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Bruckless Man misses out on win in ALMC by a mere 2 seconds!! Bruckless navigator Shane Byrne was on board with Kilrea driver Desi Henry for the first time on Sunday in a last minute entry. This is the first time that Shane sat with Desi and the crew provided one of the main stories […]

Donegal jockey Dylan Browne McMonagle had another double on Tuesday evening. Following his brace at The Curragh on Sunday, McMonagle had a 49/1 double on the all weather track at Dundalk. The first was on 10/1 shot Longhorn for trainer Ross O’Sullivan, the second came on French Company at 7/2 for trainer Jimmy Coogan. Tuesday’s

Kilmacrennan’s Richard Kerr kept the pressure on title leader Dan Linfoot in the National Superstock 1000 Championship after securing a podium double at Thruxton in Hampshire. Kerr was second in Saturday’s opening race and the AMD Motorsport Honda rider was second again on Sunday. Kerr is now just 11 points behind championship leader Linfoot. Earlier

Callum Devine and Noel O’Sullivan in a VW Polo GTI R5 won the ALMC Stages Rally in Cavan, with just 2 seconds to spare over Desi Henry and Shay Byrne in a Citroen C3 Rally 2. Josh Moffett and Keith Moriarty were third while Donegal’s Kevin Gallagher with co-driver Ryan Moore were fifth overall and

Mona McSharry – a member of the Marlins Swim club in Ballyshannon – won the 200 metres breaststroke at the European Under 23 championships in Dublin yesterday. It was her third gold medal of the week. Earlier in the championships, she won the 50m and 100m breaststroke finals. A native of Grange in north Sligo,

It was a busy Sunday for North West sides with no fewer than six rearranged Long’s SuperValu league matches played. Bready remain top of the table on 207 points, six ahead of Brigade with Ardmore third on 192. Brigade won the battle of the top two with an impressive 73-run success over leaders Bready. With

    Dylan Brown McMonagle had a 32/1 double at the Curragh in Kildare today. He came in earlier on 11/5 shot, Nevassa Island for trainer M.D. O’Callaghan. Later in the day he followed that win up with winning on 9/1 Lady Lunette, trained by R.P. Cody. Today’s wins brings his tally to 38 for

Finn Harps women’s19s played out a 1-1 draw against Dundalk in Finn park on Saturday evening. It was a historic first for the club as it was the first LOI Underage Women’s game to take place at Finn Park. The away side took the lead three minutes before the break through a 25 yard strike from

Jack MacBeth notched up a superb 124 as St Johnston beat Killyclooney by 108 runs (DLS method) in their North West Premier League game. The Donegal side were out for 295 runs in 35.5 overs. MacBeth, who hit nine sixes and 12 fours, was eventually caught by Jason Wallace. In a game restricted to 37

Derry have defeated Meath to win the All Ireland Intermediate Camogie Final replay in Clones on Saturday afternoon. It ended Derry 1-17 Meath 1-09. At half time Derry were leading Meath 0-09 to 0-06, the Oak Leaf county continued to push on and win the replay convincingly. Player of the Match on the day, Derry’s

The curtain came down yesterday evening a hugely successful European Athletics U20 Championships for Ireland in Jerusalem. There were a further four top-8 placings and a national U20 4x400m relay record for the 4×400 metre team. Finn Valley’s Hannah Murray was in the women’s 4x400m relay team that finished in 7th overall. The Irish team

There were wins for two Donegal jockeys at Chepstow on Thursday evening. Oisin Orr rode the 9/2 favourite Ramazan to victory for trainer Richard Fahey in a seven furlong contest while at the same venue, Dylan Browne McMonagle was on board the 12/1 Star Harbour for trainer Adrian McGuinness over a mile and two furlongs.

London-based Katie-George Dunlevy, whose father John hails from Mountcharles, won gold at the 2023 UCI and Para-Cycling World Championships in Glasgow. She teamed up with Linda Kelly to win gold in the Women’s B Time Trial in Glasgow. Earlier in the championships, Dunlevy and Eve McCrystal, won bronze, in the WB tandem pursuit. Katie has

Donegal GAA have confirmed the fixture details for the Hurling finals day this weekend. The O’Donnell Park in Letterkenny will hold a triple header on Saturday. Senior Hurling Championship Final Sat, 12 Aug, Venue: O Donnell Park, (FINAL), Setanta V St Eunan’s 18:00, Junior Hurling Championship Final Sat, 12 Aug, Venue: O Donnell Park, (FINAL),

Brian Dooher and Fergal Logan have been handed a new term in charge of the Tyrone senior footballers. They were ratified to stay on at a county board meeting last night. Dooher and Logan succeeded Mickey Harte in late 2020 – and guided Tyrone to the All-Ireland title the following year. Their All-Ireland campaign came

Feargal Logan and Brian Dooher are set to return for a second term as Tyrone managers. With no other candidates in the running for the vacant position, the duo are expected to be ratified at Tuesday evening’s county committee meeting. Dooher and Logan, who completed their three-year term last month when their team exited the

Coleraine won their first piece of silverware this season after beating Eglinton to win the Eric Cooke Cup. The win came via a 2-1 bowl out with Stephen Hutchinson and Gareth Burns both hitting the stumps.

Dylan Browne McMonagle success at the Galway Races continues as he won his fifth race of the week on the final day. He was on board 1/5 shot Stromberg trained by Josephy Patrick O Brien. That makes it his 34th win of the season in Ireland. Brandon Wilkie also had a win today at Chester,

Derry and Meath played out a 1-09 to 2-06 draw in the Camogie Intermediate Final at GAA headquarters today. The Oak Leaf County led 1-08 to 1-01 halftime. Meath fought back to level the tie at full time and the result means both counties will have to go at it again with a replay required

Gaoth Dobhair has defeated Noamh Conaill to lift the Division 1 B league title. It ended Naomh Conaill 0-07 Goath Dobhair 1-08 in MacCumhaill Park, Ballybofey.

  Donemana has defeated Glendermott to win the Sperrin Springs Cup in Bonds Glen, Kildoag. Donemana won the cup in a 2-1 bowl out.    

Setanta are into the Donegal Senior Hurling Championship Final after beating Buncrana in O’Donnell Park last night. It ended Setanta 5-22 Buncrana 0-12. Setanta will now meet St Eunan’s in the final after they defeated Burt on Friday night.

  Tyrone’s Mattie Donnelly has been ruled out for the rest of the season by a serious knee injury. He will miss the club Championship in a major blow to Trillick’s prospects of winning a first title since 2019. Donnelly sustained the injury while playing for Trillick in the Kilmacud Sevens on All-Ireland final weekend.

There were mixed fortunes for the north-west Irish League Championship sides as the new season got underway. Two goals from Mark Mbuli helped Institute to a winning start as they overcame Knockbreda by 2-0. However, Dergview were beaten 3-2 at home by Portadown. Gareth Falconer put them ahead but the Shamrock Park outfit fought back

Donegal’s Dylan Browne McMonagle was in the winners’ enclosure once again as he rode the 3/1 Bottler’s Secret to victory in the Bathshack Maiden race for trainer Ciaran Murphy at the Galway Festival. Earlier in the day, he was second on the 4/1 shot Bad Desire in the Boylesport Casino Irish EBF Maiden race over

Irish international James McClean has made the switch from Wigan Athletic to newly promoted league side Wrexham AFC. McClean was Wigans player of the season last year when they were relegated from the championship. He signs a 1 year deal with the league 2 club.