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Cockhill Celtic will be in the hat for the first round draw of the FAI Senior Cup

  The Football Association of Ireland confirmed last night  that the Sports Direct Men’s FAI Cup Preliminary Round, previously held ahead of the First Round of the competition, will now be held as the Sports Direct Men’s FAI Cup First Round – and Cockhill Celtic will be involved. The 20 Clubs featuring in the Sports …

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Goals feast as Cockhill Celtic go six points clear in Inishowen Premier League

Cockhill Celtic stretched their lead at the top of the Jackie Crossan Premier Division to six points as they defeated an understrength Moville Celtic 10-0. The Gavin Cullen managed side led 5-0 at the break. Liam Grant bagged four while Conor Graham and Luke Rudden netted twice. The other goals came from Adam Duffy, and …

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Donegal’s u20 clash with Armagh re-scheduled for this Saturday

The postponed Eirgrid Ulster U20 Football Championship game between Donegal and Armagh has been re-scheduled for this Saturday the 13th April at 3pm. The winner will progress straight into the Ulster semi-final in 2 weeks time, while the loser will go into a quarter-final tie against Monaghan which will be played next weekend. The venue …

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Jeep windows smashed over bank holiday weekend in Moville

Gardaí are appealing for information after a jeep was damaged in Carrownaffe, Moville. The vehicle in question was parked at a business premises from 3pm on Sunday the 31st of March until 9am the following Tuesday. The front windscreen was cracked and the driver’s side window was smashed, however entry was not gained nor was …

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Fanad United are champions again! McGinley and O’Reilly react to retaining Premier League crown

Fanad United have won the Brian McCormack Sports Premier Division for the 2nd season on the bounce. The Traigh-a-loch outfit knew going into today’s match with Swilly Rovers that a draw would suffice. In truth, the game was as good as over after the first quarter when goals from Eoin Logue and Edward O’Reilly (2) …

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Gavin Cullen reacts to Cockhill win: “To a man we were absolutely brilliant”

Cockhill Celtic have beaten Pike Rovers 1-0 in the FAI Junior Cup Semi Final in Limerick this afternoon. Corey McBride netted the winner after 23 minutes while Harry Doherty made a fine double-save near the end to ensure the Inishowen men would prevail. Manager Gavin Cullen thought his side were good value for the win …

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Josh Moffett and Keith Moriarty take victory in the Monaghan Stages Rally

Josh Moffett and Keith Moriarty have won the 2024 Ronnie Hawe Monaghan Stages Rally in their Citroën C3. Meanwhile, Sam Moffett and James O’Reilly were 11 seconds off the winners in their Hyundai i20. Eddie Doherty and Tom Murphy finished 3rd to complete the overall top 3. Daniel McKenna from Monaghan won the modified section, …

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Arthur Lynch: “Having a strong squad was key to retaining Premier Division title”

Fanad United are Brian McCormack Sports Premier Division Champions once again as they overcame Swilly Rovers 3-0 at a wind-swept Traigh-a-Loch this afternoon. Arthur Lynch’s side knew they needed just 1 point from this game to secure the title and they stormed out of the blocks. Eoin Logue scored after 5 minutes and two goals …

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Tyrone Ladies lose out to Kildare in Division 2 Final at Croke Park

Kildare Ladies are National League Division 2 Champions for the first time since 2004 after their victory over Tyrone in Croke Park this afternoon. Kildare led 2-4 to 0-6 at half time thanks to goals from Claire Sullivan and Neasa Dooley. The Lilywhites managed to keep their opponents at arm’s reach for the duration of …

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Donegal prevail over Armagh in Ulster LGFA Minor Championship

Donegal’s minor ladies have beaten Armagh 3-12 to 2-10 in today’s Ulster LGFA Minor Championship clash. The game was originally meant to take place in MacCumhaill Park in Ballybofey but was moved to Burt. Meanwhile, in the Ulster LGFA U16 Championship, there was disappointment for Donegal as they lost out to Antrim. Having led 2-3 …

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Barrett hobbles off as Ireland are beaten by France in first EURO ’25 Qualifier

Ireland went down 1-0 to France in Metz last night as Marie Antoinette Katoto tapped home an early 7th minute winner after some sloppy Irish defending. Ireland rarely threatened, though they did at least make the home fans a little nervous with a rally in the last five minutes that saw Caitlin Hayes glance a …

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Donegal begin Ulster Minor campaign with win over Fermanagh

Donegal have beaten Fermanagh 3-13 to 1-04 in this afternoon’s Electric Ireland Ulster Minor Championship first round fixture in Donagh. Paddy Ward hit 2-1 and Conor McCahill notched 1-5 as Barry Ward’s youngsters ran out comfortable winners in rough conditions in Fermanagh. In the other game in Section A, Donegal’s next opponents Tyrone overcame Down …

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Danny Mullan says Derry City are only focused on themselves

Danny Mullen says Derry City aren’t concerned about other results in the SSE Airtricity League Premier Division. The midfielder scored City’s third goal as they ran out comfortable 4-1 winners against Dundalk last night at the Ryan McBride Brandywell. It was a night where the Candy Stripes closed the gap on league leaders Shelbourne as …

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Ruaidhri Higgins “delighted with the night’s work” as Derry beat Dundalk

Derry City defeated Dundalk by 4 goals to 1 in the SSE Airtricity League Premier Division this evening. City boss Ruaidhri Higgins has seen improvement in his side since last Friday’s disappointing loss at home to Galway, as his side took a point from Tolka Park on Monday and built on that to put in …

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Buncrana native William O’Connor ready to take his UCD side to Finn Park

Ex-Finn Harps assistant manager William O’Connor will be in the opposite dug-out on Friday evening at Finn Park as he takes his UCD side to Ballybofey in search of 3 points in the SSE Airtricity League First Division. The Buncrana man is happy with how his team have started the season and, even after a …

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Ruaidhri Higgins looks ahead to tomorrow’s clash with Dundalk

Derry City will welcome Dundalk to the Ryan McBride Brandywell Stadium tomorrow evening (Friday) in the SSE Airtricity League Premier Division. City are currently one of three teams sitting on 12 points behind run-away leaders Shelbourne. Boss Ruaidhri Higgins was happy with his team’s ability to bounce back from last Friday’s disappointing loss to Galway …

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Tomorrow is the last day for submissions on new County Development Plan

Tomorrow is the closing date for submissions on the new County Development Plan, after a number of alterations were made to the original draft. The document also includes area plans for a number of towns in the county. In February, Donegal County Council published a number of Proposed Material Alterations to the Draft County Donegal …

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Funeral of Una, Ciara and Saoirse Bowden told how words do not cover last Tuesday’s events

The funeral mass of Una, Ciara and Saoirse Bowden has heard how words do not cover the events of last Tuesday when a crash claimed the lives of the Donegal woman and her daughters. Funeral mass for the three is ongoing at St Eunan’s Church, Raphoe. Jerseys were brought to the altar to recognise Una …

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Business Matters, Ep 189: Irish Food Awards, broadband survey findings, and business support clinics

In this episode of Business Matters with Chris Ashmore we’ll hear about Blas na hÉireann, The Irish Food Awards, which is the biggest competition for quality Irish produce on the island of Ireland.  Numerous Donegal firms have been successful in the past and many will enter again this year. Chris has been speaking with Fallon …

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GAA – Thompson and McEvoy nominated for Player of the Week; Team of the Week revealed

Donegal’s Ciarán Thompson, Derry’s Eoin McEvoy, and  Westmeath’s Sam McCartan are this week’s nominees for GAA.ie Footballer of the Week. On his 100th senior appearance for Donegal, team captain Ciarán Thompson produced a man of the match display in Sunday’s Allianz Football League Division 2 Final success against Armagh. He scored four points, three of …

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Darren Murphy reacts to Harps’ home win over Bray

Finn Harps are now just 1 point off top spot in the SSE Airtricity League First Division after a 2-0 win over Bray Wanderers at Finn Park this evening. David Cawley and Tony McNamee got the goals for the Ballybofey side. After the game, Highland Radio’s Diarmuid Doherty caught up with Harps’ boss Darren Murphy…

Mickey Harte reflects on “strange day” as Derry pip Dublin to Division 1 title

  Derry and Dublin needed penalties to decide the Allianz National Football League Division 1 Champions this evening in Croke Park. The game finished 2-21 to 3-18 after extra time and it was Derry who emerged victorious after goalkeeper Odhran Lynch saved 2 spot-kicks. Derry manager Mickey Harte was happy to get over the line …

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