St. Johnston, the only Donegal club in the North-West Premier League, were beaten by three wickets in their clash against near neighbours Strabane in Section Two. St. Johnston were 180/7 in their innings while in reply, Strabane reached 182/7. Elsewhere, Fox Lodge (205/6) beat Ballyspallen (204/4) by four wickets. Glendermott (146) beat Bonds Glen (116) […]
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Donegal’s Rachael Darragh will represent Ireland at this year’s 2024 Olympics having finished the Olympic qualification in position 34 with the top 38 booking their place for Paris. Dublin’s Nhat Nguyen has qualified for his second Olympics, being ranked 19 out of 38. Once again the Raphoe connection is to the forefront. Rachael is a
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Preparations are well under way for this year’s Foyle Cup tournament, with almost 600 teams expected to take part. Once again there will be teams from all over the world taking part. And there will be a big representation from Donegal. Philip Devlin, secretary of the organising committee, joined Chris Ashmore on Saturday Sport to
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Naomh Conaill and Gaoth Dobhair will meet in the Brian McCormick Sports Division One Final in what will be a repeat of last year’s championship decider. They share top spot following the final series of games in the All-County League today. Naomh Conaill beat Malin by 0-12 to 1-5 in their concluding fixture to move
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There were big wins for both Setanta and Burt in the Donegal Senior Hurling Championship. Setanta were too strong for St. Eunan’s as they ran out winners by 3-20 to 0-15 while Burt overcame MacCumhaill’s by 2-27 to 1-7. In the Junior Championship, round four, Letterkenny Gaels defeated Burt 3-16 to -17 while St. Eunan’s
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Donegal clash with Galway for the eighth time in Championship football when they meet in the All-Ireland Semi-Final this Sunday in Croke Park. Padraic Joyce’s team are unbeaten in Championship football this season while Jim McGuinness’s outfit captured the Ulster title. Ahead of that game All-Ireland winner with Donegal Mark McHugh joined AIB to preview
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Finn Harps suffered an eighth defeat of the First Division campaign on Friday night, losing 1-0 to league leaders Cork City. The only goal at Turners Cross came just past the hour mark, it was a wonderful goal from Cathal O’Sullivan. Harps will return to Cork City next weekend for a second round FAI Cup
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Finn Harps went down 1-0 to First Division leaders Cork City on Friday night. Trevor Welch reports for Highland Radio Sport from Turners Cross:
FT Report: Cork City 1 Finn Harps 0 Read More »
Four Donegal athletes and one from Derry will travel with the Irish team to Slovakia on Monday (15th) to compete in the U18 European Championships. The action starts next Thursday 18th with Tir Chonaill’s Ethan Dewhirst competing in the 400m hurdles. Caoimhe Gallen of Lifford Strabane will throw in the hammer, Cranford’s Caolan McFadden runs
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Finn Harps have confirmed the signing of winger Gavin Gilmore, who has put pen to paper following a successful trial period at Finn Park. Gilmore came through the Galway United academy before signing with Athlone Town. He most recently played with his local club Athenry. He has signed a contract to the end of the
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Join us for Episode 4 of Active Donegal – Connecting Communities on Highland Radio. Throughout the series, we’ve been diving into how sport is feeding into communities of the county and how physical activity is being encouraged. In our latest episode, Mark Gallagher speaks to Gerry Clarke from Letterkenny Tennis Club and talks to a
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In this episode the focus of attention is the forthcoming Mary from Dungloe International Arts Festival which is the biggest festival of its kind in the county. Festivals can play a major role in boosting economic activity and the festival in Dungloe is a prime example of this, with numerous businesses benefiting. Over the years
Derry have won the All Ireland Minor Football Championship for the second year in a row as they overcame Armagh on a score-line of 2-07 to 0-10 at Healy Park in Omagh this afternoon. With the full time report, here’s Michael McMullan…
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Derry Minor manager Damien McErlain says “to win an All Ireland, everything has to be right” after his side retained their All Ireland Minor title with a 2-7 to 0-10 victory over Armagh at Healy Park in Omagh this afternoon. After the game, he spoke to Michael McMullan…
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In athletics, yesterday saw a number of local athletes taking part in the National League in Athlone, while today there was action in the National Juvenile Championships. Patsy McGonagle joined Highland Radio Sunday Sport today to give us the latest.
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Donegal jockey Oisin Orr rode three winners at Beverley yesterday. The first came in the 2:15 race on board “Uncle Don”. He went off in that one at 7/2 while he was in the winners circle once again as he rode “Persian Blue” to victory in the George Kilburn Memorial Handicap at 2:50. His third
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The Donegal Ladies have retained their senior status after a 0-09 to 0-08 win over Kildare at Breffni Park in Cavan today. With the full time report for Highland Radio, here’s Daire Bonner… After the game, Daire caught up with Donegal manager John McNulty to get his thoughts on the season… Daire also
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Following a break from racing due to an injury sustained at Silverstone in 2023, 26 year old Donegal man Caolan Irwin will return to action this weekend in the Pirelli National Sportbike class at Snetterton BSB with Burrows Engineering / RK racing aboard an Aprilia 660. “I am really excited to get back to
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Brandon Wilkie had another winner on Thursday as he was on board the 6/1 shot Royal Velvet to win for trainer William Knight in a mile race at Yarmouth. The young jockey, who grew up in Letterkenny, has had four wins in the last fortnight. Wilkie learnt his trade at Grade 1-winning trainer Eddie Harty’s
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Entries are still being accepted by the Connacht Motorsport Club for the Tom Devaney Memorial Hillclimb in Dromahair, Co. Leitrim, which takes place on Saturday and Sunday week, July 13th and 14th. This year the event slots into the weekend normally dedicated to the Sligo Stages Rally, but under the Motorsport Ireland National 24month calendar
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The Donegal Masters were in action last night in round five of the Championship as they made the short trip to the Owenmore Gaels club in Coolooney to take on their Sligo counterparts and came away with a 2-9 to 1-9 victory. Stephen Coyle and Brian McLaughlin got the goals for the Francie Martin managed
GAA: Donegal Masters win in Sligo Read More »
Derry City manager Ruaidhri Higgins was left “absolutely gutted” as Sligo Rovers came from behind to take all 3 points in the SSE Airtricity League clash at the Showgrounds this evening. Higgins felt his team played well and should have been in control of the game, but ultimately it was a brace from Ellis Chapman
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Darren Murphy’s Finn Harps side have put themselves in a healthy league position heading into a tough run of fixtures as they defeated Kerry 1-0 in the SSE Airtricity League First Division this evening. Having started the night in 5th spot, Harps have jumped into 4th ahead of Bray Wanderers after their defeat at the
“We bossed the game” – Darren Murphy on Harps victory over Kerry Read More »
Sligo Rovers have beaten Derry City 2-1 in the SSE Airtricity League Premier Division at the Showgrounds this evening. Having taken the lead through Paul McMullan on 54 minutes, Ruaidhri Higgins’ side were pegged back thanks to a brace from Ellis Chapman. Chapman equalised from the penalty spot on the hour-mark and popped up to
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Finn Harps have beaten Kerry 1-0 in the SSE Airtricity League First Division at Finn Park this evening. A first-half goal from debutant Sean Patton, who only signed for Harps on Wednesday, was enough to give Darren Murphy’s side all 3 points. The result means Harps go 4th in the table after Bray Wanderers slumped
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St Eunans will feature in the stand out ties in both of the opening rounds of the Michael Murphy Sports Donegal Senior Football Championship. In Wednesday evenings draw, the Letterkenny side were drawn at home to Kilcar in the first round and then they came out alongside Naomh Conaill in round two with the two
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Finn Harps have announced the loan signing of Sean Patton until the end of the season. Patton, formerly of the Finn Harps Academy, made his senior debut for Derry City last year and has made five appearances in the Premier Division this season. The striker will be available for selection ahead of tomorrow’s clash with
Sean Patton signs with Finn Harps Read More »
Former DUP leader Jeffrey Donaldson has been sent for trial – to face historical sex offence charges. That’s the decision after a court hearing this morning – to decide if there’s enough evidence. His wife’s also accused of aiding and abetting. Tara Griffiths was in court:
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Aer Lingus has cancelled an additional 76 flights from Monday to Wednesday of next week. The latest announcement impacts 70 flights in and out of Dublin Airport – with six impacting Cork – and it brings the total cancelled flights as a result of the pilots pay dispute to 468. Pilots with IALPA have been
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In this 200th episode of Business Matters, Chris Ashmore finds out more about the Ambition female accelerator programme, and speaks with Brenda Hegarty, Head of Enterprise, Local Enterprise Office, Donegal. He also catches up with Justin Molloy, Director, Construction Industry Federation, Western/Midlands and Northern Region, to discuss about the construction sector’s capacity to meet the demand
The co-founders of the Social Democrats, Roisin Shortall and Catherine Murphy, have confirmed they won’t contest the upcoming general election. In statements today both said they wanted to allow a new generation to come forward in the party. Catherine Murphy and Roisin Shortall co-founded the Social Democrats along with Stephen Donnelly in 2015 – guiding
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Investigations are continuing into an attempted theft at the Donegal Donkey Sanctuary. At around 8:30pm on Tuesday last a white car is reported to have pulled up at the roadside close to the sanctuary at Castledooey, Raphoe with a man exiting the vehicle and making his way towards the carpark. The owner of the sanctuary
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The Justice Minister says there’s an epidemic of violence against women. Helen McEntee says it knows no boundaries and is impacting every facet of society. There have been numerous cases of violence against women before the courts recently. Minister McEntee is praising survivors for coming forward:
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Two Donegal sisters are set to make some Irish soccer history this month. Jodie and Keri Loughrey from Buncrana have both been named in the Ireland women’s under 19 squad for the European Championship finals in Lithuania. The girls, who play for Sligo Rovers, have already played together for Ireland at under-17 level. Ireland will
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Sligo Rovers have announced that Everton will play a pre-season friendly at the Showgrounds on Friday at 4pm. Everton are due to have a training camp in Ireland later this month. The fixture is set to strengthen the links between Everton and Sligo. In January 2021, details were announced of aa strategic partnership between the
Donegal’s All Ireland Semi-Final with Galway will be played on Sunday the 14th of July. It’s been confirmed that the throw in time will be 4 o’clock that afternoon. The other semi final between Armagh and Kerry will take place the day before on Saturday the 13th of July. That match kicks off at 5:30pm.
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Gardaí are tending the scene of a collision which has seen a lorry off the road near the junction between Ballyholey and Galdonagh, outside Lifford. The road is not believed to be closed at this time, but traffic delays are to be expected. Gardaí say no injuries has been reported at this time. More information
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Donegal’s Brandon Wilkie had two winners at Wolverhampton yesterday, firstly on the 6/4 favourite Atlantic Gamble who was in a dead heat with Supaspecialawesome and then on the 8/1 shot Forgotten Treasure. On Saturday, Dylan Browne McMonagle was on board the 4/7 favourite Galen for trainer JP O’Brien in the Molton Brown Irish EBF Median
Double for Brandon Wilkie at Wolverhampton Read More »
Donegal have beaten Louth 1-23 to 0-18 in the All Ireland Quarter Final at Croke Park this afternoon, which means Jim McGuinness’ men return to an All Ireland Semi Finals for the first time in 10 years. Galway will be the opponents in 2 weeks time at GAA HQ after their dramatic win over Dublin
Kerry have beaten Derry 0-15 to 0-10 in the last of this season’s All Ireland Quarter Finals. In a tight game, Kerry pulled away at the end and ran out worthy winners at GAA HQ. Kerry join Armagh, Galway and Donegal in the semi finals to set up a mouth-watering end to the 2024 All
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Donegal have progressed to their first All Ireland Semi-Final in 10 years thanks to a comfortable 8-point win over Louth in Croke Park this afternoon. An Eoghan Ban Gallagher goal in the second half was the cherry on top of a high-scoring performance from Jim McGuinness’ side. Peadar Mogan, who was named man of the
Derry’s season is over after going down 0-15 to 0-10 to Kerry in today’s All Ireland Quarter Final at Croke Park. It’s Mickey Harte’s men’s fourth defeat of the championship campaign and the Tyrone man says it’s a bitter pill to swallow… He spoke to the assembled press after full time at GAA HQ…
Mickey Harte: “It’s a very sombre dressing room” Read More »
It’s Day 2 of the National Track & Field Championships in Santry. Mark English has won the 800M National Title once again and there have been several other medallists from other Donegal clubs. With more, here’s Patsy McGonagle…
Finn Valley athlete Sommer Lecky is the National High Jump champion after winning gold at today’s event in Santry. Donegal athlete James Kelly also had a good afternoon – he took silver in the shot-put. With more, here’s Patsy McGonagle with the latest at 5pm…
Moville’s Darragh Kelly has been making waves on the MMA scene. The Bellator fighter moved to 6-0 in his professional career last week with a first-round win over Frenchman Mathias Poiron at the 3Arena in Dublin. Highland’s Mark Gallagher caught up with Kelly on Saturday Sport this afternoon…
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Ciara Grant has signed a one-year deal with Scottish Woman’s Premier League side Hibernian. The Letterkenny woman is familiar with the Scottish league as she has played for Hearts and Rangers in the past couple of seasons. Grant will wear the number 6 jersey for Hibernian.
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The National Track & Field Championships have begun today in Santry. Patsy McGonagle joined Highland Radio Saturday Sport to give us the latest at 3pm…
National Athletics Championships up and running – The latest with Patsy McGonagle Read More »
Darren Murphy’s Finn Harps side had to settle for a draw in their SSE Airtricity League clash with Longford Town this evening. An early goal from Patrick Ferry meant Harps would go in at the break in control, but Longford bit back and equalised just before the hour-mark. After the game, Murphy gave his thoughts
Ruaidhri Higgins’ Derry City side swept away Drogheda in the second half of tonight’s SSE Airtricity League Premier Division fixture. Goals from Cameron Dummigan and Will Patching had Derry 2-1 up at the break. Daniel Kelly made it 3-1 before the hour-mark and on 66 minutes Drogheda were reduced to 10-men. Derry ran out easy
Ruaidhri Higgins: “It’s a great win” Read More »
Derry City have beaten Drogheda United 5-1 in the SSE Airtricity League Premier Division at the Ryan McBride Brandywell this evening. Having gone 1-0 up thanks to a Cameron Dummigan effort on 6 minutes, City were pegged back on 26 minutes thanks to an Adam Foley strike for Drogheda. Order was restored shortly after as
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