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Athletics round-up with Patsy McGonagle

It’s been another busy weekend on the athletics front. Local athletes Mark English and Brendan Boyce were both in action. English was competing in the Diamond League in China, while Boyce was in Turkey at the Race-Walking Championships. Patsy McGonagle has all the latest…

Brilliant Donegal blow Derry away to reach Ulster Semi Final

Donegal have beaten Derry by 4-11 to 0-17 in the Ulster Senior Championship Quarter Final at Celtic Park this evening. Derry started the game on top but Donegal soon settled and a Daire O’Baoil goal mid-way through the first half gave Jim McGuinness’ men the confidence to push on. Donegal would have been slightly disappointed …

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McGuinness already looking ahead to “huge game” next weekend

Jim McGuinness has given Donegal GAA yet another glorious day as he masterminded his side’s 4-11 to 0-17 victory over a highly-fancied Derry team at Celtic Park this evening. Derry went into the contest as the newly crowned NFL Division 1 Champions after overcoming Dublin at Croke Park 3 weeks ago and were widely regarded …

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Ciaran Thompson and Jason McGee react to Donegal’s emphatic win over Derry

Donegal have beaten Derry 4-11 to 0-17 in this evening’s Ulster Senior Championship Quarter Final clash at Celtic Park. A Daire O’Baoil goal was the big score of the first half as Jim McGuinness’ men went in at the break 1 point to the good after a promising opening 35 minutes. What followed in the …

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NIFL Championship: Draws for Institute and Dergview while Ballinamallard suffer heavy defeat

Institute have played out a 1-1 draw with Bangor in the NIFL Playr-Fit Championship Promotion Group at the Ryan McBride Brandwell this afternoon. Oisin Devlin had ‘Stute 1-0 up after 16 minutes but Bangor equalised before half time. The sides went in level at the break and that is how it stayed. Meanwhile, Ballinamallard were …

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Donegal Junior League Results 20/04/24

Saturday 20th April, 2024 Glencar Inn Saturday D1 Cappry Rovers 0 – 1 Donegal Town Glencar Celtic 1 – 1 Arranmore United Old Orchard Saturday D2 Milford United 0 – 0 Drumbar United Friday 19th April, 2024 Brian McCormack Cup – Gweedore Area Kilmacrennan Celtic 1 – 4 Keadue Rovers

Mark English finishes 12th in high-quality field in Diamond League 800M Final

Mark English ran in the 800M Final at the Diamond League event in Xiamen this afternoon. The Letterkenny man finished 12th behind a high-quality field of athletes as he ran half-a-second slower than his season’s best. The top 3 were made up of Marco Arop of Canada, Wyclife Kinyamal of Kenya and Tshepiso Masalela of …

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GAA President Jarlath Burns visits Letterkenny

  Recently appointed GAA President Jarlath Burns visited St. Eunan’s College in Letterkenny today as part of the prize for the school being front-runners in the GAA’s “Future Leaders” initiative. St. Eunan’s were among only 5 schools nationwide to be awarded a gold medal in the GAA’s Future Leaders Transition Year programme. The college’s Transition …

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Chair of Donegal branch of Diabetes Ireland writes to Taoiseach raising safety concerns

The Chair of the Donegal branch of Diabetes Ireland has in a letter to the Taoiseach today, told him that there is grave concern over patient safety due to the ongoing diabetes care crisis at Letterkenny University Hospital. Paul Gillespie wrote to Simon Harris outlining to him how resources at the hospital have deteriorated to …

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Business Matters, Ep 191: Back to Gweedore from the Middle East with Helen Burke of Teambase Ireland

In this episode of Business Matters on Highland Radio with Chris Ashmore, we hear about a Donegal woman who returned to her native Gweedore after spending more than a decade in the insurance industry in the Middle East. Helen Burke is the founder of Teambase Ireland whose business centres around simplifying and automating insurance administration …

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3 Donegal players named on Ladies Division 2 Team Of The Year

The Teams of the 2024 Lidl National Football Leagues have been revealed. In this year’s Division 2 selection, newly-crowned champions Kildare are the big winners, with six players included. Five players from runners-up Tyrone, who were also promoted, make the cut along with three players from Donegal and one from Tipperary. Donegal trio Abigail Temple …

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Security system first installed at Donegal Airport won’t be fully available in Dublin until 2025

It’s emerged that a new security screening system being rolled out in Dublin Airport won’t be finished until late next year. C3 machines, which remove the need for the 100ml liquid limit and separation of tech devices from hand luggage, are currently partially in place in both terminals. It was expected Terminal 2 would be …

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Armagh hit 3 first-half goals to power into Ulster Semi-Final

  First-half goals from Conor Turbitt, Jarlath Og Burns and Stefan Campbell set Armagh firmly on their way to defeating Fermanagh 3-11 to 0-09 in their Ulster Senior Championship Quarter-Final clash at Brewster Park this afternoon. The Orchard men started brightly and hit 2-2 before Fermanagh managed to register their first score. Campbell’s goal on …

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McConnell reacts to “great day for the club” as Rovers win league title

Letterkenny Rovers have been crowned Temple Domestic Appliances Division 1 Champions after defeating Donegal Town by 3 goals to 1 at a blustery Leck View this afternoon. Goals from Caolan McConnell, Lee McMonagle and Joel Gorman set Stephen McConnell’s men on their way to victory after falling behind after only 7 minutes. Rovers still have …

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Chris Malseed: “Premier Division is where we want to be”

Letterkenny Rovers hosted Donegal Town this afternoon at Leck View knowing that a point would be enough to be crowned Temple Domestic Applicances Division 1 Champions. After going a goal down early on, Rovers re-grouped and were able to battle through the troublesome weather conditions to run out 3-1 winners thanks to goals from Caolan …

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Oldtown Celtic are Glencar Inn Saturday Division 1 Champions

Oldtown Celtic have won their 3rd league title in a row as they beat St Catherine’s Reserves 2-0 today to claim the Glencar Inn Saturday Division 1 title. Tam McLaughlin’s side are still unbeaten in this season’s campaign, with 2 games still left to play. McLaughlin spoke to Highland Radio’s Chris Ashmore on Saturday Sport …

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Ramelton Mariners leave it late as they are crowned Division 2 Champions

A late Kyle McFadden goal for Ramelton Mariners was enough to get them the point they needed to be crowned Old Orchard Division 2 Champions this afternoon. Mariners travelled to take on Ballybofey United in Dreenan knowing a draw would be enough to claim the title. However, the Ramelton side found themselves 1-0 down heading …

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Donegal U20 selector Brendan Kilcoyne reflects on a “tough battle in tricky conditions”

The Donegal U20 side have beaten Armagh by 1-6 to 0-7 in the Ulster Championship at O’Donnell Park this afternoon. Carl Joseph Molloy struck a first half goal and it was a score that proved to be crucial as Donegal ran out 2 point winners in blustery conditions in Letterkenny. The result means Donegal progress …

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Semi-final heartbreak for Donegal boxers in National Junior Championships

Donegal had 3 semi-finalists competing in the National Boy/Girl Junior 1 Championships that took place in the National Stadium last night (Friday). Unfortunately, none of the boxers were successful in their attempts of making a national final. Derryveagh Boxing Club’s David Tennyson was defeated in his semi-final via a unanimous decision in the 57kg category. …

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