Category: Old Donegal

Cabinet warned Ireland could face fuel and food shortage

Cabinet has been warned that Ireland could face fuel and food shortages because of the Ukrainian crisis.

The Irish Independent reports that a ‘worst case scenario’ briefing has been presented to cabinet ministers and outlines how fuel may have to be rationed and public transport services cut, if the energy crisis sparked by the Russian invasion spirals out of control.

The confidential memo also warns of potential food shortages and of the potential for a cyber attack on RTE.

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Public encouraged to share views on Council leisure services

 

Derry City and Strabane District Council is appealing for the help of local people to help improve the delivery of local leisure services.

 

A special survey has been launched, aimed at gauging views on the current leisure offering.

 

The survey is open to both current users and non-users to help gain a clearer picture of the activities and services everyone would like to see delivered, and to establish what would attract more people to get involved in sport and physical activity.

 

This information will be used to build new approaches and develop programmes at local leisure centres, particularly in the wake of the Covid Pandemic.

 

It aims to find out what people’s expectations are when it comes to the sport and leisure activities they would like to engage in, and the service they expect when they come to use our facilities.

 

It also looks at other fitness activities available outside Council leisure centres and what people’s health and wellbeing objectives are in the months ahead.

 

The survey is open and will remain so until 25th March – go to https://bit.ly/3CmwTP8

 

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Teen arrested over alleged assaults in Sligo

A teenager arrested in connection with the investigation into a number of alleged assaults near Sligo town in January has been charged.

The 19 year old is due to appear before a special sitting of Sligo District Court this evening.

He had been arrested yesterday morning and questioned at a Garda Station in the Sligo and Leitrim Division.

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Mickey Moran departs Kilcoo

Three weeks after guiding Kilcoo to a first ever All Ireland club title, Mickey Moran has stepped down as the Down club’s manager.

The Derry native has been in management for 40 years.

Moran had three separate spells in charge of his own county, leading them to a league title in 1995.

he has also managed the Sligo, Leitrim, Donegal and Mayo senior teams.

Moran’s assistant managers Conleith Gilligan and Richie Thornton will take up the role of joint managers for the season ahead.

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Listen: Patrick Price reflects on the Rockhill 10k

Patrick Price

On the May Bank Holiday Monday this year the North West 10k will be held, marking the 25th anniversary of the charity event which has raised over 800,000 euro for various charities across the region.

The first 10k was run back in 1997 but for fourteen years before that it was known as the Rockhill 10k under the stewardship of the Irish Defence Forces.

Patrick Price was a founding member of the Rockhill 10k and has been telling Diarmaid Doherty of the time they made their exit from the event and handed the reigns over:


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English on Team Ireland for World Indoors

Athletics Ireland this week confirmed the 19 athletes to represent Ireland at the World Indoor Championships which take place on March 18th to 20th in Serbia.

The National 800m champion Mark English is included and will also be part of the 4x400m relay team.

The 2022 season has seen a series of consistent and strong performances from the Finn Valley star with a sixth-place finish at the World Athletics Indoor Tour in Poland before coming to the National Senior Indoor Championships to take top spot.

Mark is a two time winner at previous European Indoors, he took a silver in Prague in 2015 and the bronze in 2019 in Glasgow.

Letterkenny AC’s Teresa McDaid will be the Operation Manager for the Irish trip to Belgrade.

 

Athlete
Coach
Club
Event

Israel Olatunde
Daniel Kilgallon
UCD AC
Men’s 60m

Mark English
Feidhlim Kelly
Finn Valley AC
Men’s 800m & Men’s 4x400m Relay

Andrew Coscoran
Feidhlim Kelly
Star of the Sea AC
Men’s 1500m

Luke McCann
Clark McCann
UCD AC
Men’s 1500m

Darragh McElhinney
Emmett Dunleavy
UCD AC
Men’s 3000m

Sarah Lavin
Noelle Morrissey
Emerald AC
Women’s 60m Hurdles

Molly Scott
Deirdre Scott
St Laurence O’Toole’s AC
Women’s 60m

Phil Healy
Shane McCormack
Bandon AC
Women’s 400m & Women’s 4x400m Relay

Sophie Becker
Jeremy Lyons & Gerard O’Donnell
Raheny Shamrocks AC
Women’s 400m & Women’s 4x400m Relay

Síofra Cleirigh Buttner
Mark Coogan
Dundrum South Dublin AC
Women’s 800m

Sarah Healy
Eoghan Marnell
UCD AC
Women’s 1500m

Cillin Greene
Jeremy Lyons & Gerard O’Donnell
Galway City Harriers AC
Men’s 4x400m Relay

Robert McDonnell
Brendan Glynn
Galway City Harriers AC
Men’s 4x400m Relay

Cathal Crosbie
Drew & Hayley Harrison
Ennis Track AC
Men’s 4x400m Relay

Chris O’Donnell
Benke Blomqvist
North Sligo AC
Men’s 4x400m Relay

Brian Gregan
John Shields
Clonliffe Harriers AC
Men’s 4x400m Relay

Marcus Lawler**
Shane McCormack
Clonliffe Harriers AC
Men’s 4x400m Relay

Sharlene Mawdsley
Gary Ryan
Newport AC
Women’s 4x400m Relay

Roisin Harrison
Eoghan McNamara
Emerald AC
Women’s 4x400m Relay

Catherine McManus
Brian McManus
Dublin City Harriers AC
Women’s 4x400m Relay

Rachel McCann**
Michael Roberts
North Down AC
Women’s 4x400m Relay

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Special committee hears calls for new railway lines

 

There are calls for a train station at Dublin Airport, which would serve every city in Ireland.

The Oireachtas transport committee has been discussing the All-Island Rail Review today.

It has heard large parts of Ireland have no railway service at all – with calls for new lines between Limerick and Sligo, and Sligo and Derry.

Richard Logue, from the Atlantic Economic Corridor Business Forum, says Dublin Airport also has no railway connections.


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