A post-mortem examination on the body of County Donegal teenager Caolan Page is due to be carried out this morning.

The 19 year old from Upper Kildrum in Carrigans was discovered in Magazine Street, Derry, early on Saturday morning.

Meanwhile, thousands of people have paid their respects to the Donegal teenager on a Facebook page set-up in his memory.

The ‘RIP Caolan Page’ tribute site on Facebook has attracted almost 5,800 ‘likes’ since Saturday.

Caolan was taken to Altnagelvin Hospital after being found injured near the Walls on Magazine Street, Derry, at around 2am on Saturday.

Detectives were last night going through CCTV footage of the area where the St Columb’s College A-level student sustained his fatal injuries.

Police hope the images will help establish what happened to Caolan.

A post-mortem examination is due to be carried out in Belfast today.

Caolan’s own Facebook account was flooded with tributes from friends.

Letterkenny athletes have been included in the list of nominees for the National Athletic Awards. Ruairi Finnegan has been named in the Emerging Athlete of the Year nominations. Finnegan was a medalist at this years European Youth Olympic Festival.  Mark English who set new Irish Indoor and Outdoor 800m records in 2011 has been name in the Junior Athlete of the Year category. Darren Mc Brearty who qualified for the semi-finals of the 800m at the European Indoor Track and Field Championships has also been included in the U23 Athlete of the Year nominees. Teresa Mc Daid has been included in the nominees for Coach of the Year and Finn Valley are among the contenders for Club of the Year. The National Athletic Awards will take place in Dublin on Saturday 12^th November.

Ulster GAA Football Club Championship
Glenswilly 1-8 Cavan Gaels 0-10
Michael Murphy scored an injury time penalty to snatch a dramatic victory for Glenswilly over Cavan Gaels at Kingspan Breffni Park on Sunday. Glen’s star man slotted home the crucial score after Neil Gallagher was fouled to send the Donegal champions into the next round, which has now been delayed until after the International Rules Series because Murphy is travelling to Australia at the end of this week with the Ireland squad. The quarter final with Latton will be played in Ballybofey on the 13^th November. Glenswilly Manager John Mc Ginley was full of praise for his players.
 

Police in Derry say a Poast Mortem examination on the body of 19 year old Caolan Page who died in mysterious circumstances in the city over the weekend will not now take place until tomorrow. A spokesperson says once the PM has been completed, initial results from it are likely to inform the direction of the ongoing investigation.

A statement issued by the PSNI tonight reads -

“Police in Derry investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of 19 year old Caolan Page at the weekend are very interested in talking to anyone who may have saw him in the area of Waterloo Place, Waterloo Street making his way towards Magazine Gate at about 1.17am or who may have been in the area of Guildhall Square, Union Place or Lower Magazine Street around this time.

The Post Mortem examination has not yet taken place. It is expected to take place tomorrow morning.

Anyone with information is asked to contact detectives at Strand Road on 0845 600 8000. Or, if someone would prefer to provide information without giving their details, they can contact the independent charity Crimestoppers and speak to them anonymously on 0800 555 111″.

A man allegedly told his former partner he would cut her throat and ‘cut her into little pieces’ after she refused to give him money Derry Magistrate’s Court heard today.

40 year old Charles O’Donnell of 19, Market Street was charged with assaulting the woman and making threats to kill against her on October 15th.

A police officer told the court that shortly after 3 o’clock on Saturday, the alleged injured party contacted them to say her former partner had demanded money and when she refused he made the threats against her.

She also claimed he told her if he was arrested for this he would come back and kill her.
He then threw a child’s toy and a plastic bottle at her.

The court was told O’Donnell had 25 previous convictions.

Defence solicitor Mr. Seamus Quigley told the court the offences would be denied.
O’Donnell was granted bail of £500 on condition he has no contact whatsoever with the alleged injured party.
He will appear again on November 17.

3,000 homes and businesses in Derry were left without power for a time this afternoon. Just after 12 noon, Northern Ireland Electricity says damage was caused to an underground electricity cable by a third party.

The areas affected included Steelstown, Shantallow and Gransha.

The fault was repaired and supplies have been restored.

Fine Gael Deputy Joe McHugh is asking the people of Donegal to offer their solutions to the mortgage arrears problem.

On Wednesday  the Dáil will debate the Keane Report on Mortgage Arrears which was  published last Wednesday by the Minister for Finance.

Deputy McHugh is asking people to forward to him their experiences of being in mortgage arrears and is also looking for suggestions on how to fix it

He says any representations he receives will be presented to the Minister for Finance:

Farmers in Donegal are being urged to attend a meeting on Tuesday night at which the issue of CAP reform will top the agenda.

The meeting is organised by the ICSA’s Donegal branch, but  farmers who are not members of the organisation are also encouraged to attend.

John Barron, the ICSA’s Rural Development Chair, says farmers need to fully brief themselves on changes in farming:
 

The meeting takes place in Friel’s Hotel, Raphoe on Tuesday evening at 8 o’clock.

The government has today awarded new oil and gas exploration licences for the Rockall and Slyne basins off the west and Northwest  coast.

Licences were granted for the Porcupine basin off the south east coast.

Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources Pat Rabbitte said the licences were granted following an assessment of 15 applications submitted last May.

The move has been slammed by Socialist Party TD Joe Higgins who says granting licences to private companies to drill for oil and gas amounts to giving away our valuable natural resources.

But Minister Rabbitte says Ireland simply doesn’t have the capability to explore on our own:

Police have confirmed that a post mortem will take place later today in effort to determine what led to death of a young Donegal man in Derry at the weekend

19 year old Caolan Page was found collapsed in the Magazine Street area of the city in the early hours of Saturday morning.

He died yesterday in hospital.

Police says they  have obtained CCTV images from the surrounding area where Caolan was found and are studying footage to determine what happened.

In a statement the police say that while these lines of enquiry are being progressed, detectives are still very interested in talking to anyone who may have information about the incident.

Police are particularly keen to speak to people who were on Magazine Street around 2am on Saturday or who were in the Waterloo Place area around the same time or who came into contact with Caolan at any time during the evening.

Police were contacted at 8.35am on Saturday morning and made aware that Caolan had been taken to hospital with a head injury.

Police immediately liaised with ambulance control to establish the details and are continuing to investigate this incident.

Anyone with information is asked to contact detectives at Strand Road or crimestoppers.