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Buncrana Hearts win Ulster Junior Cup in hugely controversial circumstances

Buncrana Hearts won the Ulster Junior Cup for the third year in succession as they defeated Letterkenny Rovers 7-6 in a dramatic penalty shoot-out at the end of one of the most controversial finals ever played at the Donegal League headquarters in Ballyare. The sides had finished 2-2 at the end of normal time and …

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Nickey Rackard Cup: Donegal breeze past Monaghan at O’Donnell Park

Donegal have beaten Monaghan 4-27 to 0-15 in today’s Nickey Rackard Cup contest at O’Donnell Park in Letterkenny. Goals from Liam McKinney, Oisin Grant, Declan Coulter and Gerard Gilmore helped Mickey McCann’s men on their way to a comfortable victory. Donegal still have two more games to play against Roscommon and Louth but they are …

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Mickey McCann and Danny Cullen react to Donegal’s win over Monaghan in Nickey Rackard Cup

Donegal’s senior hurlers have gotten another win in the Nickey Rackard Cup as they overcame Monaghan by 4-27 to 0-15 at O’Donnell Park this afternoon. This was Mickey McCann’s side’s third outing of the campaign, having already beaten Armagh and Mayo in the two previous weeks. It was one-way-traffic for a large proportion of today’s …

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Junior Interprovincial Rugby: Ulster defeat Connacht at Judges Road

Ulster have beaten Connacht 47-12 at the Junior Interprovincial encounter at Judges Road this afternoon. The game was being played at Judges Road to celebrate 30 years since City of Derry opened the ground. After the game, Alec McDonald gave us his full time report on the game…   Alec spoke to Ulster coaches Mike …

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Derry City move back into 2nd spot with victory in Waterford

Derry City have defeated Waterford 2-0 in the SSE Airtricity League Premier Division at the Regional Sports Centre in Waterford this evening. A first-half penalty from Will Patching had City in control at the interval. Patrick Hoban then scored on 74 minutes to seal the win for Ruaidhri Higgins’ side. The strike was Hoban’s second …

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Harps manager Darren Murphy: “I don’t know how we haven’t scored”

Finn Harps have been beaten 2-0 by SSE Airtricity League First Division leaders Cork City in Ballybofey this evening. Darren Murphy’s side will be ruing some missed chances in the first half as they couldn’t find an opener in an otherwise promising opening period. It was Cork who managed to break the deadlock on 62 …

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Harps suffer third defeat in a row as Cork take all three points from Ballybofey

Finn Harps have been beaten 2-0 by Cork City in the SSE Airtricity League First Division at Finn Park this evening. The sides went in scoreless at half time after a promising opening 45 for the home side, but Cork struck twice mid-way through the 2nd half to take the game away from Harps. Sean …

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Donegal and Tyrone name teams for Sunday’s Ulster Semi-Final clash

Donegal and Tyrone have both made one change to their starting fifteen’s for Sunday’s eagerly anticipated Ulster Senior Football Championship Semi Final at Celtic Park. Donegal captain Patrick McBrearty returns to the team as he replaces Aaron Doherty from last weekend’s team that lined up to play Derry. The return of McBrearty will give the …

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Reaction: Hugh McGrath’s Derry U20’s rally in second half to see off Donegal

Derry U20s came out on the right side of the drama in their Ulster U20 Championship Semi-Final clash with Donegal in Ballybofey this evening. Ryan McNicholl kicked a late, late winner for Hugh McGrath’s side after a hectic last few minutes to an enthralling contest. Even though he was delighted to get over the line, …

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Ulster U20 Championship: Tyrone overcome Monaghan to set up showdown with Derry

Tyrone have beaten Monaghan 2-09 to 0-14 in tonight’s EirGrid Ulster U20 Championship Semi-Final at Healy Park in Omagh. Cormac Devlin’s early goal was the big score of the first half as the Red Hand men led 1-05 to 0-07 at the interval. Tyrone hit another goal early in the second half and, even though …

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