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“Moville Mauler” Darragh Kelly makes walk to Bellator cage once again

Darragh Kelly takes to the Bellator cage once again tomorrow night (Saturday) as he fights Mathias Poiron of France in Dublin’s 3Arena. Moville native Kelly is 5-0 in his career and is a well-rounded mixed martial artist. Two of his pro-career wins have come via submission as he secured a guillotine choke in his first …

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Derry City potentially facing a tough tie against Copenhagen

Derry City and Shelbourne face very difficult opponents if they win their first round ties in the Europa Conference League qualifiers. Copenhagen await the Candy Stripes in the second round if they progress, while Shels were paired with Zurich. St Patrick’s Athletic were paired with FC Vaduz of Liechtenstein. Sparta Prague await Shamrock Rovers in …

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Kennedy flies the Irish flag at the R&A Amateur Golf Championship at Ballyliffin Golf Club

22 year-old Max Kennedy has played his way into tomorrow’s last 32 of the R&A Amateur Golf Championship in Ballyliffin. The 74th ranked amateur in the world had a comprehensive win over Oscar Couillea of France. The Royal Dublin Golf Club player closed out his match at the 16th hole to claim a 3 & …

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“Remarkable achievement” for Mark English to qualify for his third Olympic Games – Patsy McGonagle reports

Letterkenny man Mark English has qualified for this summer’s Olympic Games in Paris after breaking his own Irish 800m record in Spain last night (Tuesday). On the Nine-Til-Noon show this morning, Highland’s Athletics correspondent Patsy McGonagle summed up English’s achievement of qualifying for his third Olympic Games and says Ireland is riding the crest of …

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Business Matters, Ep 198 – Therapie Clinic comes to Donegal, plus: Savvy Spender app can save you money

In this episode of Business Matters, Chris Ashmore looks at a €1m investment in Letterkenny by Ireland’s biggest medical aesthetic clinic, and also a new shopping app that will save people money. First up, one of Europe’s leading medical aesthetic clinics is opening in Co Donegal, and creating in the region of 20 new jobs. Thérapie …

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New DNA Museum plans to be previewed at Foyle Maritime Festival

Plans to showcase the much anticipated Derry on the North Atlantic Museum will be displayed at the Foyle Maritime Festival at the end of this month. It’s believed construction will begin on the Ebrington Square site early next year, with a view to be open to the public in 2026. DNA Museum Project Manager, Margaret …

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Mark English secures Olympics place with National Record in Finland

Mark English has qualified for next month’s Olympic Games in France. The Finn Valley man set a new national 800m record in Finland on Tuesday evening  to secure his place in Paris. His time  at the Continental Tour Gold event in Turku was 1 minute 44.69 seconds and was good enough to surpass the qualifying …

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Crossan presents Assembly Speaker with a petition calling for an increase in Carers’ Allowance

The Stormont Assembly has been told that almost half of Northern Ireland’s family carers are living below the poverty line at a time when they are saving the economy millions. West Tyrone MLA Daniel McCrossan told the Assembly that Carers’ Allowance is totally inadequate, and it’s vital that a Carers’ Recognition Payment be paid immediately. …

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GAA: Preliminary quarter-final draw – Tyrone face Roscommon, Derry go to Mayo

The draw for the preliminary quarter-finals of the All Ireland SFC has been made this morning. Tyrone will face Roscommon at Healy Park, while Derry must travel to Castlebar to take on Mayo. Louth will host Cork while Galway will be at home to Monaghan. The games are scheduled for next weekend. Dates, times and …

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Golf: Ballyliffin set to host R&A Amateur Open this week

Ballyliffin Golf Club is hosting the Amateur Open Championship for the first time this week. Pre-qualifying took place on Friday, while practice is currently ongoing at the venue in preparation for the first tee-offs on Monday. 288 players will contest stroke and match play competitions from Monday to Saturday, with spectator admission to the event …

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Athletics round-up with Patsy McGonagle

Patsy McGonagle joined Sunday Sport this evening to talk all things athletics. Following a hugely successful week of European Championship action for Team Ireland, Patsy gave us the low-down on what’s been happening at local level this weekend including news of a new Donegal record…

Mickey Harte reacts to Derry’s win over Westmeath: “It’s a great result for us”…

Derry defeated Westmeath on a scoreline of 2-07 to 0-09 in Saturday evening’s All Ireland Senior Football Championship clash at Pairc Esler. It was the Oakleaf men’s first win of their All-Ireland campaign and the result means they will be in Monday morning’s draw for the preliminary quarter finals which will take place next weekend. …

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Donegal progress to All Ireland Quarter-Final after 24-point hammering of Clare – Martin McHugh full time reaction

Donegal have progressed to the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Quarter Finals as they defeated Clare on a score-line of 2-23 to 0-05 in Castlebar this afternoon. An early Ryan McHugh goal set the tone for what was a one-sided affair as Donegal led by 1-11 to 0-01 at half time. Another goal at the beginning …

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Jim McGuinness: “It’s been a very good season for us so far”

Donegal were comfortable winners over Clare in their final group stage game in Castlebar this afternoon. Goals in either half from Ryan McHugh and Oisin Gallen along with a plethora of fine points from the likes of Paddy McBrearty, Ciaran Thompson, and Conor O’Donnell set Donegal on their way to an easy victory. The game …

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Darren Murphy: “It’s a good point considering how long we played with 10 men”

Darren Murphy saw his Finn Harps side a goal down and a man down at half time in tonight’s SSE Airtricity League First Division fixture with UCD in Ballybofey. Murphy has highlighted a tactical switch at half time that he thinks helped his team back into the game and ultimately claim a point. “What I …

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Kelly McGrory sets new Personal Best and County Record at the European Athletics Championships

  Tír Chonaill AC’s Kelly McGrory has set a new personal best and new Donegal record at the European Athletics Championships in Rome. With a time of 57.10 seconds, she finished in seventh place in the 400m hurdles. Her previous personal best was 57.22 seconds from 2022. Lifford/Strabane AC athlete Caoimhe Gallen threw a new …

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Reaction: “We knew we could frustrate them,” said Captain Niamh McLaughlin on Kerry opposition

Donegal ladies drew with Kerry in the first game of the All-Ireland series. The final score was 1-6 to 0-9. Donegal picked up one point from their day at MacCumhaill park in Ballybofey. “It’s a funny one a draw, you kinda want to push on and win but we’ll take it there now with the …

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Donegal success at the National Junior Cadet Championship

    Donegal’s young boxers had a successful weekend at the National Junior Cadet Championship at the National Stadium in Dublin. Eddie McBride from Dunfanaghy Boxing Club is through to the National Junior Cadet Final after defeating Brooklynn O’Brien from Cashen Vale Boxing Club, on a score of 0/5 in the 52kg division. Illies Golden …

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Derry reach All Ireland Minor Semi Final with victory over Dublin

Derry have beaten Dublin 0-18 to 2-10 in the All Ireland Minor Championship Semi Final at Breffni Park this afternoon. Derry were the better team throughout the contest but a goal in each half for the Dubs kept them within touching distance. Ultimately, it was the Oakleaf youngsters who ran out worthy 2-point winners, with …

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Barry Ward “proud” of his players as Donegal Minors bow out of All Ireland Tier 2 Championship

Barry Ward was proud of the grit his team showed in today’s All Ireland Minor Tier 2 Semi Final clash against Kildare in Clones. Two first half goals for the Lilywhites effectively did the damage as they ran out 3-12 to 1-13 winners. After the game, Ward said he was “proud of the lads the …

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Ruaidhri Higgins is “happy with the week’s work” as his Derry side earn seven points in seven days

It’s two wins in a row for Ruaidhri Higgins’ Derry City side as they overcame Galway 2-0 in the SSE Airtricity League Premier Division at the Ryan McBride Brandywell this evening. Derry seem to have struck a bit of good form as a short break in the season approaches – The Candy Stripes have taken …

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John McNulty:” It’s a big day when you take Kerry to Ballybofey”

Donegal Ladies manager John McNulty is relishing the challenge of taking on the Division 1 League and All-Ireland finalists Kerry in Ballybofey this weekend. McNulty saw his team put in a spirited performance against Armagh in the Ulster Final, and is hoping his side can build on that performance against the Kingdom. On Sunday, it’s …

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