Sligo and Derry minors to clash in Ballybofey
Sligo’s All-Ireland Minor Football Championship quarter-final will take place in Ballybofey’s Mac Cumhaill Park. The game against Ulster champions Derry will throw-in at 2pm on Saturday, August 5. David Cummins’s Sligo side lost out to Galway in the Connacht final earlier this month, while the Derrymen defeated Cavan in the…
Sligo minors to face Derry in All-Ireland quarter-final
Sligo will face Derry in the All-Ireland Minor quarter-finals. Derry won the Ulster final yesterday thanks to their 1-22 to 2-12 defeat of Cavan, and will now face the beaten Connacht finalists in the last eight. Tyrone beat Down in the Ulster senior final, while Dublin had comfortable wins over…
Tony Blair leads tributes to the late Martin McGuinness
Tributes are being paid this morning to Sinn Fein’s Martin McGuinness, who has died at the age of 66. He had been unwell for several months and passed away in Derry overnight. Mr McGuinness stepped down as Northern Ireland’s Deputy First Minister in January. The former member of the IRA…
Cross-border healthcare agreement needs to be developed
The unique cross-border collaboration between Letterkenny and Altnagelvin Hospitals needs to be protected and developed further. That was the message to Ministers of Health North and South of the border when they met at Altnagelvin hospital yesterday. The Donegal Action for Cancer Care group was among those who met Minister…
Brexit shouldn’t affect North West railway
The outcome of Britain leaving the European Union shouldn’t stop attempts at getting a train line connecting the North West with Northern Ireland. Independent TD and OPW minister of State Sean Canney submitted a proposal to the National Transport Authority last week which called for the creation of a rail…
Donegal County Council is partnership with Derry, Strabane
The chief executive of Donegal County Council says a key aim of a new north/south partnership will be to promote economic growth and investment in the north-west region. Seamus Neely says the other two key aims of the partnership are physical and environmental development as well as what he described…