Cockhill Celtic travelled to Limerick to take on Pike Rovers in the FAI Junior Cup Semi Final this afternoon. A Corey McBride goal on 23 minutes was the only goal of the game. Defender Lee McColgan says it was a “hard battle” but was over the moon to reach another national final with Cockhill. McColgan […]
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Fanad United have won the Brian McCormack Sports Premier Division for the 2nd season on the bounce. The Traigh-a-loch outfit knew going into today’s match with Swilly Rovers that a draw would suffice. In truth, the game was as good as over after the first quarter when goals from Eoin Logue and Edward O’Reilly (2)
Cockhill Celtic have beaten Pike Rovers 1-0 in the FAI Junior Cup Semi Final in Limerick this afternoon. Corey McBride netted the winner after 23 minutes while Harry Doherty made a fine double-save near the end to ensure the Inishowen men would prevail. Manager Gavin Cullen thought his side were good value for the win
Gavin Cullen reacts to Cockhill win: “To a man we were absolutely brilliant” Read More »
Josh Moffett and Keith Moriarty have won the 2024 Ronnie Hawe Monaghan Stages Rally in their Citroën C3. Meanwhile, Sam Moffett and James O’Reilly were 11 seconds off the winners in their Hyundai i20. Eddie Doherty and Tom Murphy finished 3rd to complete the overall top 3. Daniel McKenna from Monaghan won the modified section,
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Fanad United are Brian McCormack Sports Premier Division Champions once again as they overcame Swilly Rovers 3-0 at a wind-swept Traigh-a-Loch this afternoon. Arthur Lynch’s side knew they needed just 1 point from this game to secure the title and they stormed out of the blocks. Eoin Logue scored after 5 minutes and two goals
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Kildare Ladies are National League Division 2 Champions for the first time since 2004 after their victory over Tyrone in Croke Park this afternoon. Kildare led 2-4 to 0-6 at half time thanks to goals from Claire Sullivan and Neasa Dooley. The Lilywhites managed to keep their opponents at arm’s reach for the duration of
Tyrone Ladies lose out to Kildare in Division 2 Final at Croke Park Read More »
It has been yet another busy weekend on the athletics front in the north-west. To give us all the latest, here is Patsy McGonagle with a comprehensive report…
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06/04/2024 Glencar Inn Saturday D1 Glenea United 1 vs 0 Fintown Harps AFC Kildrum Tigers 4 vs 0 Donegal Town Oldtown Celtic 6 vs 3 Arranmore United St Catherines FC Reserves 3 vs 0 Kilmacrennan Celtic Reserves Cappry Rovers 1 vs 3 Strand Rovers 07/04/2024 Brian McCormick Premier Fanad United 3 vs 0 Swilly
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Friday 5 th April Jackie Crossan Premier Division Aileach FC 0 Buncrana Hearts 2 Sunday 7 th April FAI Junior Cup Semi Finals Pike Rovers 0 Cockhill Celtic 1 Strand Hotel Division One Dunree United 4 Aileach Res 0 C O Donnell Semi Final Redcastle United 4 Rashenny FC 0 Ulster Junior Shield Semi Final
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Illies Golden Glove Boxing Club had 2 girls competing at the National Girl Boy 1,2 and 3 Championships this week. Cathy Lynch, who was competing in the Girl 2 43kg category, took home the national title by picking up unanimous decisions in her both her semi final on Wednesday and her final today. Roisin Hegarty, who
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Glencar Inn Saturday D1 Kildrum Tigers 4 – 0 Donegal Town Oldtown Celtic 6 – 3 Arranmore United St Catherines FC Reserves 3 – 0 Kilmacrennan Celtic Reserves Cappry Rovers 1 – 3 Strand Rovers Old Orchard Saturday D2 Drumbar United 3 – 2 Swilly Rovers Drumoghill Res 2 – 4 Ramelton Mariners Dunlewey Celtic
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Omagh secured the win and bonus point that they needed to preserve their All-Ireland League Division 2C status as they beat Enniscorthy by 24 points to five. Although Bangor beat Midleton in their final game, it wasn’t enough to ensure safety and they now go into a play-off. Ballina are relegated after they lost to
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Donegal’s minor ladies have beaten Armagh 3-12 to 2-10 in today’s Ulster LGFA Minor Championship clash. The game was originally meant to take place in MacCumhaill Park in Ballybofey but was moved to Burt. Meanwhile, in the Ulster LGFA U16 Championship, there was disappointment for Donegal as they lost out to Antrim. Having led 2-3
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Galway have beaten London 5-21 to 0-09 in the Connacht Senior Football Championship Quarter-Final this afternoon in Ruislip. It was one-way traffic as Galway went in at half-time 1-15 to 0-3 in front. The second half was more of the same as Galway ran out comfortable winners. There was a plethora of players from the
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Ireland went down 1-0 to France in Metz last night as Marie Antoinette Katoto tapped home an early 7th minute winner after some sloppy Irish defending. Ireland rarely threatened, though they did at least make the home fans a little nervous with a rally in the last five minutes that saw Caitlin Hayes glance a
Barrett hobbles off as Ireland are beaten by France in first EURO ’25 Qualifier Read More »
Donegal have beaten Fermanagh 3-13 to 1-04 in this afternoon’s Electric Ireland Ulster Minor Championship first round fixture in Donagh. Paddy Ward hit 2-1 and Conor McCahill notched 1-5 as Barry Ward’s youngsters ran out comfortable winners in rough conditions in Fermanagh. In the other game in Section A, Donegal’s next opponents Tyrone overcame Down
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Danny Mullen says Derry City aren’t concerned about other results in the SSE Airtricity League Premier Division. The midfielder scored City’s third goal as they ran out comfortable 4-1 winners against Dundalk last night at the Ryan McBride Brandywell. It was a night where the Candy Stripes closed the gap on league leaders Shelbourne as
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Derry City defeated Dundalk by 4 goals to 1 in the SSE Airtricity League Premier Division this evening. City boss Ruaidhri Higgins has seen improvement in his side since last Friday’s disappointing loss at home to Galway, as his side took a point from Tolka Park on Monday and built on that to put in
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Derry City have beaten Dundalk 4-1 in the SSE Airtricity League Premier Division at the Ryan McBride Brandywell this evening. Adam O’Reilly had City 1 up at half time after netting on the half-hour mark. The floodgates opened in the first 20 minutes of the second half as further goals from William Patching, Daniel Mullen
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Donegal manager Jim McGuinness is looking forward to “a big couple of weeks on the horizon”. The Glenties man will lead his team into a battle with Derry in the Ulster Championship in 2 weeks time and he isn’t afraid to admit it will be a huge challenge. Derry have just beaten Dublin in the
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Finn Harps have drawn 1-1 with UCD in the SSE Airtricity League First Division at Finn Park this evening. Stephen Doherty was forced off early with a hamstring issue but was remaining positive. He told Diarmuid Doherty after the game the team are “happy overall with how the first 9 games have went”…
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Finn Harps have drawn 1-1 with UCD in the SSE Airtricity League First Division at Finn Park this evening. Tony McNamee opened the scoring with a stunning free-kick after 12 minutes. Harps deservedly led at half time but a triple change from William O’Connor altered the flow of the game and, even though they went
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Finn Harps and UCD have played out a 1-1 draw in their SSE Airtricity League First Division clash at Finn Park this evening. The game kicked off at 5pm due to floodlight issues, which caused a reduced crowd in Ballybofey. Tony McNamee opened the scoring with a stunning free-kick after just 12 minutes and Harps
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Coleraine have appointed former Dungannon Swifts manager Dean Shiels (above right) as their new first-team coach. A son of former Derry City boss, Kenny Shiels, he managed Dungannon Swifts in the top flight for more than two years. As a player he had spells at Hibernian, Doncaster Rovers, Kilmarnock, Rangers, Dundalk, Derry City and Coleraine,
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Ex-Finn Harps assistant manager William O’Connor will be in the opposite dug-out on Friday evening at Finn Park as he takes his UCD side to Ballybofey in search of 3 points in the SSE Airtricity League First Division. The Buncrana man is happy with how his team have started the season and, even after a
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Derry City will welcome Dundalk to the Ryan McBride Brandywell Stadium tomorrow evening (Friday) in the SSE Airtricity League Premier Division. City are currently one of three teams sitting on 12 points behind run-away leaders Shelbourne. Boss Ruaidhri Higgins was happy with his team’s ability to bounce back from last Friday’s disappointing loss to Galway
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Tomorrow is the closing date for submissions on the new County Development Plan, after a number of alterations were made to the original draft. The document also includes area plans for a number of towns in the county. In February, Donegal County Council published a number of Proposed Material Alterations to the Draft County Donegal
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The funeral mass of Una, Ciara and Saoirse Bowden has heard how words do not cover the events of last Tuesday when a crash claimed the lives of the Donegal woman and her daughters. Funeral mass for the three is ongoing at St Eunan’s Church, Raphoe. Jerseys were brought to the altar to recognise Una
In this episode of Business Matters with Chris Ashmore we’ll hear about Blas na hÉireann, The Irish Food Awards, which is the biggest competition for quality Irish produce on the island of Ireland. Numerous Donegal firms have been successful in the past and many will enter again this year. Chris has been speaking with Fallon
Donegal’s Ciarán Thompson, Derry’s Eoin McEvoy, and Westmeath’s Sam McCartan are this week’s nominees for GAA.ie Footballer of the Week. On his 100th senior appearance for Donegal, team captain Ciarán Thompson produced a man of the match display in Sunday’s Allianz Football League Division 2 Final success against Armagh. He scored four points, three of
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Derry City travelled to Tolka Park to play Shelbourne in the SSE Airtricity League Premier Division this evening. Neither side could find a breakthrough as the game finished 0-0. The result means Shelbourne are now 8 points clear at the top of the table after St. Pats handed Sligo Rovers their second league defeat
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This week on the DL Debate, Brendan Devenney recaps the league success for Donegal and Derry. The DL Debate in association with Sara’s Kitchen at Sister Sara’s Letterkenny:
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Finn Harps are now just 1 point off top spot in the SSE Airtricity League First Division after a 2-0 win over Bray Wanderers at Finn Park this evening. David Cawley and Tony McNamee got the goals for the Ballybofey side. After the game, Highland Radio’s Diarmuid Doherty caught up with Harps’ boss Darren Murphy…
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Finn Harps are now just 1 point off top spot in the SSE Airtricity League First Division after a 2-0 home victory against Bray Wanderers at Finn Park this evening. David Cawley broke the deadlock in first half stoppage time as he slotted home after being played in from a Tony McNamee free-kick. As
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Derry and Dublin needed penalties to decide the Allianz National Football League Division 1 Champions this evening in Croke Park. The game finished 2-21 to 3-18 after extra time and it was Derry who emerged victorious after goalkeeper Odhran Lynch saved 2 spot-kicks. Derry manager Mickey Harte was happy to get over the line
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Derry have beaten Dublin on penalties in the Allianz National Football League Division 1 Final at Croke Park. The game finished Dublin 2-21 – 3-18 Derry after extra time and a penalty shoot-out was required to separate the sides. Odhran Lynch saved two penalties to give Mickey Harte’s side the win. Michael McMullan was on
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The Donegal Junior League side were beaten 3-2 by Waterford in today’s Oscar Traynor’s Semi Final in Athlone. Manager John Francis Doogan says Waterford were deserving winners but was left frustrated at some key decisions during the game. “At this level, you need to have better officiating”. Doogan spoke to Darren Kelly at full time…
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GOOD FRIDAY 29th March Jackie Crossan Premier Division Glengad United 0-6 Cockhill Celtic Moville Celtic 1-3 Buncrana Hearts Strand Hotel Division One Cockhill Youths 1-0 Dunree United Rashenny FC 2-1 Culdaff FC Redcastle United 4-1 Greencastle Youths SATURDAY 30th March Inish Grass Division Two Shield Final Culdaff Res 1-3 Cockhill Colts SUNDAY 31ST March Donegal
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Donegal’s Oisin Gallen and Ciaran Thompson kicked 4 points each today as Donegal defeated Armagh in the Allianz National Football League Division 2 Final at Croke Park. Oisin Gallen spoke to Highland Radio’s Brendan Devenney at full time and acknowledged how important it is to have a big squad… Highland Radio’s Oisin Kelly caught
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The Donegal Junior League Oscar Traynor side have been defeated 3-2 by Waterford & District League in Athlone this afternoon. After the game was poised at 1-1 at half time, Donegal took the lead on 48 minutes but were pegged back by a determined Waterford side. Darren Kelly has the full time report from Athlone…
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Jim McGuinness has led Donegal to the Allianz National Football League Division 2 title today in Croke Park. His side overcame Armagh 0-15 to 0-14. After the game, the Glenties man praised his young side for having the character to go and win the match after a late rally from the Orchard men. He spoke
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Donegal have beaten Armagh in the Allianz National Football League Division 2 Final in Croke Park this afternoon. Donegal edged a close first half and went in at break 0-08 to 0-07 up. Jim McGuinness’ men dominated proceedings for a huge portion of the 2nd half and lead by 4 points heading into the last
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City of Derry were defeated by Dromore in yesterday’s Ulster Junior Cup Final at the Kingspan Stadium in Belfast. The match finished 30-17 and, even though Dromore finished with 13 men, Derry couldn’t find a way back into the game after going behind early on. Dromore started brightly and stormed into a 15-point lead inside
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Tyrone were beaten 1-14 to 1-8 by Derry in the National Hurling League Division 2B Final yesterday evening (Saturday). In what was a dogged affair, the sides were level with 10 minutes to play but it was Derry who prevailed to claim the league title. Tyrone manager Stephen McGarry spoke to the press after the
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Derry defeated Tyrone on a score-line of 1-14 to 1-08 in the National Hurling League Division 2B Final yesterday evening (Saturday). The Oakleaf county were heavy favourites heading into the contest but didn’t have it all their own way, as the sides entered the final 10 minutes level. Eventually, it was Derry who pushed on
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Kilmacrennan rider Richard Kerr and his team at AMD Motorsport are setting their sights on the MotoAmerica Superstock 1000 Championship that begins in Alabama in May. Kerr will continue to be a Honda-supported rider at the championship and says he wants to “let the racing do the talking” when he crosses the Atlantic. The 23
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The Donegal Pool Championships will take place next weekend in the Radisson Hotel in Letterkenny. The event will take place from April 5th-7th. Tina Reaney, secretary of the Donegal Pool Association, joined Highland Radio Saturday Sport today and described it as “the highlight of the year”. Professional pool player Shaun Sharkey was also in the
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Limavady United have beaten Institute on penalties in this afternoon’s North-West Senior Cup Final at the Ryan McBride Brandywell. ‘Stute went in a goal to the good at half time but Limavady struck twice in the 2nd half and looked like they were on their way to a 2-1 victory. BJ Banda’s late equaliser made
Penalty heart-break for Institute as Limavady win North-West Senior Cup Read More »
John Joe Doherty has won the 10 mile race at the Ballyliffin International Coastal Challenge this afternoon. The Finn Valley A.C. athlete finished 20 seconds ahead of City Of Derry’s Kyle Doherty, while Johnny Canning of Foyle Valley came in third. In the women’s section, City of Derry’s Ciara Toner won the race while Emma
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