With the dust now settled on their first Donegal success in 49 years, the hurlers of St Eunan’s enter the provincial championship this weekend.
On Saturday at the Athletic Grounds, the Letterkenny side will play the Armagh Champions Craobh Rua in the quarter final of the Ulster Junior Championship.
St Eunan’s Manager Eugene Organ has been telling Tom Comack if they can repeat their county final performance they will be in with a chance:
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Having successfully navigated their way to the Donegal junior title and the step up to intermediate football, the next assignment for Downings is an Ulster Championship encounter this weekend.
They will play Down champions Aughlisnafin at Pairc Esler in Newry on Sunday afternoon.
The last time Downings played in Ulster was in 2016 were they reached the semi final stage losing to Blackhill of Monaghan.
Barney Curran has been telling Tom Comack there’s nothing easy when you enter the provincial championship:
St Eunans – County Senior Hurling Champions 2021
On this week’s programme with Oisin Kelly, there’s a preview of the John Gorey Curran Cup Final as Drumkeen battle with Bonagee Utd on Friday night. We hear from the managers Patrick Toy and Gary McGroary.
The St Eunan’s hurlers and the Downings footballers represent the county this weekend in Ulster competition, we hear from both camps ahead of their respective provincial ties.
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Drumkeen Colin Breslin Cup winners
The youth soccer season concludes on Friday night when Drumkeen and Bonagee will clash in the final of the John Gorey Curran Cup.
Both sides have already met in a cup decider this month with Drumkeen lifting the Colin Breslin Cup in a 2-1 win.
Oisin Kelly has been speaking with both camps ahead of the game.
Patrick Toye – Drumkeen Manager:
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Gary McGroary – Bonagee Manager:
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The Main Evening News, Sport, Farming News and Obituary Notices on Thursday, November 25th…
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4,764 new cases of Covid-19 have been confirmed this evening in the Republic of Ireland.
598 patients are now in hospital with the virus – down 13 from yesterday – while the ICU figure is down six, to 126.
The chief medical officer, Tony Holohan, says the incidence of Covid-19 remains ‘concerningly high’ here.
As of the latest HSE data, County Donegal’s 14-day incidence rate of 1,140 cases per 100,000 people was slightly below the national average of 1,287.6.
Almost 62,000 cases have been reported over the past two weeks – with the incidence rates highest in counties Westmeath and Carlow.
According to the latest figures, North Inishowen has maintained the highest incidence rate of Covid-19 in County Donegal – but its rate of the virus has fallen sharply in the last week.
It was one of four of Donegal’s seven Local Electoral Areas that saw a decrease in their Covid incidence in the last seven days – five of them were also below the national average.
Latest figures show that North Inishowen had 250 cases of Covid-19, and a 14-day incidence rate of 1,473 cases per 100,000 people – that incidence is down 501 cases per 100,000 on last week.
Milford had the second-highest figure in the county, but also saw notable drops in its Covid incidence, with 196 cases and a rate of 1,423 – down 290 on last week.
Other LEAs that showed sharp decreases in Covid incidence were Glenties and South Inishowen – Glenties with 249 cases and a rate of 1,041, down 107 on last week, and South Inishowen with 222 cases and a rate of 992, down 210.
However some rises were seen in other areas – Lifford-Stranorlar had 317 cases and a rate of 1224, a rise of 158. The Donegal LEA saw 275 cases and a rate of 1038, an increase of 162, and in the Letterkenny LEA there were 322 cases and a rate of 1080, up 50.
Almost 6,000 HSE staff are absent from work due to Covid-19.
The Executive says it’s a big concern for the health service, and they haven’t seen this level of absence since late January.
Chief executive Paul Reid has said it’s obvious people are responding to new restrictions on working from home and advice to cut social contacts – but will need to maintain that effort in order to relieve some of the pressure currently on the health service.
Chief Clinical Officer Colm Henry says the situation is tough on the already exhausted staff:
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Derry City have signed Republic of Ireland under-21 goalkeeper Brian Maher.
He has moved from Bray Wanderers to sign a three-year deal with the Candystripes.
Derry have already completed the signings of Michael Duffy, Patrick McEleney and Will Patching this week.
Latest Government figures show that there were almost 2.5 million people employed in the Republic of Ireland at the end of Quarter 3 in September.
The Department of Finance say that just over 221,000 jobs were created here in the first nine months of the year – with almost 152,000 of those jobs created outside of Dublin.
But of these new jobs created, they say that just 107,000 of the jobs created year-on-year were full time positions.
Minister for Finance Paschal Donohoe also said that there were 150,000 more people in some form of employment this Summer compared to two years ago.
