Glenswilly and Sean MacCumhaills played out a 2-15 to 1-18 draw in Round 2 of the Donegal Senior Football Championship in Convoy this afternoon. The Glen men were nine points down at half-time but roared back into the game in the second period to maintain their unbeaten start. Having beaten Naomh Conaill last week, Glenswilly […]
Glenswilly came from being 9 points down at half-time to grab a draw in their Donegal SFC meeting with Sean MacCumhaills in Convoy this afternoon. Diarmuid Doherty and Maureen O’Donnell were live for Highland Radio Sunday Sport at full time…
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Dylan Browne McMonagle brought up a remarkable across-the-card five-timer when “Tounsivator” took the honours by three-quarters of a length in the Perennial Freight Handicap at Tramore yesterday. The even-money favourite, who was last seen finishing fourth in the Grade 3 Galway Hurdle for Willie Mullins, was having just his second race on the Flat in
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St. Naul’s were beaten 0-19 to 0-12 by Gaoth Dobhair in last night’s Donegal SFC clash in Mountcharles. The home side were 10-points down at the break after a stunning opening half from Gaoth Dobhair. It’s now two defeats in two for St. Naul’s as they were defeated by Four Masters in Round 1 last
St. Naul’s manager Cathal Campbell: “The damage was done in the first half” Read More »
Naomh Conaill were on the brink of a second defeat in the Donegal Senior Championship last night only for Dermot “Brick” Molloy and Eoghan McGettigan to turn things around in the dying seconds at Davy Brennan Memorial Park. Ardara had led by two points in injury time but Molloy fired over a two-pointer to level
Naomh Conaill pip neighbours Ardara to get first win in Donegal SFC Read More »
St. Eunan’s bounced back from an opening day defeat to Kilcar with a comprehensive 2-21 to 1-13 senior championship win over Aodh Ruadh in Ballyshannon yesterday evening. After a slow start which saw Aodh Ruadh race into a 6-point lead, the defending champions came back to lead 2-09 to 1-04 at the break thanks to
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Gaoth Dobhair have won their opening two games of this year’s Donegal Senior Football Championship as they defeated St. Nauls 0-19 – 0-11 in Mountcharles last night. The away side were 10-points up at half-time after a blistering opening period. Highland’s Brendan Devenney spoke to winning manager Ronan MacNiallais after the win… Here’s Man
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North-West Premier League – 16/08/25 In Section One, Newbuildings got the better of Ardmore — they chased down 137 to win by 5 wickets. Coleraine were dominant against Eglinton, racking up 317 for 2 and cruising to victory by 170 runs. Strabane edged a tight contest, sneaking past Bready by just a single run with
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Drogheda United knocked Derry City out of the FAI Senior Cup at the Ryan McBride Brandywell last night. The defending champions and Derry were level 1-1 after 120 minutes. There were no goals in extra time as a stunning Michael Duffy effort for the Candy Stripes had cancelled out an early opener from Andrew
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Three-in-a-row Donegal International Rally winners Callum Devine and Noel O’Sullivan have clinched the 2025 Irish Tarmac Championship by winning the Ulster Rally in County Down this afternoon. The Derry-Kerry duo finished 21.4 seconds ahead of Osian Pryce and Andy Hayes after today’s action in Newry. Donegal’s Declan Boyle was third while Kevin Eves finished fourth.
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The FAI has confirmed a strategic change to its competitions calendar, which will see its major amateur and youth men’s cup competitions transition from a winter season to an aligned calendar season. This move will bring the schedules of the men’s national competitions, such as the FAI Intermediate Cup and FAI Junior Cup, in line
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Finn Harps will be in the hat for the quarter final draw of the FAI Cup following Friday’s 3-1 win over Bray Wanderers. Cian Curtis put Bray 0-1 up on eight minutes but by half time Harps were 3-1 to the good. Man of the Match Josh Cullen, Max Hutchison and a penalty from Mpongo had
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Finn Harps booked their place in the quarter final draw of the FAI Cup on Friday evening. The Ballybofey side beat ten men Bray Wanderers 3-1 to advance to the last eight. Diarmaid Doherty was on duty for Highland Radio Sport at Finn Park:
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The 2025 Donegal Half-Marathon will take place next Sunday the 24th of August at 9:20am. Race Director Brendan “Herbie” McDaid spoke to Highland’s Mark Gallagher on “The Score” this week to look ahead to the race…
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The Mayor of Derry City and Strabane District Council, Councillor Ruairí McHugh, has hosted a civic reception to recognise Daryl Gurney’s recent success in winning the World Cup of Darts. Gurney and team mate Josh Rock claimed the title for Northern Ireland with a thrilling 10-9 win over Wales in the final in Germany. The
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The League Of Ireland takes a back-seat this weekend with the last-16 ties in the FAI Cup taking centre stage. Finn Harps play Bray Wanderers at Finn Park tomorrow night (Friday), while Derry City face holder Drogheda United in a repeat of last year’s final. Former Harps manager Anthony Gorman joined Mark Gallagher on “The
Talking Soccer with Anthony Gorman – FAI Cup Preview Read More »
Conor O’Donnell has been nominated for the GAA Footballer Of The Month for July. The Carndonagh clubman was fantastic in Donegal’s All-Ireland Semi-Final win over Meath as he netted the third goal in the 20-point win at Croke Park. O’Donnell also had a good game in the final against Kerry. The Kingdom’s David Clifford and
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In this week’s programme Chris Ashmore has been finding out more about the Wild Fuschia Bakehouse in Dunfananghy which has won a string of awards and which announced recently that its Irish Scone Mix has been one of the products selected for this year’s Grow With ALdi initiative which champions emerging Irish food producers, giving
Business Matters, Ep 257 – Sian McCann of the award winning Wild Fuschia Bakehouse Read More »
Mark English has set yet another new Irish 800m record. The Finn Valley man set the new mark of 1:43.37 in Budapest this afternoon. Patsy McGonagle has the details…. He's done it again!!! 🤯🔥 Mark English (Finn Valley AC) obliterates his own Irish record over 800m clocking 1:43.37 to finish second at the World Athletics
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There are a rising number of rental scams being targeted at students, according to Gardai. They say signs to look out for include foreign bank accounts, urgency around the room offers, and if they don’t let people view them in advance. L.Sage Alloway is a final year PhD student in the University of Galway. She’s
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It was a case of a north-west one-two at the Jim Walsh Cork Forest Rally over the weekend. Omagh’s Cathan McCourt and Fermanagh navigator Barry McNulty won by 1.8 seconds in their Skoda Fabia RS Rally 2, ahead of Strabane’s Jason Mitchell and Donegal Town’s Paddy McCrudden in a similar car. It’s been a good
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Michael Murphy Sports Donegal Senior Football Championship St Michael’s 1-13 – 0-18 SeanMacCumhaills Gaoth Dobhair 1-13 – 1-11 Glenfin St Eunans 0-13 – 0-16 Kilcar Ardara 3-12 – 1-15 Aodh Rua Ballyshannon Intermediate Football Championship Bundoran 1-11 – 1-12 N Padraig Uisce Chaoin Burt 1-18 – 2-13 Fanad Gaels Malin V Buncrana (19:30)
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Kilcar have started their 2025 Donegal Senior Football Championship with a 0-16 to 0-13 win over defending champions St. Eunan’s at O’Donnell Park this afternoon. Mark Sweeney, the Kilcar manager, said any day you get a win in Letterkenny is a good day. Sweeney spoke to Oisin Kelly after the game…
St. Eunan’s manager Barry Meehan says today’s defeat to Kilcar was “a wake up call” as the defending champions opened their 2025 Donegal Senior Championship campaign with a three-point home defeat. The Letterkenny side were without a plethora of regular first-teamers and Patrick McBrearty was on good form for the Towney men. Meehan spoke to
“It’s a wake up call” – Barry Meehan Read More »
Kilcar have beaten reigning champions St. Eunan’s 0-16 to 0-13 in the opening round of the Donegal Senior Football Championship at O’Donnell Park this afternoon. Oisin Kelly and Brendan Devenney were live at full time in Letterkenny…
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Gaoth Dobhair survived a late fight-back from Glenfin in the first round of the Donegal Senior Football Championship this afternoon. In the end it finished 1-13 to 1-11 in favour of the Magheragallon outfit and their manager Ronan MacNiallis was delighted to start the campaign with a win when he spoke to Ryan Ferry…
William Creighton and Liam Regan have taken the overall win in the Grampian Forest Rally in Scotland. This year’s rally will go down as one of the most memorable editions in the event’s history as glorious weather, a bumper turnout, and a fiercely competitive field combined to produce a spectacular weekend of action in the
Gaoth Dobhair have beaten Glenfin 1-13 to 1-11 in the opening round of the Donegal Senior Football Championship in Magheragallon this afternoon. Ryan Ferry of the Donegal News has the full time report for Highland Radio Sport…
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Carlos O’Reilly’s late goal for St. Michaels wasn’t enough as they lost out by two points to Sean MacCumhaills in Dunfanaghy this afternoon. The away side led by 10 points at half time and did enough to see the game out in the second period. After the game, goal-scorer O’Reilly told Chris Ashmore MacCumhaills deserved
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Sean MacCumhaills held off a late flurry of scores from St. Michaels at The Bridge to win their opening game in the Donegal Senior Championship this afternoon. The home side looked dead and buried heading into the closing stages but two two-pointers and a goal from Carlos O’Reilly put them right back in the game.
Rory Devlin was crowned overall winner of the 2025 Donegal Ultra 555 Cycling Race after a gruelling day racing around the roads of the county yesterday. Ryan Hunter was first home in the 222km event, while Darren McGlinchey took victory in the 333km event. With a wrap up of the action, here’s race organiser Michael
Sean MacCumhaills have beaten St. Michaels 0-18 to 1-13 in the Donegal Senior Football Championship at The Bridge this afternoon. Chris Ashmore was live at full time in Dunfanaghy…
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Glenswilly defeated Naomh Conaill by a single point in last night’s Donegal Senior Football Championship clash. It finished 2-12 to 1-14 in favour of the Glen men. Goalkeeper Caolan Kelly had a fine game between the sticks for Glenswilly and Kelly said getting off to a good start was key when he spoke to Diarmuid
Conor Kelly stormed to European glory in last night’s 4ooM Final at the European U20 Championships in Finland. The Finn Valley athlete set a new national record time of 45.83 to take the win and become the fastest Donegal runner over 400m. Conor joined Ciaran Cannon on Highland Radio Sunday Sport to talk about his
Conor Kelly “still in shock” after winning European gold in Finland Read More »
Killybegs defeated Division 1 League Champions Termon 1-12 to 0-08 in the first game of the 2025 Michael Murphy Sports Donegal Senior Football Championship at Fintra last night. The home side raced into an early 1-07 to 0-01 lead as the impressive Jack McSharry hit the net for the Fishermen. Killybegs, buoyed by the return
Killybegs manager Pauric Bonner: “We decided to go after Termon in the first 15 minutes” Read More »
Conor Kelly has taken gold in the Men’s 400M event at the European U20 Championships in Tampere, Finland. The Finn Valley AC youngster got around the track in a time of 45.83 to take a stunning win and set a new national u20 400M record in the process. It’s also the quickest time from any
Rhys Irwin has extended his lead at the top of the British Supersport section of the British Superbike Championship after winning the first race of the weekend in Thruxton. The Kilmacrennan racer now leads the championship by 16 points and will be in action once again tomorrow.
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Oisin Orr was in the winner’s circle at Redcar this afternoon. The Donegal jockey was on board “Fluorescence” who ran home as the 9/4 favourite for trainer Edward Bethell in the 3:47pm handicap.
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Eamonn Kelly and Conor Mohan won the Junior Category of the iconic Rally Finland in the World Rally Championship last Sunday. It was a fantastic result for the Frosses native, who took three stage wins on his way to the biggest victory of his career so far. Speaking to Highland’s Oisin Kelly this week, Kelly
Eamonn Kelly: “To win at Rally Finland is really special” Read More »
The winners of the 222km and 333km routes of the Donegal Ultra 555 Race have been confirmed after a fantastic morning/afternoon’s racing around the roads of the county. Ryan Hunter was first home in the 222km event, while Darren McGlinchey took victory in the 333km event. The 555km event is still taking place with Rory
Donegal Ultra Cycling Race: Hunter wins 222, McGlinchey wins 333, Devlin leads 555… Read More »
Finn Valley’s Conor Kelly will bid for European U20 glory when he takes to the track in the Men’s 400M Final at 6:25pm this evening. Highland’s Athletics Correspondent Patsy McGonigle joined Ciaran Cannon on Saturday Sport to look ahead to the race and says it would be a monumental achievement for Kelly to take home
The FAI have this week tracked back on their decision to align all soccer leagues at all levels across the country to a summer schedule. Instead, each league in the Republic of Ireland will now have the choice of when they run their competitions. Donegal Junior League Secretary Nigel Ferry spoke to Highland’s Ciaran Cannon
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Ollie Horgan has stepped away from his role as Galway United’s assistant manager ‘for the foreseeable future’. The former Finn Harps boss had been apart of John Caulfield’s management team since 2023. The club have thanked Horgan for his ‘instrumental contribution’ to their return to the Premier Division. Caulfield says he’s ‘delighted’ that ex St.
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Finn Harps picked up three points on the road this evening as a Kieran Cooney header was enough to pick up three points from Mounthawk Park against Kerry. Cooney nodded home from a Gavin McAteer corner just before the hour-mark and Harps held on for the win despite some pressure late on. After the game,
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Derry City boss Tiernan Lynch says his side didn’t create enough chances against Cork City at the Ryan McBride Brandywell this evening. The Candy Stripes were held to a 0-0 draw by the league’s bottom side and Lynch said his team “didn’t hurt” Cork enough going forward. He spoke to the assembled media after the
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Derry City were held to a scoreless draw by Cork City in the SSE Airtricity League Premier Division at the Ryan McBride Brandywell this evening. The result means Derry are now 10 points off league-leaders Shamrock Rovers and they were booed by large sections of the home crowd after tonight’s game. Martin Holmes reported live
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Finn Harps have beaten Kerry 1-0 in the SSE Airtricity League First Division at Mounthawk Park this evening. A Kieran Cooney effort just before the hour-mark gave the visitors the win to propel them three points clear of the hosts in the table. Cooney got his head on the end of a Gavin McAteer corner
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