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Brian McLaughlin enjoying the season with the Donegal Masters as they prepare for final against Tyrone

Donegal will play Tyrone in the All Ireland Masters final in two weeks time. The Tir Chonaill men reached the decider after they beat Sligo 1-13 to 1-11 on Saturday afternoon. It was the second time the game had to be played as the sides finished level after extra time last week before the bad

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Anthony Boyle left feeling disappointed after Downings’ lost to Naomh Conaill

Downings suffered their second defeat of the Donegal Senior Football Championship after losing out by two points to Naomh Conaill on Sunday afternoon. 0-18 to 2-10 was how it finished. St Nauls is the next team that Downing face and a win there could put them in contention to reach the knockout stages After the

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Donegal Junior League Results 31/08/2025

Donegal Area Curragh Athletic 0-4 St Catherines Cappry Rovers 7-1 Dunkineely Celtic Drumkeen Utd 1-6 Donegal Town Ballybofey Utd 2-0 Letterbarrow Celtic Lifford Area Castlefin Celtic 4-1 Convoy Arsenal Drumoghill FC 2-2 Raphoe Town (Drumoghill win on Penalties) Kildrum Tigers 5-3 Lifford Celtic Gweedore Area Dunfanaghy Youths 1-10 Gweedore Celtic Kilmacrennan Celtic 5-1 Gweedore United

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Josh Cronolly McGee “couldn’t be any happier” with Setanta’s Donegal Senior Hurling Championship title win

Setanta claimed their 19th Donegal Senior Hurling Championship title after a 2-12 to 0-13 win over St Eunans in O’Donnell Park. In a tight encounter, Setanta finished the game the stronger with Josh Cronolly McGee coming to the fore in the final 10 minutes. He scored 2-01 in the closing stages to help his side

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Mickey McCann “fairly happy with the way things are going” as he commits to Donegal Hurling for another year

Mickey McCann will remain in charge of the Donegal hurlers for the year 2026. Donegal retained their Christy Ring status and were competitive in Division 2 this year. The Donegal manager Mickey McCann told Oisin Kelly he is fairly happy with the way things are going at the minute for Donegal hurling…  

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St Eunans claim Donegal Intermediate Hurling Championship after victory over Dungloe

St Eunans are Donegal Intermediate Hurling champions after they beat Dungloe 0-13 to 0-06. Dungloe started the brightest and led by 0-03 to no score but after that the Cathedral town side proved too strong and went on to win with ease. The title is St Eunans first for their intermediate side. Oisin Kelly and

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Donal Farrelly “very happy” as Letterkenny Gaels create history in Donegal Junior Hurling Championship final

Letterkenny Gaels created history on Saturday afternoon in O’Donnnell Park in the Donegal Junior Hurling final. Gaels beat Burt 3-18 to 0-05 to win the title. Which is the first time the club claimed silverware in the senior ranks of hurling. Letterkenny Gaels captain and Man of the Match, Donal Farrelly told Damien Dowds he

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Donegal Duo Medal at European Surf Lifesaving Championships in Poland

Donegal athletes Ellie Martin from Letterkenny and Alan Vaughan from Ballyshannon have made a strong start at the European Surf Lifesaving Championships in Poland, bringing home medals for Ireland on the opening day of beach events. The pair are competing as part of the Irish national team, led by coaches Paddy Bond (Ramelton) and Shaun

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Bannon braced gives Derry a point – Alex Bannon and Tiernan Lynch Reaction

A second-half fightback helped Derry City maintain their grasp on third place in the SSE Airtricity Men’s Premier Division on Friday night. Full back Alex Bannon scored a brace, as the Candystripes earned a 2-all draw at home to St Pats. Tiernan Lynch said the sides character was once again tested: Alex Bannon who joined

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Para-cycling: Gold for Katie George Dunlevy at World Championships

Katie-George Dunlevy and Linda Kelly have successfully defended their title in the time-trial at the World Para-Cycling Championships. The Paralympic gold medallists finished 30 seconds ahead of Britain in placing first in the race in Belgium. Katie-George Dunlevy, whose father John hails from Mountcharles, will aim to make it a gold medal double in the

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Sunday’s game between Galway United and Shelbourne postponed following the passing of Ollie Horgan

The League of Ireland have confirmed the SSE Airtricity Premier Division fixture between Shelbourne and Galway United, scheduled for this Sunday at 5pm, has been postponed following a request from Galway United and to respect funeral arrangements organised after the sad passing of Ollie Horgan. The game will now be played on Sunday, 7th September

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Lifford Greyhound Stadium to Join RCÉ Racing Model from This Weekend

Rásaíocht Con Éireann (RCÉ) today confirmed that from this weekend, Lifford Greyhound Stadium will return to its original racing model as a privately operated track, under the remit of RCÉ. Lifford will stage its first race meeting under this new structure on Saturday. As part of this development, Lifford will also integrate into the RCÉ

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Donegal Senior & Intermediate Hurling Final Preview with St. Eunan’s, Setanta and Dungloe camps

It’s a big week on the hurling calendar here in Donegal with all three county finals taking place on Saturday afternoon at O’Donnell Park in Letterkenny. First up, at 1pm, is the meeting of Burt and Letterkenny Gaels in the Junior Final. Then, at 3 o clock, the Intermediate Final will take place between Dungloe

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“A man of great integrity and resolve” – Finn Harps’ touching tribute to Ollie Horgan

Finn Harps have released a statement following the death of former manager Ollie Horgan: The club posted the following tribute on social media: “Everyone associated with Finn Harps is deeply saddened by the passing of former manager Ollie Horgan. Ollie arrived at Finn Park in 2013 and over the course of nearly a decade left

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Alec McDonald looks ahead to new Ulster Rugby Championship 2 season

Letterkenny, City Of Derry and Limavady will all compete in the Ulster Championship 2 this season which makes for some interesting ties in the coming weeks as the new campaign gets underway. It all kicks off this Saturday as City of Derry play Ards, Limavady face Grosvenor and Letterkenny go to Monaghan. Highland’s Athletics Correspondent

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Seamus Coleman on captaining Everton at Hill Dickinson Stadium for the first time: “It was very special”

Seamus Coleman played the full game as Everton defeated Mansfield Town 2-0 in the EFL Cup last night. It was the Killybegs man’s first time captaining the club at the new Hill Dickinson Stadium after struggling with injury in recent times. Coleman told club media it was very special to walk out wearing the armband

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Business Matters, Ep 259 – On-shore and off-shore prospects: Justin Moran of Wind Energy Ireland

In this week’s programme Chris Ashmore looks at the wind energy sector, the potential, and the challenges. He speaks with Justin Moran, Director of External Affairs with the Wind Energy Ireland as they discuss the opportunities that are arising for more off-shore development, and also the spin-off in terms of employment.

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Donegal Half-Marathon organisers praise community spirit after another hugely successful event

The organisers of last Sunday’s Donegal Half Marathon have expressed their thanks to the volunteers and organisations who assisted with the staging of the race. The event attracted an entry of almost 1400, with over 1100 crossing the finish line. “Never in our wildest dreams did we anticipate such a big entry this year, so

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Just over one week left for people to have say on emerging route for Three Trees to Carndonagh Greenway

There’s just over one week left for people to have their say on the emerging preferred route corridor for the Three Trees to Carndonagh Greenway Project. The project aims to provide an attractive trail between the townland of Three Trees to the east of Inishowen and the town of Carndonagh, to be used mainly for

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