This Sunday will see the meeting of Termon and Naomh Columba in the Michael Murphy Sports Intermediate Championship Final. These two sides are no strangers to each other having met in the first round of the championship back in August. That day, Termon sharp-shooter Daire McDaid hit 4-1 in a dominant win for the Burn […]
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Inishowen neighbours Muff and Carndonagh will meet in this weekend’s Michael Murphy Sports Junior A Championship Final. Naomh Padraig Uisce Chaoin are preparing for their third Junior A Final in 14 years having been beaten in the 2010 final by Naomh Colmcille and again in the 2016 decider against Downings. Meanwhile, Carndonagh have also been
Junior A Final Preview with Daniel McCauley & Michael O’Donnell Read More »
Republic of Ireland Head Coach Heimeer Hallgrímsson has named a 24-man squad for the UEFA Nations League fixtures against Finland and Greece. Ireland are set to face Finland in Helsinki next Thursday, October 10th before a trip to Athens to face Greece the following Sunday. Donegal man Seamus Coleman will miss the ties because of
Coleman misses out on Ireland squad due to injury Read More »
It’s understood plans for a long-called-for upgrade of one of Northern Ireland’s most notorious roads are to get the go-ahead. Since 2007, more than 50 lives have been lost on the A5 – which links Derry with Aughnacloy in County Tyrone. An announcement is expected after a meeting of the Stormont Executive this afternoon. West
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The US Special Envoy to Northern Ireland is to receive an Inaugural Honorary Doctorate today at the Atlantic Technological University’s Letterkenny campus. The doctorate will be bestowed on Joseph P. Kennedy III who is the grandnephew of US President John F Kennedy in recognition of his outstanding contributions to public service, civil society, and peacebuilding.
Joe Kennedy to receive Inaugural Honorary Doctorate at ATU today Read More »
In this edition of Business Matters, Chris Ashmore has been speaking with Catherine Devine, the founder of Pumpskynz which sells stylish and functional accessories for diabetes management devices which also empower individuals to embrace their diabetes with confidence and style. She’s outlines the journey to date for her business which has considerable potential. Indeed, there are
Termon Ladies are senior county champions once again after a resounding 7-12 to 1-08 win over old foes Moville in today’s final at O’Donnell Park. After the game, Termon managers Adrian and Kevin McGettigan were already looking towards a tilt at the Ulster Championship in the near future…
Dungloe are into the final of the Michael Murphy Sports Senior Football Championship after a one-point win over St. Michaels at MacCumhaill Park this afternoon. It finished 0-09 to 0-08 in favour of An Clochan Liath and they will now play St. Eunan’s in the decider in 2 weeks time. Highland’s Oisin Kelly, Martin McHugh
Dungloe edge past St. Michaels to progress to SFC Final Read More »
Termon Ladies won their third consecutive Donegal Ladies Senior Football Championship with a 7-12 to 1-08 victory over Moville this afternoon. With the full time report, here’s Highland’s Maureen O’Donnell…
Three in a row for Termon Ladies Read More »
Dessie Gallagher has led Dungloe into their first Donegal Senior Football Championship Final since 1964 after a historic 0-09 to 0-08 win over St. Michael’s at MacCumhaill Park this afternoon. Gallagher gave his thoughts to Highland’s Oisin Kelly after the game… Oisin also spoke with Dungloe midfielder, Ryan Conners…
Dessie Gallagher & Ryan Conners react to Dungloe making first SFC Final since 1964 Read More »
Michael Murphy Sports Senior Football Championship Semi Final St Michael’s 0-08 – 0-09 An Clochán Liath Senior Football Championship B Semi Final Naomh Ádhamhnáin/St Eunan’s 1-08 – 0-07 Naomh Conaill
Donegal Club Championship Results – Sunday 29th September Read More »
Brian McCormick Sports Premier Division Fanad United 1-0 St Catherine’s Keadue Rovers 7-1 Swilly Rovers Kildrum Tigers 0-0 Letterkenny Rovers Kilmacrennan Celtic 3-0 Rathmullan Celtic Bonagee United 5-1 Gweedore Celtic TDA Division 1 Ballybofey United 1-2 Lifford Celtic Lagan Harps 1-4 Castlefin Donegal Town 6-0 Cranford United Cappry Rovers 7-0 Gweedore United Glenea United
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O’Reilly Sports LGFA Senior Football Championship Final Moville 1-08 – 7-12 CLG An Tearmainn LGFA Senior Football Shield Final Gleann Fhinne 1-09 – 0-09 CLG Naomh Náille LGFA Intermediate Football Championship Final Ardara 0-09 – 1-08 An Clochán Liath LGFA Junior A Football Championship Final Naomh Pádraig Uisce Chaoin 0-09 – 6-12
LGFA Donegal Club Championship Results – Sunday 29th September Read More »
Keith Cronin and Mikie Galvin have secured the 2024 Irish Tarmac Rally Championship after securing a 2nd placed finish in today’s Cork ’20’ Rally in their Ford Fiesta Rally 2. Victory in Cork went to Callum Devine and Noel O’Sullivan in their Skoda Fabia, who were the only crew in a position to potentially deny
Cronin & Galvin win Irish Tarmac Rally Championship Read More »
Markievicz defeated Burt in last night’s Donegal Senior Camogie Final at the Donegal GAA Centre Of Excellence in Convoy. It finished 2-13 to 0-02 in favour of James Callaghan’s side as they won their third senior title in four years. Janes Callaghan spoke to Ciaran Cannon on Highland Radio Saturday Sport this afternoon…
Markievicz defeat Burt to win Donegal Senior Camogie Title Read More »
Dungloe defeated Ardara 1-08 to 0-09 in the LGFA Intermediate Final at O’Donnell Park in Letterkenny this afternoon. Ardara led 0-09 to 0-02 at half time but failed to register a score in the second half against a resurgent Dungloe side managed by Tony Boyle. He spoke to Highland’s Maureen O’Donnell after full time…
Dungloe Ladies come from behind to win Intermediate title – Tony Boyle reaction Read More »
The Donegal Novice Cross-Country Championships were held in Carndonagh this morning. Highland’s Athletics Correspondent Patsy McGonagle has all the latest…
Michael Murphy Sports Senior Football Championship Semi Final Gaoth Dobhair 0-07 – 0-08 Naomh Ádhamhnáin/St Eunan’s Senior Football Championship B Semi Final Gaoth Dobhair 1-15 – 2-09 Four Masters Senior Football Championship C Semi Finals Sean Mac Cumhaill 0-06 – 1-08 Naomh Conaill Naomh Ádhamhnáin/St Eunan’s 2-13 – 1-08 CLG An Tearmainn
Donegal Club Championship Results – Saturday 28th September Read More »
St. Eunan’s overcame the stern challenge of Gaoth Dobhair in the Michael Murphy Sports Senior Football Championship Semi Final at MacCumhaill Park this evening. A low-scoring game ended 8 points to 7 in favour of the Letterkenny men who will now face either St. Michaels or Dungloe in the county decider in a fortnight’s time.
Post-match reaction from St. Eunan’s v Gaoth Dobhair: Shaun Patton & Aaron Deeney Read More »
St. Eunan’s defeated Gaoth Dobhair 0-08 to 0-07 in the Michael Murphy Sports Senior Football Championship Semi-Final at MacCumhaill Park this evening. The result means St. Eunan’s will play the winners of tomorrow’s other semi-final between St. Michaels and Dungloe in the final in two weeks time. With the full time report from Ballybofey, here’s
St. Eunan’s progress to Donegal SFC Final with 1-point win over Gaoth Dobhair Read More »
St Naul’s will play senior football in Donegal for another year after they beat Cloughaneely in the relegation play off final on Saturday afternoon. 2-07 to 0-05 was how it finished in Glenswilly. Ryan Ferry spoke with player manager, Stephen Griffin…
There were draws for Institute and Limavady in the Irish League Championship on Saturday afternoon. ‘Stute travelled to Ards and came away with a 0-0 draw meanwhile a late Rodney Browne goal in injury time earned Limavady a point away to Annagh. In the North West Craig Cup, Strabane got the better of Colerain Heights,
NI Football: Draws for Institute and Limavady as Strabane win in the cup Read More »
Dylan Browne McMonagle rode two winners at The Curragh on Saturday afternoon. The Donegal jockey’s firstly was first past the post on board Apples and Bannans for trainer Joseph O’Brien at the odds of 5/2. The race has a million euro pot in which the winner gets half a million. Meanwhile, in the final race
Two winners at The Curragh for Dylan Browne McMonagle Read More »
Junior Cup Group 3 City of Derry 0 V 40 Ballymoney Junior Shield Group 4 Malone 26 V 12 Letterkenny
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St Naul’s will remain in the Donegal Senior Football Championship for another year after they beat Cloughaneely 2-07 to 0-05 in Glenswilly on Saturday afternoon. Peadar Mogan was one of the stars of the show for Stephen Griffin’s side, scoring 1-02. The defeat means Cloughaneely will now play Intermediate football next year. Ryan Ferry has
St Naul’s remain Donegal Senior Football side after victory over Cloughaneely Read More »
Conor McKenna claimed victory in the AFL Grand Final on Saturday morning. McKenna and his Brisbane Lions teammates defeated Sydney Swans 120-60 in Melbourne. The Tyrone man becomes only the second man in history to win an AFL Grand Final and an All Ireland Senior medal.
Conor McKenna wins AFL Grand Final Read More »
Glencar Inn Saturday Division One Drumbar F.C. 0 v 2 Kildrum Tigers Reserves Oldtown Celtic 10 v 2 Strand Rovers St. Catherines Reserves 1 v 1 Donegal Town Reserves Old Orchard Saturday Division Two Castlefin Celtic Reserves 2 v 1 Dunlewey Celtic Erne Wanderers 4 v 3 Kilmacrennan Celtic Reserves Fintown Harps AFC 4 v
Donegal Junior League Results 28/09/2024 Read More »
Donegal GAA and LGFA were well represented at Friday’s The Irish News Ulster GAA All-Stars awards night. Overall, there were nine winners from the county with Caolán McGonagle, Oisín Gallen, Niall O’Donnell, Michael Langan, Brendan McCole and Peadar Mogan all recieving Ulster All Star awards for their roles in Donegal winning the Anglo Celt. Meanwhile,
Nine Irish News All Star awards for Donegal Read More »
Kerry FC battled back from being a goal down to earn a deserved one-all draw against Finn Harps at Mounthawk Park last night. There were 83 minutes on the clock when Seanie McGrath pounced to cancel out Patrick “Dixie” Ferry’s excellent 70th minute goal for Finn Harps. The visitors’ goal came from a lovely flick
Darren Murphy: “Everyone has found it tough against Kerry” Read More »
The launch of this years Donegal Harvest Stages Rally took place on Friday night at The Orchard in Letterkenny, which coincided with the release of an impressive entry for the final rounds of the Triton Showers National Rally Championship, the Sligo Pallets Border Championship and the Donegal Commercial Vehicles Club Championship. The entry list is
Harvest Rally Launch: COC John Crumlish & Declan Gallagher Read More »
Derry City have been beaten 2-0 by Drogheda United in the SSE Airtricity League Premier Division at Weavers Park this evening. The best chance of a cagey first half came just before the break when Derry ‘keeper Brian Maher made a brilliant save to make sure the sides remained level at the interval. Drogheda took
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Finn Harps have drawn 1-1 with Kerry in the SSE Airtricity League First Division at Mounthawk Park this evening. The Ballybofey side broke the dead-lock in the 70th minute with the opening goal coming from the boot of Patrick “Dixie” Ferry after good work from Success Edogun and Sean Patton. Harps couldn’t hold on to
Finn Harps pick up a point in Kerry – Full Time Report Read More »
Finn Harps have issued an update on the plans for a new stadium. The statement reads: “In the past number of months the club has been negotiating with the FAI and Department of Sport on the specifics of what will be delivered. Numerous meetings have been held in Dublin and Donegal specifically on the level
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Markievicz will face Burt in the Donegal Senior Camogie Championship Final in Convoy on Saturday evening at 7PM. Having been beaten by Carndonagh in last year’s final, Markievicz are on the hunt for their third Donegal Senior Championship win in four years. Carndonagh were in their way once again in the semi-final last Saturday evening
Donegal Senior Camogie Final Preview with James Callaghan & Peter McGonigle Read More »
Due to limited resources, the HSE Dental Service is only able to treat children in 6th class. Children are eligible for oral healthcare up to the eve of their 16th birthday. However, a statement from the HSE outlines how Donegal has been negatively impacted by the national dentist shortage. In the past, the service was
Donegal schools struggling with dental care access Read More »
Windy Hall Road is closed today as emergency repairs get underway. The works look to set to be complete by 4:30pm this afternoon. The road will be shut from Old Grange Road to Long Lane.
Windy Hall Road closed for emergency repairs Read More »
Residents have returned to their homes following a security alert in Carnhill in Derry. Loud bangs were reported in the area at 10:45pm last night in the area, which is understood to may have been caused by two pipe bombs. It was also reported that a three vehicles has been damaged. Police are now asking
Security alert ended in Derry after series of loud bangs last night Read More »
On this week’s Business Matters, Chris Ashmore is joined by the owner of Inis Communications, Trish Hegarty. Trish worked as a journalist with the Irish Times, RTÉ and BBC Radio Foyle before setting up her PR, social media, and digital content agency in 2004. In this episode, we’ll hear about how her Inishowen-based PR agency
The HSE says over 6,700 appointments were offered under CAMHS, the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service in Donegal between January and August of this year. The figures were given to Cllr Ciaran Brogan at this week’s meeting of the Regional Health Forum. Cllr Brogan was told that 2,711 appointments were offered by the North
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Donegal Councillor Gary Doherty is asking for a full investigation to address the ongoing closure of part of St Josephs Hospital in Stranorlar because of the need for fire safety works. Cllr Doherty is also seeking assurances regarding the compliance of other HSE facilities in Donegal. He told a HSE Regional Health Forum meeting that
HSE quizzed on timelines for fire safety works at St Joseph’s Hospital Read More »
A Donegal man has been named as the first nominee for the 2024 Billy Coleman Young Rally Driver of the Year Award for the opening period of January to May. 26-year-old Ryan MacHugh from Frosses has been contesting the Irish Tarmac Rally Championship, as well as the Junior British Rally Championship in a Ford Fiesta
A number of families who lost loved ones in the Creeslough explosion have called for a public inquiry to be set up. A lawyer representing the families of seven of the ten victims of the tragedy in October 2022 has written to Justice Minister Helen McEntee seeking an independent investigation. They have also requested a
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Small business owners in Donegal are being urged to avail of grants to make their premises more energy efficient. Councillor Martin Harley however, believes Donegal County Council could be doing more to promote the different strands of funding available to businesses. Organisations with under 50 employees are currently eligible for grants of up €10,000 for
Small business owners in Donegal urged to avail of energy grants Read More »
A new campaign is being launched to increase the number of women running for election. The Gender Quotas Alliance is calling for 40 per cent of candidates running in future local elections to be female. Following the local elections in June, 26 per cent of local councillors are women. Director of the National Women’s Council,
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The Donegal CCC have confirmed the fixtures for this weekend’s semi finals in the Michael Murphy Sports Senior Football Championship. The first semi final will take place on Saturday evening as Gaoth Dobhair and St. Eunans will go head to head at MacCumhaill Park in Ballybofey at 7:30PM. On Sunday, it’ll be St. Michaels and
Gaoth Dobhair’s 0-09 to 0-07 victory over Four Masters this afternoon sealed their place in the last four of the Michael Murphy Sports Senior Football Championship Semi Finals. The draw for the semi-finals was made directly after the game – it pitted Gaoth Dobhair against St. Eunans and St. Michael’s against Dungloe. Gaoth Dobhair’s Gary
Gary McFadden: “We knew it was going to be a tight game” Read More »
The draw for the semi finals of the Michael Murphy Sports Senior Football Championship Semi Finals has been made. It will be: St. Michaels v Dungloe St. Eunan’s v Gaoth Dobhair With the details, here’s Highland’s Oisin Kelly…
Senior Club Championship Semi-Final Draw Read More »
Michael Murphy Sports Senior Football Championship Quarter Finals: St Michael’s 2-08 – 0-13 CLG Chill Chartha Gaoth Dobhair 0-09 – 0-07 Four Masters Intermediate Football Championship Semi Final: Málainn/Malin 2-10 – 1-10 Naomh Columba
Donegal Club Championship Results – Sunday 22/09/24 Read More »
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