Category: Old Donegal

Shane O’Donnell is interviewed by Ciaran O’Donnell

It’s been a great year for St. Eunan’s and for Shane O’Donnell who was named as the man of the match after the Donegal Under-21 A Final which saw the Cathedral Town side defeating MacCumhaill’s by 1-13 to 1-9 in the decider at O’Donnell Park.

However, the St Eunan’s star pointed out that it was a closer game than the final scoreline may suggest.

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Action from the final at O’Donnell Park

St. Eunan’s are the Donegal Under-21A Football champions following their 1-13 to 1-9 win over MacCumhaill’s at O’Donnell Park this afternoon.

MacCumhaill’s led at the break by 1-6 to 0-7 but a second half sending off was significant.

Match analyst Martin McHugh gave his verdict afterwards

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The Department of Health has reported 4,667 new cases of Covid-19 today, 663 more than yesterday.

504 patients are hospitalised – up 23 on yesterday.

109 are in ICU – down 2 on yesterday.

Last night, there were 17 confirmed Covid cases at Letterkenny University Hospital, three of them in ICU.

The Department has also confirmed that four additional cases of the Omicron variant have been detected, bringing to 10 the total number of cases that have been identified.

The St Eunan’s side pictured before the start

St. Eunan’s won the Donegal Under-21A Football Final at a damp O’Donnell Park this afternoon following an exciting contest. It finished, St. Eunan’s 1-13, MacCumhaill’s 1-9.

The Letterkenny side started well but MacCumhaill’s – helped by a Kevin McCormack goal – led at the break by 1-6 to 0-7.

But the Cathedral Town outfit soon drew level after the interval and finished strongly while the Twin Towns’ side faced an uphill battle after they were reduced to 14 men as they chased the game.

Two titles are coming to Donegal this evening after the National Tug of War Championships which were held in Kingscourt, Co. Cavan today.

Carndonagh won the 560kg title and they also won the 640kg honours.

309 homes and businesses in the Gortlee area of Letterkenny are without power this afternoon, with ESB Networks suggesting a restoration time between 5.15 and 6 o’clock this evening.

It comes as a Yellow Wind warning is about to come into effect in Donegal and six other North Western and Western counties.

The man whose body was found in Strabane last evening has been named locally as Michael McGinty, who had been missing for a week.

Mr McGinty, who was from Strabane went missing last Saturday morning, sparking a week long search.

Last night, local MLA Maoliosa McHugh paid tribute to the search and rescue services who worked tirelessly over the course of the last week and to all those who volunteered to assist.

He said there is a palpable sense of loss and grief throughout the area as three local families have now lost loved ones of very ‘tender years’ this week.

Mr McHugh concluded there has also been a massive outpouring of solidarity reflecting, as it does, Strabane’s strong bonds of community.

Conan Kearney of the St. Bridget’s Club in Clonmany is an Irish boxing champion.

He won the National Boy 2 title at 56 kgs by overcoming Levi Mongan of the Olympic Club in Galway on a unanimous 5-0 decision at the end of his final which was held in the Drimnagh Boxing Club in Dublin.

The young Inishowen Boxer had three very hard fights on his way to winning a medal.

The Killybegs Fishermen’s Organisation says the EU Council of Fisheries meeting which got underway this morning will once again find itself setting provisional quotas a total allowable catches.

KFO CEO Seán O’Donoghue says provisional quotas seem inevitable because the meeting is set to end tomorrow, while tomorrow week, December 20th is the deadline for agreement in the ongoing discussions between the EU and UK on post Brexit fishing rights.

He says the Council of Ministers has effectively “lost its clout” because of the unfinished discussions with the UK……..

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Fallen trees and power outages are possible across Donegal and six western counties this afternoon and into this evening, as yellow wind warnings come into effect.

Earlier this morning, 23 homes and business were without power in Kilcar for a time, but supplies were restored by 11am.

ESB Networks are now warning more outages are possible.

Gusts of up to 110 kilometres per hour are expected, with a yellow wind warning will be in place for Donegal, Galway, Leitrim, Mayo and Sligo from 3 o’clock.

Met Eireann has warned that power cuts and fallen trees will be likely in these areas and the warning will be in place until 11 o’clock tonight.