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 […]
Oisin Orr was back in the winners enclosure on Friday night at Newcastle. Orr was first home on board the Richard Fahey trained Shamardal Star who went off as the 6/4 favourite. It is the second win this week for the Donegal jockey after he claimed victory in Ripon onboard Kind Touch, also trained by
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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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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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Finn Harps took their fourth win on the bounce as they beat Treaty United 1-0 at Finn Park on Friday evening. Mpongo was once again on target with his goal just before the half hour mark the decisive score. It was also an emotional evening at Finn Park as the club remembered former manager Ollie
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Derry City found themselves 2-0 down at home to St Pats on Friday night in the Premier Division but the Candystrips dug deep to level the tie which finished 2-2. Martin Holmes reports from the Ryan McBride Brandywell Stadium:
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Finn Harps remembered Ollie Horgan on Friday night at Finn Harps and also served up yet another victory as the Ballybofey side beat Treaty United 1-0. Diarmaid Doherty reports for Highland Radio Sport from Finn Park:
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The fixtures for Round 4 of the Michael Murphy Sports Senior Football Championships have been confirmed…
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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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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
League Of Ireland clubs have paid tributes to Ollie Horgan following his death on Thursday. All at Shelbourne FC extend our sincere sympathy to the family of Ollie Horgan on his sad passing. Ollie’s deep passion for football left a lasting impact across the League of Ireland. Our thoughts are with his family, friends and
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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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Dylan Browne McMonagle had two winners at Navan yesterday afternoon. The Letterkenny jockey was on board “Noli Timere” for trainer M.D. O’Callaghan in the 4:30 race at the Meath venue. That horse went to post as the 11/5 favourite. Then, at 5:05, he rode 7/2 favourite “Enziya” to victory for trainer R.P. Cody.
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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
This week on “The Score, we pay tribute to the life and career of former Finn Harps and Fanad United manager Ollie Horgan who passed away this morning after an illness. Diarmaid Doherty is joined by Kenny Harkin, Eamon McConigley, Keith Cowan, Declan Boyle, William O’Connor and John Campbell…
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Galway United have released a statement remembering their former Assistant Manager Ollie Horgan following his death at the age of 57. “It is with immense sadness that Galway United share the news of the passing of Ollie Horgan who left us peacefully, surrounded by his family this morning. Born in Salthill in 1968, he spent much
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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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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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Former Finn Harps and Fanad United manager Ollie Horgan has passed away at the age of 57 after an illness. Horgan, a former school teacher at St. Eunan’s College in Letterkenny, managed Finn Harps for 354 games dating from 2013 until 2022 in the club’s most successful spell of recent times. The Galway native started
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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
Mark English is among the headliners in an Irish team of 27 athletes named for next month’s World Championships in Japan. The Finn Valley athlete has had a fantastic season so far, becoming the first Irish athlete to run a sub-1:44 800m back in June. Conor Kelly of Finn Valley has also been named in
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Derry City’s Liam Boyce will miss the rest of the season due to a knee injury picked up in the FAI Cup defeat to Drogheda United a fortnight ago. The in-form striker will go for an operation on Saturday as Derry boss Tiernan Lynch juggles “a couple of niggles” ahead of their SSE Airtricity League
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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.
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
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
Captain Seamus Coleman has been left out of the Republic of Ireland squad for next month’s World Cup qualifiers. Fit again duo – Chiedozie Ogbene of Ipswich Town and Southampton goalkeeper Gavin Bazunu are recalled but midfielder Will Smallbone misses out with a calf issue. Uncapped Stoke midfielder Bosun Lawal and St Mirren’s Killian Phillips
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Donegal’s Caomhan Canny stole all the headlines when he raced to a brilliant victory at the prestigious Senior Manx Grand Prix on the Isle of Man on Monday. The Gleneely rider produced a wonderful last lap charge to win with half a second to spare over Chris Cook from Scotland. Canny’s dramatic victory is all
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The need for public toilets in Donegal to be properly maintained is back in the spotlight. In recent days, toilets in Magheroarty were discovered in an unusable state. Councillor Micheal Choilm MacGiolla Easbuig says it’s clear that a lot of time, energy and money is being invested in attracting people to the county however, Donegal
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On this weeks DL Debate, Brendan Devenney looks at the football and hurling club championship action with Ryan Ferry, Maureen O’Donnell and Niall Cleary. The DL Debate in association with Sara’s Kitchen at Sister Sara’s Letterkenny:
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Donegal’s Rachel Darragh has lost out in her opening round of the Women’s Singles at the World Championships in Paris. The Raphoe native lost out to 18 year Sri Lankan Ranithma Liyanage over three sets. Darragh won the first 21-19 but then lost the second 21-11. Trialing 11-3 in the third, Darragh retired with injury.
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There’s been a huge response to the ATU’s campaign to secure accommodation for students. To date, over 400 beds have been made available across the North West and West. On August 1st, the Atlantic Technological University issued an appeal for homeowners and landlords to offer spare rooms under the national Rent-a-Room scheme. The ATU says
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The draw for Round 4 of the Donegal Senior Football Championship took place this evening. The fourth round pairings are: St. Naul’s v Downings Dungloe v Four Masters Naomh Conaill v St Michaels Kilcar v Glenswilly Sean MacCumhaills v Gaoth Dobhair Glenfin v Ardara Aodh Ruadh Ballyshannon v Killybegs Termon v St Eunan’s All Round
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St Michaels ran out four point winners over Termon at The Bridge in Dunfanaghy on Sunday afternoon in Round 3 of the Donegal Senior Football Championship. The game finished 0-14 to 1-07 with the result meaning St Michaels now have two wins from their first three games. After the match, St Michaels’ Michael Langan told
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St Michaels earned themselves their second win of the Donegal Senior Football Championship on Sunday evening. They beat Termon 0-14 to 1-07. Pauric Hilferty reports from The Bridge in Dunfanaghy…
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It was another weekend of busy action on the athletics front in Donegal. On Sunday afternoon, the Donegal Half Marathon took place with Laurence O’Neill of Strabane AC winning the men’s and Catriona Jennings of Letterkenny AC winning the women’s section. Elsewhere the Scottish Championship took place where John Kelly won the Shot Put, with
Naomh Padraig Uisce Chaoin continued their unbeaten run in the Donegal Intermediate Football Championship after they defeated Buncrana 1-16 to 0-17 in The Scarvey. Johnny Toye proved to be the difference with his goal midway through the second half being the crucial score. After the game, the goalscorer Johnny Toye was full of praise for
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Rhys Irwin was back in action on Sunday afternoon in Round Seven of the British Superbikes Championship. Rhys finished race 1 of the weekend in second place behind Luke Stapleford. The race turned out to be an extra sweet one for the Donegal man took the fastest lap ever by a rider in his category
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Burt native Sadhbh McGrath came off the bench on Sunday afternoon for Ireland in their Women’s Rugby World Cup opener against Japan. The girls in green scored six tries on their way to a dominant win. They also secured a bonus point in a 42-14 victory at Franklin’s Gardens.
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Michael Murphy Sports Donegal Senior Football Championship Rd3. Glenswilly 0-10 V 0-12 Dungloe Gaoth Dobhair 0-17 V 0-14 Aodh Rua BS St Eunans 1-15 V 0-14 St Nauls St Michael’s 0-14 v 1-07 Termon Four Masters 0-20 V 1-11 Glenfin Donegal Intermediate Football Championship Buncrana 0-17 V 1-16 Naomh Padraig UC Naomh Columba 5-15 V
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Senior St Eunans 1-02 v 1-04 Termon Dungloe 1-09 v 1-13 Moville Naomh Muire 2-08 v 2-08 Naomh Conaill Junior A Urris 2-05 v 1-09 MacCumhaills Junior B Letterkenny Gaels 3-16 v 5-03 Burt Red Hughs 1-08 v 0-07 Aodh Rua
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Naomh Padraig Uisce Chaoin pipped their Inishowen rivals Buncrana in a close encounter in the Donegal Intermediate Football Championship at Scarvey on Sunday afternoon. 1-16 to 0-17 was how it finished with Johnny Toye netting the crucial goal for the Daniel McCauley’s men. Oisin Kelly and Brendan Devenney have the full time report and also
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Dylan Browne McMonagle’s fine form continued on Sunday after he claimed another three winners, this time in Naas. The Donegal jockey was first home on the Noel Meade trained Caught U Sleeping which went off at 17/2. Browne McMonagle followed that up with a win in the second race onboard Dawn Romance and then in
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Dungloe sit top of the table of the Donegal Senior Football Championship after securing their third win in three games. Dessie Gallagher’s men ran out two point victors over Glenswilly on Sunday afternoon. 0-12 to 0-10 was how it finished. After the game, Dungloe manager Dessie Gallagher gave his thoughts to Maureen O’Donnell…
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Dungloe made it three wins from three in the Donegal Senior Football Championship thanks to 0-12 to 0-10 victory away to Glenswilly. Maureen O’Donnell has the full time report…
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Clubman Shirts League Cup QPS 0 v 4 Redcastle United Clonmany Shamrocks 0 v 2 Cockhill Celtic Culdaff FC 0 v 1 Illies Celtic Charlie O Donnell Cup Greencastle FC 2 v 1 Gleneely Colts Dunree United 0 v 0 Sea Rovers Cockhill Res 4 v 3 Buncrana Res Aileach Res 2 v 5 Cockhill Youths
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Laurence O’Neill from Strabane AC took the win in this morning’s Donegal Half Marathon in Letterkenny which had around 1,100 finishers. On a dry and clammy morning, the Carlow native clocked 1:15:18, with Paul Finnegan of Armagh AC second in 1:15:57 and Gerard Cuddy from Galway City Harriers third in 1:17:06. Caitriona Jennings of Letterkenny
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Sean MacCumhaills continued their unbeaten run in this years Donegal Senior Football Championship after they defeated Ardara 2-22 to 1-13. Oisin Gallen and Kevin McCormick starred for MacCumhaills scoring 1-10 and 1-05 respectively. Sean MacCumhaills boss Gary Wilson told Brendan Devenney he is delighted with his sides performance…
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Kilcar made it two wins from three in this season Donegal Senior Football Championship after they beat Killybegs 1-17 to 2-12 at Eamonn Byrne Memorial Park. Matthew McClean was the star of the show for Kilcar notching 0-7. After the game Kilcar manager Mark Sweeney spoke with Pauric Hilferty…
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Michael Murphy Sports Donegal Senior Football Championship Rd 3. Killybegs 2-12 V 1-17 Kilcar Ardara 1-13 V 2-22 MacCumhaills Donegal Intermediate Football Championship Burt 2-8 V 1-14 Bundoran Malin 2-12 V 2-12 Fanad Gaels Donegal Senior B Football Championship Killybegs 0-07 V 1-14 Kilcar Ardara 3-15 V 1-12 MacCumhaills Donegal Intermediate B Football Championship Burt
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Dylan Browne McMonagle was back amongst the winners on Saturday afternoon with a victory at The Curragh. The Donegal jockey was first past the post on board the Andy Oliver trained Cash Me. The pair went off at 50/1 and finished a short head in front of the favourite Glory To Be.
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