Ardmore maintained their top flight status after a victory over St Johnson on Sunday afternoons Premier League Play Off. 19 runs was the difference between the two sides. St Johnson had been in a good position to claim victory after reducing Ardmore to 109-8 on Saturday but the match was unfortunately abandoned due to the […]
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It was another busy weekend on the athletics front in Donegal with both the Donegal Masters Cross Country Championships and the Champions Cup taking place. The Masters County Championships mens was won by Jon-Jo Doherty with Finn Valley winning the team event meanwhile the womens event was won by Helena McCready and her team of
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Derry City booked their place in the FAI Cup semi final after they beat Shelbourne 2-0 at the Ryan McBride Brandywell Stadium on Saturday evening. Goals from Michael Duffy and Danny Mullen was enough to see the Candystripes through to the final four. They will now have to travel to Bohemians for their semi final.
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Darragh Kelly improved on his MMA record to 7-0 with victory at Wembley in London on Saturday night. The Moville man defeated Dmytrii Hrytsenko of the Ukraine via unanimous decision on the Bellator Champion Series bill. The cards were marked 30-26, 30-26, 30-26 – all in favour of Kelly against a tough opponent who was also
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Derry City will be away to Bohemians in the semi finals of the FAI Cup after their 2-0 win over Shelbourne on Saturday evening at the Ryan McBride Brandywell Stadium. Goals from Michael Duffy and Danny Mullen put the Candystripes into the next round. Speaking with Martin Holmes, Paul McMullen spoke about the group sticking
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Derry City have beaten Premier Division rivals Shelbourne 2-0 to book their spot in the semi finals of the FAI Cup. Martin Holmes reports from the Brandywell for Highland Radio Sport:
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Dylan Browne McMonagle was in the winners enclosure on Saturday at Leopardstown. The Donegal jockey rode the Joseph O’Brien trained Trustyourinstinct to a Group 3 win. The pair finished a length and a half ahead of Shane Foley and Kinesiology. Earlier on Saturday, Browne McMonagle finished fourth in the Irish Champions Stake Group 1 on
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Naomh Muire, Lower Rosses have a Donegal Intermediate Football Championship semi final to look forward to after they beat Milford on Saturday evening in Falcarragh. Harry Harden scored what proved to be a vital goal for Naomh Muire as they ended up 1-09 to 0-08 winners. After the game, Ryan Ferry got the thoughts of
Donegal Masters won the All Ireland Plate in Cavan on Saturday afternoon. The Donegal side claimed a 0-12 to 0-05 victory over London. After the game Dáire Bonnar spoke with Donegal Masters manager Francie Martin… Dáire also got the thoughts of captain Conor McShane…
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City of Derry suffered a defeat to Portadown at Judges Road on Saturday afternoon. The game ended 27-0 to the visitors. Alex McDonald has the full time report… After the game Alex, got the thoughts of the City of Derry manager Eugene Murnane…
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Naomh Muire, Lower Rosses are into the Donegal Intermediate Football Championship semi final after they beat Milford 1-09 to 0-08 in Falcarragh. Harry Harden with the crucial goal for his side in the first half. Ryan Ferry reports for Highland Radio Sport… Elsewhere in the Intermediate Football Championship, Termon ran out 1-08 to 1-04 winners
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Donegal Masters have claimed the All Ireland Plate after they beat London 0-12 to 0-05. At halftime a wind assisted Donegal led by seven points to two but with Paul McDermott sent off for London, they couldn’t muster a come back as Donegal held out to get their hands on the Plate. Dáire Bonnar has
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Dungloe have advanced to the Donegal Senior Football Championship quarter finals after they claimed a 1-07 to 0-08 victory over Downings. A goal from Oisin Bonner proved the be the crucial score. Ryan Ferry has the full time report…
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Success Edogun’s tenth goal of the season and his second from the penalty spot gave Finn Harps another much needed three points in Friday’s 1-0 win over Longford Town at Finn Park. The victory was Harps third in a row and brings them back to within a point of the play off places with five
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Finn Harps beat Longford Town 1-0 in Friday’s First Division clash in Ballybofey. The victory was Harps third in a row and brings them back to within a point of the play off places. Diarmaid Doherty reports for Highland Radio Sport from Finn Park:
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Derry City will face Shelbourne in the last 8 of the FAI Cup at the Ryan McBride Brandywell tomorrow evening. The two sides, who are going toe-to-toe at the summit of the SSE Airtricity League Premier Division, have yet to be separated in their three league meetings so far this year. Derry City manager Ruaidhri
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Team IWR Honda will have a new line up in the Bennetts British Superbike Championship for Oulton Park this weekend after mutually parting company with Alex Olsen. The team will continue to feature on the grid in the BSB Pathway class as Kilmacrennan’s Richard Kerr joins them for the return to the Cheshire circuit. The
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Darragh Kelly will be looking to extend his unbeaten start to life as a professional MMA fighter as he takes on Dmytrii Hyrtsenko in a lightweight fight at the OVO Wembley Arena on Saturday night. Moville native Kelly is 6-0 in his pro-career after finishing Frenchman Mathias Poiron in the first round of the Bellator
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Donegal Masters will play London Masters in the All Ireland Plate Final at Breffni Park in Cavan this Saturday afternoon. Francie Martin’s side will be looking to avenge last year’s semi-final defeat to the same opposition. This year, however, there has been an influx in new players to choose from and, according to Martin, the
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Dylan Browne McMonagle will ride in the Royal Bahrain Irish Champion Stakes at Leopardstown this Saturday. The Donegal jockey will team up with trainer Aiden O’Brien and will mount Irish Derby Winner “Los Angeles” in the Group 1 race. Los Angeles has won 3 of his 4 races to date at York, the Curragh and
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Teams in the Donegal Junior League are back up and running and while the league itself has yet to begin there has been no shortage of action in the Voodoo Cup and Brian McCormick Cup. This weekend sees three area finals in the Brian McCormick Cup. Former Gweedore Celtic manager and player Hugh Rua Gallagher,
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In this episode of Business Matters, Chris Ashmore will be looking at a report from farming, food and agribusiness specialist professional services firm IFAC finds that expanding internationally is high on priority list for many Irish agrifood SMEs. He speaks with David Leydon, Head of Food & Agribusiness with IFAC about its report which is called
Tyrone have their man, and Malachy O’Rourke was announced tonight as their new manager as the GAA’s worst kept secret was confirmed. The former Monaghan and Fermanagh boss has agreed a three-year term which will take him up to the end of the 2027 season. A brief statement from Tyrone GAA said: “At this
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Letterkenny’s Mark English was among the Irish athletes in action in Switzerland on Monday evening at the prestigious Gala de Castelli event. The Finn Valley AC man placed an excellent third in the Men’s 800 metres. Fellow Irish Olympian Luke McCann finished just ahead of Mark in second spot, his time of 1.45.33 was just
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The Donegal Golf Youth Finals were in held at Ballybofey and Stranorlar Golf Club over the weekend. In the Donegal Youth Golf Matchplay under -18 Final yesterday Letterkenny Golf Club won the title in a close encounter over Buncrana GC 2-1, while in the Donegal Plate Golf Under -18 Final it was Dunfanaghy GC who
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The line-up for the preliminary quarter-finals of this season’s Michael Murphy Sports Donegal Senior Football Championship has been confirmed. It will be: Dungloe v Downings St. Eunan’s v Ardara Four Masters v Killybegs Gweedore v Sean MacCumhaills Glenswilly, St. Michaels, Naomh Conaill and Kilcar have already booked their spots in the quarter finals.
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St. Michaels have beaten Gweedore 0-6 to 0-5 in Round 4 of the Michael Murphy Sports Donegal Senior Football Championship in Magheragallon this afternoon. Two second half points from Daniel McLaughlin were huge scores in the low-scoring contest. With the full time report from Gweedore, here’s Oisin Kelly and Brendan Kilcoyne…
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Dungloe defeated St. Naul’s 2-14 to 0-6 in Round 4 of the Michael Murphy Sports Donegal Senior Football Championship this afternoon. The result means Dungloe finish 5th in the standings and will play Downings in a preliminary quarter final next weekend. With the full time report from Dungloe, here’s Ryan Ferry…
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Scores were hard to come by as Four Masters defeated Ardara in Round 4 of the Michael Murphy Sports Senior Football Championship at Pearse Memorial Park this afternoon. It finished 6 points to 5 in favour of the Donegal Town side and they will now go on to face Killybegs in a preliminary quarter final
Glenswilly kept up their 100% record with a 2-11 to 0-12 win over Sean MacCumhaills in Round 4 of the Michael Murphy Sports Donegal Senior Football Championship this afternoon. Michael Murphy, as he so often is, was the key man for Glenswilly as he scored 6 points and was influential throughout. With the full time
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Dungloe will play Downings in a preliminary quarter final of the Michael Murphy Sports Senior Football Championship next weekend after defeating St. Naul’s 2-14 to 0-6 this afternoon. St. Nauls, meanwhile, finished bottom of the overall leaderboard and will play Glenfin in a relegation play-off. After today’s game, Ryan Ferry spoke to Barry Curran
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St. Michaels edged Gweedore 0-6 to 0-5 in a scrappy affair in Round 4 of the Michael Murphy Sports Donegal Senior Football Championship this afternoon. It’s now four wins from four for St. Michaels which means they are straight through to the quarter finals in two weeks time. Their manager Cathal Sweeney spoke to Highland’s
Conor Harvey won this weekend’s Danny Gormley Memorial Knockalla Hillclimb. The Donegal driver pipped Kevin Gallagher by just 0.05 seconds to claim the win after a back and forth battle between these two in their Darrians this afternoon. Third place was taken by Kilmacrennan’s Ivan Stewart, making it a Donegal 1,2,3. John Baird joined Highland
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Donegal Junior League Results – Sunday September 8th Brian McCormick Cup Bonagee United 1 vs 3 Letterkenny Rovers Castlefin Celtic 3 vs 2 Lagan Harps Cranford FC 6 vs 5 Glenea United Donegal Town 4 vs 0 Cappry Rovers Kildrum Tigers 6 vs 0 Raphoe Town Kilmacrennan Celtic 4 vs 3 Gweedore Celtic
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O’Reilly Sports LGFA Senior Championship Aodh Ruadh Ballyshannon 1-2 – 1-6 Termon St Nauls 1-11 – 2-8 Naomh Conaill Naomh Mhuire LR 1-7 – 3-8 St. Eunans Glenfin 1-14 – 2-9 Moville Intermediate Championship Dungloe 2-10 – 0-7 Killybegs Convoy 2-6 – 7-21 Ardara Buncrana 3-4 – 2-12 Gaoth Dobhair Junior A Championship
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Inishowen Football League Results – Sunday 8th of September Clubman Shirts League Cup Redcastle United 0 Cockhill Celtic 5 Greencastle FC 2 Buncrana Hearts 8 Aileach FC 0 Culdaff FC 7 Charlie O Donnell Cup QPS 6 Gleneely Colts 1 Aileach Res 1 Cockhill Youth 2 Rashenny FC P Carn Youth P Moville Celtic 1
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Jim McGuinness’ Donegal side will not be playing in the McKenna Cup at the start of next year as all have pre-season tournaments have been suspended for 2025 as part of a one-year trial. After the one-year trial, a review will then decide whether or not the removal of pre-season tournaments will be made permanent.
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Finn Harps duo Aaron McLaughlin and Sean Patton, who is on loan from Derry City, both featured for Ireland Men’s Under-19s team in their 3-1 win over Kazakhstan in the Slovenia Nations Cup yesterday. St Patrick Athletic’s Luke Kehir, a late call-up to the Irish squad, gave Tom Mohan’s team the lead after seven minutes
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Intermediate Championship Quarter Finals: Termon v Red Hughs Buncrana v Malin Milford v Naomh Mhuire Lower Rosses Naomh Columba v Bundoran Intermediate Championship Relegation Play-offs: Fanad v Burt Na Rossa v Letterkenny Gaels
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St. Eunan’s made it three wins from four games as they overcame the challenge of Downings in Round 4 of the Michael Murphy Sports Donegal Senior Football Championship this evening. Downings made life difficult for their visitors but ultimately some fine scores from Ciaran Moore and Conor O’Donnell proved to be the key to unlocking
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St. Eunan’s have beaten Downings 1-10 to 0-07 in Round 4 of the Michael Murphy Sports Donegal Senior Football Championship at Pairc na Dunaibh this evening. The big score of the game came in the first half when a high ball into the Downings square wasn’t dealt with and was bundled into the net by
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Dylan Browne-McMonagle is continuing to make waves on the horse-racing scene. The young Letterkenny jockey has had several winners in recent weeks and kept up his great form of late by clinching a 16/1 double at Navan this evening. Firstly, he was on board “Irish Rumour” in the 15:25 race for trainer Miss Jennifer Anne
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The first day of the Danny Gormley Memorial Knockalla Hillclimb got underway this morning. Kevin Gallagher took the win on the first day of action with a best-time of 43:05. Conor Harvey was second in 43:34 and third was Barry Morris with 43:44. All three of the top competitors on day one were driving Darrians.
Letterkenny’s first home game of the Ulster Championship 2 season was one to remember as they narrowly lost out 45-41 to CIYMS this afternoon. Letterkenny led by a single point at half time as Ben Scott went over twice, and Daf Green and Jordan Mealiff also touched down for tries. Further tries in the second
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Institute have continued their poor start to the NIFL Championship season with a 3-1 defeat at home to Ballyclare Comrades at the Ryan McBride Brandywell this afternoon. ‘Stute trailed at the break and went 2-0 down in the second period before Caoimhin Porter pulled one back to make it 2-1. A late goal from Ballyclare
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Voodoo Cup Results – Saturday 7th September Letterkenny Rovers 0 – 2 Oldtown Celtic Ramelton Mariners 0 – 2 Fanad United Erne Wanderers 6 – 0 Drumbar Copany Rovers 3 – 0 Fintown Harps Dunlewey Celtic 0 – 2 Gweedore Celtic Strand Rovers 2 – 0 Cranford Castlefin Celtic 0 – 6 Kildrum Tigers Bonagee
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Finn Harps had a good away win in Athlone last night thanks to a brace each from Patrick “Dixie” Ferry and Success Edogun. Two first half goals from Ferry had Darren Murphy’s side 2-0 up at the interval and two second half goals from Edogun sealed the three points. 4-1 was the final score. Murphy
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Finn Harps have beaten Athlone Town 4-1 in the SSE Airtricity League First Division at the Athlone Town Stadium this evening. Following on from his goal last week against Cobh, it was Patrick “Dixie” Ferry who had Harps in front after just 3 minutes. Ferry then added his second of the game on the half-hour
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The Republic of Ireland are continuing preparations ahead of tomorrow’s Nations League clash with England. The entirety of the squad trained at the Aviva Stadium this morning, with no fresh injury concerns. Declan Rice will be returning to play in the Aviva Stadium for the first time since playing for the Boys in Green in
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