In the Waterside Half Marathon there was a record field of over 3,000 runners with Stephen McAuley of Lettetrkenny AC winning the event in 1 hour 8 mins and 46 seconds, ahead of club-mate Danny Mooney with John Joe Doherty of Finn Valley AC in third. Strabane’s Claire McGuigan won the women’s title in […]
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A 12 foot putt on the 18th hole by Ryan Kearney enabled Buncrana to become the Donegal Youth Golf winners. The match ended all square, however on the count back of holes Buncrana Golf Club defeated a gallant Letterkenny Golf Club by 2 holes to win the Donegal Youth Golf Championship 2025. Letterkenny Golf Club
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In the Ulster Cup, it was a memorable day for Letterkenny Golf Club as they won the final, four and a half to three and a half, against Killymoon in the final at Roe Park. Mark P. McNulty, Darraghy Heaney, Tommy Dempsey and club captain Declan Burke won their matches while Keith Shields halved his.
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Fermanagh’s Jon Armstrong, with co-driver Shane Byrne, who is from Bruckless, produced an impressive drive across 12 challenging Welsh asphalt stages, to win a first ever FIA European Rally Championship event. They won the Rally Ceredigion by 29.9 seconds ahead in teir M-Sport Ford Fiesta Rally 2 ahead of Romet Jurgesnon with championship leader Miko
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The quarter-finalists of the Donegal Intermediate Football Championship have all been confirmed after this afternoon’s action. Naomh Columba defeated Naomh Mhuire Lower Rosses by 2-15 to 0-09 to make it four wins from four and top the group. Red Hughs were 4-20 to 0-11 winners over Na Rossa which means the Killygordon side finished 2nd.
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Kevin Gallagher set a time of 43.25 seconds to claim the overall win in the annual Danny Gormley Knockalla Hillclimb this afternoon. Shane Bell finished 2nd, while Ollie Benton was third overall. With more, here’s Deputy Clerk of the Course Johnny Laird…
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Four Masters led for large parts but Dungloe snatched a late draw to progress to the last eight of the Donegal SFC Championship at Rosses Park this afternoon. It finished 0-16 to 1-13, with the draw enough for Dungloe to finish 2nd in the overall standings. After the game, Four Masters boss Barry Dunnion told
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St. Michael’s had a fantastic 2-18 to 1-17 victory over Naomh Conaill to progress to the quarter finals of the Donegal Senior Football Championship this afternoon. Pauric Hilferty spoke to St. Michael’s Carlos O’Reilly after the game and he said Glenties is a tough place to go and get a win…
Carlos O’Reilly: “Victories in Glenties are few and far between” Read More »
Kilcar defeated Glenswilly 4-20 to 1-10 to make it through to the quarter-finals of the Donegal Senior Football Championship in Towney this afternoon. Kilcar’s Ryan McHugh, Man Of The Match today, spoke to Peter Campbell at full time…
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Brian McCormick Cup Results – Sunday 07/09/25 Glenea United 0 vs 5 Kilmacrennan Celtic Castlefin Celtic 0 vs 4 Kildrum Tigers Donegal Town 5 vs 2 Cappry Rovers Fanad United 0 vs 2 Bonagee United Letterkenny Rovers 8 vs 0 Swilly Rovers St Catherines FC 1 vs 0 Ballybofey United
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Gaoth Dobhair have top the group and progressed to the last eight of the Michael Murphy Sports & Leisure Donegal Senior Football Championship after a 0-15 to 2-07 win over Sean MacCumhaills this afternoon. Boss Ronan MacNiallais said it was great to have an extra week to prepare for the next game…
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Rhys Irwin won both races at Donnington to re-take the lead in the British Supersport Championship this weekend. Irwin now leads by 3 points ahead of Ben Currie at the top of the standings with races at Assen, Oulton Park and Brands Hatch to come in the next few weeks to decide the 2025 champion.
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After today’s results in the Donegal Senior Football Championship, Gaoth Dobhair, Dungloe, Kilcar and St. Michael’s have all progressed to the last eight. In the preliminary quarter-finals next weekend, it will be: St. Eunan’s v Termon Sean MacCumhaills v Downings Four Masters v Glenswilly Naomh Conaill v Killybegs Thoses fixtures will be confirmed by Donegal
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Gaoth Dobhair’s 0-15 to 2-07 win over Sean MacCumhaills means they have topped the league table in the Donegal Senior Football Championship with four wins from four games and go straight into the last eight. Dungloe snatched a draw against Four Masters to maintain their unbeaten record and go through to the quarter-finals in 2nd
Enniskillen native Jon Armstrong and co-pilot from Bruckless Shane Byrne have won Rally Ceredigion in their Ford Fiesta Mk 2 this afternoon. The duo finished ahead of Estonian driver Romet Jurgenson by 29.2 seconds. Miko Markich of Poland finished 3rd, a further 14.5 seconds back on the winners. Willian Creighton, who leads the British Rally
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Finn Valley AC’s Mark English won the Men’s 800m at World Athletics Continental Tour Gold Level Meet in China. English kicked late to win in 1:44.67 at the Bird’s Nest Stadium in Beijing, finishing ahead of Spain’s Pablo Sanchez (1:44.79) and Wyclife Kinyamal from Kenya (1:44.86). Patsy McGonigle has more on that story plus the
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It was the penultimate weekend of action in the North West Premier League. Section 1: Brigade came out on top against Strabane, winning by DLS. Brigade had posted 174 for 9, and Strabane were left stranded on 49 when the weather intervened The big clash between second-placed Donemana and Coleraine didn’t get finished – the
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Killybegs defeated Aodh Ruadh Ballyshannon 4-14 to 3-12 in the Michael Murphy Sports Senior Football Championship last night. Donegal star Hugh McFadden hit 2-04 for the Fishermen as the result now leaves them on six points in the league standings. After the game, McFadden spoke to Martin McHugh and was delighted with the win…
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Voodoo Cup Results – Saturday 06/09/25 St Catherines FC 1 vs 0 Cappry Rovers Arranmore United 0 vs 1 Keadue Rovers Drumbar FC 1 vs 0 Copany Rovers Fanad United 1 vs 2 Glencar Celtic Lagan Harps 4 vs 0 Castlefin Celtic Letterkenny Rovers 5 vs 6 Oldtown Celtic Strand Rovers 7 vs 0 Dunlewey
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St. Eunan’s defeated Termon 3-12 to 1-15 in last night’s thrilling Round 4 Donegal Senior Championship encounter at the Burn Road. It was a thrilling contest played in blustery conditions in front of a large crowd and filled with traditional championship spirit. Termon led 1-12 to 3-04 at the break but will feel they should
Glenfin defeated Ardara 5-17 to 2-16 in their Donegal Senior Football Championship Round 4 encounter yesterday evening. Although Glenfin almost squeezed into the preliminary quarter-finals, the big win wasn’t quite enough to pip Termon to 8th spot in the league standings and therefore Frank McGlynn’s side will contest the relegation play-offs along with St. Naul’s,
After Saturday night’s Round 4 fixtures in the Donegal Senior Football Championship, it has been confirmed that Glenfin, St. Naul’s, Ardara and Aodh Ruadh Ballyshannon will contest the relegation play-offs in a bid to secure their status in the senior ranks for next season. Today, Dungloe take on Four Masters, Naomh Conaill play St. Michael’s,
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Donegal Senior Football Championship Results – Saturday 06/09/25 St Nauls 0-17 – 0-16 Downings Glenfin 5-17 – 2-16 Ardara Aodh Ruadh BS 3-12 – 4-14 Killybegs Termon 1-15 – 3-12 St Eunans The result’s have determined the bottom four placings and relegation play offs after the group stage. Glenfin (13th) will face Aodh Rua Ballyshannon
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Institute have beaten Warrenpoint by a goal to nil in the NIFL Championship at the Ryan McBride Brandywell this afternoon. Evan Tweed hit the winner with seven minutes of normal time remaining to give ‘Stute their 2nd win of the season. Peter Hutton’s side now sit 6th in the table after 5 games played. In
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Limavady have made it two wins from their opening two games in Ulster Championship 2 after a 20-8 victory over North-West rivals City Of Derry this afternoon. City Of Derry led 3-0 at half-time but the home side out-scored the visitors 3 tries to 1 in the second period to run out comfortable winners. Alec
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Matthew McCole has been beaten in the last 32 of the World Boxing Championships by the narrowest of margins in Liverpool this afternoon. The Dungloe native and Illies Golden Gloves fighter lost to Filipino fighter Ronald Chavez on a 3-2 split on the judges scorecards and has exited the competition. McCole qualified for the tournament
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After 85 minutes of action at Bishopsgate this evening, Finn Harps were on course to beat Longford Town and land themselves in the promotion play-off spots as Treaty were being held scoreless by UCD. Unfortunately, that wasn’t how the evening finished – Longford found an equaliser on 86 minutes and Treaty scored deep, deep into
“We’re disappointed we didn’t hold on, but it’s a tough place to come” – Kevin McHugh Read More »
Finn Harps and Longford Town have played out a 1-1 draw in the SSE Airtricity League First Division at Bishopsgate this evening. It was scoreless at half time after an entertaining end to the opening period saw the woodwork hit three times but neither side managed to get the breakthrough. The ever-impressive Hans Mpongo looked
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The annual Danny Gormley Knockalla Hill Climb will take place this weekend. Last year’s event was won by Conor Harvey as he pipped local man Kevin Gallagher by just 0.5 seconds in a battle of the Darrians. Brian Gibbons, one of the event organisers, spoke to Highland’s Oisin Kelly to look ahead to this weekend’s
The 2025 Donegal Youth Golf Finals will take place at Ballybofey and Stranorlar Golf Club this Sunday starting at 2pm. Letterkenny G.C. will be hoping to defend their title against Buncrana G.C. in a repeat of last year’s final. Letterkenny defeated Dunfanaghy in their quarter-final and came through a very close encounter with Ballyliffin in
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Things are heating up in the Michael Murphy Sports Donegal Club Championships. This weekend sees Round 4 of the Senior & Intermediate competitions taking place with some important games across both Saturday and Sunday. Ryan Ferry, Sports Editor at the Donegal News, spoke to Highland’s Mark Gallagher on last night’s “The Score” programme to talk
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Finn Harps are back in action in the SSE Airtricity League First Division on Friday night. Kevin McHugh’s side travel to Bishopsgate to face Longford Town on the cusp of breaking into the promotion play-off spots. A win over Treaty United last week put Harps just one point off the play-offs as they have won
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On The Score this week, we look ahead to Finn Harps’ game on Friday away to Longford Town and get a preview of Ireland’s first World Cup Qualifier against Hungary with Joe Boyle. The Danny Gormley Knockalla Hillclimb is on this week – we speak with one of the event organisers Brian Gibbons. Plus, Donegal
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The World Amatuer Championships starts today in Liverpool. Donegal’s Matthew McCole who is making his first appearance at the world’s will opens his account on Saturday. There are 41 boxers in the M70kg category and it is the 2nd largest in the competition. Following yesterday evenings draw, Matthew has been given a bye to the
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A bumper field of almost 4000 runners are putting the finishing touches to their preparations for what will be the biggest ever Waterside Half Marathon this Sunday. Demand for places in the 42nd edition of the event has been at an all time high and the event fully sold out four months ago. Festival and
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Finn Harps FC have confirmed that goalkeeper Oisín Cooney has completed a move to English Premier League side Burnley FC. The deal, which does not involve an upfront transfer fee, includes a series of performance-related clauses linked to first-team appearances, along with a future sell-on percentage. Cooney is a graduate of the Finn Harps Academy,
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On Business Matters this week, Chris Ashmore speaks with Kilcar native Rory Gallagher, singer, songwriter and business man, who now lives in the Canary Islands. His business journey has certainly seen plenty of twists and turns, from his days with the Revs and touring Europe and Australia to gigging and then setting up a bar
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Finn Valley AC athletes Sinead McConnell and Noreen Bonner were honoured by the Irish Master Athletics Association at the weekend. Noreen was recognised for her part in two new world records while Sinead was awarded the Walks Athlete of the Year. Noreen was part of an Irish team that clocked two new World W65 records
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Finn Harps have confirmed the departure Kevin Jordan. The defender has left Finn Park for Strabane Athletic who play at Intermediate level in the Northern Ireland League. Jordan first arrived at the Finn Harps Academy in 2022 from Buncrana Hearts. After an impressive season with the U19s he was promoted into the senior team in
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Greyhound Racing Ireland’s takeover of Lifford Greyhound Stadium has been described as a ‘face-saving’ exercise. As of last weekend, the stadium now operates under Greyhound Racing Ireland. It was announced last week that Lifford Greyhound Stadium will return to its original racing model as a privately operated track, under the remit of Greyhound Racing Ireland.
Derry City striker Sean Patton has joined League One club Reading on a permanent deal. The 19 year old from Drumkeen spent some time on loan at Finn Harps last season and made 10 appearances for Derry City in this campaign. He was on the bench for Friday night’s 2-2 draw with St Pat’s before
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An information event is taking place in Derry this week to disucss the regeneration of the historic Boomhall site. The masterplan for the site was presented to Derry City and Strabane District Council’s Environment and Regeneration Committee in June. Boomhall in Derry is a designated Historic Park, Garden and Demesne and includes the derelict remains
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This week on the DL Debate, Brendan Devenney recaps the Donegal Hurling Finals with Niall Cleary & Colm Breathnach while Brendan also takes a look at key round four games in the Donegal senior football championship. The DL Debate in association with Sara’s Kitchen at Sister Sara’s Letterkenny:
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Motorsport action returns to the northwest with the Donegal Forestry Rally, taking place on Saturday, 8th November. The event promises a thrilling day of competition with 64 competitive kilometres spread across five fast-flowing stages, all reported to be in fabulous condition. Proudly sponsored by McCafferty Bars, Donegal Town, the rally has already attracted strong interest
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The funeral of former Finn Harps Manager Ollie Horgan took place in Galway this afternoon. Hundreds of mourners, not along from Donegal and Galway, but from all over the country turned out to say farewell to one of the best known characters in footballing circles. Letterkenny’s Fr Ciaran Harkin delivered today’s Requiem Mass at the
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There’s been a huge jump in the number of electric vehicles registered in Donegal this year. According to the Society of the Irish Motor Industry, so far this year, 320 electric cars were registered in the county, up 72% when compared to the same period last year. Meanwhile, the total number of new car registrations
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Gardai in Donegal are urging road users to be mindful as hedge cutting season commences. As of today, farmers and landowners are permitted to resume hedge cutting. Motorists are urged to drive with care and remain alert when travelling particularly on country roads as they say there is likely to be a visible increase in
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Gavin Dykes has paid tribute to Ollie Horgan. The former Finn Harps and Fanad United manager passed away on Thursday after a short illness. Dykes worked alongside Ollie as his assistant manager at Finn Harps in 2022. On Sunday Sport Gavin Dykes spoke with Ciaran Cannon and paid tribute to his friend of 27 years…
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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
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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