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Fire station decision expected soon

April 21st, 2008

A decision is expected shortly on whether Bundoran and Ballyshannon are to get a new combined fire station - near Finner Camp - or whether each town will get its own separate new fire station.
The situation is particularly sensitive in Bundoran, where many still vividly recall a terrible fire at the old Central Hotel which [...]

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Civic reception for Phil Coulter

April 21st, 2008

Donegal Co. Council will host a civic reception for singer/songwriter Phil Coulter in the council chamber in Lifford on May 22nd.
This is the highest honour that a local authority may bestow on an individual.

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Battling Josie comes home

April 21st, 2008

A feisty gran whose battle for a vital hospital bed for a cancer operation prompted widespread protests is due to return to her Ballyshannnon home later this week.
Josie D’arcy said yesterday that she’s determined to battle her illness although doctors were unable to remove an endangered kidney.
Josie [...]

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Stars sing for good health

April 18th, 2008

Donegal folk have been urged to support a special star-studded protest concert for the campaign to keep cancer services in Sligo.
Campaign spokesman, Ballyshannon-based Donegal county councillor Barry O’Neill, said: “It’s expected that thousands of people from all over the North West will join leading entertainers at the protest concert. The event will send the strongest [...]

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For whom the Bells tolls – 150 years and still going!

April 18th, 2008

The Donegal Methodist Church will be celebrating 150 years of worship in the Methodist Church in Waterloo Place Donegal Town on Sunday, April 20.
Two special services will be given, one at 11am and the other at 6pm at which the President of the Methodist Church in Ireland, Rev Roy Cooper, will be a guest speaker [...]

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Sligo set to swoop for Noctor

April 18th, 2008

Strong rumours are circling the local soccer scene that rising Killybegs teenager Jason Noctor could be on his way to Premier division side Sligo Rovers.
Noctor (18) was this week named in Harry McCue’s FAI/FAS development squad that will travel to England to play games against Peterborough Utd and Ipswich town.
Rovers will be well [...]

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Drogheda Judge helps Harps’ Euro-bid

March 21st, 2008

Finn Harps have been given legal clearance to embark on the road to European glory in their own new ground.
The club, which returned to the League of Ireland Premiership this season, featured in a three-minute hearing at Donegal Circuit Court.
Judge John O’Hagan, who revealed he was a Drogheda United fan, was asked to formally approve [...]

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Donna Ferguson Memorial award

March 21st, 2008

Next Wednesday, March 26th , Gay Byrne, Chairman of the Road Safety Authority, will attend a ceremony at NUI Galway to honour Donna Ferguson, the young Belleek student journalist who tragically lost her life on the roads in December 2006.
Mr Byrne will deliver the Inaugural Address for the presentation of the Donna Ferguson Memorial [...]

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Aodh Ruadh star in U.S. jail

March 21st, 2008

The family of a young Ballyshannon man held in a U.S. jail has appealed to the American authorities not to keep him behind bars any longer.
Soldier’s son Brian Gethins was arrested 10 days ago while on his way by bus to visit his Irish-American girlfriend Shannon Reynolds.
The 22-year-old is being held as an illegal immigrant [...]

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Century old Ardara pier restored

March 21st, 2008

A former fishing pier on the Loughros Point road, Ardara, has been restored following weeks of work. Known locally as St. John’s Pier, it was built in around 1903 to accommodate boats used to fish the Loughros Mor Bay for herring.
Before the pier was built the area housed a fish curing plant. Now it [...]

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