Category: Old Donegal

Donegal’s Ciara Grant will continue her football career in Scotland with Rangers.

The 28-year-old has left Shelbourne and joins Rangers, the current women’s Scottish Premier League leaders for the remainder of the 2021/22 season.

Grant has spent the majority of her career playing in Ireland and Northern Ireland and also represented the Republic of Ireland at international level.

Ciara becomes the second Donegal player in the Scottish top flight, Tyler Toland plays her ball at Glasgow rivals Celtic.

Speaking to RangersTV after signing her deal, she said: “I am absolutely delighted, I have had a good few weeks with the team before signing and the atmosphere is top class and I am really enjoying it.

“I am a creative central midfielder and I like to play box to box as well so I definitely think I can add something to the team and I can learn loads from the girls because there is a wealth of experience here.

“I have travelled a bit with football and I have seen some training centres and this is excellent. From the moment I came in and saw the pitches and the gym facilities, everything is top class and that is credit to the club.”

Head coach Malky Thomson added: “We are delighted to complete the signing of Ciara. She has been with the squad for a few weeks and has been working hard in training and has fitted in well with the group.

“She will bring further experience to our squad as we look ahead to the second-half of the season.”

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Tory has been equipped with a new emergency vehicle.

The nursing service on the island has been given the 4×4 Issuzu  Yukon from Mental Health Services for routine and emergency calls on the island.

Tory Island, which is roughly 12km off the North West coast of Donegal, is one of the remotest places that CHO 1 provides a nursing service on.

The island has rugged terrain with its 150 plus residents scattered across its 2.5 miles length and ¾ of a mile breadth.

The Island nursing service has had a small van for routine and emergency calls to date but has received an upgrade Issuz Yukon vehicle from Mental Health colleagues.

The vehicle has a four wheel drive function which the HSE say will be a useful asset when assisting in urgent and emergency calls which can involve the navigation of difficult terrain.

The Island nursing team will also be able to use the vehicle to accommodate other HSE Primary care professionals when undertaking clinical home based calls on the Island or running clinics at the Health Centre.

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There were 46 people awaiting admission to Letterkenny University Hospital this morning according to the latest trolley watch report.

Seven people were on trolleys in its Emergency Department while a further 39 were waiting on wards.

It’s the third most overcrowded hospital in Ireland today.

Nationally, there were 440 admitted patients waiting for beds this morning.

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Motorists are being warned of record fuel prices at the pumps due to the Russian-Ukraine border crisis.

Crude oil has risen above 90 dollars a barrel for the first time in eight years.

Some petrol stations have added two cent on to the price of petrol and diesel overnight, meaning motorists could be paying around 177 cent for a litre of petrol.

David Horgan, Managing Director of oil and gas exploring company, Petrol Resources, says the problem has been building for months:

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It’s been claimed that families in Donegal are finding it incredibly difficult to get an appointment with CAMHS.

Local Businessman Leonard Watson who has a child with complex needs has been sharing his personal experience with the service on today’s Nine Til Noon Show.

It’s understood that it took CAMHS seven months to contact the Watson family to say they are on a waiting list for an appointment – they’ve been waiting for over a year now.

Mr. Watson says its a huge problem in Donegal and has branded the current system as disgraceful:

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Georgie Kelly. Photo Stephen Doherty

Donegal’s Georgie Kelly looks set to play in League One of the English Football League after reports that he has joined after Rotherham United.

The 25-year-old Tooban native finished as the top scorer in the Airtricity League Premier Division for Bohemians last season and also impressed in their Europa Conference League exploits.

A free agent, the 2021 PFAI Player of the Year has attracted interest from several clubs.

It is understood that he is due to complete a medical today.

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Letterkenny IT completed the group stages of their All-Ireland Freshers Championship campaign with a win over Queen’s University at the Donegal Training Centre in Convoy.

If finished Letterkenny IT 2-7 Queen’s University 0-10

Daire Gallagher and Carlos O’Reilly got the LYIT goals.

However, the three point winning margin was not enough to send them through to the quarter finals as they missed out on score difference.

After the game LYIT Freshers manager Luke Barrett gave his reaction to Ryan Ferry and while he was disappointed that they had not progressed he was full of praise for his team.

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Solicitor Éiteáin Cunningham has been appointed as the new district judge for Letterkenny.

The Letterkenny woman was appointed to the role by President Michael D Higgins this week.

Ms. Cunningham takes over from outgoing Judge Raymond Finnegan in District 1.

Originally from the Glebe, Ms Cunningham was educated at Loreto Convent in Letterkenny and is currently based with Hegarty Armstrong Solicitors in Co Sligo.

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Some patients have been waiting over four years for a hospital procedure, according to a leading HSE official.

The target is for outpatient lists be down to 18 months by December – and a year for inpatient procedures.

Just under 700,000 people are waiting for one of these consultations at the moment.

Tony Canavan, the chief executive of the Saolta Hospital Group which covers Donegal, says the targets will be difficult to achieve:

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SDLP leader Colum Eastwood has condemned a threat against Foyle MLA Sinead McLaughlin after she and her staff were forced to leave her office after reports of a bomb.

The security alert on Spencer Road ended last night after officers attended and nothing untoward was found.

Police have advised anyone who sees anything suspicious to contact them on 101.

Mr Eastwood described the threat as a “despicable attempt to intimidate and stop a tireless public representative from doing their job”.

He said, however, that Ms McLaughlin would not be deterred by the threat.

“My thoughts are with her and her constituency team after what must have been a frightening experience. The entire SDLP stands fully behind them in solidarity.”

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