Ulster Ladies Senior Football Championship Final
Termon 3-6 v 0-13 Donaghmoyne

Donegal Champions Termon won the Ulster Club Senior Ladies title for the first time on Sunday thanks to two late goals. Trailing by four points at half time ( 1-3 to 0-10) Roisin Friel brought the Donegal girls back in to contention with a goal to reduce the gap to a point (2-5 v 0-12). With seconds to go Geraldine Mc Laughlin stepped up to bag her second of the game and a dramatic match winning third for Termon. In the All Ireland Semi Final the Ulster Champions will meet Inich Rovers from Cork.

Termon Manager Trevor Alcorn.
 

Derry City are on the verge of getting back to the League of Ireland Premier Division after rivals Monaghan United fell to a surprise defeat by Mervue United on Saturday Evening. Monaghan had been expected to beat lowly Mervue and cut Derry’s lead at the top to just one point going into the final round of fixtures this weekend. On Friday Night in the Brandywell the Candystrips were held to a 2-2 draw with north west neighbours Finn Harps. Derry currently lead second-placed Waterford by three points and their goal difference is nine better.

At the Brandywell on Friday for Highland Sport was Martin Holmes, who got the reaction from both camps after the game.

Derry City Manager Stephen Kenny.
 

Finn Harps Manager James Gallagher.
 

SDLP Foyle MLA Pat Ramsey has condemned the paramilitary-style shooting of a man in the Creggan Heights area of the city last night.

It is understood the man was attacked as he delivered pizzas at around 11 o’clock.

Pat Ramsey says the people of Creggan are sick, sored and tired of people carrying out these attacks and claiming it in the public’s interest.

He said just this weekend, Jhhn Hume, Derry’s greatest ever son was voted Ireland’s greatest, that is as much evidence as those carrying out these attacks need to know that the people of Creggan, Derry and Ireland want peaceful solutions in society.

The Donegal Town by-pass has reopened,  following a two-car collision happened just after 4pm yesterday in which one man lost his life.

The man, who was in his sixties hasn’t yet been named by gardai, but he was from Limerick and had just arrived in Donegal for a wedding this weekend.

Three other people sustained minor injuries.

Three men have been arrested after a man was attacked in Omagh in the early hours of this morning.

The victim was assaulted in Deverney Park some time between 4 and 6 o’clock
He was taken to hospital with injuries which are not thought to be life-threatening.

The men who were arrested are aged in their 30s and 40s and are still being questioned by the police.

Former Foyle MP and SDLP Leader John Hume has been voted ‘Ireland’s Greatest’ in an RTÉ phone and text poll.

The Nobel laureate was the public’s choice ahead of Michael Collins, Mary Robinson, James Connolly and Bono.

The results of the poll were revealed on The Late Late Show last night.

The current leader of the SDLP Margaret Ritchie said the result presents a challenge to all to continue his work and bring change for the better for every person on this island.

The current Foyle MP Mark Durkan says when it comes to the peace process, John Hume drew the map, wrote the plan and led the way…..

The High Court will rule next week in the case of a claim that a former naval officer from Donegal took his own life after he was inappropriately discharged from Letterkenny General Hospital fiollowing a previous suicide attempt.

27 year old Michael Orpen drove his car off Bruckless Pier in November 2007, days after he presented himself to A&E and the Psychiatric Unit at Letterkenny General Hospital. However, he was discharged by a Junior Doctor, who felt he was not a high suicide risk.

Mr Justice Iarflaith O’Neill will give his decision next week.

Business leaders in the northwest have been told that the outlook for the northwest is mixed.

IBEC North West’s Regional Director, Padraig O’Grady, told the gathering of over 100 business leaders that while Foreign Direct Investment companies are performing well here, the retail and construction sectors are struggling.

IBEC says the governments budget must focus on job creation. And Padraig O’Grady says that while some good work has been done to assist businesses in the northwest, more must be done:

A Donegal Deputy says it is simply unbelievable and unacceptable that all of Donegal is being left without a Rheumatology Treatment Unit.

Deputy Dinny McGinley says the decision to withdraw the Rheumatology Clinic from Letterkenny Hospital is another example of the sustained attack on frontline health services in the County.

According to Deputy McGinley the decision  means that upwards of 500 Donegal patients have now to travel to Manorhamilton or Sligo to have their condition treated.

There are now two Consultant Rheumatologists in Manohamilton and Sligo, the second has been appointed recently at a time when the Clinic in Donegal is being completely withdrawn.

Deputy McGinley says it is wrong that  Donegal patients will no be forced to travel long arduous journeys, often over 200 miles on a return trip, to obtain treatment for their painful and often distressful condition.

Having raised the issue in the Dail this week, Deputy McGinley accused the Minister for Health and Children of once more passing the “buck” to the HSE for direct reply.

Deputy McGinley says the decision should be revisited and withdrawn and that the Rheumatology Clinic in Letterkenny Hospital should be re-instated without delay.

There are fears that jobs will be lost in Donegal following a decision by coastal states to agree a 92% cut in blue whiting catches for next year.

The Killybegs Fisherman’s Association has hit out at the agreement claiming it is based on extremely dubious science.

While Irish vessels do not have a big share of the blue whiting catch, many non-Irish vessels use Killybegs Harbour to process their catches of those species.

KFO Chief Executive Sean O’Donoghue says that while the cuts may be able to be offset to an extent by Donegal processors, the decision is wrong: