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Leitirmacaward’s Declan Boyle took his first rally win in six years by taking victory at the Wexford Stages Rally on Sunday. After two days and 18 stages, Boyle and Patrick Walsh took their first win in their newly acquired Skodia Fabia and it was Declan’s first win since the Achill Island Mayo Stages in 2018. […]

Gaoth Dobhair sealed their place in the Donegal Senior Football Championship quarter final after a 0-16 to 0-08 win over Sean MacCumhaills. A game against Four Masters is Gaoth Dobhair’s reward for their eight point victory. After the game, Gaoth Dobhair boss Ronan MacNaillais was happy with their victory but knows there is room to

Gaoth Dobhair are into the quarter finals for the Donegal Senior Football Championship quarter final after an eight point victory over Sean MacCumhaills. 0-16 to 0-08 was how it finished in O’Donnell Park. Oisin Kelly and Brendan Kilcoyne have the full time report…

Rory McIlroy agonisingly missed out on victory at the Irish Open at Royal County Down. The Northern Irishman lead for most of the day before a brilliant finish by Rasmus Hojgaard gave the Norwegian the win. McIlroy needed an eagle on 18 to force a playoff but watched as it narrowly inched wide of the

A late point scored 66 minutes into the game from Benny McLaughlin proved to be the difference in the Donegal Intermediate Football Championship quarter final between Malin and Buncrana 0-11 to 0-10 was how it ended in Carndonagh as Malin secured their spot in the final four of this years Intermediate Championship After the game,

Two lates points in the closing minutes of the game was enough to put Malin into the final four of the Donegal Intermediate Football Championship. Benny McLaughlin’s point late in the game proved to be the difference for Malin as they beat Buncrana 0-11 to 0-10 in Carndonagh. Dáire Bonnar has the full time report…

Aodh Ruadh maintained their Donegal Senior Football status for another year after a 13 point win over Cloughaneely 2-16 to 0-09 was how it ended with goals coming from Shane McGrath and Jack Gallagher Maureen O’Donnell reports from MacCumhaill Park… After the game Aodh Ruadh boss Maurice McLaughlin spoke with Maureen O’Donnell…

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

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.

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

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:  

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

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

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…

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…

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

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

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

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,

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…

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…

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

  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

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