The 2023 Donegal Half Marathon, which takes place in Letterkenny on Sunday, August 27th, will be a Donegal Athletics Board county championship race. Making the announcement, race director, Brendan McDaid, said he was delighted that the race will be an annual championship event. “There has always been a big interest among clubs in the Donegal […]
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Investigations are ongoing in relation to a criminal damage incident that seen the back and side windows of a digger smashed. The Hitachi digger was parked in a field just off the Port Road, Letterkenny from 4pm on Friday last until 10am the following morning. The owner returned to discover the extent of the
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Almost 6,000 people who arrived into Ireland from Ukraine are currently living in Donegal. The Donegal local electoral area is housing the biggest share in the county, at 1,842. Meanwhile, 654 Ukrainian refugees are residing in North Inishowen, 315 in South Inishowen, 691 in Milford, 355 in Lifford-Stranorlar, 969 in Letterkenny and 1,102 in Glenties.
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A Donegal firefighter has asked Government to put themselves in the position of retained fire fighters. Retained firefighters are picketing in Donegal today and right across the country in a row over pay and conditions. Donegal County Council has confirmed that all 5 of the 15 fire brigades in the county will be on strike
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Donegal County Council’s Working Holiday Campaign is being launched today. Building on the success of last years campaign, one voucher per person will be offered to experience a remote working hub in the county. The Working Holiday initiative which will run until October, provides the opportunity to enjoy everything Donegal has to offer during the
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Traffic lights are to be installed at the Polestar Roundabout, Letterkenny. Donegal County Council has confirmed that works will commence on June 19th and will take place between the hours of 7pm and 5:30am for approximately 10 weeks. The council says the sequence of works shall be – Port Road Island Road Crossing Ramelton Road
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The HSE has confirmed that the nursing situation on Tory Island has been reviewed. Serious concerns were raised last week as it emerged the island was without a nurse due to sickness and no cover was available. Provisions have now been made for nursing on the island until June 22nd after which normal nursing services
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Taoiseach Leo Varadkar says he’s confident he has the backing of the vast majority of the Fine Gael TDs and senators. It comes after anonymous party sources in Sunday newspapers were questioning Varadkar’s future as leader of the party. But the Taoiseach says he’s confident his leadership is secure:
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A 43-year-old woman is due in court next month in connection with an incident at a Church in Eglinton on Saturday evening last. The woman faces charges of one count of criminal damage, three counts of assault on police and one count of disorderly behaviour. She is due before the Derry Magistrates Court on July
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A third income tax rate of 30% is still under consideration ahead of the Budget. Multiple Cabinet ministers are attending the National Economic Forum today to hear pitches for how to spend the budget surplus. It gives the chance for lobby groups to outline their demands across various sectors, including housing, hospitality and social welfare.
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Old Fort Major won the Ballymac Stud A1/A2 525 Trophy Final at Lifford Stadium on Sunday night in a time of 28.74 seconds for owner Strabane owner Sean Maxwell and trainer Austin Maxwell. This was the biggest final since the reopening of the track earlier this year, with €2,000 for the winner. Old Fort Major
The Republic of Ireland’s UEFA Regions’ Cup hopes were ended on Sunday evening as the amateur international side fell to a 2-0 defeat at the hands of Germany’s Bavaria Region in Spain. Bonagee United’s Jack Parke and Cockhill Celtic’s Lee McColgan both played. The Irish team plays its concluding game on Tuesday against a side
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It was yet another busy weekend for Donegal athletes. Liam Bradley, Mark McLucas, and Pauric McKinney won the National over 50s team championships in Dublin. Also on Sunday Philip McHugh of Letterkenny AC claimed victory in the Lifford/Strabane half marathon with City of Derry Spartan’s Catherine Whoriskey winning the ladies section. Athletics correspondent Patsy McGonagle
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Division 1 Cloughaneely 1-13 V Gaoth Dobhair 1-13 Malin 1-11 V Naomh Conaill 1-14 Downings 0-11 V St Michael’s 1-11 Aodh Ruadh BS 1-15 V Killybegs 0-05 Bundoran 0-11 V MacCumhaill 1-14 Kilcar 2-06 V St Eunans 0-12 Division 2 Four Masters 2-06 V Noamh Bríd 1-05 Letterkenny Gaels V Ardara 2-21 Buncrana 0-11
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Derry minors are into the All Ireland Football semi finals after disposing Galway 1-13 to 0-04 in Leitrim. Next to face for the Oak Leaf county is Dublin. Derry minor manager Damian McErlain told Michael McMullan it was a “good win” for his side…
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Derry’s minors have booked their place in the All Ireland Football semi finals, after beating Galway in Leitrim. It finished Derry 1-13 Galway 0-04. Michael McMullan has the full time report…
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Damian Duffy was the hero for Finn Harps on Friday night at Longford Town, hitting his first goal for the club and the match winning goal nine minutes from time to give Harps a 5th win of the season. The 3-2 result also moves them up the table two places to 7th in the First
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Derry City find themselves six points behind League of Ireland Premier Division leaders Shamrocks Rovers after Friday night’s games. Rovers were comfortable 4-0 winners at home to UCD while Derry played out a 0-0 draw with third placed Bohemians. Derry haven’t won in their last four games, losing two and drawing two. Ruaidhri Higgins gave
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Derry City are now six points behind leaders Shamrock Rovers after Friday’s scoreless draw with Bohemians. Martin Holmes reports from the Ryan McBride Brandywell Stadium for Highland Radio Sport:
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Ireland lost 2-0 to hosts Galicia in their opening UEFA Regions’ Cup tie on Friday in Cambados despite a fighting performance with ten men for large periods. Cockhill Celtic’s Lee McColgan started the game at centre half while Bonagee United’s Jack Parke was an unused substitute. The hosts were ahead of ten minutes after Inaki
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Finn Harps go into the mid-season break on a high, picking up a 5th win of the season. The victory moves the Ballybofey side up two places to 7th in the First Division standings. Deniese O’Flaherty reports from Bishopsgate for Highland Radio Sport:
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The 2023 Michael Murphy SportS Donegal Club Championships draws took place on Thursday evening in Ballybofey. The full draws are below. There is no doubt the tie of the opening two rounds of the senior championship is the repeat of last years final with Naomh Conaill hosting St Eunan’s, while Kilcar must go to Dunfanagh
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On The Score this week, Oisin Kelly was live from the draws for The Michael Murphy Sports Donegal Club Championships plus Gavin Cullen talks League of Ireland and Ulster Senior League Football.
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Donegal’s third round clash with Monaghan in the All Ireland Championship has been fixed for Saturday 17th June at Healy Park in Omagh. The other group game between leaders Derry and bottom side Clare will be played at Pearse Park in Longford on the same day. Both games will start at 6pm. Donegal sit third
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Bonagee United Ladies have been drawn away to Sligo Rover’s in the Women’s FAI Cup 1st round with the ties to be played on week ending Sunday, August 27 2023 Sports Direct Women’s FAI Cup – First Round Treaty United v Peamount United DLR Waves v Wexford Youths Sligo Rovers v Bonagee United Shamrock Rovers
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Finn Harp’s have been drawn away to Leinster Senior League side Kilbarrack United in the 1st round of the F.A.I. Cup. Ten in a row Ulster Senior League Champion’s Cockhill Celtic have been drawn at home to League of Ireland 1st Division side Bray Wanderer’s while Derry City will begin their defence of the FAI
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Over 1,300 Ukrainian children are currently enrolled in schools in Donegal. 859 pupils are in primary schools and 467 in post-primary. Nationally, 15,589 Ukrainian children are attending schools in Ireland. Department of Education figures show just over 10,000 are in the primary school system. 5,484 students meanwhile have been enrolled in post-primary schools. Current data
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There’s been a 35% spike in crime rates in Carndonagh. An Irish Independent analysis found crime rates in the town were one of the highest outside of Dublin. 158 offences were recorded by Gardai in Carndonagh in 2019. That figure increased to 214 in 2022. Between 2019 and 2022, Crime was up 12.4% at Anglesea
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Agriculture Minister Charlie McConalogue has praised the work of Gardai in dealing with organised crime. Leading member of the Kinahan cartel, Liam Byrne was detained in Majorca on Sunday after travelling from his base in Dubai. UK authorities are trying to extradite him to face charges there, after investigations involving Gardaí and a number of
People are once again being urged to be mindful of parking at piers in Donegal. Lough Swilly RNLI say the parking area for crew at both Ned’s Point and Buncrana Pier must be kept clear, as well as the slipway at Ned’s Point. The rescue service is advising anyone also launching a small craft at
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Details of the Croke Park review into various matters within Donegal GAA will be presented at a meeting of the Donegal GAA County Committee on Tuesday evening. Club delegates will gather in Jackson’s Hotel in Ballybofey for their June meeting – at which the findings from the review will be presented Back in April, the
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St Patrick’s Athletic continued their great form of late as they defeated Derry City 4-1 at Richmond Park (above) to go joint second with the Candystripes in the SSE Airtricity League Premier Division. Having been held to a scoreless draw at home to Shelbourne on Friday, it has not been a good Bank Holiday weekend
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Comórtas Peile na Gaeltachta 2023 has been a resounding success this year, and great credit is due to the host club CLG Naomh Muire in west Donegal. With superb weather and some great matches, it was an occasion to savour. After the finals, Brendan Devenney spoke with club chairman John Colm Gillespie who said that
Former Finn Harps boss Ollie Horgan – who is now assistant to John Caulfield at Galway United – feels that Finn Harps will get stronger after some new players come in during the transfer window. The sides still have to meet each other two more times this season, and he believes the Donegal side will
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Early goals once again cost Finn Harps dearly as they them thumped 6-0 by SSE Airtricity League First Division leaders Galway United at Eamon Deacy Park. Manager Dave Rogers acknowledged that there was no way back after finding themselves 4-0 down after 20 minutes, but his side had their moments too. He also spoke about
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It was a case of defeat on the double for the two Donegal sides in the two men’s finals at this year’s Comórtas Peile na Gaeltachta hosted by CLG Naomh Muire. In the senior final, Naomh Conaill just came up short as they were beaten 2-07 to 0-12 in extra-time by Meath side Wolfe Tones
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Finn Harps found runaway SSE Airtricity League First Division leaders Galway United simply too hot to handle at Eamon Deacy Park. In what was an historic 800th home league game for the Galway club, the westerners once again turned on the style and ran out comfortable 6-0 winners. Rampant Galway, who have won 16 out
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It’s been a great Bank Holiday weekend for An Tearmainn ladies after they captured the All Ireland Senior Ladies Gaeltacht title. They defeated Maigh Cuilinn by 10-20 to 1-4 in a one-sided final. The joint managers of the victorious Donegal Adrian and Kevin McGettigan side gave their reaction afterwards to Pauric Hilferty.
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The County Donegal Boxing Board will hold its AGM tomorrow, Tuesday, June 6th in Letterkenny Boxing Club’s clubhouse at 8pm and each of the 15 clubs in the county are asked to be represented. Meanwhile, Raphoe’s reigning national schoolboy champion Taylor Parke has booked his semi-final spot at the national Junior Cadet championships after turning
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It was a case of so near and yet so far for Naomh Conaill as they were beaten 2-07 to 0-12 in extra-time by Meath side Wolfe Tones (Bhulf Tón) in the Men’s Senior Final at the 2023 Comórtas Peile na Gaeltachta hosted by CLG Naomh Muire at The Banks. The Leinster side got off
There was no joy for Gaoth Dobhair in the Junior Men’s Final at Comórtas Peile na Gaeltachta as they were beaten 0-14 to 1-8 by Cill Chomáin of Mayo. At half-time, they trailed by 0-6 to 0-4. Despite a gallant second half effort they were unable to overcome their resolute opponents in a well contested
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An Tearmainn proved to be far too strong against Galway Gaeltacht champions Maigh Cuilinn as they romped to a 10-20 to 1-4 victory in the Senior Women’s Final of Comórtas Peile na Gaeltachta 2023, at The Banks, the home of CLG Naomh Muire, who are hosting the tournament. Geraldine McLaughlin scored four of the goals
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An Clóchan Liath have won the All-Ireland Junior Women’s Gaeltacht title. They defeated Mícheál Breathnach of Galway in the decider on a final scoreline of 4-20 to 1-9. The Dungloe side raced into a 2-15 to 0-6 lead by half-time in a game played in stunning beautiful and warm conditions, and they went on
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A new track record – subject to the usual ratification and verification protocols – was set at Lifford Stadium on Sunday evening as the even money Fahan Rebel produced a spellbinding run of 17.25 to win the Paddy McCrossan 70th Birthday SSO/S1 325 race. The James B. Duffy (Derry) owned and trained dog produced a
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Derry have moved joint top with Monaghan in group 4 of the All Ireland Senior Championship after beating Donegal by 5 points in Ballybofey. It finished Donegal 1-15 Derry 3-14. Oak leaf county midfielder Conor Glass felt Derry showed “better resilience” in the second half to beat Donegal.
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Donegal suffered a five point defeat to Ulster Champions Derry on Sunday afternoon. 1-15 to 3-14 was how it finished in MacCumhaill Park with Rory O’Donnell netting for Donegal and Oisin Gallen top scoring for Aidan O’Rourke’s men with nine points. Oisin Kelly and Martin McHugh have the full time report…
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There was a real family feel to this year’s Irish Schools Athletics as two sets of brothers and sisters won gold in Tullamore, Co Offaly. Brothers Fintan and Ethan Dewhirst, who attend St Columbas Glenties, won gold in the 400 meter senior and inter boys hurdles. Meanwhile, sisters Adrienne and Caoimhe Gallen, from St Columbas
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Nakita Burke from Letterkenny A.C has won the VHI Woman’s Mini Marathon in a time of 34 minutes and 27 seconds. Teresa Doherty from Finn Valley A.C. placed third coming in at 34 minutes and 58 seconds. Over 20,000 woman took to the streets of Dublin to take part in the marathon, which marked
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Tyrone got their first win of the All Ireland Series with a two point victory over Armagh. 0-13 to 0-11 was how it finished. Tyrone joint manager Brian Dooher spoke with the media after the game…
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