Callum Devine and Noel O’Sullivan clinched the Irish Tarmac Championship with a win in the Ulster Rally on Saturday evening. The three-in-a-row Donegal International Rally winners are in top spot ahead of Donegal driver David Kelly with just one event to go in the championship and cannot be caught at the top of the leaderboard. […]
Derry City’s up-and-down season continued last Friday evening as the Candy Stripes were knocked out of the FAI Cup on penalties by holders Drogheda United. The LOI Premier Division is once again the focus for Tiernan Lynch’s side this week, with attention turning to securing European football for next year as Derry’s league form hasn’t
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It’s a big night for League of Ireland clubs in Europe, with both Shamrock Rovers and Shelbourne in action in the Conference League play-off round. Shelbourne are at home to Irish Premiership side Linfield at Tolka Park. Burt native Mark Coyle is the Shels captain and he says he wants their European journey to continue…
In this week’s Business Matters, Chris Ashmore has been speaking with Galway-based Joanne Sweeney about her new book which is called “AI Playbook – The strategic guide to AI for Marketing and Communications”. Joanne, who is from Downings, is well known to many of our listeners, having work in the Highland Radio newsroom for a
Letterkenny has been named the cheapest town for students in Ireland, as it has been in 2023 and 2024. According to Switcher.ie’s 2025 Student Cost of Living Guide, rent would set back a student €453 per month, an increase of 21% over the past two years. While Letterkenny is the most reasonable town for students,
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Two men and a woman were sentenced for drug-related offences at Derry Crown Court this week. The PSNI have appealed to members of the public to help police tackle the scourge of drugs and to bring forward any concerns. 60 year old John Arthur Kerr, 50 year old Donna Louise Kerr, and 25 year old
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On this weeks DL Debate Brendan looks back on the Club Championship action with Pauric Hilferty,Oweny Mc Garvey and Donegal legend Rory Kavanagh. The DL Debate in association with Sara’s Kitchen at Sister Sara’s Letterkenny:
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Fermanagh are on the look out for a new head coach following the news that Kieran Donnelly has announced that he is standing down from the position. He had been in charge of the Erne county since 2021, and back in June they reached the semi-finals of the Tailteann Cup losing out to the eventual
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Nurses are highlighting overcrowding issues at hospitals in the west and north-west. More than a third of patients on trolleys or other inappropriate settings across the state this morning were at facilities in Donegal, Mayo, Sligo and Galway. Figures from the INMO showed 36 admitted patients awaiting beds at Letterkenny University Hospital, 51 at Sligo
The draw has been made for the round 2A and round 2B games of the Derry Senior Football Championship, as seen here. The teams in Round 2A were victorious in Round 1 and the winners of Round 2A will go straight into the quarter-finals while the losers will meet the winners of Round 2B to
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The draw for Round 3 of the Donegal Senior Football Championship took place yesterday evening and the fixtures for next weekend have been confirmed. Next Saturday, August 23rd, Killybegs will face Kilcar in a south-west derby at 5 pm while at 7.30 pm Ardara will host MacCumhaill’s. Then on Sunday, Glenswilly meet Dungloe at 1pm,
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Letterkenny AC’s Ciaran McGonagle won all four marathons in the Extreme North Quadrathon run over four successive days. It was a considerable achievement, not least when one considers the very challenging and hilly terrain in Inishowen. He was first in all four events, the Kinnego Marathon, Malin Head Marathon, Mamore Marathon and Muff Marathon –
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Josh Moffett and Keith Moriarty have taken the overall win in today’s ALMC Rally in their Skoda Fabia. The pair finished just 5.5 seconds ahead of Eddie Doherty and Tom Murphy in second. Declan Boyle and Patrick Walsh were the highest-finishing Donegal crew as they came in third spot, a further 5.2 seconds back on
The draw for Round 3 of the Donegal Senior Football Championship took place this evening. The third round pairings are: Four Masters v Glenfin St Michaels v Termon Ardara v Sean MacCumhaills Gaoth Dobhair v Aodh Ruadh Ballyshannon St. Eunan’s v St. Naul’s Killybegs v Kilcar Downings v Naomh Conaill Glenswilly v Dungloe All Round
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Termon defeated Four Masters 0-20 to 3-07 to get their first win of this season’s Donegal Senior Football Championship. After the game, Termon boss Caolan McDaid told Oisin Kelly he was “very pleased” with the response after last week’s defeat to Killybegs…
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After last week’s disappointing opening day defeat to Killybegs, Termon announced their arrival in this year’s Donegal SFC with an impressive 0-20 to 3-07 win over Four Masters at the Burn Road this afternoon. The home side were 0-14 to 2-04 up at the break and were relatively comfortable winners in the end up. Oisin
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Glenswilly and Sean MacCumhaills played out a 2-15 to 1-18 draw in Round 2 of the Donegal Senior Football Championship in Convoy this afternoon. The Glen men were nine points down at half-time but roared back into the game in the second period to maintain their unbeaten start. Having beaten Naomh Conaill last week, Glenswilly
Glenswilly came from being 9 points down at half-time to grab a draw in their Donegal SFC meeting with Sean MacCumhaills in Convoy this afternoon. Diarmuid Doherty and Maureen O’Donnell were live for Highland Radio Sunday Sport at full time…
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Dylan Browne McMonagle brought up a remarkable across-the-card five-timer when “Tounsivator” took the honours by three-quarters of a length in the Perennial Freight Handicap at Tramore yesterday. The even-money favourite, who was last seen finishing fourth in the Grade 3 Galway Hurdle for Willie Mullins, was having just his second race on the Flat in
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St. Naul’s were beaten 0-19 to 0-12 by Gaoth Dobhair in last night’s Donegal SFC clash in Mountcharles. The home side were 10-points down at the break after a stunning opening half from Gaoth Dobhair. It’s now two defeats in two for St. Naul’s as they were defeated by Four Masters in Round 1 last
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Naomh Conaill were on the brink of a second defeat in the Donegal Senior Championship last night only for Dermot “Brick” Molloy and Eoghan McGettigan to turn things around in the dying seconds at Davy Brennan Memorial Park. Ardara had led by two points in injury time but Molloy fired over a two-pointer to level
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St. Eunan’s bounced back from an opening day defeat to Kilcar with a comprehensive 2-21 to 1-13 senior championship win over Aodh Ruadh in Ballyshannon yesterday evening. After a slow start which saw Aodh Ruadh race into a 6-point lead, the defending champions came back to lead 2-09 to 1-04 at the break thanks to
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Gaoth Dobhair have won their opening two games of this year’s Donegal Senior Football Championship as they defeated St. Nauls 0-19 – 0-11 in Mountcharles last night. The away side were 10-points up at half-time after a blistering opening period. Highland’s Brendan Devenney spoke to winning manager Ronan MacNiallais after the win… Here’s Man
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North-West Premier League – 16/08/25 In Section One, Newbuildings got the better of Ardmore — they chased down 137 to win by 5 wickets. Coleraine were dominant against Eglinton, racking up 317 for 2 and cruising to victory by 170 runs. Strabane edged a tight contest, sneaking past Bready by just a single run with
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Drogheda United knocked Derry City out of the FAI Senior Cup at the Ryan McBride Brandywell last night. The defending champions and Derry were level 1-1 after 120 minutes. There were no goals in extra time as a stunning Michael Duffy effort for the Candy Stripes had cancelled out an early opener from Andrew
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Three-in-a-row Donegal International Rally winners Callum Devine and Noel O’Sullivan have clinched the 2025 Irish Tarmac Championship by winning the Ulster Rally in County Down this afternoon. The Derry-Kerry duo finished 21.4 seconds ahead of Osian Pryce and Andy Hayes after today’s action in Newry. Donegal’s Declan Boyle was third while Kevin Eves finished fourth.
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The FAI has confirmed a strategic change to its competitions calendar, which will see its major amateur and youth men’s cup competitions transition from a winter season to an aligned calendar season. This move will bring the schedules of the men’s national competitions, such as the FAI Intermediate Cup and FAI Junior Cup, in line
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Finn Harps will be in the hat for the quarter final draw of the FAI Cup following Friday’s 3-1 win over Bray Wanderers. Cian Curtis put Bray 0-1 up on eight minutes but by half time Harps were 3-1 to the good. Man of the Match Josh Cullen, Max Hutchison and a penalty from Mpongo had
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Finn Harps booked their place in the quarter final draw of the FAI Cup on Friday evening. The Ballybofey side beat ten men Bray Wanderers 3-1 to advance to the last eight. Diarmaid Doherty was on duty for Highland Radio Sport at Finn Park:
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The 2025 Donegal Half-Marathon will take place next Sunday the 24th of August at 9:20am. Race Director Brendan “Herbie” McDaid spoke to Highland’s Mark Gallagher on “The Score” this week to look ahead to the race…
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The Mayor of Derry City and Strabane District Council, Councillor Ruairí McHugh, has hosted a civic reception to recognise Daryl Gurney’s recent success in winning the World Cup of Darts. Gurney and team mate Josh Rock claimed the title for Northern Ireland with a thrilling 10-9 win over Wales in the final in Germany. The
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The League Of Ireland takes a back-seat this weekend with the last-16 ties in the FAI Cup taking centre stage. Finn Harps play Bray Wanderers at Finn Park tomorrow night (Friday), while Derry City face holder Drogheda United in a repeat of last year’s final. Former Harps manager Anthony Gorman joined Mark Gallagher on “The
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Conor O’Donnell has been nominated for the GAA Footballer Of The Month for July. The Carndonagh clubman was fantastic in Donegal’s All-Ireland Semi-Final win over Meath as he netted the third goal in the 20-point win at Croke Park. O’Donnell also had a good game in the final against Kerry. The Kingdom’s David Clifford and
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In this week’s programme Chris Ashmore has been finding out more about the Wild Fuschia Bakehouse in Dunfananghy which has won a string of awards and which announced recently that its Irish Scone Mix has been one of the products selected for this year’s Grow With ALdi initiative which champions emerging Irish food producers, giving
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Mark English has set yet another new Irish 800m record. The Finn Valley man set the new mark of 1:43.37 in Budapest this afternoon. Patsy McGonagle has the details…. He's done it again!!! 🤯🔥 Mark English (Finn Valley AC) obliterates his own Irish record over 800m clocking 1:43.37 to finish second at the World Athletics
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There are a rising number of rental scams being targeted at students, according to Gardai. They say signs to look out for include foreign bank accounts, urgency around the room offers, and if they don’t let people view them in advance. L.Sage Alloway is a final year PhD student in the University of Galway. She’s
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It was a case of a north-west one-two at the Jim Walsh Cork Forest Rally over the weekend. Omagh’s Cathan McCourt and Fermanagh navigator Barry McNulty won by 1.8 seconds in their Skoda Fabia RS Rally 2, ahead of Strabane’s Jason Mitchell and Donegal Town’s Paddy McCrudden in a similar car. It’s been a good
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Michael Murphy Sports Donegal Senior Football Championship St Michael’s 1-13 – 0-18 SeanMacCumhaills Gaoth Dobhair 1-13 – 1-11 Glenfin St Eunans 0-13 – 0-16 Kilcar Ardara 3-12 – 1-15 Aodh Rua Ballyshannon Intermediate Football Championship Bundoran 1-11 – 1-12 N Padraig Uisce Chaoin Burt 1-18 – 2-13 Fanad Gaels Malin V Buncrana (19:30)
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Kilcar have started their 2025 Donegal Senior Football Championship with a 0-16 to 0-13 win over defending champions St. Eunan’s at O’Donnell Park this afternoon. Mark Sweeney, the Kilcar manager, said any day you get a win in Letterkenny is a good day. Sweeney spoke to Oisin Kelly after the game…
St. Eunan’s manager Barry Meehan says today’s defeat to Kilcar was “a wake up call” as the defending champions opened their 2025 Donegal Senior Championship campaign with a three-point home defeat. The Letterkenny side were without a plethora of regular first-teamers and Patrick McBrearty was on good form for the Towney men. Meehan spoke to
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Kilcar have beaten reigning champions St. Eunan’s 0-16 to 0-13 in the opening round of the Donegal Senior Football Championship at O’Donnell Park this afternoon. Oisin Kelly and Brendan Devenney were live at full time in Letterkenny…
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Gaoth Dobhair survived a late fight-back from Glenfin in the first round of the Donegal Senior Football Championship this afternoon. In the end it finished 1-13 to 1-11 in favour of the Magheragallon outfit and their manager Ronan MacNiallis was delighted to start the campaign with a win when he spoke to Ryan Ferry…
William Creighton and Liam Regan have taken the overall win in the Grampian Forest Rally in Scotland. This year’s rally will go down as one of the most memorable editions in the event’s history as glorious weather, a bumper turnout, and a fiercely competitive field combined to produce a spectacular weekend of action in the
Gaoth Dobhair have beaten Glenfin 1-13 to 1-11 in the opening round of the Donegal Senior Football Championship in Magheragallon this afternoon. Ryan Ferry of the Donegal News has the full time report for Highland Radio Sport…
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Carlos O’Reilly’s late goal for St. Michaels wasn’t enough as they lost out by two points to Sean MacCumhaills in Dunfanaghy this afternoon. The away side led by 10 points at half time and did enough to see the game out in the second period. After the game, goal-scorer O’Reilly told Chris Ashmore MacCumhaills deserved
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Sean MacCumhaills held off a late flurry of scores from St. Michaels at The Bridge to win their opening game in the Donegal Senior Championship this afternoon. The home side looked dead and buried heading into the closing stages but two two-pointers and a goal from Carlos O’Reilly put them right back in the game.
Rory Devlin was crowned overall winner of the 2025 Donegal Ultra 555 Cycling Race after a gruelling day racing around the roads of the county yesterday. Ryan Hunter was first home in the 222km event, while Darren McGlinchey took victory in the 333km event. With a wrap up of the action, here’s race organiser Michael
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