St. Eunan’s manager Barry Meehan acknowledged that Kilcar were severely under-strength in today’s opening game of the Michael Murphy Sports Senior Football Championship. Meehan remarked “it’s a lot for any team to be missing four or five of your spine” but was happy his side “just went out and did our own job”. He spoke […]
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St. Eunan’s overcame a depleted Kilcar side 2-12 to 0-09 in the first game of the Michael Murphy Sports Donegal Senior Football Championship at the O’Donnell Park this afternoon. A goal in either half from Niall O’Donnell put the tie firmly in the control of the Letterkenny side as Kilcar never really threatened. Highland Radio’s
Institute have started their NIFL Championship season with a 2-2 draw away to Armagh this afternoon. Shane Boyle had ‘Stute 1-0 up on 14 minutes but that lead was pegged back 10 minutes later. Armagh then took the lead on the hour-mark only for man-of-the-match Mikhail Kennedy to pop up with the equaliser for the
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The 9th edition of the Donegal Atlantic Way Ultra 555 Race is underway as over 120 competitors set off from the Mount Errigal Hotel at 5AM this morning. There are three routes – a 555KM route, a 333KM route and a new 222KM route. Participants of the 222KM route have started to finish this afternoon,
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Finn Harps’ goalkeeping coach Eamon Curry joined Highland Radio Saturday Sport today to talk about last night’s 2-0 defeat to Wexford, the recent run of results and to look ahead to the final part of the season. Here he is in conversation with Highland’s Mark Gallagher…
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Ruaidhri Higgins says his Derry City side “missed a huge opportunity” in not being able to draw level on points with Shelbourne at the summit of the SSE Airtricity League Premier Division. The Candy Stripes were held to a 1-1 draw at home to Dundalk last night and are now two points behind leaders Shels
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Derry City and Dundalk played out a 1-1 draw in the SSE Airtricity League Premier Division at the Ryan McBride Brandywell this evening. Derry trailed at the break thanks to a headed effort from John Mountney at the mid-point of the first half. Daniel Mullen equalised for the home side just after the hour-mark but
Finn Harps have been beaten 2-0 by Wexford in the SSE Airtricity League First Division at Ferrycarrig Park this evening. A Thomas Oluwa effort on the stroke of half time put Wexford in control and Darragh Levingston then secured all three points for the home side in the last minute of normal time. Tonight’s result,
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Mark English says he is disappointed with his run in the semi-finals of the Olympic 800ms at the Stade De France. The Finn Valley man finished sixth on Friday morning missing out on a place in the final. Highland’s Athletic Coreespondent Patsy McGonagle has been telling Oisin Kelly, Mark will be frustrated with how the
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Donegal’s Mark English gave his all in Friday’s semi-final of the mens 800m’s at the Stade De France but come up short on a place in the final. The Finn Valley man surged to the front with 200m to go but he was swallowed up by the pack in the closing metres of the race.
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The Michael Murphy Sports Donegal Club Championships get up and running this weekend, with games being played over Saturday and Sunday. Highland’s feature game in the opening round will be the meeting of St Eunan’s and Kilcar at the O’Donnell Park. Oisin Kelly and Brendan Kilcoyne will have live match commentary from the 4.30pm start
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Donegal’s Kelly McGrory and the women’s 4x400m have qualified for the relay final following their third place finish in Friday mornings semi final. McGrory who made her Olympic debut this morning ran the third leg of the race handing over to Sharlene Mawdsley who ran a super strong final leg to secure automatic qualification for
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In this week’s LOI Chat, Oisin Kelly talked football with former Finn Harps player Joe Boyle Finn Harps will look for a first win since early July when they take on fellow play off chasing Wexford in the First Division on Friday evening while Derry City play their first home league game at The Brandywell
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In a Band? Releasing your own Music? Independent Irish Radio Stations including Highland Radio want to hear from you! Whether it’s rock, pop, folk or rap – in partnership with Hot Press magazine, we’ve dedicated September as Irish Music Month and we’re playing more Irish music than ever. Be in with a chance to perform
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On The Score this week, Joe Boyle will look ahead to the League of Ireland games for Finn Harps and Derry City. There’s more from the Olympics in Paris, We’ll speak with Ireland Team Manager Teresa McDaid, Plus the Michael Murphy Sports Donegal Club Championships get up and running this weekend, we’ll hear from a
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Kellie Harrington is to retire from boxing after clinching back to back gold medals last night. The Dublin lightweight added to her win in Tokyo to become the first ever Irishwoman to claim gold medals in consecutive games. President of the Donegal Boxing Board Peter O’Donnell said it was another unbelievable performance by the Dubliner.
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Mark English ran one of his best ever championship races in today’s heats of the 800m’s at the Paris Olympics. Competing in his third Olympic games, the Finn Valley man finished a brilliant second in 1:45.15 to seal an automatic spot in Friday’s semi final. Speaking on the Nine Til Noon Show after the race,
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In this week’s Business Matters, Chris Ashmore speaks with Manus O’Boyle, the founder of a Burtonport-based boat tour company called Donegal Sea Adventure. The business began last year and its sea safari experiences, using a purpose built high speed boat, offer a great insight into the heritage, culture, and history, of islands off the west
Mark English ran his best ever championship performance to qualify for the semi finals of the 800m at the Paris Olympics games this morning. The Finn Valley man ran a superb race to finish second in heat 2 in 1:45.15. Gabriel Tual of France pipped the Letterkenny native at the line to win the heat.
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Monday night’s Bank Holiday meeting of the top two in the League of Ireland Premier Division ended all square as Shelbourne and Derry City played out at goalless draw at Tolka Park. The visitors played the majority of the game with 10 men after a first half red card for Sam Todd. The result means
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Leitrim overcame Tyrone by the slenderest of margins in the All Ireland Ladies Intermediate Championship Final at Croke Park this afternoon. Despite huge pressure from Tyrone to snatch an equaliser at the death, Leitrim held on to win 3-11 to 3-10 and claim their first intermediate title since 2007. With the full time report from
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Donegal jockey Oisin Orr had a winner today in the 2:30 Race at Chester. Orr was on board the Richard Fahey trained “Bosc Girl” which went to post at 9/1. He also had a good ride in the Arthur May Memorial Nursery Handicap at 3:05, placing 2nd on Fahey’s “Tuscan Point”.
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It wasn’t to be for the Tyrone Senior Ladies team in Croke Park today. Sean O’Kane’s side lost 3-11 to 3-10 to Leitrim in the All Ireland Ladies Intermediate Final. After the game, O’Kane gave his thoughts to Aisling O’Reilly and said even though today was tough to take, “the future is bright”…
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The Olympics have been dominating the recent headlines in the world of athletics, BUT there has been success for a number of local athletes at the U20 and U23 Championships in Tullamore over the past few days. Our athletics correspondent Patsy McGonagle joined Sunday Sport today to give a round up on what’s been happening
Donegal driver Eamonn Kelly has finished 6th in the Junior WRC Category of Rally Finland in his Fiesta Rally 3. Kelly, along with his co-driver Conor Mohan from Monaghan, had a great rally and were even in with a chance of winning the category as they occupied 2nd spot and were just 8 seconds off
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Derry boxer Connor “The Kid” Coyle has gone to 21-0 in his pro-career after a points victory over Kyle Lomotey at Oakwell Football Ground in Barnsley last night. The win keeps Coyle undefeated and keeps him on an upward trajectory as he climbs up the ranks. Meanwhile, Monaghan boxer Stephen McKenna stopped Joe Laws in
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Derry City will travel to Tolka Park to take on SSE Airtricity Premier Division leaders Shelbourne tomorrow night. City, who sit 2nd, know that a win will put them level on points with the league’s leaders. Candy Stripes manager Ruaidhri Higgins has praised Damien Duff’s side, saying they are a “smashing team” but noted that
Donegal jockey Dylan Browne McMonagle had a winner at the Galway Races yesterday evening. He was on board “Oriole” and romped home to victory as a 7 /1 shot in the 5:25 race. Dylan has 3 rides at the festival today as the Galway Races come to a close this evening. Oisin Orr is also
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St Eunan’s have won the Division 4 League Final at the O’Donnell Park this afternoon. The Letterkenny men overcame a stern test from Naomh Conaill Glenties. The final score was 2-13 to 1-11.
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Letterkenny deafeated Brigade to win the North West League 1 Cup this afternoon at Beechgrove. Letterkenny scored 171 in their first innings and followed up with 190 in their second innings. Brigade posted 201 for 8 in their first innings but fell short with 55 in their second innings. The Letterkenny won the match by
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The 9th edition of The Donegal Atlantic Way Ultra Race, with challenging routes of 555km, 333km, and a new 222km route along the rugged and beautiful Donegal Wild Atlantic Way coastline takes place the weekend starting Friday 9th. Competitors will depart Letterkenny and take on some of the most scenic roadways to be found anywhere
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02/08/24 Donegal Hurling Championship Results Senior Hurling Championship: Burt 1-13 – 0-16 St. Eunan’s Burt will now play Setanta in the Senior Hurling Championship Final Intermediate Hurling Championship: Aodh Ruadh 0-15 – 2-10 Buncrana Carndonagh 2-21 – 1-05 Dungloe Junior Hurling Championship Letterkenny Gaels 0-13 – 0-14 St. Eunan’s Four Masters 2-15
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Finn Harps have suffered four defeats on the bounce after their 2-1 defeat to Bray at Finn Park this evening. Manager Darren Murphy says the run has been “the toughest all year” but feels that they “hit the self-destruct button” in the second half tonight. He gave his thoughts to Diarmuid Doherty at full time
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Finn Harps have been beaten 2-1 by Bray Wanderers in the SSE Airtricity League First Division at Finn Park this evening. John O’Sullivan put the visitors ahead on 25 minutes but a Jamie Watson equaliser 5 minutes before the break meant the sides went in level at half time. Guillermo Almirall then struck what turned
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Donegal’s Eamonn Kelly and Monaghan’s Conor Mohan are second overall in the Junior WRC section of Rally Finland in their Ford Fiesta Rally 3 after yesterday’s opening stage. They face nine testing stages today, six more on Saturday and the final four stages on Sunday. Meanwhile in WRC 2, Co Derry driver Josh McErlean and
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On The Score this week, Oisin Kelly is joined by former Finn Harps captain Keith Cowan for our weekly League of Ireland chat to look ahead to the action for Harps and Derry City. It’s been a busy week for the north west Olympians in Paris. We’ll reflect on Mona McSharry’s medal win with her
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Mona McSharry says she is disappointed with how her 200m breaststroke race panned out last night. She was almost a second off the qualifying time for the final as the 100-metre bronze medalist was placed sixth in her race and 11th at the semi final stage. The time of 2:24.48 was still her fourth fastest
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Jude Gallagher fell to a disappointing defeat on his Olympic debut losing his featherweight round of last 16 contest in Paris. The Tyrone Tornado bowed out to 2020 silver medalist Carlo Paalam of the Philippines on an unanimous decision. Gallagher from the Two Castles club in Newtownstewart lost the first two rounds as Paalam showed
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Rachael Darragh’s Paris Olympics have come to an end this afternoon. The Raphoe native was outclassed by 2016 gold medalist and three-time world champion Carolina Marin in her second group game. The Spanard won 21-5 21-5 to progress. Marin is seen as one of the sports greatest ladies player and is a contender for a
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The Irish teams have been selected for the R&A Women’s and Men’s Home Internationals taking place in Scotland next week. The action gets going at Murcar Links between 7-9 August with Aideen Walsh (Lahinch) the automatic selection for the women’s team from the Bridgestone Order of Merit. There is plenty of experience in that lineup
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Mona McSharry will race in the semi finals of the 200 metre breaststroke this evening at the Paris Olympics. The Sligo native who is a member of the Marlins club in Ballyshannon was 7th fastest in the heats this morning. McSharry is chasing a second medal at the games following her 100-metre bronze medalist success
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It’s believed four masked men were involved in an attack on a house and car in Derry last night. Significant damage was caused during the attack which occurred sometime before 10.50pm in the Creevagh Heights area of Creggan. The windows of the property were smashed, damage was caused to the front door of the house
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The number of patients without a bed at Letterkenny University Hospital is up 8%. According to latest figures from the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation, 295 people waited on a trolley at the hospital during July. That figure is up from 272 during the same period in 2023. Over 9,755 people, including 73 children, were
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In this week’s programme, Chris Ashmore finds out more about the civic dollars project which is being extended in Donegal. In essence, this is a rewards programme using technology for getting out and being healthy, and which encourages people to spend more time in parks and open spaces. The man behind the concept and business is
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Serious concerns have been raised over speeding in rural villages in West Donegal. A recent speed monitoring exercise conducted by Donegal County Council revealed between 70-80% of motorists travelling through Dunlewey were speeding. Councillor Micheal Choilm MacGiolla Easbuig is calling for traffic calming measures to urgently be installed to combat speeding in villages. He says
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Rachael Darragh lost her opening group match in the women singles Badminton at the Paris Olympics on Tuesday. The Raphoe native who is competing at her first games fell to a 2-games to 1 defeat to Switzerland’s Jenjira Stadelmann. Darragh won the first game 21-13 but would squander a crucial match point in the second
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A man remains in a serious condition in hospital following a crash in Co Tyrone last night. Emergency services were called to the scene of the single vehicle collision involving a black 2024 Suzuki S-Cross in the Dooish Road area of Drumquin at around 7.50pm. First aid was administered at the scene to the man
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