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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Bruckless native Shane Byrne and driver Jon Armstrong had an impressive podium finish at the Barum Czech Rally last weekend. The pair claimed two stage wins over the weekend and finished second overall. On Saturday Sport, Ciaran Cannon was joined by Shane Byrne to discuss the rally last weekend and to talk about the future
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Institute claimed their first win of this seasons NIFL Championship after a 3-1 victory away to Armagh on Saturday afternoon. Stute fell behind early but fired in three goals without reply to claim all three points. Elsewhere, Limavady scored on 78 minutes to seal a point away to Ballinamallard. The results means both Stute and
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Derry City came from behind to beat Galway United 2-1 on Friday night at Eamonn Deacy Park. Galway took the lead on on 17 minutes through Jimmy Keohane but before half time the Candystripes were level through Dipo Akinyemi. Jamie Stott saw red in the final ten minutes for Tiernan Lynch’s men who looked destined
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Finn Harps claimed a 2-1 victory at home to Athlone Town on Friday night. Conor Tourish and Hans Mpongo netted for Harps before a goal from Dean Williams, 12 minutes from time made it a slightly nervy finish at Finn Park. Scorer of the first Harps goal, Conor Tourish spoke to Diarmaid Doherty after the
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Finn Harps closed the gap on the playoff places to just four points thanks to a 2-1 home victory over Athlone Town. Goals either side of the half from Conor Tourish and Hans Mpongo had Harps 2-0 up before Dean Williams pulled one back for the visitors. Harps held firm in the closing stages to
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Finn Harps made it three wins from three in all competitions after they beat Athlone Town 2-1 on Friday night. Conor Tourish headed Harps infront on 28 minutes and Hans Mpongo made it 2-0 on 69 minutes. Harps looked set for all three points before Dean Williams pulled one back for the visitors with 12
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Derry City left it late to take all three points at Galway United on Friday night. The hosts took the lead on 17 minutes through Jimmy Keohane before Dipo Akinyemi equalised for the Candystripes on the stroke of half time. Tiernan Lynch’s men then had Jamie Stott sent off on 86 minutes but snatched the
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Tomorrow’s third round of the Donegal Senior Football Championship has been postponed. The game between Downings and Naomh Conaill will not now go ahead.
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The Irish Surf Lifesaving Team has set off today for the European Championships in Poland, with Donegal flying the flag proudly through a strong local presence in both the squad and the coaching team. Ellie Martin from Letterkenny and Alan Vaughan from Ballyshannon are among the 24 athletes selected to compete at the highest level
Cockhill Celtic are at the final stage of applying for acceptance into the new League Of Ireland Third Tier which will begin in 2026. The Inishowen League club won the FAI Junior Cup last year under the guidance of Gavin Cullen and he is optimistic about their chances of securing their place. According to the
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It’s been quite the season so far for Dylan Browne-McMonagle. The Letterkenny jockey has had over 60 winners so far this year, including five winners in one day last Saturday at the Curragh and Tramore. Browne-McMonagle has struck up a successful relationship with trainer JP O’Brien in recent times and often visits the stables of
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Finn Harps and Derry City are both back in SSE Airtricity League action tomorrow night (Friday). It’s been a contrasting week for the two North-West sides as Finn Harps progressed to the quarter-finals of the FAI Cup, while last year’s beaten finalists Derry were knocked out. Harps had an impressive 3-1 win over Bray Wanderers
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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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