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Two Donegal clubs attend disciplinary hearing following racial abuse allegation

Representatives from Letterkenny Rovers and Cockhill Celtic were in Dublin on Wednesday to attend a hearing into an alleged incident of racial abuse during their recent FAI Intermediate Cup tie. The hearing follows an allegation that a Cockhill player used words of a racial nature towards an opponent when the two clubs met in the […]

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HSE confirms details of 180 children were on stolen laptop

The HSE has confirmed that there were approximately 180 children’s details on the Speech abnd Language Therapy Service laptop stolen from the boot of a car last week. The register has the details of the children listed by service location, care group, their name, address and contact phone number. Responding to queries from Highland Radio

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Cllr Murray says claims that council housing tenants personal info will be given to Irish Water are simply unture

      A Donegal County Cllr has claimed that council housing tenants details will be handed over to Irish Water by the Council. Irish Water has requested names and addresses of tenants, but to date Donegal County Council has not passed that information on. But it’s being claimed that the council will be compelled

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Michael Murphy and International Rules teams set off for Australia

The Irish International Rules team departed Ireland for Australia this morning ahead of the International Rules Test against the Australians in Perth on Saturday week. Paul Earley’s Ireland squad,  are bound for Melbourne where they will base themselves ahead of the one-off Test at Patterson’s Stadium on November 22. The Irish party left without Chrissy

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Parents warned of data protection breach after HSE laptop is stolen

  It’s emerged that a laptop containing children’s details has been stolen from the boot of a car of a staff member attached to the HSE’s Speech and Language Therapy Service in Donegal. Gardai are investigating the theft, which took place outside the county. This week, a number of parents and guardians whose children attend

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Gardai Inspectorate report vindicates SF position – Mac Lochlainn

The head of the Garda Inspectorate says it’s time for the culture of “who you know” inside the Gardai to change, but it won’t happen overnight. Robert Olson was speaking after the publication of a report into the force yesterday, which found massive failings in how crimes are recorded and classified. It ran to over

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Donegal County Council to debate water charges at special meeting

Can’t Pay Won’t Pay are to lobby a special meeting of Donegal County Council this Friday afternoon. The meeting is being held after Cllr Frank McBrearty put down a motion calling on Donegal County Council to abolish water charges. The special council sitting takes place at 2pm on Friday. Cant Pay Wont Pay spokesperson, Francis

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Councillors reject bid to introduce free parking in Letterkenny for Christmas

A Donegal County Councillor has expressed his disappointment after his calls for free parking in Letterkenny in the run up to Christmas were turned down. Cllr John O Donnell had put forward a motion at yesterdays Municipal District meeting calling for two weeks free parking before Christmas. The motion wasn’t seconded as Cllrs argued that

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Derry Mayor condemns threats against Community Safety Wardens

The Mayor of Derry has called for threats against against a number of council employees to be lifted immediately. A threat by dissident republicans has been issued against Derry City Council’s Community Safety Wardens. Council has said that it is taking the threats ‘very seriously’ and has taken the ‘necessary steps to ensure the safety

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Protesters prevent Irish Water contractors from installing meters in Killygordon

Pic from Cllr Gary Doherty’s Facebook page   There were more protests against Irish Water meter installers in Donegal today, this time at Dromore Park in Killygordon. Cllr Gary Doherty says they secured agreement that no work would be done outside houses where people did not want the meters. Gardai were at the scene, but

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Strabane councillors back campaign to retain palliative services in Omagh

Strabane District Council is backing the campaign for the retention of Palliative Care in Ward 5 at Tyrone County Hospital in Omagh. At present, a plan to end the service has been ‘paused’, with councillors and campaigners saying it makes no sense to end the service when palliative care will be included in the ‘new

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Bloody Sunday families pushing for investigation to be re-opened

  The families of the victims of Bloody Sunday have launched a new legal bid to re-open the investigation into their deaths. They’re seeking a judicial review, trying to overturn the decision by the PSNI Chief Constable to close the official police inquiry. 13 people were killed on Bloody Sunday in 1972, when British Army

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Derry man appears in court charged with oral rape of 15-year-old boy

A 40-year-old man has appeared at Derry Magistrate’s Court charged with the rape of a 15-year-old boy. Michael Doherty of 64, Ballyarnett Village in Derry was charged with the offence that was said to have occurred on November 8. A police officer connected Doherty to the charge and opposed bail. reports The court was told

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Councillor says some former Rural Broadband Scheme users are now facing huge bills

An Inishowen councillor says many people in the area have been hit with massive bills from the telecommunications company 3 since the ending of the Rural Broadband Scheme over the summer. That scheme saw ‘3’ paid a subsidy by the government to provide a broadband service to people registered on the scheme. When it ended,

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CPWP to protest as Minister attends awards ceremony in Letterkenny

Can’t Pay Won’t Pay will stage a protest against water charges outside the Mount Errigal Hotel in Letterkenny, where Minister of State, Joe Mc Hugh will attend the Cleaner Community awards. Spokesperson Francis Mc Cafferty says in the wake of last month’s protests, the government is now considering what he termed a €100 bribe to

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New regional focus predicted as government considers garda restructuring

Radical changes to an Garda Siochana could see a dramatic cut to the number of senior officers. The shake-up is expected to be presented to Government shortly – and will see a new focus on regional policing and new serious crime squads. This report from the Garda Inspectorate came about following allegations from whistleblowers that crimes

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Cloughaneely take back to back wins to reach Ulster semi final

Cloughaneely rounded off a frantic weekend with victory in the Ulster Intermediate Club Championship quarter final on Sunday against Castledawson. The Donegal side who won the Donegal title on Saturday beating Buncrana in the final needed extra time to overcome the Derry side this afternoon at Owenbeg. At half time Cloughaneely trailed by 6 points

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Derry man charged with attending Syria weapons and explosives training camp

A 25 year-old Derry man was today charged with attending a weapons and explosives training camp in Syria. Eamon Bradley was arrested on Thursday at his Melmore Gardens in Creggan. He had only recently returned from Syria where he was reported to have been fighting with rebel forces in the country’s civil war. Barry Whyte

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Naomh Conaill successful appeal will have no affect on St Eunan’s Quarter Final

Naomh Conaill’s appeal against the Ulster Council decision not to hear their appeal on the result of their RTE Raidió na Gaeltachta Senior Championship semi-final clash with Glenswilly to Croke Park was successful last night. Naomh Conaill secretary Vincent Cranley confirmed that the Ulster Council will now hear the club’s appeal after successfully putting the

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Mangan tours to launch new servies in Falcarragh, Dungloe and Letterkenny

An improved bus service is launched on Monday which claimed will make it easier for people in rural areas to travel to and from the main towns of Falcarragh, Dungloe and Letterkenny. Mangan Tours will operate a new Service between Gweedore and Falcarragh and between Falcarragh and Dungloe via Gweedore The company is also promising

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Independent Cllr challenges Deputy Charlie McConalogue to debate on water charges

An Independent Councillor is challenging Donegal’s Fianna Fail Deputy to a public debate on the issue of water charges. Miicheal Cholm Mac Giolla Easpuig is calling on Fianna Fail to committ to scrapping water charges if they were to form part of the next government. The Councillor wants to debate the issue face to face

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Cllr McBrearty to put down motion calling for water charges to be scrapped

Councillor Frank McBrearty is to put down a motion calling on Donegal County Council to abolish water charges. The former Mayor has written to current Mayor John Campbell asking him to hold a special meeting on the water charges issue facing Donegal. It’s estimated that over 15,000 people turned out for three protests in Letterkenny,

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Action bridge claims a footbridge at Cockhill would be better than traffic lights

The Cockhill Bridge Action Group in Buncrana is calling on Donegal County Council to reconsider a proposal to erect temporary traffic lights at the bridge at a cost of over 80,000 euro. The long term goal is for a replacement bridge, and in the meantime, the council is planning to erect traffic lights while seeking

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