Ballyshannon on Sunday. Despite being reduced to 14 men, Donegal managed to pull through with a strong second half to secure a win, with the final score as 0-12 to 1-08. Martin O’Reilly, Patrick McBrearty and Michael Murphy (who
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Cockhill Celtic 4 – 0 Rathmullan Celtic Cockhill Celtic host Killylough of Monaghan in QF
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Ireland remain on course to retain their Six Nations title, and possibly even the Grand Slam. They’ve beaten England by 19-points to 9 at the Aviva Stadium, and with it, inflict a first defeat of the championship on the Red Rose. Robbie Henshaw got the game’s only try, while Johnny Sexton kicked four penalties from
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Donegal 5-19 Kildare 1-2 Donegal continued their unbeaten record in Division 2 of the Ladies National Football League with a comprehensive 29 point victory over Kildare in Milford. After a sluggish first half performance, after which they led by 1-7 to 1-2 at half time, they turned on the style in the second half for
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The Raidió na Gaeltachta Club Championship draw took place on Sunday 1st March, after the Donegal Cork National Football league match. Junior A Championship: Group 1: Group 2: Group 3: N. Padraig Muff Robert Emmetts
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There should be no further closure of post offices, schools or Garda stations in rural Ireland. The Rural Affairs Minister says she’s planning to get Cabinet agreement on the issue very soon. Ann Phelan was speaking at the Labour Party national conference in Kerry. She says there should be no further hits to services in
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Celtic FC paid a touching tribute to Donegal teenager Georgia Doherty before todays game with Aberdeen. The 13-year-old from Redcastle tragically died in a car crash outside Derry last Sunday afternoon. Georgia was a huge football fan and supported Celtic and Liverpool. She was buried following funeral mass in Drung on Thursday. At the funeral
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Added personal will be travelling with gritter drivers in Derry over the next couple of weeks to give an added sense of security. The measure comes after attempts were made to hijack a lorry in the city on Friday morning. A second person will be apoointed to each lorry, to provide vigilance and support to
Athletics Ireland celebrated 2014 in Tullamore Hotel on Saturday night and amongst the award recipients were Finn Valley AC, who were winners of the Drifter Cup as best club nationally both indoor and outdoor during that period, seeing off a strong challenge from Cork City club Leevale AC .This relates to the age range 12-19
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Derry City and Finn Harps’ pre-season preparations continued on Saturday at the Brandywell, where the match was abandoned due to the weather. The result seen Harps win the game 1-0, thanks to a Ruairi Keating first half penalty. Next weekend the new season starts, with Derry travelling to Galway, and Finn Harps go to Dublin
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Tyrone were lucky to secure a draw last night in Omagh against Derry, having come from 4 points down with 8 minutes to play. The final scoreline was 1-8 to 0-11, and mean that Tyrone have only one win from their opening three games. Tyrone Manager Mickey Harte spoke to Highland Radio Sport after the
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Donegal could be hit with more snow and sleet for the next few days. Met Eireann has issued a yellow snow and ice warning, which is in place until Wednesday afternoon. Areas in the west and north are expected to get the heaviest snowfalls, with hills set to be worst affect, but slight accumulations possible
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Derry stay bottom of the Division One Football League following A 1-8 to 0-11 draw to Tyrone in Omagh on Saturday night. This was Derry’s first point of the season, and leaves them in a relegation fight with three games left to play. Speaking to Francis Mooney of Highland Sport, Derry manager Brian McIver felt
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Detectives are appealing for information following reports of assaults in the Ballyarnett Road area of Derry in the early hours of this morning. Just after 4.30am, police received reports of altercations in the area involving a number of people. Two men aged 30 and 20, and a 17 year old male, were taken
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Donegal’s Sam and Chloe Magee recorded their finest ever mixed doubles win as they shocked the world number ten pairing at the German Badminton Open. The Raphoe siblings lost the first set 21-15 against the hometown pair of Michael Fuchs and Birgit Michel. But the Magees came back and won the second set 21-14 and
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It finished honours even in atrocious conditions at Heaky Park as Tyrone and Derry drew 0-11 to 1-8 in Saturday nights Division1 clash. Players on both sides struggled in driving wind and rain at the Omagh venue but it didn’t halt a spirited Tyrone comeback in the closing minutes. A Terence O’Brien goal put Derry
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Donegal go into action tomorrow at Fr. Tierney Park in Ballyshannon where they take on Cork (Throw-in is at 2pm). Donegal will be hoping to bounce back from their defeat to Dublin but their opponents have notched up two wins in their opening two games. There are no changes in the Donegal team. When they
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The new SSE Airtricty League season starts next weekend for the North West clubs. In the Premier Division, Derry City start their campaign away to Galway and Sligo Rovers host Cork City while in the First Division, Finn Harps are in Dublin taking on one of the favourites Shelbourne. Oisin Kelly has been looking ahead to
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The Derry City v Finn Harps pre-season friendly at the Brandywell was abandoned today due to bad weather. Harps led 1-0 at the break thanks to a first minute goal from on-loan striker Ruairi Keating who converted a spot kick after he had been taken down inside the box. The referee decided at the interval
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Tyrone take on Derry at Healy Park this evening with a 7.00 pm throw-in in the National Football League Division One game. Tyrone, with home advantage, will be favourites to overcome a Derry side that have lost their first two games. On Saturday Sport former Tyrone player Noel McGinn told Tom Comack that there is
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The Donegal ladies face Kildare in the National Football League Division Two in Milford on Sunday at 1 pm. Donegal are going for a fourth straight win. But Donegal manager Davy McLaughlin is not taking anything for granted. He spoke to Tom Comack on Saturday Sport.
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On Sunday the 7th March The Race, a multi sport ultra endurance event returns to Donegal. It’s a 250km long course which must be completed within 24 hours. The Race has been organised in conjunction with Gartan Adventure Centre. On Saturday Sport, Chris Ashmore was joined in studio by The Race organisers David Byrnes and
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A Donegal man has been elected a trustee of the GAA at its annual congress in Cavan today. Niall Erskine from Killybegs was elected to one of the two trustee positions at Croke Park. Erskine is the Donegal representative on the GAA Central Council. Topping the poll with 97 votes, he is the second Donegal
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On this weeks programme…. Barry has a look over this mornings papers with Daithi Ramsey. They discuss the death of Leonard Nimoy who played Spock on Star Trek, the ongoing Labour conference in Killarney, the story of a Co Donegal woman who was sent to prison for not paying a TV licence fine, Ed Sheerans
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Police investigating a fatal road traffic collision outside Derry on Sunday 22nd February, are renewing their appeal for witnesses. Thirteen year old Georgia Doherty from Redcastle in County Donegal died after two cars collided on the Glenshane Road, Drumahoe at around 5pm. Inspector Jonathan Hunter said: “We appreciate all of the information we have received
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A Donegal County Councillor wants free Wi-fi to be rolled out in Dungloe and every other town centre in the Glenties Electoral Area. Councillor Micheal Cholm Mac Giolla Easpaig has put forward the proposal to Donegal Co Council. He says full, free, accessible wi-fi should be made available and would be great for businesses.
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A Donegal Deputy has said that it needs to be ensured that Letterkenny General Hospital can recruit consultants and junior doctors. It was announced on Highland Radio News yesterday that a general consultant and two locum GP’s are to be appointed to the hospital to support the breast cancer unit. A commitment was given
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Larissa Muldoon scored Ireland’s only try as the girls in green beat the World Champions England in the Women’s Six Nation in Ashboure on Friday night. The visitors lead at the break 8-3 before scrum half Muldoon went over the line to tie the game. It’s the second successive year that the Ballybofey girl scored
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Derry’s Shane Duffy will miss the remainder of the 2014-15 season for Blackburn Rovers. The Republic of Ireland international, who joined Rovers from Everton back in August, has undergone a knee operation which rules him out for the rest of the campaign. “It is devastating news both for the lad and the club,” said boss
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Met Eireann has issued a weather warning for Co Donegal over the weekend. The Orange status alert is for high winds of up to 110km/hr with gusts topping 130km/hr. The alert is from 2pm tomorrow but the high winds are expected later on Saturday, with the weather warning in place until 6am on Sunday. Forecaster
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Ireland have made just one change for Sunday’s Six Nations encounter with England at the Aviva Stadium. David Mc Intyre has the details..
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It’s been confirmed that a general surgeon will be appointed at Letterkenny General Hospital within the next four months. At a meeting with representatives from the Department of Health and a number of cancer campaign groups today, a commitment was given that a general surgeon would be appointed by June. A commitment has also been
Police investigating a fatal crash outside Derry on Sunday last are renewing their appeal for witnesses. Thirteen year old Georgia Doherty from Redcastle in Donegal died after two cars collided on the Glenshane Road, Drumahoe at around 5pm. This afternoon, the PSNI’s Collision Investigation Unit said they appreciate all of the information we have received
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The Future of Local Government in Ireland is the theme of the Colmcille Winter School, which takes place in Gartan this weekend. The evenjt will be opened by Junior Minister Joe Mc Hugh this evening, and closed tomorrow evening by Paudie Coffey, the Junior Minister in the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government.
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The Madams Bank Road in Derry was closed for a time after a DOE gritter lorry was stopped by masked men at around 6 o’clock this morning and the driver ordered to take a package to Strand Road PSNI station. The road was reopened shortly after 8 o’clock. This is the second incident of this
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Tyrone and Derry meet in the Allianz National Football League on Saturday night Derry have made seven changes from the 15 that started against Kerry with Dermot McBride fit again to return to the full-back line and there is a first start of the season for Eoin Bradley Mark Lynch’s absence from midfield means a
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Donegal host Cork in Ballyshannon in Division 1 of the National Football League on Sunday. Rory Gallagher has named an unchanged team for what promises to be an intriguing clash. As expected, Anthony Thompson has been named in the squad for the first time this season. Donegal lost last time out against Dublin while Cork
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A security alert at Madams Bank Road in Derry has ended. The alert began before 7 o’clock this morning. The PSNI say a suspicious vehicle was examined and nothing untoward was found. The road has been since been reopened to traffic.
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In a statement last night, the government confirmed the office of the Minister for Health is facilitating a meeting today between two local action groups, the HSE, Department officials, the Saolta Hospital Group, and all local Oireachtas representatives. The statement makes no reference the perceived threat to the breast cancer service in Letterkenny, and claims made
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The draw for the semi finals of the Ulster Junior Cup was made on Thursday Night. Drumoghill FC will host Clonmany Shamrocks and Erne Wanderers have been paired at home to Cootehill Harps. Those semi finals will be played on the first weekend in April. Meanwhile in the Ulster Youth Cup, the semi final draw
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A rally is being planned for Co Donegal next week, demanding better cancer services for the county.. Donegal Action for Cancer Care is organising the demonstration in Letterkenny for Sunday 8th March. Meanwhile members of the group are travelling to Dublin today to meet with the Health Minister, Leo Varadkar. DACC member Betty Holmes spoke
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A Donegal County Cllr has called on Gardai to explain their decision to jail a single mother from the county for not paying her TV licence. A few weeks ago Gardai arrived at the home of the woman at 7:10am and took her by taxi to Mountjoy prison for failing to pay a €450 fine
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Harrison Ford is set to reprise his role as Rick Deckard in a sequel to Blade Runner, more than 31 years after the film first premiered. Ridley Scott directed the 1982 dystopian, neo-noir movie, which was adapted from the Philip K Dick novel Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep. Alcon Entertainment announced Ford’s role and
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Madonna has revealed she suffered whiplash injuries in her fall on stage at the Brit Awards. The 56-year-old star, whose tumble has become a viral hit online, said the Armani cape she was wearing was tied too tight because choreographers did not want it to fall off, and she denied it was a publicity stunt.
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