Institute lost 3-1 away to second-placed H&W Welders in this afternoon’s NIFL Championship clash. Having trailed 1-0 at half time, two goals in as many minutes for the home side put the game out of reach of Institute around the hour-mark. At 3-0, it was always going to be an uphill battle and, although Mikhail […]
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Glencar Inn Saturday Division One Drumbar 3-0 Ramelton Mariners Glencar Celtic 5-1 Keadue Rovers Kildrum Tigers 3-0 Arranmore United Strand Rovers 1-1 Donegal Town Swilly Rovers 0-4 St Catherine’s Reserves Old Orchard Saturday Division Two Cappry Rovers 3-1 Dunlewey Celtic Fintown Harps 2-2 Gweedore Celtic Glenea United Reserves 2-4 Kilmacrennan Celtic Letterkenny Rovers 5-1
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Inishowen went down fighting in today’s Ulster Rugby Championship 3 clash with Virginia. The final score of 64-29 is somewhat deceiving as Inishowen showed their class in moments, producing five terrific tries overall. After the game, Alec McDonald caught up with Inishowen Head Coach Allan Pienaar who praised his young team but says they still
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Tyrone side Derrylaughan advanced to the semi-finals of the AIB Ulster Football Intermediate Club Championship after one of the most remarkable games ever in the competition. Derrylaughan, who beat Termon in their previous preliminary round outing, defeated Antrim champions All Saints 5-4 on penalties after their game in Cargin had ended all square, 6-12 (30)
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Inishowen have been beaten 64-29 by Virginia in this afternoon’s Ulster Championship 3 clash. A Dermott McGonigle hat-trick helped Inishowen claim a try bonus point in what was a fantastic game of rugby. Having trailed 33-0 early on, the Donegal side went over for two tries before half time to leave it 33-10 at the
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Rory Kavanagh is back in club management. The 2012 All Ireland winner with Donegal will take over last season’s All Ireland Club Champions Glen from Derry. Kavanagh led St. Eunan’s to Donegal Senior Championship glory in 2021. Glen, meanwhile, were beaten in this year’s Derry Senior Club Championship Final by Newbridge.
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It has been confirmed that the Health Centre in Dunfanaghy has been closed since October 25, which is two weeks ago today, due to IT issues. Patients requiring GP treatment now must travel to Creeslough until the new primary care centre becomes operational. Local Councillor Michael McClafferty says he thinks there is something more at
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The sharpest fall in the numbers signing on was seen in Killybegs with 395 people on the register, a decrease of 29%. There were 27% fewer people recorded in Dungloe, with 804 signing on. The figure for Ballyshannon sat at 853, down 22% on the year previous. Letterkenny seen a fall of 13% to 2,167.
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For 40 years, Derry City have produced a Match Day programme called “CityView” for every competitive home game. 10 years ago, new editor Andrew Cassidy came in and introduced the popular A-Z segment which has become a prominent feature of any CityView edition. Now, Andrew has published a new book called “City View – 30
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There’s a big, big game in the Inish Grass Shield this weekend with the top two sides from the Inishowen Engineering Division Two facing each other. Sea Rovers, the league leaders, will be meeting second placed Carrowmena in Gortnamullin on Sunday at 11am. Chris Ashmore has been speaking with the respective managers, Glen Watson of
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The Inishowen Football League has been allocated €460,000 through the Community Sports Facilities Fund appeals process. The funding will go towards the redevelopment of Maginn Park in Buncrana. The Inishowen Football League had been initially allocated €184,000. After lodging an appeal through the Department of Tourism and Sport, that was increased by €276,000 to €460,000.
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The death has taken place of former Finn Harps, Derry City, Distillery and Foyle Rovers goalkeeper John Young. He was part of the FAI Junior Cup winning side of 1968 and led the Harps out for their competitive game as a League of Ireland club against Shamrock Rovers. Among his highlights was scoring direct
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The League of Ireland season comes to a close this weekend with the FAI Cup Final at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin. Derry City are chasing a second cup in three seasons while Drogheda, the rank outsiders, haven’t lifted the cup since 2005. Highland’s Oisin Kelly spoke with former Finn Harps and Drogheda player Keith
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This week on The Score we preview this weekends FAI Cup Final between Derry City and Drogheda Utd with Keith Cowan, Patrick McEleney and Mark Connolly plus the man behind Cityview – Andrew Cassidy. Paddy McDaid looks ahead to Finn Harps U19 Women’s Semi-Final on Sunday against Galway United, while in our local soccer segment
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Clubs in the north west know their opponents for the first series of matches on the national stage of the FAI Junior Cup. Cockhill Celtic will continue the defence of their title on the road at Tipperary side Rearcross FC in round 4. Fanad United also have an away fixture at St John’s Athletic in
Draw made for latest round of FAI Junior Cup Read More »
Donegal are scheduled to start their 2025 Allianz National Football League campaign at the end of January away to Kerry with Dublin the visitors to Ballybofey in round 2 in the first Saturday of February. The draft fixtures for next season have been sent out to county boards this week and they have until next
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In this week’s edition, Chris Ashmore speaks with John Duffy who, along with Laura McGoran, runs a regenerative, organic farm near Churchill. What they are doing could be an eye opener for many when it comes to uplands farming, and they have a business with several different revenue streams. These include on-farm events on their
74% of people in Donegal are worried about climate change. Meanwhile, 38% of people in the county support higher taxes on cars that use petrol or diesel. A new report from the Environmental Protection Agency show that nationwide, one in two people are in favour of the measure. The research also shows that support for
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Women earn on average, 26% less than men in Donegal. The average weekly earnings for men in the county is just over €716 while women earn an average of €604 per week. According to CSO statistics released today, the median annual wage in Donegal is €35,010, the lowest in the country. Eimear Heffernan, Statistician with
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The long awaited Riverine Project is set to go ahead after the Special EU Programmes Body confirmed over €16m for the initiative which will link Strabane and Lifford. The 30-acre project will see the development of a shared park, a pavilion, an adventure play area and a footbridge. Derry City and Strabane District Council has
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Meanwhile, the Cathaoirleach of the Inishowen Municipal District says he’s sick to the stomach after the Buncrana Leisure Centre was not included in the latest round of sports capital funding. Cllr Jack Murray says the criteria for applications specified that shovel ready swimming pools were being prioritised, and Buncrana was only one of two
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Jude McAtamney, the former Derry under-20 footballer, became the first Irishman to score in an NFL game in 39 years. He scored a point for the New York Giants on his debut although they lost 27-22 to the Washington Commanders. Neil O’Donoghue was the last Irish player to score a point in the NFL during
Termon Ladies have been beaten 2-14 to 0-05 by Lurgan of Cavan in this afternoon’s Ulster Senior Ladies Semi Final in Virginia. Termon never got out of the blocks and failed to score from play in what was a dominant performance from the Cavan Champions. Maureen O’Donnell was in Virginia for Highland Radio Sunday Sport…
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Burt have been narrowly defeated by Bredagh of Down in their Ulster Intermediate Hurling Semi Final at Pairc Esler in Newry. Having been spear-headed by sharp-shooter Liam McKinney for much of the contest, Burt were eventually pipped at the post heading into the final few minutes of the game. It finished 0-23 to 1-18 in
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Termon Ladies went down 2-14 to 0-05 to Cavan Champions Lurgan in this afternoon’s Ulster Semi Final in Virginia. Having trailed by 4 points at the break, Termon were still in the game but two second half goals from the home side propelled them to victory as the Donegal Champions never really got going. Highland’s
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Burt have bowed out of the Ulster Intermediate Hurling Championship after their 0-23 to 1-18 defeat to Bredagh in Newry this afternoon. Burt manager Martin McGrath says the preparation for the game wasn’t ideal due to a prolonged period without a compitive fixture, but acknowledged the best team won on the day. McGrath spoke to
Martin McGrath: “The best team always wins on the day” Read More »
It’s been a successful day for Donegal drivers and co-drivers at the Kerry Winter Stages Rally. With more, here’s Highland’s Oisin Kelly…
Motorsport: Good day for Donegal at Kerry Winter Rally Read More »
It’s a good day if you’ve been backing local jockey Dylan Browne McMonagle. The Letterkenny youngster has had a 225/1 treble at The Curragh this afternoon. Firstly, at 12:25, he was on board “Kilbris” for trainer JP O’Brien which went off at 5/1. Then, in the 2:25 race, he rode “Rhythm King” for trainer Mark
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FAI Junior Cup (1.30pm kick offs) Cockhill Celtic 3-0 Kilmacrennan Celtic St Catherine’s 1-2 Letterkenny Rovers Division One Ballybofey United 2-1 Milford United Cappry Rovers 2-2 Lagan Harps Cranford 1-1 Castlefin Celtic Donegal Town 2-3 Glenea United Gweedore United 13-4 Lifford Celtic Division Two Convoy Arsenal 4-1 Letterbarrow Celtic Curragh Athletic vs Deele
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Derrylaughan had shipped 1-04 before they opened their account against Termon in last night’s Ulster Intermediate Club Championship tie at Healy Park. Seven unanswered points from Kevin Niblock’s side drew them level at half time and they pushed on to win by three points. Niblock said his players “stuck with the task” after the poor
Errigal Ciaran fought back from the brink of defeat to pip St. Eunan’s at the end of an entertaining Ulster Senior Club Championship tie at Healy Park in Omagh last night. The Tyrone side were 0-10 to 0-09 in arrears heading into injury time but three consecutive points edged them over the line. After the
Three late points from Errigal Ciaran broke St. Eunan’s hearts in this evening’s Ulster Senior Club Championship tie between the Donegal and Tyrone Champions. In a back-and-forth battle, it was the Letterkenny side who looked like they had the edge heading into the closing stages as they entered injury time a point to the good.
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St. Eunan’s have been beaten by Errigal Ciaran of Tyrone in this evening’s Ulster Senior Club Championship tie at Healy Park in Omagh. The Donegal Champions led by 0-05 to 0-04 at half time and were going into injury time 0-10 to 0-09 in front but three late points in a row gave Errigal Ciaran
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Termon’s season has come to an end after being defeated 1-11 to 1-08 by Derrylaughan in this evening’s Ulster Intermediate Club Championship. Caolan McDaid’s side took an early 1-04 to 0-00 lead but Derrylaughan scored seven points in a row to claw themselves back level before the break. Termon also started the second half brightly
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Termon have been beaten by Tyrone’s Derrylaughan in this evening’s Ulster Intermediate Club Championship clash at Healy Park in Omagh. The final score was 1-11 to 1-08 in favour of the Tyrone Intermediate Champions. Oisin Kelly and Brendan Kilcoyne were in Omagh for Highland Radio Sport…
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It’s been a good day for Donegal athletes at the Ulster Novice and Uneven Age Group Cross Country Championship. With the latest, here’s Highland Athletics Correspondent Patsy McGonigle…
FAI Junior Cup Fintown Harps 0-4 Fanad United Sat Division One Arranmore United 2-1 Glencar Celtic Keadue Rovers 6-1 Strand Rovers Oldtown Celtic 10-1 Swilly Rovers Ramelton Mariners 1-4 Kildrum Tigers St Catherine’s Reserves 1-0 Drumbar Sat Division Two Castlefin Celtic 2-7 Letterkenny Rovers Dunlewey Celtic 0-1 Drumoghill Res Gweedore Celtic 2-1 Glenea
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Barney Curran has led Downings Ladies into the Ulster Junior Ladies Final after their 2-06 to 1-08 win over Coleraine this afternoon. After the game, Curran gave his thoughts to Highland’s Maureen O’Donnell and said he was over the moon for his players…
Donwings Ladies manager Barney Curran: “I’m just over the moon for the players” Read More »
Naomh Padraig Uisce Chaoin are Ulster Junior Club Semi- Finalists after their 0-13 to 0-08 victory over St. Comghalls in today’s quarter final at the O’Donnell Park. After the game, Highland’s Chris Ashmore got the thoughts of manager Daniel McCauley… Chris also spoke to Jonathon Toye, who scored 5 points this afternoon…
Naomh Padraig Uisce Chaoin Muff have beaten St Comgalls on a score-line of 0-12 to 0-08 at O’Donnell Park in Letterkenny this afternoon to progress to the Ulster Junior Club Championship Semi-Final . With the full time report, here’s Highland’s Chris Ashmore…
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Downings Ladies have progressed to the Ulster Junior Ladies Club Championship Final with a 2-06 to 1-08 win over Coleraine this afternoon. For the second week in succession, two goals from Denise Doherty were the catalyst for the Na Dunaibh ladies to progress. With the full time report for Highland Radio, here’s Maureen O’Donnell…
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Buncrana have been beaten by Down Champions Bellala on a score-line of 2-13 to 0-10 in the Ulster Junior Hurling Club Championship at O’Donnell Park this afternoon. Chris Ashmore is in Letterkenny for Highland Radio Saturday Sport… After the game, Chris caught up with Buncrana manager Tommy O’Neill…
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Derry City have finished 4th in this season’s SSE Airtricity League Premier Division after their 1-0 defeat to Shelbourne at the Ryan McBride Brandywell last night. Damien Duff’s side scored with 5 minutes of normal time to clinch their first top-flight title in 18 years. The Candy Stripes had been in contention for league honours
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Burt native Mark Coyle has become the first ever Donegal man to captain a side to LOI Premier Division success. Shelbourne, who Coyle moved to from Finn Harps in 2021, have won their first title since 2006 after their 1-0 away win over Derry City tonight. Shels knew heading into tonight’s fixtures that they would
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Shelbourne are SSE Airtricity League Premier Division Champions after defeating Derry City 1-0 at the Ryan McBride Brandywell this evening. The dramatic winner came on 85 minutes when Harry Wood etched his name into Shelbourne folklore as he reacted quickest to poke home the rebound from a free-kick. In other Premier Division games, Shamrock Rovers
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Donegal’s Peadar Mogan and Oisin Gallen have been presented with their PWC GAA All Star Awards at the RDS in Dublin this evening. Galway midfielder Paul Conroy has become the oldest outfield player to be named Footballer of the Year at the All-Stars, with Shane O’Donnell of Clare named as the Hurler of the Year.
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Buncrana has retained its title as Donegal’s Tidiest Town. Ballincollig, Co. Cork has been announced as Ireland’s Tidiest Town at today’s SuperValu Tidy Towns awards ceremony. Buncrana has also been highly commended for the town’s Pollinator Plan. Meanwhile, Carrigart has been highly commended in the Gaeltacht category and Malin, Donegal Town, Glenties, Raphoe and Moville
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