Donegal manager Jim McGuinness says his team “didn’t perform” in this afternoon’s All-Ireland Final at Croke Park. Kerry raced into an early 9-point lead and Donegal never fully recovered as The Kingdom ran out comfortable 1-26 to 0-19 winners to claim their 39th All-Ireland title. McGuinness spoke to Off The Ball’s Tommy Rooney after the […]
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Kerry put in a scintillating performance in the first 20 minutes of this afternoon’s All-Ireland Senior Football Final against Donegal. The Kingdom, inspired by a stunning display from captain Gavin White, raced into a 0-13 to 0-04 lead and were 0-17 to 0-10 at half time. After the game, Kerry boss Jack O’Connor said getting
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Donegal have been beaten 1-26 to 0-19 by Kerry in the All-Ireland Senior Football Final at Croke Park this afternoon. The exceptional David Clifford kicked 9 points from play for Jack O’Connor’s side while Joe O’Connor hit the net late on to seal a resounding win for The Kingdom. The victory is Kerry’s 39th All-Ireland
John Joe Doherty was first home in the Danny McDaid 15K Road Race which took place this morning. The quickest woman to cross the finish line was Natasha Adams. With more on that plus news of a host of gold medals at the National Masters Track & Field Championships in Tullamore, here’s Highland’s Athletics Correspondent
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Listen back to Highland Radio’s “Up For The Match” which was broadcast live from the D2 on Harcourt Street this evening… Part 1… Part 2…
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Tiernan Lynch felt his Derry City side created enough chances to beat Bohemians at the Brandywell tonight. As it turned out, The Candy Stripes were held to a 1-1 draw by the Dubliners in a tight game at the higher end of the SSE Airtricity League Premier Division. As it stands, Bohs trail league-leaders Shamrock
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Finn Harps have continued their positive run of results after a 2-2 draw at home to an impressive Cobh Ramblers side in the SSE Airtricity League First Division at Finn Park this evening. Kevin McHugh’s side twice came from behind against the second-best team in the league to earn a point but assistant manager Tommy
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Derry City and Bohemians drew 1-1 in the SSE Airtricity League Premier Division at the Ryan McBride Brandywell this evening. Derry were 1-0 up at the break thanks to a Dipo Akinyemi effort deep into first-half stoppage time. Ross Tierney had Bohs level on 52 minutes and that is how it remained. Martin Holmes has
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Finn Harps came from behind twice to earn a 2-2 draw with Cobh Ramblers in the SSE Airtricity League First Division at Finn Park this evening. The visitors were 1-0 up when Barry Coffey slotted home a penalty after 20 minutes but new Harps signing Hans Mpongo added to his debut goal last week to
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It has been a busy two weeks at the Mountain Top in Letterkenny as Highland Radio have been building up to Donegal’s fourth ever All-Ireland Senior Football Final. As always, Highland will broadcast live match commentary of the game against Kerry on Sunday afternoon with Oisin Kelly, Brendan Kilcoyne, Tony Boyle and Brendan Devenney. To
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Third-placed Derry City will face second-placed Bohemians in the SSE Airtricity League Premier Division at the Ryan McBride Brandywell tomorrow night. It’s a fixture where tempers flared between Derry boss Tiernan Lynch and his counterpart Alan Reynolds in the last meeting of the two clubs at the Brandywell, as both managers saw red after just
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After wins in the FAI Senior Cup last weekend, Finn Harps and Derry City are back in action in the SSE Airtricity League tomorrow evening (Friday). Finn Harps will look to build from their impressive cup win at home to UCD last time out with another home fixture against second-placed Cobh Ramblers in the First
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This year’s Danny McDaid 15K Road Race will take place on Sunday morning and will get underway from the Aura Leisure Centre at 10:30am. Entry costs €15 if you register online or €20 if you register on the morning of the event. Registration opens from 9am on Sunday. The event is hosted by Letterkenny AC
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The Foyle Cup – one of the biggest youth football tournaments in Europe – gets underway today in Derry with the traditional parade by teams this morning before the matches begin this afternoon. The festival of football which began in 1992 has grown over the years with around 900 teams taking part. Hailed now as
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Donegal Town’s David Kelly, with co-driver Shane Buckley, was on track for victory in the FAAC/Sligo Park Hotel Sligo Stages Rally in their VW Polo but a spin on the final stage put pay to their hopes. Kilkenny’s Eddie Doherty claimed victory in the event and finished 10.9 seconds clear of Donegal’s Declan Boyle and
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Finn Harps Academy Chairman John Campbell and First Team Assistant Manager Tommy Canning called up to the studios of Highland Radio this evening. The duo are synonymous with the youth set-up at the Ballybofey club and talked to Ciaran Cannon about all things Finn Harps…
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The Donegal LGFA League Finals took place over the course of this morning and afternoon. In the Division 1 decider, Glenfin pipped old rivals Termon to claim league glory by a single point. The game was poised at 1-03 apiece at the break and it was Glenfin who edged the second period to win 2-07
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Tyrone’s Cathan McCourt, in his Skoda Fabia RS Rally 2, won the Down Stages Rally by 58.6 seconds ahead of Jonathon Greer’s Toyota Yaris Rally 2 yesterday evening. Letterkenny man Niall Burns was alongside Greer in the Yaris. Making up the rest of the top 3 was Jersey’s Sam Touzel. Carndonagh and Dunfanaghy duo Aaron
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Four Masters went down 3-12 to 0-13 against Termon in last night’s Donegal All County League Division 1 Final in Letterkenny. In the league phase, Termon finished top with Four Masters coming behind them in second spot. Na Ceithre Maistri boss Barry Dunnion told Oisin Kelly afterwards that Termon were the best team and deserved
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Termon were crowned Donegal All-County League Division 1 Champions after a 3-12 to 0-13 win over Four Masters in last night’s league decider at O’Donnell Park in Letterkenny. Caolan McDaid’s team raced into an early 2-04 to 0-01 lead after 15 minutes and were 2-06 to 0-07 ahead at the break. However, the Donegal Town
Termon were crowned Brian McCormick Sports Division 1 league champions on Saturday evening for the first time in the club’s history. The Burn Road side beat Four Masters 3- 12 to 0-13. Ryan McFadden starred with 2-4, Daire McDaid chipped in with 0-6 and Ciaran Cassidy grabbed the other goal. Oisin Kelly reports from the
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After a spell of altitude training, Mark English has returned to action at the Diamond League meeting at the Olympic Stadium in London. English was seventh the 800m race won by Kenyan Olympic Champion Emmanuel Wanyonyi in a meet-record of 1:42.00. Highland’s Athletics Correspondent Patsy McGonagle says the Finn Valley athlete will be fairly happy
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The role of the corner-back has changed drastically in gaelic football over the past number of years and Donegal’s Peadar Mogan is the epitome of the modern-day attacking defender. Defensively, the St. Naul’s clubman has the tenacity, skill and scavenger-like hunger to create turnovers much like some of the quintessential backs of the past. Going
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No Donegal player will be hungrier for an All-Ireland winners medal than Ryan McHugh. The Kilcar clubman joined the county ranks in 2013 when Jim McGuinness’ side were the reigning, defending All-Ireland Champions from 2012. Since then, McHugh has gone on to win three Ulster titles and two All-Stars, securing his status as one of
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The JP O’Brien & Dylan Browne-McMonagle partnership has once again yielded success in the world of horse-racing. Last night at Down Royal, Browne-McMonagle was on board “Summer Is Tomorrow” for trainer O’Brien in the 6:17pm Irish Stallion Farms EBF Maiden and rode to victory at 4/1. Then, in the 8:30pm handicap, the pair were back
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Less than 12 hours after being unveiled as a new signing, Hans Mpongo has his first goal for Finn Harps as he netted in the 3-0 win at home to UCD in the FAI Cup this evening. It wasn’t all sunshine and rainbows though – Mpongo missed from the spot to put Harps 2-0 up
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Finn Harps have progressed to the third round of the FAI Senior Cup after a 3-0 win over UCD at Finn Park this evening. Gradi Lomboto had the home side 1-0 up at the break and it was new signing Hans Mpongo who doubled the lead early in the second half. Captain Tony McNamee then
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First Division Treaty United held firm for an hour but ultimately fell to a 5-1 defeat to Premier Division Derry City in the FAI Senior Cup at Market’s Field this evening. It was a stalemate for 60 minutes until substitute Liam Boyce hit the net for the visitors after only being on the pitch for
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Finn Harps have announced the signing of Dutch Forward Hans Mpongo. The former Brentford B, NAC Breda and Rijnvogels attacker comes into the squad ahead of tonight’s FAI Senior Cup clash with UCD. After a spell in Slovenia with Tabor Sezana he most recently lined out for Dutch side Rijnvogels, scoring 9 goals and making
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With seven Ulster titles and an All-Ireland medal in his back-pocket, Patrick McBrearty is the most decorated player to ever don the green and gold of Donegal. The Kilcar man’s contribution to his county’s success over the past 14 years is incalculable, but perhaps this season’s input has been the most impressive of all. McBrearty,
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Donegal will face Kerry in the All-Ireland Senior Football Final next Sunday, 27th of July, at 3:30pm in Croke Park. For Jim McGuinness, it will be his third time taking charge of his county in an All-Ireland Senior decider as his side brought Sam Maguire to the hills in 2012 after defeating Mayo and were
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Donegal’s U16 Girls team were crowned All-Ireland C Champions after a 6-22 to 4-05 victory over Leitrim on Tuesday evening. The side, who are managed by Dessie McNamara and Paul Gillespie, found themselves behind early in the game but managed to dig deep and eventually run out comfortable winners. McNamara, one half of the management
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Derry City have confirmed the signing of 25 year old defender Brandon Fleming, following his release from Hull City. The Hull native spent last season on loan with Doncaster Rovers and Forest Green Rovers making over 30 appearances between the two clubs. Fleming featured 45 times for his parent club Hull City, including a lengthy
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Finn Harps and Derry City are both in FAI Senior Cup action on Friday night. Harps are at home to UCD and will face the students for the second time in seven days having been beaten 3-1 in Dublin last Friday in the SSE Airtricity League First Division. Derry head to Limerick to face First
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After Dungloe boxer Matthew McCole won the National Elite title in Dublin last month, he knew a potential call-up to represent Team Ireland at the World Boxing Championships in September was on the cards. This week, it was confirmed that the Illies Golden Gloves fighter will be heading over to Liverpool as part of the
On “The Score” with Mark Gallagher this evening, we hear more from Donegal Manager Jim McGuinness ahead of next weekend’s All-Ireland SFC Final. We speak to Matthew McCole on his selection for the World Boxing Championships and Declan Boyle casts his eye over the FAI Cup games this weekend for Finn Harps and Derry City.
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Its Day One of the European Athletics U23 Championships which are taking place in Norway. Fintan Dewhirst has finished 7th in his heat in the first round of the Men’s 400m Hurdles this morning, which isn’t enough to qualify for the next round. The Tir Conaill AC youngster was disappointed with the race when he
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Jim McGuinness is well aware of the attacking threat Kerry possess ahead of next Sunday’s All-Ireland SFC Final at Croke Park. Seanie O’Shea, Paudie Clifford and David Clifford have all been in flying form for The Kingdom in recent games, with the latter racking up a tally of 1-09 in last Saturday’s semi-final against Tyrone.
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On Business Matters this week, Chris Ashmore speaks with Seamus McLaughlin, the Managing Director of iMotors in Drumkeen and Malin about new car sales figures for the first half of 2025. There has been a surge in sales of electric vehicles and they exam some of the reasons why, and also discuss the popularity of
Entries for the 2025 Donegal Half Marathon, which will take place in Letterkenny on Sunday, August 24th, have exceeded the 1000 mark. Speaking about the event, Race Director Brendan McDaid said entries are still coming in at a steady rate. “We did notice earlier in the year that there was a bigger entry than normal
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Highland Radio’s Head of Sport Oisin Kelly has released details of the expert panel of guests who will be on Highland Radio’s “Big Match Countdown” at the Clanree Hotel in Letterkenny on Monday 21st July. The expert panel includes former Donegal stars Anthony Molloy, Martin McHugh, Eamon McGee, Tony Boyle, Frank McGlynn, Ryan Bradley, John
The Donegal under-16 girls teams won the Ladies All-Ireland U-16C final as they produced a great performance to overcome Leitrim in a high scoring affair in a match played in Tempo in Fermanagh on Tuesday evening. It finished Donegal 6-22, Leitrim 4-5. Leitrim actually led early on as they raced into a 1-3 to no
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Donegal senior football team manager Jim McGuinness is reporting a clean bill of health in his squad as the countdown continues to the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final with Kerry on Sunday, July 27th. McGuinness was speaking last night as Donegal held their pre-final press night to provide an update. Significantly, he confirmed that the
Irish international midfielder Tyler Toland has joined English Barclays Women’s Super League side Durham FC. The 23-year-old Donegal native joins the club having captained Blackburn Rovers for the last two seasons and brings with her a wealth of experience despite her young age. Toland began her senior career with Sion Swifts, but her potential was
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Dylan Browne-McMonagle was in the winners circle three times in Killarney yesterday evening. Firstly, in the 6:45 race, the Letterkenny jockey was on board Evening Blossom for trainer JP O’Brien which went to post at 9/2. He then rode the 6/4 favourite “Defiantly” to victory in the 7:45 outing for the same trainer. To cap
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The Team Ireland team to contest IABA’s inaugural World Boxing event, the World Boxing Championships in Liverpool, from September 4th to 14th, has been named – and includes Olympians, World and European medalists. There is one Donegal boxer involved, Matthew McCole (above in red) of Illies Golden Glove BC who will compete at 70kg. The 17
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The Triton Showers Motorsport Ireland National Rally Championship moves to Sligo this weekend for Round 5 — the FAAC Simply Automatic / Sligo Park Hotel Stages Rally. Eddie Doherty and Tom Murphy (Skoda Fabia R5) lead the field away at number one. Doherty, who led the series before Raven’s Rock, will aim to regain ground
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Indeed, he feels that they “massively underachieved” after 2014 when they last reached the All-Ireland decider. His comments came following the hugely impressive win over Meath in this year’s SFC semi-final at Croke Park. McBrearty came on as a substitute for Michael Murphy in the second half, and scored three fine points.
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2012 All-Ireland winner and current selector Colm McFadden says “it’s great to be back in the final” after Donegal’s 3-26 to 0-15 win over Meath in this afternoon’s All-Ireland Semi-Final. After losing at the semi-final stage last year against Galway, Donegal have gone one step further in 2025 and will take on Kerry in the
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