This week’s DL Debate comes LIVE from Kingspan Breffni Park after Donegal’s 3-26 to 1-13 victory over Cavan in the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship this afternoon. Brendan Devenney is joined by Brendan Kilcoyne, Damien O’Donoghue, Donegal selector Colm McFadden and Ryan Ferry of the Donegal News…
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It’s been another busy weekend on the athletics front. Finn Valley AC Athlete Mark English’s new national record in the 800m in Poland on Friday night was among the highlights. English is back in action tomorrow evening. With more, here’s Highland’s Athletics Correspondent Patsy McGonagle…
Derry suffered a 1-27 to 1-24 defeat to London in yesterday evening’s Christy Ring Cup Final at Croke Park. It is Derry’s third Christy Ring Cup Final loss in the past three years as the wait goes on for their first title at this level. After the game, Michael McMullan spoke to Derry boss Johnny
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Tyrone suffered their first defeat of the All-Ireland Series yesterday evening as they were beaten 2-17 to 1-13 by Mayo in Omagh. After the game Red Hand boss Malachy O’Rourke had no complaints as he told the assembled media “Mayo deserved to win”…
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Mayo have boosted their chances of qualifying for the knock-out stages of the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship and have blown open the group with Donegal. The win comes after Mayo’s surprise loss to Cavan on the opening weekend, and their manager Kevin McStay temporarily stepping away due to a health issue. Francis Mooney reports from
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Derry’s search for their first Christy Ring Cup goes on as they were beaten 1-27 to 1-24 by London in this afternoon’s decider at Croke Park. The Oakleaf County trailed by three points at half time. Although they did draw level with 10 minutes to play, London edged back out to their three-point advantage to
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Finn Harps and Derry City were both beaten last night. In the First Division, Harps lost 3-1 away to Bray while Derry went down 1-0 to Bohemians at Dalymount Park. Former Harps captain Declan Boyle joined Chris Ashmore on Highland Radio Saturday Sport this evening to discuss how both clubs are set heading into the
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It has been a fantastic day for the Donegal clubs competing at the All-Ireland Gaeltacht Championships in Meath. Termon have progressed to the semi-final of the senior men’s competition after a 1-18 to 1-05 win over An Gaeltacht from Kerry. Earlier, St. Naul’s made it through to the junior semi-final with a 3-24 to 3-13
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The 2025 Donegal International Rally was officially launched last night in Letterkenny. Highland’s Oisin Kelly was MC at the event and spoke to a number of people involved in this year’s rally, which will take place from the 20th-22nd of June. Firstly, here’s Clerk of the Course Eamon McGee… Defending Donegal International Rally Champion
The Donegal Minor team’s season has come to an end following a 6-11 to 0-12 defeat to Meath in the All-Ireland Tier 2 Semi-Final in Armagh this afternoon. Barry Ward’s side will feel like the score-line doesn’t do justice to their performance, as the sides were level on 44 minutes at 1-09 to 0-12. A
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Mark English set a new Irish record at the World Athletics Continental Tour Gold meeting in Bydgoszcz, Poland yesterday. The Finn Valley AC athlete won the 800m event in a time of 1:44.34. It’s been a fantastic start to the outdoor season for English as he also won the 800m event at Track Fest in
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Martin Harley has been in flying form in Australia and claimed a huge win on board “Cool Archie” in this morning’s $1 million Group 2 race at Eagle Farm. The Donegal jockey has won four races in a row on the Chris Munce trained “Cool Archie”, who came from nowhere to win the BRC Sires
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Finn Harps will go into the mid-season break on a poor run of results as they went down 3-1 to Bray Wanderers at the Carlisle Grounds last night. Gavin Hodgins put Harps ahead early on but the home side hit back to lead at the break through Ireland U17 International Billy O’Neill and Max Murphy.
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Derry City have been beaten 1-0 by Bohemians in the SSE Airtricity League Premier Division at Dalymount Park this evening. Max Connolly was penalised for hand-ball in the opening stages and Dayle Rooney converted from the spot. That is how it would remain as Derry suffered their second defeat in succession after losing at home
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Finn Harps have been beaten 3-1 by Bray Wanderers in the SSE Airtricity League First Division at the Carlisle Grounds this evening. Gavin Hodgins had Harps 1-0 up inside 10 minutes but the home side hit back with goals from Billy O’Neill and Max Murphy to lead 2-1 at the break. Danu Kinsella-Bishop got the
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Kris Meeke has postponed his entry and will not take part in this year’s Donegal International Rally. The Dungannon native had been due to compete alongside co-driver Brian Hoy but a bad accident at the Cavan Stages Rally last weekend has ruled Hoy out of action. Hoy was the co-driver on board with Garry Jennings
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Tyrone have made one change to their starting fifteen from the one that defeated Donegal in the All-Ireland Series last Saturday evening in Ballybofey. Peter Teague comes in to replace Padraig Hampsey in the full-back line for their clash with Mayo in Omagh on Saturday. Peter Harte, Ruairi Canavan and Eoin McElholm have all been
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Shaun Patton has been named to start in Sunday’s crunch All Ireland Senior Football Championship clash with Cavan in Breffni Park. The St. Eunan’s clubman missed last Saturday’s defeat to Tyrone through an ankle injury. Peadar Mogan also returns to the starting fifteen after coming off the bench last week and replaces Caolan McGonagle. The
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John Gildea says a combination of Tyrone being at full tilt and some sloppiness from Donegal provided the cocktail for Jim McGuinness’ first ever championship defeat in MacCumhaill Park last Saturday evening. The former Donegal midfielder says there will be a number of things Donegal will look to improve on when they face Cavan in
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There’s another full round of fixtures in the SSE Airtricity Leagues tomorrow evening (Friday). In the First Division, Finn Harps are chasing their first win in seven as they travel to face Bray Wanderers. The previous clash between these two sides has turned out to be a strange result, as Finn Harps won 5-0 in
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Former Finn Harps and Derry City manager Peter Hutton has been appointed as the new boss of Institute FC. Having been involved at academy level at the Candy Stripes in recent years, Hutton has made the decision to return to management at senior level and says he has re-gained his love for the game. Hutton
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Derry City will look to bounce back from last week’s defeat to league-leaders Shamrock Rovers as they head to Dalymount Park to face Bohemians on Friday evening. It has been a mixed bag of results so far this season for The Candy Stripes, with eight wins and six defeats in seventeen SSE Airtricity League Premier
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Derry’s senior hurlers are aiming for their first taste of Christy Ring Cup glory as they take on London in Saturday evening’s decider at Croke Park. The Oakleaf County have been beaten in three of the last four finals – going down to Offaly in 2021, Meath in 2023 and five-time winners Kildare in 2024.
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Seamus Coleman has pulled out of the latest Republic of Ireland squad. The Killybegs man is dealing with an injury following the conclusion of the Premier League season as he was forced off in Everton’s final game at Goodison Park. Ipswich’s Sammie Szmodics has also withdrawn from the squad. Coleman played only 18 minutes of
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Finn Harps youngsters Gavin McAteer and Josh Cullen have both been selected for the Republic Of Ireland U17 squad that will face Norway, Türkiye and Croatia in their first preparation games for the World Cup this November. It’s a first call-up for Donegal Town teenager Cullen, while McAteer was in the Under-17 panel that qualified
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In this week’s Business Matters, Chris Ashmore speaks with Derry based financial journalist and economic commentator Paul Gosling about his new book “A New Ireland – a Five Year Review” which considers what preparation has been made for a potential referendum on the constitutional future of Northern Ireland. In the book he looks at the
Uisce Eireann says repairs to a burst water main may cause supply disruptions to Termon, Stragraddy and surrounding areas today, with works set to take place until 3pm. Meanwhile, reports of supply disruptions affecting Arlands, Burtonport and surrounding areas are being investigated at the moment.
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There are calls for an additional public holiday to be introduced to bring Ireland closer to the EU average. Councillor Jimmy Kavanagh has proposed a public holiday be held on the first weekend of July in honour of St Colmcille. He believes it is appropriate given that the other two national saints, St Patrick and
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Donegal County Council has agreed to write to the Minister for Education and Minister for Children to express concern regarding the rising use of smartphones and social media among children. Councillor Brian Carr says the recent Netflix show Adolescence highlighted the impact smartphones and social media can have on young people. He’s proposed the
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Ireland lost 9-6 to Boston Buffalo at the Bridges Boxing Tournament in Ballyliffen after some top quality boxing in front of a large and appreciative attendance. There were wins for Donegal boxers Thomas Doyle (Dunree), the St. Bridget’s trio of Kyrin Kelly, Kyrin Doherty, and Ryan Glackin and Luke Kelly of Dunfanaghy, who also received
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In the Ulster Minor Football Championship Final yesterday evening in Enniskillen, Tyrone beat Cavan by 2-11 to 1-8. Tyrone trailed at half time and Tyrone minor manager Gerard Donnelly felt the final margin flattered them a bit. Next up for Tyrone is an All-Ireland semi-final with Cork. After the win over Cavan, Donnelly gave his
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It was another action-packed day at the North-West Horse-Racing meet in Carndonagh. With the latest on how the 8-race card went, here’s Collie O’Donnell…
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Young Donegal cyclist Odhran Doogan finished third in general classification of the 2025 Ras Tailteann after a gruelling five days of action. Doogan held the yellow jersey heading into Stages 3 and 4 and added to a fantastic week by claiming the winner’s jersey in the overall points classification and Irish county rider categories today.
Division 1 Downings 1-12 – 1-12 Termon Malin 0-21 – 3-23 Naomh Conaill Four Masters 1-15 – 2-06 Buncrana St Michael’s 1-14 – 0-14 Glenswilly Glenfin 0-13 – 3-05 Sean Mac Cumhaill Kilcar 0-18 – 2-12 Gaoth Dobhair (Sat) Division 2 Killybegs 0-09 – 2-17 Dungloe Milford V Aodh Ruadh Ballyshannon Carndonagh 1-13 –
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There was a strong Donegal contingent involved as Strabane Athletic won the Ballymena & Provincial Football League First Division yesterday. Managed by former Finn Harps players Raymond Foy and Sean ‘Wizzy’ McGowan, the Strabane outfit’s playing squad includes Donegal natives Gary Merritt, Declan Sharkey, Aaron O’Hagan, Simon McGlynn, Aaron McCready, Ryan Galvin, Sean McCallion and
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Donegal’s Jamie Meehan and Odhran Doogan have both finished inside the top three in general classification at the 2025 Ras Tailteann. Gortahork youngster Doogan finished third overall, while Mountcharles native Meehan was ahead of him in second after all five stages had concluded this afternoon. Doogan won the points classification category and also claimed the
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Finn Valley AC athletes Mark English, Oisin O’Gailin, Conor Kelly, Roisin Flanagan and Letterkenny AC Athlete Erin Friel all had fantastic weekends racing around the world. With more on a record-breaking weekend for our local athletes, here’s Patsy McGonagle…
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It was a weekend of mixed fortunes across the North-West Cricket Premier League, with the rain playing a major role in disrupting fixtures. Despite the weather, a few matches did manage to reach a conclusion. In Section One, Ardmore and Strabane were among the sides who managed to get some play in. Ardmore were bowled
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Mark English won the men’s 800m at Track Fest in Los Angeles last night. The Finn Valley AC man clocked 1:44.75 for an excellent outdoor season opener and was delighted with how strong he was in the final part of the race. Here he is speaking to “Sound Running” on Facebook after the race: https://www.facebook.com/reel/9892584554191500
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Although Hugh McFadden was understandably disappointed with last night’s defeat to Tyrone in the first round of the All Ireland Series, the Killybegs man says the focus is now firmly on the “must-win” game next Sunday against Cavan in Breffni Park. Cavan will come into the game full of confidence after defeating Mayo in their
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Jim McGuinness called a spade a spade after Donegal’s three-point defeat to Tyrone in the first round of the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship this evening. The Glenties native says his side just didn’t show up and were sloppy on the ball in the 2-17 to 0-20 defeat. Speaking to Highland’s Oisin Kelly, McGuinness said “that’s
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Neil McGee says Donegal just weren’t at full tilt in tonight’s defeat against Tyrone in Ballybofey. The 2012 All-Ireland winner and current Donegal selector hopes next Sunday’s huge clash with Cavan at Breffni Park will bring the best out of the team after tonight’s somewhat sloppy performance. “There’s no feeling sorry for ourselves” McGee told
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Tyrone defeated Ulster Champions Donegal by three points in their opener game of the All Ireland series at MacCumhaill Park this evening. Speaking to Francis Mooney at full time, Red Hand boss Malachy O’Rourke said it was always going to take a gritty performance to get anything from tonight’s game…
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Tyrone have beaten Donegal 2-17 to 0-20 at MacCumhaill Park this evening. Two first-half goals from Seanie O’Donnell gave Donegal an uphill battle as they trailed 2-07 to 0-11 at the break. After the home side clawed back to edge in front heading into the final 10 minutes, a late rally from the Red Hand
Paddy Tally was left frustrated at missed chances as his Derry side lost 2-21 to 2-17 to All-Ireland Champions Armagh this evening. The Oakleaf County were 13 points down at one stage but fought back to get themselves right back in the game. After the game, Derry boss Tally told Michael McMullan “we created enough
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Armagh ran out 2-21 to 2-17 winners over Derry in their Group 4 contest in the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship this evening. Michael McMullan reports from the Box-IT Athletic Grounds…
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It’s been another busy weekend on the athletics front. The big news of the day is Erin Friel’s fantastic 400m performance in Belgium. With more, here’s Highland’s Athletics Correspondent Patsy McGonagle…
It’s been a good weekend so far for Donegal jockeys. Patrick McGettigan was in the winners circle at The Curragh in the 17:45 race yesterday evening. The young Ballyare jockey rode “Brigid’s Cloak” to victory as a 6/1 shot for trainer John Patrick Murtagh. Elsewhere at The Curragh yesterday, Luke McAteer handed Letterkenny man Paul
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Odhran Doogan will enter the final day of the 2025 Ras Tailteann in third position as today’s fourth stage has concluded in Co. Laois. Gortahork youngster Doogan had held the leader’s yellow jersey heading into today’s stage. Fellow Donegal rider Jamie Meehan is in second spot after some fantastic racing this afternoon. With more, here’s
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