Category: Old Donegal

There was a strong Donegal feel to the Republic of Ireland Women’s U-16 side that played against Portugal on Monday.

Jodie Loughrey from Buncrana started for the Irish, and Drumkeen teenager Orlaith Doherty came on as a second half substitute as Ireland lost out in the friendly by 3-1.

Ireland and Portugal will meet again in another friendly on Wednesday.

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Over €175,000 has been allocated to Donegal for the implementation of Creative Ireland initiatives.

The funding is part of a €6.6 million investment in local authorities throughout the country that will support creative projects that will connect people, creativity and wellbeing in 2022.

Since the Creative Ireland Programme was launched in 2017, it has received investment of €21 million from the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media and the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage.

This has enabled local authorities to deliver over 5,700 community-led creative projects to support their respective Culture and Creativity Strategies 2018-2022 along with the flagship Cruinniú na nÓg – the national day of free creativity for children and young people that takes place in June.

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Detectives are appealing for information in relation to an assault in the Bank Place area of Derry in the early hours of this morning.

Shortly before 1.10am, police received and responded to a report of a male being assaulted in the area.

Officers attended the scene, and discovered a man lying on the ground.

He was subsequently taken to hospital by NIAS crews for treatment, where he remains in a stable condition at this time.

It is believed that the assault took place at approximately 12.50am.

A man in his 30s has been arrested in connection with the incident, and remains in police custody at this time, assisting with enquiries.

Enquiries are continuing, and police are appealing to anyone who was in the area at the time of the incident, and may have any information which could assist, to call 101.

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A Donegal Deputy says while he’s confident that there will be a continuity of services at the breast clinic at Letterkenny University Hospital, staffing levels generally at the hospital are not up standard.

Concerns were raised last week over the pending retirement of the Consultant Radiologist at the hospital and the impact that may have on the breast cancer services there.

However, Saolta has given reassurances that arrangements are in place to address the upcoming vacancy.

Deputy Padraig MacLochliann says there cannot ever be a situation where services are allowed to dwindle, and that the hospital should be aiming to improve rather than maintain:

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Donegal supporters planning to travel to Sligo for Sunday’s National Football League opener against Mayo have been asked to note that the game is all ticket.

Mayo county board have confirmed that no tickets will be on sale at Markievicz Park on Sunday – and fans should purchase their tickets in advance.

Tickets are now on sale and can be purchased online via GAA.ie and in select SuperValu and Centra Stores.

Supporters are also asked to get to the venue early – the gates at Markievicz Park will be open from 12 noon with the match throwing in at 1.45pm.

The game will be live on Highland Radio, with full match commentary with Oisin Kelly and Martin McHugh.

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Discussions around removing Parachute Regiment flags from the streets of Derry will take place later.

Their appearance in the Drumahoe and Newbuildings areas in recent days has been heavily criticised ahead of the 50th anniversary of Bloody Sunday.

Thirteen civil rights protesters were killed on January 30th 1972, after being shot by British soldiers – another man died four months later.

Loyalist activist, Jamie Bryson, says it’s important to understand why the flags were raised:

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Údarás na Gaeltachta has launched a support scheme worth €720,000 to support the recovery of the tourism sector in the Gaeltacht.

The Tourism Officer Management Development scheme will focus on the strategic development of the sector to assist with post pandemic recovery.

The focus of the scheme will be on tourism projects that will have a significant role in the development of various Gaeltacht areas.

Financial support of €60,000, over a period of two years, will be made available under the scheme as training supports for the employment of tourism officers in two types of tourism project:

• Community Based Visitor Centres, and
• Community Based Tourism Networks.

A fund of €720,000 is associated with the scheme which will support 12 projects that will be assessed following this competitive open call.

The scheme is directed at increasing skills and capabilities in the community based tourism sector and hence the scheme is limited to eligible community based/not for profit organisations. Scheme details and criteria are available at www.udaras.ie for applications to be submitted before 18 February 2022.

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The Foreign Affairs Minister says he hopes an agreement on the Northern Ireland protocol can be reached next month.

Simon Coveney says the mood was good during yesterday’s talks between the EU’s chief negotiator Maros Sefcovic and his UK counterpart Liz Truss.

Further negotiations are expected between officials this week.

Minister Coveney expects February to be a key time for both sides:

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Cabinet Ministers will finalise new draft laws which give employees the legal right to request to work from home today.

It’ll set out the rights of staff to ask their bosses to be allowed to work remotely.

However there is some concern around the grounds on which employers can turn down a request.

Dr Laura Bambrick from the Irish Congress of Trade Unions, says the new laws will make the process transparent:

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Donegal County Council is being urged to brief public representatives and members of the public on plans for the roll out of the Tús Núa programme in Carndonagh.

€9.5 is being invested in the major regeneration project for the town, with €4.4 million anticipated this year.

Cllr Albert Doherty says there are a lot of groups in the town that would like to be involved, and everyone should be kept informed about what’s happening:

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