Category: Old Donegal

On the Score this week Declan Boyle talks League of Ireland football and we also hear from Harps Manager Ollie Horgan.

Donegal and  All Ireland Champions Tyrone clash in one of big games this weekend, former players Barry Monaghan and Pascal McConnell give their thoughts ahead of this eagerly anticipated derby clash while Gerard O’Kane looks at Derry’s campaign so far.

Plus Eugene Organ joins us ahead of the Donegal Hurlers trip to Wicklow.

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Donegal and All Ireland Champions Tyrone will face off this Saturday evening in the much anticipated first derby of the year.

Donegal go into the game in Ballybofey following their first defeat of the Division One campaign in Kerry while Tyrone make the short trip to their neighbours with their first win under their belt having beat Kildare.

Donegal are down bodies again and will  be without Michael Langan, Caolan McGonigle, Jamie Brennan and Michael Murphy.

Former Donegal player Barry Monaghan has been looking ahead to the game with Tom Comack:

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All Ireland winning goalkeeper with Tyrone Pascal McConnell says the win over Kildare is a confidence booster:

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Donegal v Tyrone will be LIVE on Highland from MacCumhaill Park, Ballybofey on Saturday evening from 7.15pm with Diarmaid Doherty & Martin McHugh in association with Highland Motors, Letterkenny. see www.highlandmotos.ie

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There are 7,724 new Covid-19 cases today.

The number of people in hospital has increased by 17 to 610.

55 of those are in ICU which is an increase of one since yesterday.

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Strong winds have left hundreds of homes and businesses in Donegal without power this evening.

Over 600 properties in Stranorlar, Derrybeg, Milford and Carndonagh are experiencing outages.

ESB say crews are working to repair the faults with power expected to be restored to all areas by 9:15pm.

A status orange wind warning for the county remains in place until 7pm with severe gusts of up to 130 km/hr forecast.

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Main Evening News, Sport, Farming News and Obituaries Thursday February 24th:

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Agriculture Minister Charlie McConalogue has described Mica as an issue of our lifetime and a daily trauma for affected families.

He was present at a special Mica meeting of Donegal County Council today.

It’s been confirmed that regulations concerning engineering fees and emergency works is being signed today.

Minister McConalogue says Housing Minister Darragh O’Brien has committed to ensuring legislation for the enhanced Mica Redress Scheme is passed through the Dail by summer:

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Derry City play their first home game of the season on Friday and the Candystripes have no new injury concerns  as Ruaidhri Higgins prepares his team for their sell-out clash with champions Shamrock Rovers at the Brandywell (KO 7.45).

City were without a number of players for last weekend’s season opener at Oriel Park but Assistant Manager Alan Reynolds says things are looking up.

The likes of Ronan Boyce and Michael Duffy could return as Derry chase a first win after last week’s opening draw with Dundalk.

The club can confirm that all tickets have sold out and are asking those without tickets to do not travel to the ground as there will be strictly no admission at the gate.

Alan Reynolds told Kevin McLaughlin the game with the champions is a game their excited about:

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Britain’s Prince Charles and his wife Camilla will visit Ireland next month.

The Prince of Wales and Duchess of Cornwall will be here from the 23rd to the 25th of March.

The visit is part of a series of royal tours to mark the Queen’s platinum jubilee year.

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A marine biologist with the Irish Whale and Dolphin has expressed concern after parts of the jaw and teeth were removed from the bodies of two sperm whales which washed up on beaches in Donegal last week.

One of the female whales washed up in Maghery, the other in Malin Head.

Sean O’Callaghan says souvenir hunters may have been responsible for the removal of parts of the jaws of two sperm whales washed up on the Donegal coast last week.

Mr O’Callaghan says this is both disrespectful and illegal………….

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A severe weather warning for wind has been issued for Donegal.

The status orange warning will come into effect from 4pm this afternoon until 7pm.

Strong to gale force west to northwest winds with severe gusts of up to 130 km/hr are forecast.

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