It’s a big weekend for the U20 hurlers of Donegal and Derry as the two counties meet in the All-Ireland U20B Richie McElligot Cup Semi-Final at Owenbeg on Saturday afternoon. The Donegal boss is Aidy Gaffey and Aidy has been looking forward to the big occasion with Highland’s Oisin Kelly…
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It’s a double weekend of fixtures in both divisions of the SSE Airtricity Leagues. In the First Division, Finn Harps host league-leaders Cork City tomorrow night at Finn Park and then travel to play 2nd placed Bray Wanderers on Monday. Derry City have two away games over the bank holiday weekend in the top flight
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This week on The Score… Former Finn Harps Captain Declan Boyle looks ahead to a double weekend of fixtures from Finn Harps and Derry City in the League of Ireland. We hear from Raphoe Town boss Liam Porter following their recent promotion to the Donegal League First Division. And it’s a big day for the
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Ireland have beaten Scotland 2-1 in the FAI Schools Schools Centenary Shield in Athlone this afternoon. Finn Harps youngsters Declan Patton and Rowan McGroarty both started, with the latter receiving the Player Of The Match for his solid performance at the back. Ireland were 1-0 down after just 9 minutes but got back on level
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Donegal’s 2012 All-Ireland winning captain Michael Murphy looks set to be available for his side’s defence of the Ulster Senior Football Championship at the end of the month. It’s reported there will be no sanction for him after an incident with Kerry’s Dylan Casey during the National Football League Division 1 Final last weekend. Murphy
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Caitriona Devine has taken a silver medal at the European Masters Championships in Poland this afternoon. The Finn Valley AC Athlete came second in the W50 1500m event, coming home in a time of 4:59.86. Fellow Irish athlete Mary Leech won gold in the race in Torun.
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On Business Matters this week, Chris Ashmore has been finding out about Social Entrepreneurs Ireland, how millions of euro’s worth of energy is being wasted each year – but this could change – and also the challenges facing the construction industry due to increased oil and gas prices. Up first, Chris has been speaking with
The draw for the FAI Cup First Round has been made at FAI HQ in Abbotstown with 24 teams competing in the first step on the road to the Aviva Stadium. Fanad United will face a tricky away tie in Cork against Douglas Hall at Moneygourney. League of Ireland clubs will enter the FAI Cup
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After suffering defeat in their opening Ulster U20 Football Championship fixture to Cavan, Tyrone bounced back on Wednesday night with a comfortable 18pt win over Down. Its finished 4-23 to 1-14 in Dungannon. Tyrone Coach Connor O’Donnell was pleased with how the side responded after the defeat the previous week.
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A late score from Shane Callaghan secured Donegal victory in their final Ulster U20 Football Championship group game in Derry. The 1-12 to 1-11 win at Celtic Park has also sealed a home semi final for Donegal in three weeks time. Max Campbell followed up his excellent display at Croke Park by scoring the Donegal
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A drama series set in a small town somewhere in the heart of Donegal, where we meet various people who live in Ballyglissane and learn about their lives, their problems, and their secrets. This Season new people arrive in town.There’s a woman who says she’s going to invest big money in Ballyglissane,but is she telling
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Kerry Manager Jack O’Connor says Kerry have “a lot of catching up to do” after today’s thirteen-point defeat to Donegal at Croke Park. Although O’Connor claimed his side had difficulty recovering from last week’s clash with Armagh and had “a difficult week” with injuries, he also acknowledged that Donegal were the better team today. The
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A free-scoring Donegal ran into a 0-13 to 1-02 lead at half-time in today’s National Football League Division 1 Final against Kerry at Croke Park. Three goals in quick succession at the beginning of the second period put Donegal into an unassailable lead but the real damage was done in the opening period. It ended
Donegal claimed their first Division 1 League title in 19 years as they defeated Kerry 3-20 to 2-10 at Croke Park this afternoon. Jim McGuinness’ side led 0-13 to 1-02 at the break and second-half goals from Conor O’Donnell, Michael Murphy and Caolan McGonagle sent Donegal on their way to a resounding victory. Oisin Kelly
Donegal have hammered Kerry 3-20 to 2-10 to win the National Football League Division 1 Final at Croke Park this afternoon. A dominant first period saw Jim McGuinness’s side lead 0-13 to 1-02 at half-time. Early second-half goals from Conor O’Donnell, Michael Murphy and Caolan McGonagle put the game beyond any doubt as Donegal led
Josh Moffett & Keith Moriarty have won the Birr Stages Rally this afternoon. The pair, in their Toyota Yaris Rally 2, finished 6.2 seconds ahead of Shane Quinn & Stephen Reynolds in a Fiesta. Donegal’s Kevin Eves and his co-driver Chris Melly were 3rd overall, a further 9.8 seconds back from the winners. Ryan McHugh
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Ulster Cup Semi-Finals Kildrum Tigers 1-1 Cockhill Celtic (Kildrum Tigers win 5-3 on penalties) Buncrana Hearts 1-4 Carn FC FAI Junior Cup Keadue Rovers 2-0 Illies Celtic
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The Donegal Ladies will play Cavan in the Ladies National Football League Division 2 Final after an eight-point win over Wexford in Letterkenny this afternoon. Blustery conditions made for a low-scoring first half with James Daly’s side leading just 0-03 to 0-01 at the interval. After the game, Donegal Captain Roisin Rodgers spoke to Highland’s
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Donegal have beaten Wexford 0-11 to 0-03 in the National Ladies Football League Division 2 at O’Donnell Park this afternoon. The result means James Daly’s side will contest their first D2 League Final since 2006 against Cavan in two weeks time. Maureen O’Donnell was live for Highland Radio Sunday Sport as the full time whistle
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It’s been another successful weekend for athletes from the North-West. Among the notable success stories, Finn Valley’s Kay Byrne took a bronze medal at the European Indoor Masters Championships in Poland, Danny McKinley won National U19 gold in Athlone and there was a Letterkenny winner in the Omagh Half Marathon as Stephen McAuley crossed the
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All County League Division 1 Gaoth Dobhair 1-11 – 2-13 Termon Four Masters 0-14 – 2-08 St Eunan’s An Clochán Liath 0-15 1-12 Chill Chartha Aodh Ruadh Ballyshannon 2-12 – 4-08 Naomh Conaill Gleann Fhinne 3-12 – 1-14 St Michael’s Glenswilly 0-13 – 0-17 Sean MacCumhaill All County League Division 2 Naomh Padraig Uisce
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Finn Harps have moved up to fifth in the SSE Airtricity League First Division after a 1-0 win over Longford Town in the midlands tonight. Joel Bradley-Walsh’s ninth minute penalty was enough for Kevin McHugh’s team to take all three points and head into next week’s game with league-leaders Cork City full of confidence. Denise
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Finn Harps have beaten Longford Town 1-0 in the SSE Airtricity League First Division at Bishopsgate this evening. Kevin McHugh’s side took the lead early in the contest thanks to a Joel Bradley-Walsh penalty on 9 minutes and that is how it remained. Denise O’Flaherty has the full time report for Highland Radio Sport…
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Donegal have named their team to face Kerry in the Division 1 National Football League Final at Croke Park tomorrow. Michael Murphy returns to the starting fifteen in one of four changes from the team that faced Monaghan in Clones last time out. The other changes see Ryan McHugh, Finnbarr Roarty and joint-captain Shane O’Donnell
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Patrick McGettigan was in the winners enclosure at Dundalk yesterday evening. The Ballyare jockey was on board “Rising Star” for trainer Anthony McCann in the 8:15pm handicap. The horse went to post at 13/2.
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Institute have secured a 2-1 win away to Dundela in the NIFL Championship Relegation Group this afternoon. A first-half own goal had the Derry-based side a goal up at the break and Man Of The Match Callum Deery netted in the second half to claim a big three points. In the Promotion Group, Limavady United
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Wicklow were two points down in injury time but managed to get the all-important goal they needed to clinch the Division 3 National Hurling League title against Donegal in Aughrim today. Mickey McCann’s side led for most of the game but couldn’t hold on to get the win and it finished 3-16 to 2-18. After
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Donegal have been beaten 3-16 to 2-18 by Wicklow in the National Hurling League Division 3 Final in Aughrim this afternoon. A last-gasp goal from the home team was a dagger in the heart of Mickey McCann’s side who fought hard and led 1-11 to 0-09 at the break. Michael Sargent was live for Highland
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A strong second-half performance against Antrim gave Donegal their third win from three games in the Ulster U20 Football Championship. Having been tied at 1-06 to 2-03 at the break, Gary Boyle’s side moved through the gears to run out 2-19 to 1-07 winners. Boyle spoke to Maureen O’Donnell after the game and said he
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Donegal have beaten Antrim 2-19 to 2-07 in the Ulster U20 Football Championship at Fr Tierney Park this afternoon. Gary Boyle’s side have now won all three games so far having already dispatched of both Fermanagh and Monaghan recently. Today’s result means a win over Derry next week would send Donegal into the semi-finals. Maureen
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A late two-pointer and a goal in injury time saw Donegal end up on the losing side against Derry in the Ulster Minor League this afternoon. Donegal led 0-09 to 1-00 at half-time but were up against a resurgent Derry team with the breeze on their backs in the second half. It finished 2-09 to
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Derry came from behind to defeat Donegal 2-09 to 0-12 in the Ulster Minor League at Owenbeg this afternoon. The Oakleaf youngsters failed to register a point in the first-half but did hit the net for an early goal as Karl Lacey’s side led 0-09 to 1-00 at half-time. Derry edged themselves back into the
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Dylan Browne-McMonagle has returned home to Donegal after suffering an injury in Hong Kong, with some reports suggesting the Letterkenny jockey has suffered a fracture in his back. Browne-McMonagle has had several winners since the turn of the year at the Sha Tin and Happy Valley racecourses in the Asian metropolis. It’s a disappointing end
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There has been another slight increase in the number of homeless people both regionally and nationally in the latest Government homelessness report. Figures from the Department of Housing show 165 adults in the North West were homeless at the end of February, an increase of seven on January’s figure of 158. Of those, 45
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A recent survey of SIPTU members in the National Ambulance Service found that 78% of respondents have a lack of confidence in the HSE’s ability to address welfare and health and safety concerns highlighted by staff. As part of a survey of more than 850 members, the majority of respondents indicated that they did not
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Republic of Ireland defender Seamus Coleman was gutted after his side’s dream of reaching the World Cup Finals came to an end in dramatic circumstances in Prague. The Irish lost 4-3 to Czechia on penalties in Prague, after the game finished 2-2 following extra time. Ireland were three minutes away from going through in the regulation
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Kerry Manager Jack O’Connor says the aim at the start of the year was the avoid the drop to Division 2 of the National Football League. As it turns out, Kerry have had a solid campaign, being beaten just once, and have a Division 1 League Final to look forward to this coming Sunday. That
It’s an important weekend for the Donegal hurlers who will contest the Division 3 League Final after clinching promotion with a brilliant win over Roscommon last week. Mickey McCann’s side travel to Aughrim to face Wicklow in Saturday’s decider but will be without key men Gerard Gilmore and Conor Gartland for the fixture. Here’s the
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The Republic of Ireland’s hopes of qualifying for the World Cup have been ended by Czechia. Finn Azaz and Alan Browne had penalties saved as they lost 4-3 in a shoot-out in their Play-Off semi-final in Prague. The teams had been locked at 2-all after 90 and 120 minutes. Ireland went 2-nil up through a
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Kerrykeel 71 will play in the Brian McCormick Sports Premier Division next season. Hughie Walsh’s side have clinched promotion to the top flight for the first time in their 55 year history and are going toe-to-toe with Cappry Rovers for the Temple Domestic Appliance Division 2 title. Kerrykeel have two games left and are three
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This week on The Score… Gavin Cullen joins us to talk all things soccer in a big week for Irish football and, in local soccer, we’ll hear from Kerrykeel manager __ after they sealed promotion to the Donegal League Premier Division. In GAA, we get the thoughts of Donegal captain Michael Langan ahead of Sunday’s
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It’s another busy week on the soccer front! The big game of the week is Ireland’s clash with Czechia in Prague this evening – if Ireland win it would set up a mouth-watering “winner takes all” clash against either Denmark or North Macedonia in Dublin next Tuesday. Two wins would send Ireland to their first
Donegal will face All-Ireland Champions Kerry in the National Football League Division 1 Final on Sunday afternoon at Croke Park. The previous meeting of these two behemoths at GAA HQ was, of course, last July’s All-Ireland Final where a traumatic afternoon for Donegal supporters ended in a 1-26 to 0-19 defeat. A league win over
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Josh Cullen started and Gavin McAteer came off the bench for Ireland’s U19 side against Poland in the U19 Euro Qualifiers on Wednesday. Newcastle United midfielder Rory Finneran got on the scoresheet as the game finished in a 1-1 draw. John Cotter’s side could have snatched all three points but for a missed penalty in
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The whole country will “be at a stand-still” tonight as Ireland play Czechia in Prague from 7:45pm. A win in the Czech capital would set up a mammoth occasion in Dublin on Tuesday against either Denmark or North Macedonia where a win would send Ireland to their first FIFA World Cup since 2002. Although it’s
In this week’s Business Matters, Chris Ashmore pays a visit to the office of Print Supplies in Frosses to interview its founder and owner Dermot Doherty. Managing printing for your business or organisation shouldn’t be overly time consuming, or even frustrating, and it doesn’t need to be complicated. Print Supplies provides solutions that save you
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