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Derry City boss Ruairdhri Higgins was understandably disappointed after his side conceded a 90th minute equaliser against Shelbourne in the 1-1 draw on Monday evening in the SSE Airtricity League Premier Division. Speaking after the game, he reflected on this and on a night when both Shamrock Rovers and Bohemians slipped up at home to

Finn Harps boss Darren Murphy was disappointed with the outcome as his side lost 1-0 away to Bray Wanderers on Bank Holiday Monday evening. He made a number of changes to his starting line-up, and also emptied the bench in a bid to get back into the match. After the game Murphy summed up his

A last gasp equaliser from former Finn Harps striker Sean Boyd enabled Shelbourne to preserve their lead at the top of the SSE Airtricity League Premier Division following a night of high drama at the Ryan McBride Brandywell Stadium. City deservedly took the lead on 56 minutes when Paul McMullan capitalised on a Shels’ mistake

Finn Harps dropped to fifth place in the SSE Airtricity League First Division as they lost 1-0 at the Carlisle Grounds to a Bray Wanderers side who leapfrogged over them on goal difference. Harps boss Darren Murphy made a number of alterations to his starting line-up, notably with on-loan goalkeeper Conor Walsh and Chris Lotefa

Cill Chartha will fly the Donegal flag at this year’s All Ireland Gaeltacht Championships following their victory in the Donegal senior final against Gaoth Dobhair in Falcarragh. Michael Hegarty, the Cill Chartha manager, was well pleased with the 0-12 to 0-10 victory and gave his thoughts on the game and the All-Ireland Gaeltacht Championships when

Cockhill Celtic overcame Gorey Rangers to claim the FAI Junior Cup. Oisin McColgan scored the goal to equalise Cockhill Celtic in the 77th minute. After a nail-biting penalty shoot out, the Inishowen side came out on top. Harry Doherty saved three of Gorey Rangers’ four penalty shots. Garbhan Friel netted the penalty kick to seal

Gavin Cullen manged his side to victory in the FAI Junior Cup Final against Gorey Rangers. At the end of full time and extra time, the score was 1:1 with Cockhill Celtic’s Oisin McColgan netting the goal. The match went to a penalty shoot out where Cockhill Celtic came out on top with a 3:1

Cockhill Celtic are the first ever Inishowen team to win the FAI Junior Cup, following their success over Gorey Rangers. Cockhill Celtic came out victorious on a score line of 3:1 after a penalty shoot out. Oisin McColgan netted the goal to equalise with Gorey Rangers and Garbhan Friel scored the penalty that secured victory

On Saturday, the 11th of May, the Donegal hurlers will take on Roscommon in the Nickey Rackard Cup. The game will be played at Dr. Hyde Park in Roscommon. “We’re in a good place, we struggled for a long time during the League,” said McCann regarding some of his keys players who have come back

Tír Chonaill AC’s Kelly McGrory set a new record in Donegal while racing in the 400m race in Milan. Her winning time of 53.76 seconds is also a personal best for the athlete. This was her first race since the final of the World 4x400m in Budapest last year. Her winning performance will see her

Donegal manager Jim McGuinness says influential goalkeeper Shaun Patton is winning his race to be fit in time for next Sunday’s Ulster Senior Football Final against Armagh. Patton, who is widely regarded as one of the best ‘keepers in Ireland, was forced off in the quarter-final win over Derry and hadn’t recovered in time to

Donegal have beaten Monaghan on a score-line of 2-12 to 0-8 in this afternoon’s Ulster Minor Championship encounter at Fr. Tierney Park in Ballyshannon. Two first half goals from Eoghan Gallagher and Donnacha O’Baoill set Barry Ward’s youngsters on their way to victory. The result means Donegal have now booked a place in the Ulster

Barry Ward will lead his young Donegal side into an Ulster Minor Championship Semi Final in 2 weeks time after overcoming Monaghan in Ballyshannon this afternoon. First half goals from Eoghan Gallagher and Donnacha O’Baoill set Donegal on their way to a bounce-back win, as they lost in last week’s clash with Down. Ward spoke

It’s almost time for this year’s North-West 10k Road Race & Walk. An estimated 1000 participants will take to the streets of Letterkenny this Bank Holiday Monday morning at 11am. The charities that will benefit from this year’s event are Cara House Family Resource Centre, Letterkenny Community Childcare Centre and the First Responders of Kilmacrennan,

Finn Harps have beaten Treaty United 1-0 in the SSE Airtricity League First Division at Finn Park this evening. As the game went deeper into the 2nd half, it looked like it might be heading for a scoreless draw as neither side could break the deadlock in a scrappy affair. That was until Captain Tony

Derry City and Galway United have played out a 0-0 draw in tonight’s SSE Airtricity League Premier Division clash at Eamonn Deacy Park. City looked the more likely to score towards the end of the game but ultimately came up short in what will be a disappointing result for Ruaidhri Higgins’ men. Elsewhere in the

    A late Tony McNamee strike was enough to earn Finn Harps all 3 points from their SSE Airtricity League clash with Treaty United this evening. It’s Harps’ first win in 4 games after losing 3 on the bounce in previous weeks. Next up is an away fixture against Bray Wanderers on Monday evening.

Jim McGuinness has led Donegal to the Ulster Senior Football Championship Final after a huge battle with Tyrone at Celtic Park in Derry this afternoon. Tyrone frustrated Donegal in the first half and found themselves 8-5 up at the interval. It took a much-improved display from Donegal in the second period to eventually force the

Brian Dooher says his Tyrone team “ran out of juice” as they were beaten 0-18 0-16 after extra time in today’s Ulster Semi Final against Donegal at Celtic Park. Tyrone led by 3 points at half time after a dull opening period. Donegal did improve in the 2nd half but it took a last gasp

  Donegal will play Armagh in this year’s Ulster Senior Football Final as Jim McGuinness’ side overcame Tyrone 0-18 to 0-16 after extra time at Celtic Park in Derry this afternoon. In what was a very closely contested match, Donegal needed an injury time leveller from Brendan McCole to force the game to extra time.

Donegal selector Colm McFadden says a trip to Clones on Ulster Final Day is always a special occasion. That is exactly what Donegal have to look forward to, as Jim McGuinness’ side overcame a stern Tyrone test after extra time to win 0-18 to 0-16. After the game, All-Ireland winner McFadden says the team showed

Mark English was in Diamond League action in Shanghai this weekend and placed 7th amongst another world-class field in the 800M event. Patsy McGonagle reported on English and other local athletics news for Highland Radio Sunday Sport…

Letterkenny Rovers manager Stephen McConnell was bitterly disappointed with the outcome following their Ulster Junior Cup defeat by Buncrana Hearts in controversial circumstances. Rovers lost 7-6 on penalties following a 2-2 draw after extra-time. McConnell was clearly unhappy with some of the big decisions on the night from the officials on a night of many

Buncrana Hearts goalkeeper Eoin O’Doherty saved three penalties as they lifted the Ulster Junior Cup for the third season in a row as they defeated Letterkenny Rovers 7-6 in a penalty shoot-out following a 2-2 draw at Diamond Park, Ballyare. Saturday evening’s final was full of controversy and was a final that few will forget.

Victorious Buncrana Hearts manager Gary Duffy believes that this year’s Ulster Junior Cup Final was one of the “craziest” games he had ever been involved in. Hearts won 7-6 on penalties following a 2-2 draw with Letterkenny Rovers after extra-time. But he was critical of how the officials had handled an incident filled game for

Buncrana Hearts won the Ulster Junior Cup for the third year in succession as they defeated Letterkenny Rovers 7-6 in a dramatic penalty shoot-out at the end of one of the most controversial finals ever played at the Donegal League headquarters in Ballyare. The sides had finished 2-2 at the end of normal time and

Donegal have beaten Monaghan 4-27 to 0-15 in today’s Nickey Rackard Cup contest at O’Donnell Park in Letterkenny. Goals from Liam McKinney, Oisin Grant, Declan Coulter and Gerard Gilmore helped Mickey McCann’s men on their way to a comfortable victory. Donegal still have two more games to play against Roscommon and Louth but they are

Donegal have been beaten by Down in the Electric Ireland Ulster Minor Championship Round 4 at Pairc Esler in Newry this afternoon The game finished 3-09 to 1-06 and it was a case of too many missed opportunities for Barry Ward’s young Donegal side. Donegal will play Monaghan next weekend and the winner can still

Donegal’s senior hurlers have gotten another win in the Nickey Rackard Cup as they overcame Monaghan by 4-27 to 0-15 at O’Donnell Park this afternoon. This was Mickey McCann’s side’s third outing of the campaign, having already beaten Armagh and Mayo in the two previous weeks. It was one-way-traffic for a large proportion of today’s

Ulster have beaten Connacht 47-12 at the Junior Interprovincial encounter at Judges Road this afternoon. The game was being played at Judges Road to celebrate 30 years since City of Derry opened the ground. After the game, Alec McDonald gave us his full time report on the game…   Alec spoke to Ulster coaches Mike