The first big shock of the Donegal International Rally has happened during Stage 5 in Inishowen. Keith Cronin and co-driver Mikie Galvin have slid off the road on Mamore Gap. The lead has been re-taken by Matt Edwards, with defending champion Callum Devine hot on his heels in second spot. With more, here’s Highland Radio’s […]
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Keith Cronin has moved ahead of Matt Edwards at the top of the leader board after Stage 4 of the Donegal International Rally. Cronin is now 9 seconds ahead of Edwards, as Callum Devine makes up the rest of the top 3. The reigning champion is 23.7 seconds off top spot. Oisin Kelly reports for
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The semi finals are under way at the R&A Amateur Championship in Ballyliffin . This morning, the quarter finals were played in blustery conditions that left players struggling for form but it was Jack Bigham, Dominic Clemons, Jacob Skov Olesen and Luke Sample who made it through their matches to progress. The semi-finals are underway
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Matt Edwards and Keith Cronin are the top two after three stages of the Donegal International Rally – Edwards leads Cronin by just 2.1 seconds after 39 kilometres of racing action. Kevin Gallagher is the modified section leader after the third stage in his Darrian. With a full round up after Stage 3 in Coolcross,
Matt Edwards has extended his early lead in the Donegal International Rally as the rain starts to be a factor. Oisin Kelly reports for Highland Radio Sport…
Matt Edwards leads the Donegal International rally after the first stage in Malin Head this morning. Just 0.7 seconds behind him is Keith Cronin, while Cathal McCourt makes up the rest of the top 3. Oisin Kelly reports on the first stage for Highland Radio Sport…
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Darragh Kelly takes to the Bellator cage once again tomorrow night (Saturday) as he fights Mathias Poiron of France in Dublin’s 3Arena. Moville native Kelly is 5-0 in his career and is a well-rounded mixed martial artist. Two of his pro-career wins have come via submission as he secured a guillotine choke in his first
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On The Score with Mark Gallagher this week we go live to Oisin Kelly who was at the Donegal International Rally Ceremonial Start in Letterkenny. Highland’s golf correspondent Sean Quinn has been on the ground at the Ballyliffin Golf Club this week – he spoke to Brian McElhinney and Iona Stevens at the R&A Amateur
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Ballyliffin Golf Club are hosting the R&A Amateur Golf Championship this week. Highland’s Sean Quinn has been on the ground in Ballyliffin, he spoke to course manager John Farren to get the run-down on what it takes to hold an event of this magnitude…
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Ballyliffin Golf Club is playing host to the R&A Amateur Golf Championship this week. The round of 32 started this morning at 7.30am where Connor Graham from Scotland took on Germany’s Laurenz Schiergen. The German was impressive – his 3 under par was enough to see off Connor at the 15th hole. Walker Cup
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Competitors in the Donegal International Rally will be putting the final touches to their plans for this weekend’s marathon race on the roads of the county. Friday’s stages return to Inishowen for the first time in 13 years, but before that on Thursday, the cars will be put through scrutiny at McGinley Motors on the
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Derry City and Shelbourne face very difficult opponents if they win their first round ties in the Europa Conference League qualifiers. Copenhagen await the Candy Stripes in the second round if they progress, while Shels were paired with Zurich. St Patrick’s Athletic were paired with FC Vaduz of Liechtenstein. Sparta Prague await Shamrock Rovers in
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22 year-old Max Kennedy has played his way into tomorrow’s last 32 of the R&A Amateur Golf Championship in Ballyliffin. The 74th ranked amateur in the world had a comprehensive win over Oscar Couillea of France. The Royal Dublin Golf Club player closed out his match at the 16th hole to claim a 3 &
Letterkenny man Mark English has qualified for this summer’s Olympic Games in Paris after breaking his own Irish 800m record in Spain last night (Tuesday). On the Nine-Til-Noon show this morning, Highland’s Athletics correspondent Patsy McGonagle summed up English’s achievement of qualifying for his third Olympic Games and says Ireland is riding the crest of
In this episode of Business Matters, Chris Ashmore looks at a €1m investment in Letterkenny by Ireland’s biggest medical aesthetic clinic, and also a new shopping app that will save people money. First up, one of Europe’s leading medical aesthetic clinics is opening in Co Donegal, and creating in the region of 20 new jobs. Thérapie
It is Police Marine Safety Week and PSNI in Strabane and Derry are urging to public to remain vigilant when making the most of the coast this summer. It’s in a bid to prevent water-related incidents, given the popularity of local beaches, pools, and waterways. At the top of the list issued by Derry and
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Plans to showcase the much anticipated Derry on the North Atlantic Museum will be displayed at the Foyle Maritime Festival at the end of this month. It’s believed construction will begin on the Ebrington Square site early next year, with a view to be open to the public in 2026. DNA Museum Project Manager, Margaret
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Mark English has qualified for next month’s Olympic Games in France. The Finn Valley man set a new national 800m record in Finland on Tuesday evening to secure his place in Paris. His time at the Continental Tour Gold event in Turku was 1 minute 44.69 seconds and was good enough to surpass the qualifying
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Malin in Donegal has been named as Ireland’s Best Kept Village in 2024. Its part of the Best Kept Town Competition, the results of which have been announced today by the Minister for Rural and Community Development, Heather Humphreys. Speaking at the awards ceremony in Belfast, Minister Humphries also gave a special mention to Derry,
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The Stormont Assembly has been told that almost half of Northern Ireland’s family carers are living below the poverty line at a time when they are saving the economy millions. West Tyrone MLA Daniel McCrossan told the Assembly that Carers’ Allowance is totally inadequate, and it’s vital that a Carers’ Recognition Payment be paid immediately.
It was a weekend to remember for the Gracie Ireland Jiu-Jitsu Academy from the north-west as they won two overall team titles as well as a string of individual titles at the Irish Open in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu in Meath. The overall team titles were in the Gi and No Gi categories. The team was made
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The draw for the preliminary quarter-finals of the All Ireland SFC has been made this morning. Tyrone will face Roscommon at Healy Park, while Derry must travel to Castlebar to take on Mayo. Louth will host Cork while Galway will be at home to Monaghan. The games are scheduled for next weekend. Dates, times and
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Ballyliffin Golf Club is hosting the Amateur Open Championship for the first time this week. Pre-qualifying took place on Friday, while practice is currently ongoing at the venue in preparation for the first tee-offs on Monday. 288 players will contest stroke and match play competitions from Monday to Saturday, with spectator admission to the event
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It’s been a busy weekend for Donegal’s youth boxers at the Junior Cadet Championships in Dublin. Roisin Hegarty of Illies Golden Gloves has secured another national title, while Eddie McBride of Dunfanaghy also made it to the final but had to settle for a silver medal. Peter O’Donnell spoke to Ciaran Cannon on Highland Radio
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Patsy McGonagle joined Sunday Sport this evening to talk all things athletics. Following a hugely successful week of European Championship action for Team Ireland, Patsy gave us the low-down on what’s been happening at local level this weekend including news of a new Donegal record…
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Derry defeated Westmeath on a scoreline of 2-07 to 0-09 in Saturday evening’s All Ireland Senior Football Championship clash at Pairc Esler. It was the Oakleaf men’s first win of their All-Ireland campaign and the result means they will be in Monday morning’s draw for the preliminary quarter finals which will take place next weekend.
Mickey Harte reacts to Derry’s win over Westmeath: “It’s a great result for us”… Read More »
Donegal have progressed to the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Quarter Finals as they defeated Clare on a score-line of 2-23 to 0-05 in Castlebar this afternoon. An early Ryan McHugh goal set the tone for what was a one-sided affair as Donegal led by 1-11 to 0-01 at half time. Another goal at the beginning
Tyrone have defeated Cork 1-18 to 0-17 in today’s All Ireland Senior Football Championship clash in Tullamore. The first half was very competitive as the sides were level 7 times in the opening period – Tyrone managed to squeeze ahead to lead 0-10 to 0-09 at half time. The big score of the match came
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Donegal were comfortable winners over Clare in their final group stage game in Castlebar this afternoon. Goals in either half from Ryan McHugh and Oisin Gallen along with a plethora of fine points from the likes of Paddy McBrearty, Ciaran Thompson, and Conor O’Donnell set Donegal on their way to an easy victory. The game
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Rally fever is taking over the North-West in anticipation of next weekend’s Donegal International Rally. Highland’s Chris Ashmore was joined in studio by Damien Gallagher, James Cullen, Rory Kennedy and Gary Jennings on Saturday Sport this evening…
Donegal are into the last 8 of the All Ireland Senior Football Championship after their 2-23 to 0-05 win over Clare at McHale Park in Castlebar. Jim McGuinness’ men needed a favour from Tyrone to top the group, and that is exactly how it panned out. Tyrone defeated Cork by 4 points in Tullamore which
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Rhys Irwin has announced he has signed for Gearlink Kawasaki and Team Green UK for the remainder of the season in British Superbikes. Following an emotional decision to leave his beloved Astro Suzuki Team last week Rhys begins a new chapter with the Gearlink Team Green Kawasaki, which is a factory race team. “I have
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Darren Murphy saw his Finn Harps side a goal down and a man down at half time in tonight’s SSE Airtricity League First Division fixture with UCD in Ballybofey. Murphy has highlighted a tactical switch at half time that he thinks helped his team back into the game and ultimately claim a point. “What I
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Derry City scored deep into injury time to snatch a 2-1 win in their SSE Airtricity League Premier Division clash with Bohemians at Dalymount Park this evening. The contest looked to be heading for a draw after lingering at 1-1 for most of the game. Daniel Grant put the home side one up after 15
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Finn Harps fought back from being a man down and a goal down to earn a 1-1 draw against UCD in the SSE Airtricity League First Division at Finn Park this evening. Darren Murphy’s men found themselves facing an uphill battle after going down to 10 men following a straight red card for Sean O’Donnell
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This week on The Score, Diarmaid Doherty and Declan Boyle will be talking League of Ireland football live from Finn Park, Ballybofey, Brendan Kilcoyne joins us to preview Donegal’s clash with Clare in the All Ireland Championship and Ballyliffin Golf Club will host the R&A Amateur Open next week, we speak with Ballyliffin Manager John
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The death has taken place of one of the most popular men in Donegal Football, Dessie Kelly. He past away on Thursday afternoon aged 79. An honorary life member of the Football Association of Ireland, Dessie was chairman of Letterkenny Rovers for over two decades. Having joined Rovers in the early 60’s, he played and
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Donegal Jockey Oisin Orr took a 31/1 treble on Tuesday evening at Wetherby. Along with trainer Richard Fahy, he won on 9/4 shot Yes I’m Mali and Lesley’s Boy at 5/4 while in between those, he was also victorious on the Lucinda Russell trained John L Sullivan who won at 10/3. At the same track
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GAA President Jarlath Burns says it’s unlikely Casement Park will host matches at Euro 2028. The west Belfast stadium – which is home to Antrim GAA – has been dormant since 2013. Casement is due to host five matches at the Euros, but plans to redevelop the ground have been delayed over funding. And Burns
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This week on the DL Debate – Brendan Devenney looks ahead to big games coming up this weekend for Donegal Derry and Tyrone with Peter Canavan and Michael McMullan. The DL Debate in association with Sara’s Kitchen at Sister Sara’s Letterkenny:
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Ardara’s driver Declan Gallagher and his Killarney-based co-driver, John McCarthy had a convincing victory in the Garda Síochána Motor Club Mini-Stages Rally. The Toyota Starlet crew were fastest on four of the event’s six stages, finishing 42.4 seconds ahead of Jason Black and Karl Egan, who were also in a Starlet. A number of drivers
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Saturday 8th of June 2024: Division 1 Downings 1-7 V 0-10 St. Eunan’s Letterkenny Aodh Rua 3-7 V 0-7 Glenswilly Bundoran 0-3 V 1-11 Kilcar Division 2 Fanad Gaels 1-13 V 0-14 Ardara Termon 1-12 V 0-10 Killybegs Division 3 Naomh Ultan 1-7 V 2-9 St. Mary’s Convoy Sunday 9th of June 2024: Division
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Tír Chonaill AC’s Kelly McGrory has set a new personal best and new Donegal record at the European Athletics Championships in Rome. With a time of 57.10 seconds, she finished in seventh place in the 400m hurdles. Her previous personal best was 57.22 seconds from 2022. Lifford/Strabane AC athlete Caoimhe Gallen threw a new
Donegal ladies drew with Kerry in the first game of the All-Ireland series. The final score was 1-6 to 0-9. Donegal picked up one point from their day at MacCumhaill park in Ballybofey. “It’s a funny one a draw, you kinda want to push on and win but we’ll take it there now with the
Donegal drew with Kerry in the first match of the All-Ireland Group stage at MacCumhaill Park. 1-06 to 0-9 was the final score line. “We would have to be happy with a draw overall,” said Donegal manager, John McNulty. Daire Bonner spoke with John McNulty after the game…
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Donegal Ladies have drawn with Kerry and take one point in the first game of the All-Ireland group stage. The game ended on a score line of 1-6 to 0-9. The low scoring match took place at MacCumhaill Park in Ballybofey. Caoimhe Keon netted Donegal’s goal in the first half. Evelyn McGinley received the Player
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Donegal’s young boxers had a successful weekend at the National Junior Cadet Championship at the National Stadium in Dublin. Eddie McBride from Dunfanaghy Boxing Club is through to the National Junior Cadet Final after defeating Brooklynn O’Brien from Cashen Vale Boxing Club, on a score of 0/5 in the 52kg division. Illies Golden
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Donegal have been beaten 3-12 to 1-13 by Kildare in the Tier 2 All Ireland Minor Semi Final in Clones this afternoon. Barry Ward’s men started brightly but were hit by 2 quick-fire Kildare goals around the 10-minute mark. Kildare held the lead at 2-05 to 0-07 at half time. Donegal rallied well in the
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Derry have beaten Dublin 0-18 to 2-10 in the All Ireland Minor Championship Semi Final at Breffni Park this afternoon. Derry were the better team throughout the contest but a goal in each half for the Dubs kept them within touching distance. Ultimately, it was the Oakleaf youngsters who ran out worthy 2-point winners, with
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Barry Ward was proud of the grit his team showed in today’s All Ireland Minor Tier 2 Semi Final clash against Kildare in Clones. Two first half goals for the Lilywhites effectively did the damage as they ran out 3-12 to 1-13 winners. After the game, Ward said he was “proud of the lads the
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