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The 2024 Strabane Lifford Half Marathon is set to be the biggest in the event’s history with a new relay element set to make the event accessible to all levels of runner for the first time. One of only two cross border half marathons on the island of Ireland, it was officially launched this week […]

Mark English has withdrawn for this weekend’s National Senior Indoor Championship in Abbotstown. The Finn Valley man is taking time away from the indoor season to focus on his preparations in achieving qualification for this summers Olympic Games in Paris. His withdrawal also means he cannot qualifying for the World Indoor Championships in Glasgow next

The Republic of Ireland Women’s squad for the upcoming friendlies with Italy and Wales later this month has been finalised. Boss Eileen Gleeson has handed a recall to Amber Barrett – the Donegal native wasn’t part of the squad for the Nations League wins over Hungary and Northern Ireland in December. St Johnston native Tyler

Ulster University beat UCD by 3-12 to 15 points to win the Sigerson Cup at Austin Stack Park in Tralee on Wednesday evening. It’s their first Sigerson crown in 16 years and there was joy for St Eunan’s Ronan McGeehin, the Letterkenny man was in goals for Ulster. Peter Cavanan’s sons – Darragh and Ruairi

A consultation workshop between the FAI and the soccer leagues of the county will be held on Thursday evening at the Radisson Blu Hotel, Letterkenny. Included on the agenda and as part of the football pathway plan, all affiliated leagues would move to summer football in the calendar year just like the League of Ireland.

Cockhill Celtic will be on the road for their quarter final of the FAI Junior Cup. In this mornings draw the Inishowen side were handed a trip to Tipperary to face Clonmel Celtic. Clonmel reached the last eight with two late goals to beat Letterkenny Rovers in the previous round while Cockhill progressed with a

Finn Valley AC’s Roisin Flanagan set a new national record for the 2-mile event, running a time of nine minutes 36.70 seconds at the prestigious Millrose Games in New York. At the same event, clubmate Mark English finished third in the men’s 800m. Rhasidat Adeleke was also in record breaking form in the US. The

It’s been another good day for Clonmany pullers at the World Indoor Tug of War Championships in Sweden. Following on from their junior 480kg gold yesterday, the Clonmany women took silver on Friday morning in the u23 500kg. The Donegal side lost to Abadino of the Basque Country in final. The men of Clonmany would

Derry City FC have announced Paul Hegarty as our new assistant manager. The Donegal man has enjoyed plenty of success at the club during his career and was of course a pivotal member of our treble winning squad. Former Finn Harps Manager Hegarty takes the place of Paddy McLaughlin who left the club by mutual

It’s been a solid opening day for the Inishowen pullers at the World Indoor Tug of War Championships in Sweden. The first medal of the competition came in the 680kilo weight this morning. Cockhill took a silver medal. They won the opening end in the final against Monnickendam but the Dutch would win the next

Donegal’s Zoe McGlynn has signed for Sligo Rovers ahead of the 2024 League of Ireland Women’s Premier Division season. The 25-year-old midfielder joins from Sion Swifts in the NIFL where she has impressed alongside her Bit O’Red team-mate Kelly Crompton. McGlynn is the fifth new signing alongside Crompton, Muireann Devaney, Kelsey Munroe and Yvonne Hedigan.

2012 All Ireland winner Mark McHugh has joined the coaching team of Galway club Moycullen for the 2024 season. The Kilcar man was part of the Roscommon backroom team last year but opted out citing travel commitments. McHugh has previously worked in a coaching capacity with the Donegal Senior Ladies and the Fermanagh minors.

Donegal clubs could be set for a change to summer football. As part of the Pathways Plan, FAI Director of Football Marc Canham is seeking to implement summer football across all levels of Irish football. The now defuncted Ulster Senior League was played in the same time frame as the League of Ireland but junior

Tyrone GAA has appealed for privacy for joint-manager Feargal Logan. He’s currently dealing with unspecified health issues, and missed last weekend’s league defeat to Derry. Tyrone have wished Logan well with his recovery.

Derry City have confirmed the departure of assistant manager Paddy McLaughlin. The former Cliftonville manager became assistant to City boss Ruairi Higgins last April. In a club statement thanking him for his services, Derry City say McLaughlin has left his role by mutual consent.

Donegal will begin their EirGrid Ulster U-20 Football Championship with a trip to play Cavan on Saturday, March 9th. Details of this year’s U-20 Ulster Championship have been confirmed by Ulster GAA. There are two groups – Donegal are drawn in Section B along with Cavan, Armagh and Fermanagh while in Section A Tyrone will

Former Finn Harps Captain Dave Webster is on the move again. Drogheda United have confirmed the signing of defender ahead of the new SSE Airtricity League Premier Division season. Webster arrived at Finn Park in 2020 before moving to Bray Wanderers in November of 2022. The 33-year-old has also had spells at Shamrock Rovers and

Donegal’s Georgie Kelly has moved from Rotherham to League One strugglers Carlisle United on a three-and-a-half-year deal for an undisclosed fee. Kelly, 27, started his career with Derry City before moving to University College Dublin AFC. He then moved on to Dundalk in 2018, where he scored seven goals in seven league appearances with the

Donegal GAA have confirmed how they distributed the €1 million euro donation from JP McManus. The county opted to divide the money evenly among the 41 clubs but this was met with dissatisfaction by Donegal LGFA at a recent monthly meeting. Other counties opted to split the money into codes with some clubs receiving bigger

Finn Harps have signed Mark Mbuli ahead of the start of the season which gets underway in over two weeks time. The Ballybofey native began his career in the Finn Harps Academy, representing the club at both U15 and U17 level. He then made the switch to neighbours Derry City before signing for Institute in

Roma McLaughlin has signed a deal to join Shelbourne ahead of the new Women’s Premier Division season. The Donegal native who was most recently plying her trade in Denmark has 11 Ireland caps. McLaughlin had a previous stint at Shels in 2017 and 2018. Roma says “I’m very excited to be coming back to Shels.

The Donegal Motor Club has paid tribute to Austin Frazer who passed away on Thursday. The Fermanagh man was Clerk of the Course in the early days of the Donegal International Rally and would go on to win the event in 1977 with Billy Coleman and ten years later in 87 with the great Bertie

Atlantic Technological University (ATU) will host the first ever University Fitness Games this Saturday 27 January at the universities Letterkenny campus. Third level students enrolled in universities from all over the island of Ireland will compete to see who the fittest student in Ireland is. This is the first event of its kind in terms

Paddy McCourt has stepped down as Derry City’s academy manager and technical director. He transitioned into the roles in 2018 after finishing his playing career with Finn Harps. In December McCourt had a sexual assault conviction overturned. The former Northern Ireland International says he wants to pursue a fresh challenge.

Ed McGinty has returned to Sligo Rovers on a short-term loan deal. The goalkeeper has failed to make the breakthrough at Oxford this season, and will be with the Bit-O-Red until June. McGinty, a product of the Sligo Rovers academy, established himself as a key player in the years prior to his departure. His last

Institute have confirmed the signing of former Northern Ireland International Daniel Lafferty. Having spent the past year with Sligo Rovers, a move back to the city of Derry was tempting for the 34 year who’s clubs include Sheffield United and Burley. The left back has also had stints with Derry City and Shamrock Rovers in

Letterkenny Rovers and Buncrana Hearts will be on the road in the last 16 of the FAI Junior Cup while Cockhill Celtic have been given a home tie once again. For the third round in a row Letterkenny will be on their travels and to make the quarter finals they will have to overcome Clonmel