Kris Meeke has taken his fourth podium of the World Rally Championship. Driving a Citroen DS3, The County Tyrone driver along with his co driver Paul Nagle finished 3rd, 1min 05.3secs down on the winner Jari-Matti Latvala in a Polo. The second car home was the Volkswagon of Andreas Mikkelsen, 20sec ahead on Meeke.
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Roberto Martinez has ruled James McCarthy out of Ireland’s upcoming Euro qualifier with Germany. The Everton midfielder isn’t included in the 27-man squad for Saturday’s game with Gibraltar, and it had been hoped he’d recover for the trip to Gelsenkirchen. But speaking before today’s 2-1 defeat to Manchester United at Old Trafford, Martinez says McCarthy
McCarthy will not be fit to face Germany Read More »
After five years of guiding Donegal teams to titles and silverware Jim Mc Guinness confirmed on Friday night that he would not be continuing as county manager. The Glenties man was to the fore during Donegal’s most successful ever period which included the 2012 All Ireland title. Under Jim Donegal won 13 Ulster Senior Championship
Dunnion says McGuinness sudden departure came as a suprise Read More »
Donegal are beginning life after Jim McGuinness today. He’s stepped down after four years in charge of the county’s footballers, a period which seen Donegal win an All Ireland in 2012 and three Ulster titles. Chris Mc Nulty gave his reaction to the news on the Weekend Edition with Greg Hughes this morning. Eamon
Reaction to Jim Mc Guinness’ decision not to stay with Donegal Read More »
James McCarthy is out of next week’s Euro qualifier with Gibraltar. The Everton midfielder suffered a tightening of his quad during last weekend’s Merseyside derby and hasn’t been included in Martin O’Neill’s revised 27-man squad for Saturday’s game at the Aviva. Seamus Coleman is included, despite missing recent games following a concussion and soft tissue
Coleman named in Ireland squad but McCarthy ruled out Read More »
Three men have been arrested following an attempted robbery at Manorcunningham Post Office. The men entered the post office in Manorcunningham armed with a knife, a hammer and a sledge hammer/hatchet and made off with a sum of money in a Royal Mail van stolen from Derry earlier this morning. The incident took place at around
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The Donegal Senior Football Championship continues this weekend. On Saturday evening, Naomh Conaill play Malin, MacCumhaills take on Four Masters, Termon play Killybegs and Bundoran face Glenswilly. On Sunday afternoon, St. Eunan’s play Naomh Mhuire, Ardara take on Glenfin, Gweedore face Dungloe, and Kilcar host St. Michaels. Tom Comack previewed the games with former Ardara
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The Sinn Féin Leader says the Irish Government must act fast or the Gaeltacht will cease to exist. Gerry Adams was speaking at today’s Sinn Féin Slógadh in Derry. Mr Adams says experts insist the Gaeltacht will cease to exist within 30 years if action is not taken now. He went on to praise
Gerry Adams says the Gaeltacht will be gone in 30 years if government doesn’t act now Read More »
The countdown to the FAI Senior Cup semi finals for Finn Harps and Derry City is very much on with the north west sides heading to Dublin for their last four encounters. On Sunday Harps play St Patricks Athletic at Inichicore while Derry go to Tallaght to take on Shamrock Rovers. Former Sligo Rovers manager Sean
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A protest by members of the Bloody Sunday families takes place this afternoon at the Guildhall Square in Derry against the winding down of the Bloody Sunday police inquiry. A number of police involved in the investigation are being laid off in a move being blamed on major cuts in funding for the force
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Investigations are continuing today into yesterday’s arson attack on the Orange Hall in Convoy. The building was gutted in the fire which was started delibretly. It is the second attack on an Orange Hall in Donegal in less than a month. The Convoy Presbyterian Church was also targeted by arsonists early yesterday morning however the
Joe McHugh says Convoy arsonists are attacking the whole community Read More »
IT has been confirmed that Jim McGuinness has stepped down as the manager of the Donegal Senior Football team. The news was confirmed on Friday evening by the Offical Donegal GAA Twitter account. He’s stepped down after four years in charge of the county’s footballers, a reign which saw his side win the 2012 All
Jim McGuinness steps down as Donegal Manager Read More »
Ulster bounced back from the defeat in Italy last weekend to comfortably beat Edinburgh 30- 0 at Ravenhill on Friday night. The bonus point victory was secured thanks to two tries from Andrew Trimble and further scores by Nick Williams and Rory Best. Paddy Jackson kicked eight points and Stuart Olding added a conversion. Ulster
Ulster comfortably beat Edinburgh Read More »
County Tyrone’s Kris Meeke is third after the opening six stages of this weekends WRC event, Rally France. Meeke who is once again the fastest of the Citroen DS3 cars is 23.5 seconds behind the Volkwagon of Jari Matti Latvala. The Swedish drivers team mate, Andres Mikkelsen is second 15 seconds ahead of Meeke. Having
Solid start for Meeke in France Read More »
Derry city are just 90 minutes away from a 9th appearance in the FAI Senior Cup Final. The Candystrips play Shamrock Rovers in the semi final this Sunday in Dublin. Derry who last won the cup in 2012 go to the Tallagh stadium with doubts over Goalkeeper Gerard Doherty, Aaron Barry, Barry Molloy and Stephen
Hutton says Derry will have to be at their best to reach cup decider Read More »
Gardai have confirmed they believe that a fire at an Orange Hall in Convoy last night and damaged caused to a nearby Presbyterian Church are connected. Arsons forced entry into the Orange Hall and started the fire using an accelerant – the main hall was gutted and the roof destroyed. It’s the second orange hall
Arsonists who attacked Convoy Orange hall also targeted local Presbyterian Church Read More »
The Taoiseach won’t say whether John McNulty should accept his seat in the Seanad if he wins next week’s by-election. It’s emerged today that the Fine Gael candidate COULD choose to accept the seat, despite having pulled out of the election three days ago. Independent candidate Gerard Craughwell says he’ll consider a legal challenge to
Taoiseach confirms that John McNulty could still take Seanad seat Read More »
Up to 150 people attended a meeting in Letterkenny last night calling for a boycott of water meters. The boycott urged people not to return their agreement packs to Irish water and simply not to pay the charge. The meeting heard of huge anger amongst local people who simply cannot afford the annual charge. Can’t
Meeting told that people are prepared to picket Irish Water meter installation Read More »
Ollie Horgan will be putting his final touches to his plan for Harps cup semi final with St Patrick’s Athletic at Inichicore. While Harps’ previous five appearances in the semi-final were played on a more level playing field, there is no doubt that Horgan’s side are up against it on Sunday. Harps were the team
Horgan on the task of causing a major cup upset Read More »
Gardai have confirmed that a fire at an Orange Hall in Convoy last night was started deliberately. They believe that there was forced entry and petrol was used to start the fire. The main hall was gutted in the fire and the roof was destroyed. It’s the second orange hall to burnt down in Co
Convoy Orange Hall fire confirmed as arson by Gardai Read More »
A candidate in the Seanad by-election says he would expect John McNulty to resign if he still wins the seat. Highland Radio news has learned that Mr McNulty has been flooded with calls from TDs and Senators asking him to re-enter the race – and it’s believed he WOULD consider accepting the seat if he
Seanad by-election candidate says John McNulty should resign if he wins seat Read More »
Essendon Football Club in Australia have announced that Conor McKenna will join the Bombers as a rookie. The Tyrone minor star has accepted a two-year contract with the AFL club. The 18 year old qualifies as a Rookie B as he has not been registered in an Australian football competition for the past three years.
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Gardai are warning people after reports of a bogus caller in St Johnston claiming to be collecting for the cancer bus. On Wednesday night a man was going around houses in the area asking for bank details for people to make a donation. Eamon McDeviit is a spokesperson for Good and New, he says they
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People in Co Donegal are being asked to sleep rough tonight – but it’s only for one night. The North West Simon Community’s “Street Sleep” takes place at the Market Square in Letterkenny tonight at 10.00 pm. This is the fourth year that the event has taken place to raise public awareness about the homeless.
North West Simon Community’s “Street Sleep” in Letterkenny this evening Read More »
Relatives of civil rights protesters shot dead by soldiers on Bloody Sunday in Derry in 1972 have said they are devastated after learning most police investigators are to be laid off. It is a result of major cuts in funding for the force due to political gridlock which is threatening powersharing institutions at Stormont. A
Bloody Sunday families devastated by cuts to investigation Read More »
An orange hall in Co Donegal has been destroyed in a fire. The blaze at Convoy Orange hall was discovered during the early hours of this morning at around 4am. Gardai are currently working to establish the cause of the fire. The main hall was gutted in the fire and the roof was destroyed. It’s
Convoy Orange Hall burnt down in overnight fire Read More »
A man ran around the street waving a hatchet after his neighbours held a three-day party, a court has heard. 44-year-old Patrick Watson, of Elm Close, Derry, admitted possessing an offensive weapon on July 16. Derry Magistrate’s Court was told that police received a report of a man in the street with a hatchet. When
A Derry man ran around street with hatchet after neighbours had three-day party Read More »
The GAA have released statistics regarding the use of the black card system, among the highlights are – The 2014 Football Championships have set a record for the number of scores recorded in a single season. – With the introduction of the black card, the average number of points per game in the 2014 championship
Black card stats released Read More »
John McNulty has been asked to reconsider his decision to withdraw from the Seanad by-election. On Tuesday the Donegal businessman announced his decision to withdraw. Speaking to Highland Radio News shortly after the shock announcement on Tuesday John McNulty said he was withdrawing from the byelection race as his participation in the contest had become
John McNulty inundated with calls from TD’s and Senators asking him to reconsider Read More »
A Labour Minister has branded the Seanad by-election fiasco as ‘bizarre’. Environment Minister Alan Kelly says the ongoing interest in John McNulty’s candidacy and short lived position on the board of IMMA is distracting from real issues. However Minister Kelly believes there is already a real possibility that Mr. McNulty has already been elected to
Environment Minister says many TD’s and Senators have already voted for John McNulty Read More »
A growing number of people in Derry are turning to food banks to feed their families, the organisers behind one facility have said. Rotary Foyle have said they handed out around 10 emergency food parcels a day since opening in May. That equates to 1,200 people being fed since the food bank began operating four
Derry food bank handing out ten food packages a day Read More »
The GAA Programme is broadcast every Wednesday from 8.30pm – 9pm. This week Tom Comack talks to Danny Friel about Urris’ new facilities and Omagh St Enda’s Liam Grugan on the clubs first Tyrone Championship title in 26 years.
GAA Programme catch up – listen back to Wednesday’s show Read More »
For the fourth time in this years campaign, Finn Harps will be away from home in the FAI Senior Cup. On Sunday the Donegal side take on reigning League Champions St. Patrick’s Athletic at Richmond Park in the semi final of the competition. The gap between the two sides couldn’t be greater. Since the two
Mailey says there’s a positive vibe around cup semi final Read More »
The Arts Minister’s refused to reveal who within Fine Gael asked her to consider John McNulty for a place on the IMMA board. Heather Humphreys says she appointed Mr. Mc Nulty because of his skillset and regional balance he could bring to the organisation and says she takes ‘full responsibility’ for it. Minister Humphreys has
Mc Nulty affair raised in Dail again as Burton defends Kenny Read More »
Jared Payne will start at outside centre for Ulster in Friday’s Pro12 game against Edinburgh. Payne’s inclusion is one of ten changes from the team which lost in Italy to Zebre last weekend. Darren Cave makes way for the return of the fly-half who has been out of action since picking up a hip injury
Returning Payne is one of ten Ulster changes Read More »
The Chairperson of the IFA in Donegal says the theft of cattle and sheep remains a major problem in the county. PJ Mc Monagle was speaking after 75 beef cattle were seized yesterday in the Castleblayney area of Monaghan as part of an ongoing cross border operation Searches have taken place in Donegal, Mayo and
Cross border animal thefts a major issue in Donegal – IFA Read More »
Hill and Commonage farmers say it seems that commitments made to them about regulations governing their management of commonages will not be followed through. Farmers had been told that a proposed requirement that a large percentage of farmers on a commonage would have to agree a management structure before payments were made would be eased.
Commonage farmers fear “commitments” may not now be honoured Read More »
EU Commissioner in waiting Phil Hogan is appearing before the European Parliament Agriculture Committee. He’s facing some tough questions, not least from two of the three Midlands North West MEPs on the committee, Independent Luke Ming Flanagan and Sinn Fein’s Matt Carthy. Here are two of the exchanges during this morning’s hearing, first, with Matt Carthy…..
Phil Hogan questioned by Carthy and Flanagan at EU parliament hearing Read More »
Planning permission has been granted for 127 new social houses in Derry. The homes will make up a new residential development at the former St Peter’s High School site in Creggan. The development will comprise of six four-bedroom houses, 63 three-bedroom houses, 30 two-bedroom houses and 28 one-bedroom apartments. Earlier this year, it was
Work to begin on social housing project on St Peter’s site in Derry Read More »
Seamus Colemann and James Mc Carthy have emerged as doubts for the Republic of Ireland’s European qualifiers against Gibraltar and Germany. Coleman has been recovering from concussion and a hamstring injury while Mc Carthy has a quad muscle problem. Both will not feature tonight in the Europa League for Everton and are unlikely to be
Coleman doubt for Ireland qualifiers Read More »
The Finance Minister has told his Fine Gael colleagues to move on from the McNulty affair – or face the consequences at the next election. The parliamentary party met for over two hours last night – with John McNulty’s appointment to IMMA and Seanad nomination dominating the agenda. Taoiseach Enda Kenny told his backbenchers that
FG urged to move on from the Mc Nulty affair Read More »
For the first time in fifteen years, Finn Harps will take their place in the last four of the FAI Senior Cup when they take on reigning League Champions St. Patrick’s Athletic at Richmond Park on Sunday. The game will be the first time since Jonathan Speak hit the winner in a 2-1 victory over
Coll expecting tough cup tie at Inichicore Read More »
A Donegal Deputy has called on the Health Minister to immediately reinstate rheumatology services in Donegal. Currently upwards of 200 Donegal patients with arthritis have to travel to Manorhamilton, Co Leitrim for treatment. Last year the Health Minister James Reilly gave a commitment that the rheumatology services would be reinstated, and Mary Coughlan gave a
Mc Conalogue calls for reinstatement of rheumatology services in Donegal Read More »
A Donegal Deputy has refuted claims from the Tanaiste that people who emigrated during the economic crisis are now returning. Social Protection Minister Joan Burtons comments came as new figures from the Central Statistics Office – showed a further fall in the numbers on the Live Register. The CSO says there were 370 thousand
Pringle says there is no evidence of emigrants returning to Donegal Read More »
Rory McIlroy has been voted the PGA Tour player of the year for the second time in three years. The 25-year-old Ulsterman claimed the award ahead of Martin Kaymer, Billy Horschel and Jimmy Walker. McIlroy won The Open Championship at Royal Liverpool and the PGA Championship at Valhalla, as well as claiming the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational
McIlroy named PGA Tour Player of the Year Read More »
This weekend (October 3rd – 5th) the Ulster Senior League will attempt to defend the Intermediate Inter Provincial Michael Ward Trophy that they won in superb style in Sligo last year when they host this year’s tournament. The games get underway on Friday night with the USL squad meeting the Connacht side in the splendid
Ulster Senior League ready to defend crown Read More »
It’s been confirmed that the Environmental Protection Agency has issued Court Summonses against Irish Water and Donegal County Council in relation to the main Letterkenny Supply. The case, which is due before the court next week relates to inadequate treatment for Cryptosporidium and also excessive levels of chemicals called THMs. The issue is being highlighted
EPA issues Court Summonses against Irish Water and Donegal County Council Read More »
A number of businesses and residences in the Port Road and Ballyraine areas Letterkenny are without water as a result of a water mains problem. Ballyraine National School has also been affected. The problem has been identified close to the Public Services Centre in Letterkenny, and it’s anticipated it will be resolved by 2 o’clock.
Parts of Letterkenny without water on the day charges come into effect Read More »
Rory McIlroy is the latest player to back Darren Clarke as the next Ryder Cup captain for Europe. McIlroy was among influential voices who threw support behind Paul McGinley when European Tour officials were choosing a captain for Gleneagles. McIlroy said: “Obviously there have been a few names thrown about there, but I have said
McIlroy backs Clarke for Ryder Captain Read More »
The Minister for Foreign Affairs is concluding his first official trip to the US with a series of meetings in Boston. Charlie Flanagan will meet the Governor of Massachusetts, Deval Patrick and the President of the State Senate, Therese Murray, among others. Minister Flanagan’s visit to Boston comes just weeks after two high profile visits
Foreign Affairs Minister hoping to build on business links during Boston visit Read More »
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