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Sean Hurson will referee next week’s All Ireland Football final clash of Armagh and Galway. The County Tyrone official was the man in the middle two-years ago when Galway were beaten by Kerry in the final. Hurson also refereed this year’s All Ireland group phase clash of Armagh and Galway, which ended in a draw.

The Republic of Ireland’s hopes of making the semi-finals at the Women’s Under-19 European Championships suffered a blow this afternoon. Despite taking the lead through Lia O’Leary, Ireland fell to a 2-1 defeat to Germany. Inishowen’s Jodie Loughrey played the full game for the Irish while her sister Kerrie was an unused subsititue. The Girls

Aodh Ruadh have installed Maurice McLaughlin as their manager for the reminder of the season replacing Conor Cunningham. The Ballyshannon club was rocked on Monday by the shock resignation of the Kilcar native, who had only been in the job since March. With a league relegation play off against Termon this weekend and the championship

Richard Kerr will make his Bennetts British Superbike Championship debut this weekend. The Donegal rider who won the National Superstock Championship last year will deputise for Rory Skinner who continues his recovery from injury. Kerr will line up at Brands Hatch aboard the TAS Racing prepared BWM M 1000 RR Superbike and further rounds will

Tuesday is day two of the July Festival at Killarney, where a seven-race card gets underway at 5.10pm. Dylan Browne McMonagle will be looking to continue his good form in Kerry this evening. On day one yesterday, the Donegal Jockey had two wins and two second placed finishes in his four rides with trainer Joseph

The Republic of Ireland earned a hard-fought point in their opening game of the Women’s Under-19 European Championships on Monday. Dave Connell’s side held defending champions Spain to a scoreless draw in Lithuania. It took a mammoth defensive effort to seal a point against a classy Spanish side. Inishowen’s Jodie Loughrey played her part as

Donegal’s Michael Langan has been named among the nominations for the GAA.ie Footballer of the Week. The St Michael’s man kicked four sweet points from play against Galway on Sunday in their defeat at the All Ireland semi final stage. Galway’s Dylan McHugh and Armagh’s Rian O’Neill are the other two nominees. Langan has also

The Olympic Federation of Ireland has officially selected the athletics team who are set to compete at the Olympic Games in Paris this summer. Tir Chonaill’s Kelly McGrory is going to a first games having been selected to as part of the mixed 4x400m and women 4x400m squads. Kelly has been to major tournaments with

CLG Chill Chartha are celebrating our centenary this year and as part of the activities we are holding our Centenary Celebrations day on Saturday 3rd August. First up starting at 11:30am we will have children’s, men’s and ladies fun GAA matches with players with family connections from all over the world getting involved in the

Derry GAA will begin the process to replace Mickey Harte this evening. Harte and assistant Gavin Devlin stepped down on Monday after just a single season in charge. During his tenure, Mickey guided the team to win both the Bank of Ireland Dr. McKenna Cup and Allianz National Football League, delivering a first national title

Peader Mogan has added the June’s PwC GAA/GPA Football Player of the Month award to the one he won in May. The Donegal man continued his fine form with another man of the match performance at Croke Park, scoring five points in the quarter final win over Louth, helping Donegal to a first All Ireland

Donegal’s Amber Barrett and Tyler Toland have been named in the Ireland squad for the upcoming European Championship qualifiers with England and France. Ireland face England at Carrow Road in Norwich on Friday week before the French visit Pairc Ui Chaoimh in Cork the following Tuesday. Eileen Gleeson will be without captain Katie McCabe for

Peader Mogan has once again been nominated for the GAA/GPA Player of the Month. The June nomination comes just a week after the Donegal star won the May award, which followed Ryan McHugh’s player award in April. The St Naul’s man continued his fine form with another man of the match performance last Sunday at

The fixture details for next month’s FAI Cup second round ties have been confirmed. The standout meeting of Bohemians and Shamrock Rovers will be played at Dalymount Park on Friday, the 19th. Cork City’s tie with Finn Harps is one of three fixtures to be played the following day. And among six ties down for

The GAA has confirmed the fixture details for the quarter finals of the All Ireland Football Championship. Donegal and Derry will both in action on Sunday the 30th June. Donegal’s clash with Louth will start at 1.15pm at Croke Park. It will be the first ever championship meeting of the two sides. The second game

The Donegal International is regarded by most competitors and followers as ‘The Big One’, not only in terms of competitive distance, but also in relation to difficulty, and prestige. For a long time, the only three-day event in the Irish Tarmac Rally Championship calendar, and because of its traditional mid-summer date the event usually attracts

Finn Harps have confirm that Chris Lotefa’s loan has ended and he has returned to his parent club Bohemian FC. Finn Harps Manager Darren Murphy said; “I would like to thank Chris for his dedication and commitment to the club over the last few months and wish him well in the rest of his career

Ryan McHugh has been voted GAA.ie Footballer of the Week for a second time this year. The Donegal star received 3,632 votes on the GAA’s Official Instagram page which put him ahead of Armagh’s Conor Turbitt (2,608) and Dublin’s Cormac Costello (2,400). He starred in Donegal’s emphatic All-Ireland SFC win over Clare. The classy Kilcar

Irish sides have found out who will be their opponents in the opening rounds of European competition this summer. Shamrock Rovers will play Icelandic league winners Víkingur ((pr: vee-king-goor)) in the Champions League. Meanwhile in the UEFA Europa Conference League, both Shelbourne and Derry City will be making trips to Gibraltar. Shels have been drawn

Samdec Security International ITRC Three days and 20 magnificent stages await the Irish Tarmac Rally Championship’s contenders as the all-asphalt series heads to the Donegal International Rally. A maximum entry of rally cars will tackle renowned stages like Malin Head, Knockalla, and Atlantic Drive across the three days of jam-packed action. Callum Devine and Noel

The 2024 Wilton Recycling Donegal International Rally launch will take place this evening, the venue is Divers Hyundai on the Canal Road Letterkenny. It’s due to get underway at around 7.30pm and the much awaited seeded entry list will also be released. Before the launch, the Donegal Motor Club will unveil a tribute garden in

Donegal’s Rachel Darragh has had her place at the Olympic Games rubberstamped by Team Ireland. The Raphoe native had known for a number of weeks that she would be going to her first summer games in Paris. Nhat Nguyen has also been selected to represent Ireland for a second time at the Olympics. The Olympic

It was a solid day on Wednesday for the three Donegal Jockey’s. Oisin Orr picked up a 20/1 double at Hamilton Park winning on Two Auld Pals and Ledger, both with trainer Lucinda Russell. That’s five wins in the past week for Orr. Luke McAteer and Dylan Browne McMonagle were winners at Tipperary. McAteer won

The organisers of the 2024 Donegal Half Marathon are expecting a large entry for this year’s event that takes place on Sunday, August 25th. Looking ahead to the Letterkenny-based race, which is being held in association with the Kernan Retail Group, Donegal Half Marathon race director, Brendan McDaid, said: “We are just over 12 weeks

Letterkenny native Dale Gorman is on the move again. The 27 year old has joined National League side Woking from Barnet FC. The former Northern Ireland U21 players has also had spells with Leyton Orient and Stevenage since he moved to England in 2013. “Dale is a massive signing for us,” said Woking Manager Michael

Two Donegal athletes, Mark English and Kelly McGrory, have been confirmed for next month’s European Championships in Italy. Two time European bronze medallist English will run in the 800m in Rome while Tir Chonaill’s McGrory has been named as a member of the 4x400m relay. Both have been showing good form in recent weeks. Meanwhile