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Donegal GAA have confirmed the departure of three members of it’s backroom team ahead of the 2026 season while the Donegal Chairperson Mary Coughlan has also said their is much optimism ahead of the 2026 campaign following the end of year review with Donegal senior manager Jim McGuinness. County official’s expressed their gratitude to Luke […]

Derry City have beaten Bohemians 4-3 in the SSE Airtricity League Premier Division at Dalymount Park this evening. Bohs went ahead early on thanks to a Douglas James-Taylor penalty on 9 minutes but Derry hit back and were 2-1 up at the break as Michael Duffy and Adam O’Reilly found the net. The goals continued

Undefeated Irish middleweight boxer Connor “The Kid” Coyle (21-0, 9 KOs) has stated that he has not used performance enhancing drugs throughout his 17-year boxing career, which includes more than 200 amateur matches and 21 professional bouts. Team Coyle strongly disputed the accuracy of the testing process and maintains serious concerns about procedural irregularities that

Due to heavy rainfall and the forecast for more, Donegal CCC has taken the decision to postpone this evening’s Michael Murphy Sports Senior C Championship Semi-Finals. Sean MacCumhaills were scheduled to play Four Masters while Naomh Conaill were down to play St. Eunan’s. Details of the rescheduled fixtures are to be confirmed.

Lettekenny have progressed to the next stage of the Ulster Junior Shield. They were due to play Grosvenor on Saturday at the Dave Gallaher Grounds but the Belfast side have pulled out of the fixture. The result has been awarded to Letterkenny who go onto Round 2.

Donegal’s Oisin Orr had a 40/1 double in Newcastle on Thursday. He had victories on Timeless Charm at 8/1 for trainer Kevin Phillipart de Foy and Ziggy’s Angel at 7/2 for trainer Richard Fahey. Orr has accumulated 53 wins for this years GB Flat season. Meanwhile, Dylan Brown McMonagle also had a winner on board

Former Derry City manager Ruairdhri Higgins, who is now in the Coleraine hot-seat, has severely criticised an announcement regarding stadia funding in Northern Ireland. Some 38 clubs applied to the Northern Ireland Football Fund, but nothing was granted to Derry City, Institute, Limavady United or Coleraine. “Geographically, for me, the north west has been shafted

Jim McGuinness is set to meet with Donegal Chairperson Mary Coughlan over the next few days to review the 2025 campaign which ended in an appearance in the All Ireland Final and to discuss the plans ahead for the 2026 season. There will be a change at coaching level within the senior ranks, as Luke

Declan Bonner is understood to be in contention to become the new manager of the Fermanagh senior footballers. The former Donegal manager, who won an All-Ireland as a player in 1992, is currently in charge of Erne Gaels and guided the Belleek club to a first Fermanagh Senior Football title in 43 years last season. The

Westmeath have appointed former Donegal footballer Mark McHugh as their new senior football manager. The Kilcar native takes over from Dermot McCabe, who was appointed as manager of Cavan. McHugh was involved in McCabe’s backroom team last year and the 2012 All Ireland winner has local men Emmett McDonnell and Jamie Gunoud as part of

The venues for this weekend’s Senior Championship and Intermediate Championship fixtures have been confirmed by Donegal GAA. Once again, there’s a busy weekend of games up ahead with matches spread over on Saturday and Sunday. In the Michael Murphy Sports and Leisure Senior Championship, it’s the Preliminary Quarter Finals this weekend, and the games start

  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

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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

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