Listen back to the main evening news, sport and obituaries for Monday February 7th:
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Finn Harps Season Ticket for Primary Schools with Mark Anthony McGinley (Finn Harps Goalkeeper) and Harper (Finn Harps Mascot).
Tickets on Sale for Harps Home Opener, Club seeks to “Pack the Park”, Kids Season Ticket hugely popular.
Tickets for Finn Harps opening home match of the Airtricity Premier Division are now on sale at finnharps.ie/tickets and the message from Ollie Horgan and the board of directors is to Pack the Park for the visit of Drogheda United and get behind Horgan’s new look squad from the start.
The club have confirmed admission prices will stay the same with the exception of a nominal charge of €2 for Primary School children. Finn Harps Marketing Officer Aidan Campbell said “We have been absolutely delighted with the huge numbers of young supporters at games over the past few seasons and we really want to build on that. So, while there is a small admission fee for schoolkids we still have some of the cheapest prices in the country for kids and we want to emphasise that by offering a Primary School Season ticket for just €5 for 18 live home games that kids can still come to games for very little cost.”
Primary school season tickets are being made available up to 15% of the ground capacity and work out at just under 30 cents per game, while avoiding the need to book tickets online for each game and offering over 85% discount on paying per game. There has been a huge uptake to date, with a 10-fold increase already in the number of Primary School season tickets compared to the start of 2020 season (prior to the Covid 19 pandemic), so parents are urged to buy early while stocks last.
And club Chairman Ian Harkin emphasises that it’s about more than just saving money – “We’ve seen the huge interest from children and families at our games over recent years. They are a great night out for young kids in a very safe environment, and more and more young families are making a habit of coming to Finn Park. So, we really want to get those kids feeling ownership and part of the club by getting used to having their own personalised season ticket for every home game.”
Meanwhile adult, concession and secondary student season tickets are also still available and also offer great value with 18 home games for the price of 15, with sale of these also significantly increased on recent seasons.
And manager Ollie Horgan feels that the backing off the clubs’ supporters at Finn Park will be crucial to his side in the opening games. “We’ve had a long close season and it’s been tough going, we’ve lost a lot of quality, but we’ve brought some in too. We have quite a few new faces who are new to this league and it will be a savage division this year when you look at the players some of the other teams have added to what they had already. We will definitely need the supporters behind us in big numbers, and we’ll need them right behind us.”
Season tickets ordered since before Christmas are in production and should be available for collection by the first home game. Ticket holders are reminded that the QR Code on their e-voucher will scan for admission to games, while full details for arrangements to collect season ticket cards will be confirmed in the coming days.
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Donegal County Council is to initiate High Court proceedings against one of its members after its monthly meeting was adjourned today for a second week without any business being done.
The council is now seeking an order enforcing the suspension of Cllr Frank McBrearty which was agreed last week.
There were gardai present in the room as a recorded vote was taken.
Last week’s January Meeting of Donegal County Council was adjourned and reconvened six times over a four hour period, with no business being done.
It followed sustained interjections from the floor by Cllr Frank McBrearty who made a number of allegations and questioned the procedures under which he was being sanctioned.
This afternoon, at quarter to two, the reconvened meeting was opened by Cathaoirleach Cllr Jack Murray, who noted that Cllr McBrearty was present in the room at Aura Leisure Centre, and expressed regret that that was the case.
He said at a time when many people’s homes are literally falling down around them, it is unacceptable for the council not to be doing its business.
The council’s solicitor was present at today’s meeting, and Cllr Murray moved a motion authorising the Chief Executive to secure an injunction, including an order for costs.
Cllr Murray said today marks a low point for Donegal County Council that he never thought he would witness.
The meeting has now been adjourned until Monday February 21st.
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8,453 new cases of Covid 19 are being reported today.
NPHET’s also published weekend figures, showing 8,736 new cases yesterday.
On Saturday, there were 10,977.
As of 8am today, 643 patients were in hospital with the disease, 76 are in ICU.
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Donegal County Council’s monthly meeting is due to reconvene around now.
Councillors gathered at Aura Leisure Centre for the second week in a row, after last week’s meeting was adjourned following the suspension of Cllr Frank McBrearty.
Last week’s January Meeting of Donegal County Council was adjourned and reconvened six times over a four hour period, with no business being done.
It followed sustained interjections from the floor by Cllr Frank McBrearty who made a number of allegations and questioned the procedures under which he was being sanctioned.
This afternoon, at quarter to two, the reconvened meeting was by opened by Cathaoirleach Cllr Jack Murray, who noted that Cllr McBrearty was present in the room at Aura Leisure Centre, and expressed regret that that was the case.
Cllr Murray immediately adjourned the meeting for further discussions on how to proceed.
Also present at the meeting is Johnny McGuinness who is due to be co-opted onto the council to replace his late father Bernard, who passed away last August.
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The Government’s looking at a “range of charges” that could be reduced, says the Taoiseach.
There’s calls from Sinn Fein to scrap a proposed increase of the carbon tax in May – however Micheal Martin has said that the increase will come in.
New measures to tackle the increase in the cost of living are to be announced this week, and may include an extension of the fuel allowance season and cutting emergency department fees.
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Stormont chief whips have met to try to find a way to fast-track legislation in the absence of a fully-working Executive.
It comes in the wake of Paul Givan’s resignation as First Minister last week – in opposition to the Northern Ireland protocol.
Some of the outstanding bills are on topics including climate change, organ donation, and stalking.
Proposals from today’s meeting are now being sent out to parties.
Sinn Fein deputy leader Michelle O’Neill says there’s only so much they can do:
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The adjourned plenary meeting of Donegal County Council has been suspended until 3pm.
The meeting held last Monday was adjourned six times following much disruption.
It was then subsequently suspended after a recorded vote saw Councillor Frank McBrearty suspended from all Council Municipal District and Committee meetings for one month.
Despite his suspension, Cllr McBrearty is present at today’s meeting.
The meeting got underway briefly just before 2pm and speaking in the last few minutes, Cathaoirleach of Donegal County Council Cllr Jack Murray says they cannot proceed at this point and adjourned the meeting for one hour.
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The Garda uniform is being updated to provide more protection, durability and functionality.
The new uniform will consist of a soft shell jacket, a waterproof jacket, blue polo shirt, operational trousers and practical base layers.
It will be delivered to over 13-thousand uniform members at 560 Garda stations nationwide, and it’s expected to ‘go live’ in March.
A key finding of an internal Garda cultural Audit was a desire for a new, practical uniform for frontline gardai.
This is the third upgrade in 100 years and the first time the Operational Uniform, other than the uniform cap, will feature the Garda Crest.
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There’s further calls for the cliff rescue element of the Bunbeg Coast Guard to be reinstated.
The provision of the Irish Coast Guard cliff rescue services in Donegal is currently provided by the Greencastle, Mulroy and Killybegs Coast Guard Units.
Donegal Deputy Thomas Pringle submitted a question to the Department of Transport on behalf of Councillor Micheal Cholm MacGiolla Easbuig and it was confirmed that there are no plans in place for the service to be reinstated in the west of the county.
Councillor MacGiolla Easbuig says it’s disappointing given the distance the rescue service would have to travel if an incident were to occur:
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