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Listen Back: Highland’s Road to Croker – Big Match Countdown LIVE Show

In the lead up to the All-Ireland Final, Highland Radio’s “Road to Croker” in association with Highland Motors, supporting the Donegal GAA Team Training Fund and the North West Special Olympics came live from the Clanree Hotel in Letterkenny. Over five hundred joined us in the venue for a night of football talk and live

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Relive Donegal’s exhilarating All Ireland Semi Final victory – Listen back to Highland’s commentary

Donegal will play Kerry in the 2025 All Ireland Football decider. It’s just a fourth ever appearance for Donegal in the final and a second final meeting against the Kingdom. There is lots of reaction pieces from the players available now in the sport section of our website highlandradio.com. Oisín Gallen, Ciarán Moore, and Conor

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Tyrone unchanged with Michael McKiernan named on the bench

Tyrone boss Malachy O’Rourke have also named an unchanged team for their eagerly anticipated All Ireland Semi Final showdown with Kerry. Peter Teague and Rory Brennan are fit and will start while Michael McKernan is named among the bench. Kerry manager Jack O’Connor has opted to keep Paudie Clifford in reserve for tomorrow’s All-Ireland Senior

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The DL Debate – The Championship – LIVE from Sister Sara’s

This week on the DL Debate, Brendan Devenney previews the All-Ireland football semi-finals as Donegal goes in search of a 4th-ever All-Ireland final appearance. Brendan’s guests on the show include Highland Radio pundit Brendan Kilcoyne, Michael McMullan of the Gaelic Life and two All-Ireland winners from ’92 and 2012, Anthony Molloy and Rory Kavanagh. Plus,

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Shane O’Donnell and Kieran McGreary nominated for Player of the Week

Donegal’s Shane O’Donnell and Tyrone’s Kieran McGeary are two of four nominee’s for this week’s GAA.ie Footballer of the Week. Meath’s Jordan Morris and Kerry’s Seán O’Shea are also in the running. St Eunan’s clubman O’Donnell starred for Donegal against Monaghan on Saturday, contributing three points from play for Jim McGuinness’ outfit in a Man

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Donegal’s All Ireland Semi Final confirmed for Sunday 13th July

The GAA’s confirmed the details for the All Ireland Senior Football Championship semi-finals. Kerry and Tyrone will meet at Croke Park on Saturday, July 12th at 5pm. The Tailteann Cup final between Kildare and Limerick is on before that at 2.30. On the Sunday, Donegal and Meath gets underway at 4pm. The curtain raiser at

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Fixtures confirmed for Donegal Youth Matchplay Championships

The fixtures for the Donegal Boys Youth Golf Matchplay Championship has thrown up some very interesting matches. 2024 winners – Letterkenny G.C, will play last years Plate winners Dunfanaghy G.C. The re-emergence of Strabane G.C. has them pitted against Ballybofey and Stranorlar G.C. Buncrana GC. will play Portsalon and in the big Inishowen derby –

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Donegal GAA say “players not adequately considered in the decision making process”

Donegal GAA have expressed their disappointed with the fixing of the All Ireland Quarter Final with Monaghan for this Saturday at Croke Park. Jim McGuinness’s side were the last to play in the prelim round and now find themselves in the first fixture of the quarter finals six days later. They have played more championship

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Donegal Monaghan Quarter Final fixed for Saturday afternoon

The GAA have confirmed the fixture arrangements for next weekend’s All-Ireland SFC Quarter-Finals but no doubt anyone involved with Donegal will not be happy with the decision made by the CCCC this afternoon. Donegal who were paired with Monaghan in this mornings draw will play their last eight fixture next Saturday 28th June at 4pm

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The Score – 19/06/25 LIVE from the Donegal Rally Ceremonial Start

On The Score this week, Oisin Kelly was LIVE from the Wilton Recycling Donegal International Rally Ceremonial Start & Former Finn Harps skipper Keith Cowan looked ahead to this Friday’s games in the League of Ireland for the north west sides… https://highlandradio.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/THE-SCORE-190625-FULL.mp3      

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11 MI Rally Academy members prepare for Donegal International Rally

  Three full days, 20 epic stages, and 274 kilometres of competitive action. The Donegal International Rally is here, and 11 hopeful Motorsport Ireland Rally Academy members are set to give it their best. Fresh from their European Rally Championship podium on Rally Poland, Jon Armstrong and Shane Byrne will debut M-Sport’s 160th Ford Fiesta

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Donegal Sports Star Awards hold their 50th AGM with Emer Gallagher joining the committee

The Donegal Sports Star Awards committee held its 50th Annual General Meeting in the Mount Errigal Hotel on Tuesday evening. It was an opportunity to reflect back on a hugely successful function last January which was attended by over 600 guests and to continue planning for the 20250 awards which will be the big 50th

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Armstrong and Byrne looking for the big push in Donegal

Jon Armstrong and Shane Byrne are knee deep in their prep for this weekend’s Wilton Recycling Donegal International Rally. The Motorsport Ireland Academy duo spend the majority of their time on the European Rally Championship where they took a brilliant third place podium finish in Rally Poland last Sunday. Their focus is now very much

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Hayden Paddon looking to give his best on challenging Donegal Rally stages

Double European Champion and WRC winner Hayden Paddon is preparing for his tilt at this weekend’s Donegal International Rally. The New Zealander takes the place of Matt Edwards in the C&M Motorsport Hyundai i20 Rally2 alongside navigator Dave Moynihan. The crew have been on recce in the days leading up to the event as they

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