The annual Danny McDaid 15k takes place on Sunday 28th of July in Letterkenny. Many people use this event along with the Donegal Half Marathon, which is on Sunday 25th of August, as part of their preparations for marathons in October – most notably the Dublin Marathon. Brendan “Herbie” McDaid, the event organiser, and Danny […]
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Cockhill Celtic bowed out of the FAI Senior Cup at the hands of Waterford at the RSC Stadium last night. Luke Rudden put the Inishowen side 1-0 up after 13 minutes but they were pegged back following a controversial equaliser for the home side. Ryan Burke then headed home the winner just after the interval.
A documentary celebrating the career of Seamus Coleman is set to be launched by Everton this weekend. “Seamus” will premiere on the club’s YouTube channel tomorrow. Coleman returned to captain Everton against his former club Sligo Rovers yesterday. A large crowd was at the Showgrounds to see an entertaining 3-3 draw. Among the Sligo goal
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Cockhill Celtic have been beaten 2-1 by LOI Premier Division side Waterford in their FAI Senior Cup Round of 32 clash at the RSC Stadium this evening. The Inishowen men made a dream start and found themselves 1-0 up after 13 minutes thanks to an effort from Luke Rudden. Their lead was short-lived, however, as
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In this week’s episode, Chris Ashmore finds out more about a new pet-friendly coffee shop that has opened in Letterkenny, and also looks at a new energy efficiency grant for businesses. There has been an explosion in the number of coffee shops in Donegal over the past couple of years. The latest offering is Brosef,
Donegal jockey Dylan Browne McMonagle’s good form of late continued at Leopardstown on Thursday where he was on board the 11/2 shot And So To Bed for trainer Joseph Patrick O’Brien in a maiden race over 6 and a half furlongs. That brought his tally to seven wins in the past fortnight. Today he is
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Derry City boss Ruardhri Higgins was understandably not happy as his side conceded in extra-time as they suffered a Conference League qualifier exit at the hands of Bruno’s Magpies of Gibraltar. He was also particularly annoyed with a disallowed goal and a number of other refereeing decisions. Despite a first-half red card for Adam O’Reilly,
There was European heartbreak for Derry City on Thursday night as the Candystrips bowed out of the Europa Conference League qualification to Bruno Magpies after extra-time. Derry brought the tie back level at 2-2 on aggregate with goals from Mark Connolly and Pat Hoban but had Adam O’Reilly sent off just before half time. The
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Tir Chonaill AC’s Kelly McGrory is going to a first Olympic Games with the Irish relay squads. The Limerick based sprinter has been selected as part of the mixed 4x400m and women 4x400m teams. Kelly is hopeful she may get some track time in Paris but it depends on the schedule of the other team
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The British Government has made a commitment to repeal and replace the controversial Troubles Legacy Laws. The laws were passed by the Tories and gave effective immunity for crimes – including murder – committed during the Troubles. The Irish Government had taken a case against the British Government as a result. Britain’s King Charles outlined
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Donegal created a little bit of history as they won the under-16 C shield at the Glen Dimplex All Ireland Championships at Abbotstown. They got a late winning point to overcome the challenge of Louth as it finished 0-13 to 2-6 in favour of Donegal.
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Shane Porter from Letterkenny was on the Irish team that won the boys youth and overall team gold medals at the 2024 World Darts Federation Europe Cup Youth competition in Latvia over the weekend. The boys team comprised Shane Porter, Aidan O’Hara, Sean McKeon and Callum Coade.
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Donegal’s Mark English set a new Donegal 400m record in Switzerland over the weekend as he clocked 46.19 seconds, beating his previous record of 46.56 set in Belfast back in July 2014. This run will give him further encouragement going into the Olympics where he will be competing in the 800 metres. Elsewhere, Ashleigh McArdle
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Galway manager Padraic Joyce while delighted to see his side progress to an All-Ireland Final acknowledged that their semi-final clash with Donegal could have gone either way. He felt it was a brilliant game and overall his team were a little bit more mature as they went on to win by 1-14 to 0-15.
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Donegal manager Jim McGuinness has stated that the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship semi-final defeat by Galway was “a tough one to take.” Speaking in Croke Park after they had lost by 1-14 to 0-15, he said he was “very proud” of the team and felt that they had been “on track” in the first half,
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Four Masters and Buncrana finished as the top two sides in the Marley Coaches Division 2 of the All-County Football League, and so are promoted as well as facing each other in the league final. Termon go into a promotion/relegation play-off with Aodh Ruadh, Ballyshannon, who finished third bottom in the Brian McCormick Sports Division
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St. Johnston, the only Donegal club in the North-West Premier League, were beaten by three wickets in their clash against near neighbours Strabane in Section Two. St. Johnston were 180/7 in their innings while in reply, Strabane reached 182/7. Elsewhere, Fox Lodge (205/6) beat Ballyspallen (204/4) by four wickets. Glendermott (146) beat Bonds Glen (116)
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Donegal’s Rachael Darragh will represent Ireland at this year’s 2024 Olympics having finished the Olympic qualification in position 34 with the top 38 booking their place for Paris. Dublin’s Nhat Nguyen has qualified for his second Olympics, being ranked 19 out of 38. Once again the Raphoe connection is to the forefront. Rachael is a
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Preparations are well under way for this year’s Foyle Cup tournament, with almost 600 teams expected to take part. Once again there will be teams from all over the world taking part. And there will be a big representation from Donegal. Philip Devlin, secretary of the organising committee, joined Chris Ashmore on Saturday Sport to
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Naomh Conaill and Gaoth Dobhair will meet in the Brian McCormick Sports Division One Final in what will be a repeat of last year’s championship decider. They share top spot following the final series of games in the All-County League today. Naomh Conaill beat Malin by 0-12 to 1-5 in their concluding fixture to move
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There were big wins for both Setanta and Burt in the Donegal Senior Hurling Championship. Setanta were too strong for St. Eunan’s as they ran out winners by 3-20 to 0-15 while Burt overcame MacCumhaill’s by 2-27 to 1-7. In the Junior Championship, round four, Letterkenny Gaels defeated Burt 3-16 to -17 while St. Eunan’s
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Donegal clash with Galway for the eighth time in Championship football when they meet in the All-Ireland Semi-Final this Sunday in Croke Park. Padraic Joyce’s team are unbeaten in Championship football this season while Jim McGuinness’s outfit captured the Ulster title. Ahead of that game All-Ireland winner with Donegal Mark McHugh joined AIB to preview
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Finn Harps suffered an eighth defeat of the First Division campaign on Friday night, losing 1-0 to league leaders Cork City. The only goal at Turners Cross came just past the hour mark, it was a wonderful goal from Cathal O’Sullivan. Harps will return to Cork City next weekend for a second round FAI Cup
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Finn Harps went down 1-0 to First Division leaders Cork City on Friday night. Trevor Welch reports for Highland Radio Sport from Turners Cross:
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Four Donegal athletes and one from Derry will travel with the Irish team to Slovakia on Monday (15th) to compete in the U18 European Championships. The action starts next Thursday 18th with Tir Chonaill’s Ethan Dewhirst competing in the 400m hurdles. Caoimhe Gallen of Lifford Strabane will throw in the hammer, Cranford’s Caolan McFadden runs
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Finn Harps have confirmed the signing of winger Gavin Gilmore, who has put pen to paper following a successful trial period at Finn Park. Gilmore came through the Galway United academy before signing with Athlone Town. He most recently played with his local club Athenry. He has signed a contract to the end of the
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Join us for Episode 4 of Active Donegal – Connecting Communities on Highland Radio. Throughout the series, we’ve been diving into how sport is feeding into communities of the county and how physical activity is being encouraged. In our latest episode, Mark Gallagher speaks to Gerry Clarke from Letterkenny Tennis Club and talks to a
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In this episode the focus of attention is the forthcoming Mary from Dungloe International Arts Festival which is the biggest festival of its kind in the county. Festivals can play a major role in boosting economic activity and the festival in Dungloe is a prime example of this, with numerous businesses benefiting. Over the years
Derry have won the All Ireland Minor Football Championship for the second year in a row as they overcame Armagh on a score-line of 2-07 to 0-10 at Healy Park in Omagh this afternoon. With the full time report, here’s Michael McMullan…
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Derry Minor manager Damien McErlain says “to win an All Ireland, everything has to be right” after his side retained their All Ireland Minor title with a 2-7 to 0-10 victory over Armagh at Healy Park in Omagh this afternoon. After the game, he spoke to Michael McMullan…
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In athletics, yesterday saw a number of local athletes taking part in the National League in Athlone, while today there was action in the National Juvenile Championships. Patsy McGonagle joined Highland Radio Sunday Sport today to give us the latest.
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Donegal jockey Oisin Orr rode three winners at Beverley yesterday. The first came in the 2:15 race on board “Uncle Don”. He went off in that one at 7/2 while he was in the winners circle once again as he rode “Persian Blue” to victory in the George Kilburn Memorial Handicap at 2:50. His third
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The Donegal Ladies have retained their senior status after a 0-09 to 0-08 win over Kildare at Breffni Park in Cavan today. With the full time report for Highland Radio, here’s Daire Bonner… After the game, Daire caught up with Donegal manager John McNulty to get his thoughts on the season… Daire also
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Following a break from racing due to an injury sustained at Silverstone in 2023, 26 year old Donegal man Caolan Irwin will return to action this weekend in the Pirelli National Sportbike class at Snetterton BSB with Burrows Engineering / RK racing aboard an Aprilia 660. “I am really excited to get back to
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Brandon Wilkie had another winner on Thursday as he was on board the 6/1 shot Royal Velvet to win for trainer William Knight in a mile race at Yarmouth. The young jockey, who grew up in Letterkenny, has had four wins in the last fortnight. Wilkie learnt his trade at Grade 1-winning trainer Eddie Harty’s
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Entries are still being accepted by the Connacht Motorsport Club for the Tom Devaney Memorial Hillclimb in Dromahair, Co. Leitrim, which takes place on Saturday and Sunday week, July 13th and 14th. This year the event slots into the weekend normally dedicated to the Sligo Stages Rally, but under the Motorsport Ireland National 24month calendar
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The Donegal Masters were in action last night in round five of the Championship as they made the short trip to the Owenmore Gaels club in Coolooney to take on their Sligo counterparts and came away with a 2-9 to 1-9 victory. Stephen Coyle and Brian McLaughlin got the goals for the Francie Martin managed
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Derry City manager Ruaidhri Higgins was left “absolutely gutted” as Sligo Rovers came from behind to take all 3 points in the SSE Airtricity League clash at the Showgrounds this evening. Higgins felt his team played well and should have been in control of the game, but ultimately it was a brace from Ellis Chapman
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Darren Murphy’s Finn Harps side have put themselves in a healthy league position heading into a tough run of fixtures as they defeated Kerry 1-0 in the SSE Airtricity League First Division this evening. Having started the night in 5th spot, Harps have jumped into 4th ahead of Bray Wanderers after their defeat at the
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Sligo Rovers have beaten Derry City 2-1 in the SSE Airtricity League Premier Division at the Showgrounds this evening. Having taken the lead through Paul McMullan on 54 minutes, Ruaidhri Higgins’ side were pegged back thanks to a brace from Ellis Chapman. Chapman equalised from the penalty spot on the hour-mark and popped up to
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Finn Harps have beaten Kerry 1-0 in the SSE Airtricity League First Division at Finn Park this evening. A first-half goal from debutant Sean Patton, who only signed for Harps on Wednesday, was enough to give Darren Murphy’s side all 3 points. The result means Harps go 4th in the table after Bray Wanderers slumped
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St Eunans will feature in the stand out ties in both of the opening rounds of the Michael Murphy Sports Donegal Senior Football Championship. In Wednesday evenings draw, the Letterkenny side were drawn at home to Kilcar in the first round and then they came out alongside Naomh Conaill in round two with the two
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Finn Harps have announced the loan signing of Sean Patton until the end of the season. Patton, formerly of the Finn Harps Academy, made his senior debut for Derry City last year and has made five appearances in the Premier Division this season. The striker will be available for selection ahead of tomorrow’s clash with
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Former DUP leader Jeffrey Donaldson has been sent for trial – to face historical sex offence charges. That’s the decision after a court hearing this morning – to decide if there’s enough evidence. His wife’s also accused of aiding and abetting. Tara Griffiths was in court:
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Aer Lingus has cancelled an additional 76 flights from Monday to Wednesday of next week. The latest announcement impacts 70 flights in and out of Dublin Airport – with six impacting Cork – and it brings the total cancelled flights as a result of the pilots pay dispute to 468. Pilots with IALPA have been
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In this 200th episode of Business Matters, Chris Ashmore finds out more about the Ambition female accelerator programme, and speaks with Brenda Hegarty, Head of Enterprise, Local Enterprise Office, Donegal. He also catches up with Justin Molloy, Director, Construction Industry Federation, Western/Midlands and Northern Region, to discuss about the construction sector’s capacity to meet the demand
The co-founders of the Social Democrats, Roisin Shortall and Catherine Murphy, have confirmed they won’t contest the upcoming general election. In statements today both said they wanted to allow a new generation to come forward in the party. Catherine Murphy and Roisin Shortall co-founded the Social Democrats along with Stephen Donnelly in 2015 – guiding
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Investigations are continuing into an attempted theft at the Donegal Donkey Sanctuary. At around 8:30pm on Tuesday last a white car is reported to have pulled up at the roadside close to the sanctuary at Castledooey, Raphoe with a man exiting the vehicle and making his way towards the carpark. The owner of the sanctuary
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The Justice Minister says there’s an epidemic of violence against women. Helen McEntee says it knows no boundaries and is impacting every facet of society. There have been numerous cases of violence against women before the courts recently. Minister McEntee is praising survivors for coming forward:
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Two Donegal sisters are set to make some Irish soccer history this month. Jodie and Keri Loughrey from Buncrana have both been named in the Ireland women’s under 19 squad for the European Championship finals in Lithuania. The girls, who play for Sligo Rovers, have already played together for Ireland at under-17 level. Ireland will
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