Mark English has won this afternoon’s 800 metres semi-final at the European Athletics Championships in Birmingham. A Championship-record time of 1 minute and 43-point-4-9 seconds means he can look forward to competing in Thursday night’s final. Mark delivered a brilliant late surge over the final 30 metres to take a stunning victory. The Finn Valley […]
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Donegal’s Ethan Dewhirst, who runs for Tir Chonaill AC had a great run to finish fifth at the World Under-20 athletics championships in Oregan in the United States. Running from the inside lane, he clocked 51.05 seconds in the men’s 400m hurdles final. The race was won by Michal Rada of Czechia in a superb
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Donegal Senior Football Championship Dungloe 0-20 – 1-10 MacCumhaills Glenfin 1-17 – 0-15 Naomh Columba Ardara 1-08 – 2-12 Kilcar Four Masters 0-15 – 0-10 Killybegs Donegal Intermediate Football Championship St Nauls 2-18 – 1-11 Red Hughs Malin 1-18 – 1-13 Cloughaneely Bundoran 0-15 – 1-14 Naomh Padraig Uisce Chaoin Donegal Junior Football
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Kilcar eased to a comfortable 2-12 to 1-08 win over Ardara in Round 1 of the Donegal SFC this afternoon. A goal in each half from Gary Molloy and Conor Doherty paved the way for the 7-point victory. Highland’s Oisin Kelly spoke to Kilcar manager Mark Sweeney who was happy with the overall performance…
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Kilcar have beaten Kilcar 2-12 to 1-08 in Round 1 of the Donegal Senior Football Championship at Pearse Memorial Park this afternoon. Kilcar led 1-04 to 0-05 at half-time after Gary Molloy hit the net in the opening period. A goal from Conor Doherty in the second-half set the Towney side on their way to
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Cockhill Celtic advanced to Round 6 of the FAI Junior Cup with a 5-1 win over Glenmuir United at the Charlie O’Donnell Sports Grounds this afternoon. The home side took the lead on 28 mins when Garbhan Friel headed home. Cockhill then added two quick goals just before half time. Firstly, Danny McDaid reacted well
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Glenfin got off to a winning start in the Donegal SFC this afternoon thanks to a 1-17 to 0-15 win over Naomh Columba at Pairc Taobhoige. A late goal from Karl McGlynn sealed the win after the home side had trailed 0-09 to 0-08 at half time. Frank McGlynn, who is player/manager with Glenfin, told
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David Fielding was the winner of the Donegal Ultra 555 Cycle Challenge held over the weekend. The Clonmany-based rider clocked 20 hours, 1 minute and 53 seconds in what was his first attempt at the 555. Runner-up was Philip Culbert in 20:21.24, with Brian Burke third in 22:53.59. Ronan McLaughlin was the first of the
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Glenfin have beaten Naomh Columba 1-17 to 0-15 in the Donegal Senior Football Championship at Pairc Taobhoige this afternoon. Naomh Columba led 0-09 to 0-08 at the interval but Glenfin were much-improved in the second half. A late goal from the brilliant Karl McGlynn sealed an impressive opening day win for Frank McGlynn’s side. The
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Glenties native Ethan Dewhirst has progressed to the World U20 400M Hurdles Final in California which takes place tonight. Highland’s Athletics Correspondent Patsy McGonagle has the details…
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It was a back-and-forth game at Davy Brennan Memorial Park in R1 of the Donegal Senior Football Championship yesterday evening. Naomh Conaill led Downings by six points at the break but the away side got back into the game and were three points ahead going into the closing stages. John O’Malley’s late penalty meant the
Naomh Conaill and Downings played out a 2-13 to 0-19 draw in last night’s Donegal SFC clash at Davy Brennan Memorial Park. The reigning champions were six points up at half-time but let Downings back into the game and it took a late penalty from John O’Malley to rescue a point for Martin Regan’s side.
“We were lucky to get anything from the game” – Naomh Conaill boss Martin Regan Read More »
Cricket: North West Premier League Results – Saturday 08/08/26 In the North West Premier League Section 1 yesterday, Coleraine were comprehensive winners over St Johnston by 162 runs after posting 344/4 before restricting St Johnston to 182. Donemana beat Brigade by 12 runs, defending 238 as Brigade finished on 226. Newbuildings recorded a huge 212-run
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Donegal GAA Senior Football Championship Gaoth Dobhair 1-13 – 0-15 St Michaels St Eunans 2-18 – 1-09 Aodh Ruadh Ballyshannon Naomh Conaill 2-13 – 0-19 Downings Glenswilly 0-19 – 0-17 Termon Donegal Intermediate Football Championship Naomh Muire Lower Rosses 1-20 – 1-10 Milford Carndonagh 0-14 – 0-13 Buncrana Fanad Gaels 1-14 – 1-08 Burt
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Glenswilly and Termon played out an enthralling opening round fixture in the Donegal Senior Football Championship this evening. It was the home side, Glenswilly, who came out on top on a score-line of 0-19 to 0-17 after some excellent shooting from both teams in the second half. Donegal All-Ireland winning captain Michael Murphy was to
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Glenswilly have beaten Termon 0-19 to 0-17 in the first round of the Michael Murphy Sports & Leisure Donegal Senior Football Championship at Pairc Naomh Columba this evening. Ryan Ferry, Sports Editor at The Donegal News, was live on Highland at full time…
Glenswilly edge Termon at Pairc Naomh Columba Read More »
Jon Armstrong & Shane Byrne swapped the WRC for the Grampian Rally in Scotland this weekend and emerged victorious in a Ford Fiesta Rally 2. The Fermanagh/Donegal duo finished ahead of the Fiesta of Romet Jurgenson and Slim Oja by 9.3 seconds. Nikolay Gryazin and Konstantin Alexandrov finished third in their Yancia a further 39.6
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Connor Coyle has defeated Mark Beuke on the stacked Zuffa Boxing card at the 3Arena in Dublin this evening. The Derry boxer came out on top via a unanimous decision against the tough American. Coyle has now extended his professional record to 23-0 and will have his sights set on a potential world title fight
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Gaoth Dobhair got off to a winning start in the Donegal SFC thanks to a 1-13 to 0-15 win over St. Michael’s in Magheragallon this evening. St. Michael’s led for much of the game and were a point ahead at the break. Gaoth Dobhair manager Ronan MacNiallais spoke to Highland’s Maureen O’Donnell at full time
St Eunan’s defeated Aodh Ruadh Ballyshannon 2-18 to 1-09 in the Donegal Senior Football Championship at O’Donnell Park this evening. The Letterkenny side led by just 0-08 to 0-03 at the break but kicked on in the second half to claim an opening day win. Ciaran Donnelly is in his first season as St Eunan’s
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Gaoth Dobhair came from behind to defeat St. Michaels 1-13 to 0-15 in Round 1 of the Donegal Senior Football Championship in Magheragallon this evening. Maureen O’Donnell was live at full time for Highland Radio Sport…
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Eamonn Kelly & Rory Kennedy have won the Historic Category of the Ulster Rally this evening. The Donegal crew, in their BMW M3, finished ahead of Tomas Devine and Eurig Davies in 2nd position. Devine and Davies were also in a BMW M3, while making up the rest of the historic top 3 were Alan
Ulster Rally: Moffett comes out on top as Kelly wins Historic Category Read More »
Sam Lynch was first home in the 222km category of the Donegal Atlantic Way Ultra 555 Race taking place this weekend. Ronan McLaughlin is currently leading the main 555km race through Check Point 14. With the 333km and 555km events still ongoing, here’s Race Organiser Sean McFadden with the latest…
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Oisin Orr has been in flying form at Redcar this afternoon. Firstly, the Donegal jockey was on board “Raggaas” in the 2:02 Maiden Stakes for trainers Simon & Ed Crisford. Orr took that horse to victory at 15/8. Then, in the 3:12 Straight Mile Handicap, he took 9/1 shot “Welbury” across the line first for
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Strabane suffered opening day defeat in their NIFL Championship debut against Institute yesterday evening. The newly promoted side went down 1-0 to neighbours Institute thanks to a Padraig Lynch strike on 11 minutes. Despite the defeat, the experienced Ciaran Coll says there’s a lot to be excited about at Strabane AFC. Coll spoke to Martin
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Institute got off to the perfect start in the opening game of this season’s NIFL Championship. The Derry-based side defeated newly promoted Strabane 1-0 at the Limavady Sports Grounds thanks to an early effort from talisman Padraig Lynch. ‘Stute boss Peter Hutton told Martin Holmes getting three points was the most important objective in the
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Strabane were beaten 1-0 by Institute in the opening game of the NIFL Championship season in Limavady yesterday evening. Padraig Lynch hit the only goal of the game in the 11th minute. Martin Holmes was there for Highland Radio Sport…
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In a whirlwind week for Derry City, the Candystripes recorded an impressive 2-0 win over Sligo Rovers at The Brandywell this evening. Mark Connolly took charge of his first game after former boss Tiernan Lynch left the club on Wednesday. Derry missed several chances in the opening period but second-half goals from Barry Cotter and
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Finn Harps suffered their second successive 5-0 defeat after going down to Bray Wanderers in Wicklow this evening. Interim manager Patrick McEleney spoke to Dan Gorman at full time and said although there were some good moments and questionable decisions from the officials, his side didn’t deserve to get the rub of the green because
“It’s time to sink or swim” – Patrick McEleney Read More »
Finn Harps have been beaten 5-0 by Bray Wanderers in the SSE Airtricity League First Division at Ferrycarrig Park this evening. First half goals from John Bilili Sesay and Ben McCormack had the home side 2-0 up at the break. The mountain got even taller for Harps to climb when Max Hutchison was sent off
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Derry City have beaten Sligo Rovers 2-0 in the SSE Airtricity League Premier Division at the Ryan McBride Brandywell this evening. Second-half goals from Barry Cotter & Adam O’Reilly gave Interim Head Coach Mark Connolly his first win after Tiernan Lynch left the club during the week. Kevin McLaughlin has the full time report for
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In this week’s Business Matters, Chris speaks with Donegal Town-based Travel Counsellor Mandy Ellis, and Charlie Gallagher from Dunfanaghy who recently set up a new business venture, Blue Eyes Solutions which provides an all-in-one platform featuring a website builder, powerful Content Relation Management, marketing automation, and smart AI agents to scale your business. First up,
Eddie and Tom Murphy, the defending Irish Tarmac Champions, lead the Ulster Rally after the three afternoon stages in their Skoda Fabia RS Rally 2, Going into service, they held a 2.4 second advantage over current championship leaders Josh Moffett and Andy Hayes in a Toyota GR Yaris Rally 2, with Cathan McCourt and Barry
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At the World U-20 Championships in Eugene, Oregon, Tir Conaill Athletic Club’s Ethan Dewhirst is through to the men’s 400m hurdles semi-finals. He was second last night in heat one in 50.73 seconds and so automatically gets into the semi-finals on Sunday. Letterkenny’s Erin Friel is in action on Sunday in the 4×400 m relay.
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On The Score this week, we broadcast LIVE from the Highland Motors Showroom in Letterkenny! Oisin Kelly looked forward to the opening weekend of action in the Michael Murphy Sports and Leisure Donegal Club Championships with former Dr Maguire Cup winners with St Eunan’s Brendan Kilcoyne and Barry Meehan. Plus, in this week’s League of
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Finn Harps and Derry City are both in action in the SSE Airtricity League tomorrow evening (Friday). Harps are bottom of the First Division standings ahead of their trip to play Bray Wanderers and have lost their last five matches. Bray, meanwhile, are second in the table and are chasing promotion back to the top
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Former Celtic captain Scott Brown has emerged as a candidate for the managerial vacancy at Derry City. Tiernan Lynch was dismissed by the Candystripes yesterday, having picked just 6 wins from their 26 league games this season. The club also exited the UEFA Europa Conference League qualifiers a fortnight ago at the hands of Croatian
Former Celtic captain Scott Brown candidate for Derry role after Lynch’s departure Read More »
Derry City FC have parted company with First Team Manager Tiernan Lynch. Lynch took over at the Ryan McBride Brandywell in November of 2024 after a successful spell at NIFL Premiership club Larne. The Belfast native steered Derry to a 2nd placed finish in 2025 but a disappointing 2026 season so far has left The
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The Northern Irish Football League season will begin as scheduled this weekend after three proposals put forward by the NIFL were approved at an EGM on Tuesday night. The three proposals, which could have held up the start of the season had the meeting not taken place, were the approval of league restructuring, the adoption
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With the Michael Murphy Sports & Leisure Club Championships set to swing into action this weekend, whoever does lift the Dr Maguire Cup will know which county their opposition will come from at provincial level. The county senior and intermediate champions in Donegal will face off with the Fermanagh Champions in Enniskillen in the opening
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The 2026 Donegal Half Marathon is on course to attract an entry of over 1,000 participants for the second successive year. In 2025 a total of 1,125 took part in the road race that’s held in and around Letterkenny. With over three weeks to go to this year’s race, race director, Brendan McDaid, revealed that
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Finn Harps have been beaten 5-0 by Longford Town in the SSE Airtricity League First Division at Bishopsgate this evening. The home side took the lead just after the half-hour mark when Dean Williams was played through and slotted low past the onrushing Barbosa. It went from bad to worse for Harps just before half-time
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Oisin Orr has been in the winners’ enclosure twice this afternoon. The Donegal jockey is racing at Doncaster and, firstly, he took “Kohana Nation” across the line first in the 13:55 outing for trainer Charles Hills. That horse went to post at 2/5 and Orr completed a back-to-back double on board the 5/4 “Weleyff” for
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Tyrone boxer Jude Gallagher has had to settle for a bronze medal in the 60k category at the Commonwealth Games. The Two Castles fighter lost out to Namibian Tryagain Morning Ndevelo on a split decision in last night’s semi-final. Gallagher spoke to BBC Sport NI after and was frustrated with the way the judges scored
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Christopher McDonnell has been appointed as the new Tyrone Senior Hurling Manager. It will be a three-year term, subject to ratification by the County Committee at its meeting on Tuesday evening. In a statement on its twitter account, the Tyrone GAA congratulated him on his appointment and wished him every success as he begins this
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Jude Gallagher of Tyrone is in 60kg semi final action this evening at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow and is already assured of a bronze medal. The Two Castles Boxing Club fighter takes on Tryagain Morning Ndevelo of Namibia at 8.45 pm. The Newtownstewart man is looking to become a two weight champion at the
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It’s been an afternoon of doubles for Donegal jockeys. It was certainly a case of Glorious Goodwood living up its name today for Dylan Browne who had a 15/1 double, firstly on the 11/4 favourite Defiantly in the Coral Goodwood Handicap and then on the 3/1 favourite Galen, both for trainer Joseph Patrick O’Brien. That’s
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On Business Matters this week, Chris Ashmore has been speaking to John Doherty from Coolboy outside Letterkenny, who having spent many years working abroad and in Dublin, decided to come home and set up his own business, New Look Property Maintenance. Having started off, as he says “out of the boot of a car”, he
Derry City’s European journey came to an end thanks to a 1-0 loss to Rijeka at the Ryan McBride Brandywell tonight. The away side’s goal on 15 minutes was enough to earn the win on the night and claim a 2-0 aggregate victory over the Candy Stripes. Derry boss Tiernan Lynch reflected on a “disappointing”
Derry City have been beaten 1-0 by Rijeka in UEFA Conference League Qualifying this evening. The result means the Croatians have progressed 2-0 on aggregate. Martin Holmes has the full time report for Highland Radio Sport…
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