Category: Old Donegal

Finn Harps have confirmed the signing of Eric McWoods. The attacker made his debut for the club on Friday night, coming off the bench vs UCD.

The American last played for Shabab Al-Aqaba in the Jordanian Pro League and has also played in Hungary, Malta and Estonia where he helped Narva Trans to Estonian Cup glory and competed in the Europa League Qualifying Rounds.

He featured regularly for the club during preseason, netting the winner in the club’s final outing against Longford Town.

McWoods told FinnHarps.ie: “I’m very happy to sign with Harps. Since I’ve been here the past two months the lads have been great and very welcoming. The team has good camaraderie and Ollie does a great job of keeping the team focused. The fans of Finn Harps also seem to be very passionate and appreciative which is great.

The league is very strong and physical with hard working players which I enjoy and I hope to add my athleticism and ability in helping the Harps have a successful season.”

Ollie Horgan told club media: “Eric has been with us from the start of preseason but we were left waiting on clearance which we’re delighted to have gotten sorted. He brings some good experience from playing across Europe and beyond so although he’s new to the league here he has settled well. Goals can be hard to come by in this division so hopefully Eric can play his part in that now and help us get where we need to be.”
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A Donegal Labour Councillor believes Alan Kelly never got the chance to demonstrate his labour skills.

Alan Kelly resigned as Labour leader last night after accepting that his parliamentary party no longer had confidence in him.

Earlier, he denied members of his parliamentary party were working against him from the start of his time as Labour leader.

Councillor Martin Farren believes the move to oust Alan Kelly was premature:

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Ciaran Harkin

Derry City’s Ciaron Harkin suffered a blow this week when it was revealed that Harkin ruptured his ACL in last weekend’s 2-1 win over Shamrock Rovers at the Ryan McBride Brandywell.

The 26 year old sustained the injury in the final 20 minutes of the game and was replaced by Donegal man Ronan Boyce who himself just returned from a long injury lay off.

Despite the injury Candystrips boss Ruaidhri Higgins insists that Harkin will remain an integral part of the dressing room.

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Both the HSE and Donegal County Council are being urged to be proactive as it relates to buildings in Buncrana which are set to become vacant as a result of the new Primary Care Centre.

A number of buildings across the town are currently being used as clinics and surgeries but will be vacated when the centre opens in the coming months.

Acting Cathaoirleach of the Inishowen MD Cllr Nicholas Crossan say it’s important to explore what can be housed in those buildings now to limit the turnover time:

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Investigations are ongoing after a pedestrian was seriously injured in a crash in Raphoe yesterday afternoon.

At around 2:30pm yesterday at Guesthouse End Street a car collided with a second vehicle which Gardai say struck a pedestrian.

The woman in her 50s was removed from the scene to Letterkenny University Hospital in a serious condition.

Gardai say the road will remain closed until early this afternoon.

Diversions are in place.

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Photo: Donegal LGFA on Facebook

Donegal LGFA took a historic decision at its county board meeting on 28th February 2022, in which all clubs unanimously voted to support and work towards the future integration of all Gaelic Games Associations within Donegal.

Donegal LGFA clubs voted to support Galway LGFA motion calling for the LGFA to actively engage the process of integration with The GAA and Camogie Association at its congress this weekend.

Donegal LGFA have also adopted the proposal from clubs to appoint integration officers, who will progress our work with the Gaelic games bodies in Donegal in light of any agreed road maps being set out by the Gaelic games family hierarchy.

Donegal LGFA welcome the reinforcement of Donegal GAA commitment to equality at last weekends Congress.

Donegal GAA Chairman Mick Mc Grath has also welcomed the forward step taken at GAA National Congress last weekend with further integration with the LGFA.

Donegal supported the motion and will continue to progress the one club model of the Gaelic Games family.

There are many steps on this pathway but the roadmap is clear for everyone to take. He added that the CLG, LGFA, Camogie Board, Handball and Rounders Committees should seek meetings with the Government on how Gaelic Games can even expand further with a program of financial assistance around modernised facilities.

The Donegal GAA and LGFA are due to hold further talks in the forthcoming weeks.

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The number of commercial property units lying empty across the country is at its highest level in nine years.

Ballybofey is the town with the highest commercial vacancy rate in Ireland at 30%.

The figures recorded by GeoDirectory show there were 29 thousand 317 vacant commercial units in the last quarter of 2021.

Sligo has the highest vacancy rate at 20% followed by Leitrim and Roscommon, both at 17.1%.

CEO of GeoDirectory Dara Keogh says the fallout from Covid is having an impact on the figures:

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The SCSI is to present the findings of its report ‘Construction Costs for the Defective Concrete Blocks Grant Scheme today.

It’s believed Housing Minister Darragh O’Brien received the body’s construction rates proposal a number of days ago which would determine rebuild costs for Mica homeowners.

The SCSI’s report will be made available later this morning.

Earlier this week, Donegal County Council received official notification of the amended Defective Concrete Blocks Grant Scheme Regulations which included the recoupment of engineers fees, essential immediate repair works and stage payments.

The local authority said the changes would be implemented as quickly as possible.

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A review of medication practices in every CAMHS team in the country is getting underway today.

It was ordered after the scandal in the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service in south Kerry.

A review found 46 children were significantly harmed, after they were prescribed inappropriate medication by a junior doctor.

Kerry TD Michael Healy-Rae is concerned that south Kerry CAMHS still doesn’t have a permanent consultant psychiatrist:

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Ukrainian officials believe Russian rocket strikes are cutting off heating and water supplies in several major cities, as troops close in on the capital.

It’s currently freezing in Kyiv, and many of those who’ve chosen to stay are sheltering underground with missiles devastating buildings.

A week since Russia’s invasion began, it appears to have taken control of its first major city.

Kherson – a key port in southern Ukraine – is now in the hands of Russian troops, according to its mayor.

It’s thought two-thousand civilians have been killed so far.

The International Criminal Courts prosecutor’s confirmed his office is investigating into possible war crimes committed in Ukraine – after requests from 39 member states.

Officials from both Ukraine and Russia are due to hold further rounds of peace talks in Belarus, today.

The UN refugee agency says one-million people have fled Ukraine since Russia’s invasion a week ago, describing the situation as the “swiftest exodus of refugees this century.

Speaking after the UN General Assembly voted overwhelmingly that the conflict in Ukraine should end, secretary-general Antonio Guterres addressed its members:

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