Category: Old Donegal

There were defeats on Saturday afternoon for City of Derry and Omagh Rugby Clubs in the All Ireland Division 2c.

City of Derry went down 22-17 to Clonmel, the defeat sees Clonmel leapfrog City of Derry into eighth in the Division.

Meanwhile Omagh were defeated 17-15 away to Bruff.

In the McCambley Cup Quarter Final, Inishowen Rugby Club were 12-5 winners over Clogher Valley.

 

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Donegal U20 footballers got their Leo Murphy Cup campaign off to the best possible start with a 3-14 to 0-06 victory over Derry in Celtic park.

Two goals from Bobby McGettigan and one from Ryan McShane helped Gary Duffy’s side to victory.

Frank Craig has the full time report…

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Elsewhere there was defeat on Saturday morning for Donegal’s U20 hurlers in their Development game with Down, they went down 3-09 to 0-13 in Carndonagh.

 

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Kerryanne Brown netted the only goal of the game as Ireland U19’s beat Russia 1-0 on Friday.

Brown was joined by fellow Donegal natives, Emma Doherty and Erin McLaughlin in the starting eleven.

That game is one of two in which Ireland are facing Russia in Turkey, as the squad prepares for their UEFA WU19 European Championship Round 2 games in April.

The second fixture against Russia will take place on Monday February 21.

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Glencar Inn Saturday Division One

Glencar Celtic 4 v 3 Strand Rovers

Glenea United Reserves 3 v 0 Milford United Reserves

Keadue Rovers Reserves 2 v 1 Kilmacrennan Celtic Reserves

Kildrum Tigers Reserves 1 v 0 Donegal Town Reserves

Old Orchard Saturday Division Two

Gweedore Celtic Reserves 2 v 1 Drumbar F.C.

St. Catherines Reserves 3 v 5 Copany Rovers

 

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Met Eireann has issued two status yellow weather warnings for County Donegal this weekend.

A status yellow rain warning comes into effect from 6 o’clock this evening, Saturday, and will stay in place until 6 o’clock tomorrow evening, Sunday.

A yellow wind warning has also been issued for Donegal – it begins at 5am on Sunday morning, and is currently set to last until 9am on Monday morning.

Met Eireann say to expect localised flooding as well as persistent rain across the weekend, with strong winds and severe gusts.

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Derry City got their SSE Airtricity Premier Division campaign underway with a draw away to Dundalk.

The game ended 2-2 with Derry twice coming from behind.

Joe Thomson scored the first for the Candystripes before halftime with Jamie McGonigle netted on 80 minutes to ensure a share of the spoils.

After the game, Derry City boss Ruaidhri Higgins said that the draw was probably a fair result…

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A Professor of Immunology says the success of Ireland’s vaccination campaign is to thank for ending the need for mask wearing.

Taoiseach Micheal Martin accepted NPHET’s advice that masks will no longer be needed in shops, public transport and schools from February 28th.

It’s also recommended not to PCR test healthy people under the age 55 who have covid symptoms. However they will still be required to isolate.

Professor Luke O’Neill of Trinity College says Ireland is in a better place than other countries in Europe:

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Global Oil and natural gas prices are the main drivers of inflation which currently is at 5 percent for January according to a leading economist.

The slow down in worldwide production of natural resources is leading to a strain on demand which in turn is driving up prices.

Housing, water, electricity and gas made up 1.5 percent of overall inflation meaning that bills in these areas are going up.

Economist Jim Power says global prices are influencing everyday expenses:

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Works are being carried out to repair a burst water main in Donegal Town this afternoon.

According to Irish Water the burst main is causing disruptions to the water supply in Donegal Town and the surrounding areas.

Currently it’s estimated that the repairs will be complete by 7 o’clock this evening, Saturday.

Irish Water are also advising anyone with disrupted water supply may have to wait up to 2-3 hours after the repair is completed for water supply to be restored fully.

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The Foreign Affairs Minister says world leaders will spend this weekend attempting to de-escalate tensions between Russia and Ukraine.

Simon Coveney is at the Munich Security Conference where he’s due to meet the Ukrainian Foreign Minister this evening.

NATO’s General Secretary says it is not too late for Russia to ‘step back from the brink.’

Minister Coveney says a lot of energy will be put into finding a peaceful resolution this weekend…

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