Category: Old Donegal

A Midlands North West MEP says farming sustainability is not a zero sum game, where environmental action comes at a cost to the farmer.

Luke Ming Flanagan says Taoiseach Michael Martin has been making the right noises at the COP 26, and Minister Charlie McConalouge must now match the rhetoric and fine words with actions in the ongoing CAP discussions.

Most importantly, Mr Flanagan says there must be honest dialogue with farmers, which recognises that while the dairy herd is growing, the suckler herd is reducing.

He says Donegal farmers are already acting in a sustainable way, and that means the county will benefit from the ECO schemes in CAP………

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Saturday’s Donegal Intermediate Final will be contested by Dungloe and Cloughaneely with the huge prize of senior football for the winners.

For Cloughaneely, it’s a case of third time lucky, the men from Falcarragh have lost the last two finals to St Naul’s and Aodh Rua.

Manager Michael Lynch has been telling Tom Comack he hopes this time they can get that elusive win:

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Dungloe were relegated to Intermediate last year but the Rosses Park side now have an opportunity to bounce straight back to the top flight.

Dessie Gallagher has guided them to the brink of returning to the senior ranks, He told Oisin Kelly a victory would top a brilliant recent winning period for the club:

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Cloughaneely v Dungloe in the Intermediate Football Final will be LIVE on Highland this Saturday afternoon from the 3pm throw in. Join Pauric Hilferty and Martin McHugh for full match commentary in association with Boyce’s Centra Falcarragh – Stay Local and Support Local.

There are 458 Covid-positive patients being treated in Irish hospitals today, a fall for the fourth day in row.

It’s a fall of almost 6 percent on last Thursday, however the total is up on two weeks ago.

Latest figures show there’s 86 people in ICU with the virus.

Last night, there were 18 Covid positive patients at Letterkenny University Hospital, four of them in ICU.

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Finn Harps U21’s took the points in the Wednesday evening’s Ulster Senior League tie, coming from behind to beat Derry City Reserves 2-1 at the Letterkenny Community Centre.

Sean McDermott had Derry ahead in the opening minutes of the game while a Damien Duffy penalty leveled matters on the half hour.

Jamie Harris then hit the winner for Harps on 55 minutes.

The USL’s next game is on Saturday when Bonagee United travel to Gortakeegan to play Monaghan United.

Concern has been expressed after it emerged that the cabinet will not now sign off on a revised Mica redress scheme on Tuesday next.

The following Tuesday, November 16th is now the more likely date.

On today’s Nine Til Noon Show, Mica Action Group PRO Michael Doherty told Greg Hughes that the delay is down to the reaction to a weekend leak that payments would be capped at €350,000 per household.

He says the reaction has forced Minister Darragh O’Brien back to the drawing board………

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Covid 19 continues to impact people waiting on elective surgeries, with a 77% increase in the seven-day average over the past three weeks.

It now stands at 2,612 – compared to 1,477 on October 13th.

NPHET says the future is ‘very uncertain’ and is urging people to reduce their social contacts immediately.

Only a small amount of elective surgeries are going ahead in the Saolta Group, which runs seven HSE hospitals in the west, including Letterkenny and Sligo.

Chief executive Tony Canavan the majority of operations from Donegal to Galway are being cancelled, due to the Covid surge……….

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The government’s emergency Covid powers will remain in place until February 9th.

They were due to end next week, but TDs last night backed a three-month extension by 82 votes to 44.

The legislation requires vaccine passports and face-masks to continue to be used in certain settings.

It’s emerged that the cabinet will not sign off on a revised Mica redress scheme on Tuesday next, prompting a Donegal Deputy to raise the issue during a debate last night on the second stage of the Finance Bill.

Deputy Pearse Doherty told Finance Minister Pascal Donohoe that he and his colleagues were once again letting the people down…………..

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The Taoiseach is being urged to devise a plan to secure more quota for Ireland at the next review of the Common Fisheries Policy.

The call has come from Donegal Deputy Padraig MacLochlainn, who told the Dail last evening that at present, the Irish fishing fleet is allocated 15% of the fish in our own waters, while 85% is allocated to the fishing fleets of other EU Member States.

He says this is in contrast to France, which has an allocation of over 50% in its own waters……..

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Responding, Taoiseach Michael Martin said he is in discussion with the EU commission on the issue, and told the Fisheries Commissioner during his recent visit to Ireland that Ireland wants a more equitable share of stock.

He hit out at Deputy MacLochlainn, accusing him of offering slogans rather than solutions…….

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A pitch inspection will be held today at MacCumhaill Park in Ballybfoey to determine if the ground can host two county finals this weekend.

It’s expected the Senior A final between St Eunan’s and Naomh Conaill will get the green light and will go ahead as planned at 3.15pm on Sunday but a doubt hangs over the Ardara St Eunan’s B final which could be moved after heavy rain over the past week.

Its understood work has been carried out at the ground in recent days to ease the water issue.

Questions had been raised about the condition of the pitch at the semi final hosting but early indications are the Twin Towns venue will be able to take two matches.