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Derry City picked up their first win in four Premier Division games, beating Cork City 3-1 on Friday night to move back into second in the table. Ramelton man Ronan Boyce found the net in the first half to give the visitors the lead at Turners Cross. Michael Duffy who set up Boyce for his […]

Arthur McMahon (Milford), Managing Director Donegal Oil Company and Founder of Donegal Oil Foundation, Boyd Robinson (Letterkenny), Gerard Callaghan (Letterkenny), Shaun Stewart (Creeslough), George Kelly (Downings) along with two well known crew members Rory Kennedy (Letterkenny) and Padraig MacGinty (Downings) took part in Coast to Coast New Zealand, the toughest race in the world back

On The Score this week, there’s more on Cockhill Celtic looking to make history this weekend, Manager Gavin Cullen joins Oisin Kelly to preview the FAI Intermediate Cup decider against Rockmount while the former Finn Harps Captain will also look ahead to the League of Ireland games on Friday for Finn Harps and Derry City.

The Candystripes are on the road early this weekend with an overnight stay en route to Munster for Friday evening’s game against Cork City. The Leesiders have posted a few decent results this season including that 4-4 draw with Shamrock Rovers last month and a win over Dundalk in their most recent home match. Derry

Dergview beat Ballinamallard 1-0 on Tuesday evening in the Irish League Championship with Ben Gallagher scoring the games only goal in the 92nd minute – and a crucial goal it proved to be to. They are now clear of automatic relegation with two games to go and also sit five points above the relegation play

In The English Championship on Tuesday evening Georgie Kelly was on target for Rotherham. The Donegal striker helped ease his sides relegation worries with a later equaliser in the 2-2 draw with champions elect Burnley. Rotherham are now four points clear of the relegation zone with three games to play. 86 | What a finish

  Paddy McLaughlin is understood to be on the verge of returning to his hometown club Derry City. Cliftonville FC confirmed on Monday evening that Paddy McLaughlin stepped down as their manager after four years in charge. It opens the way for McLaughlin to take over the vacant assistant manager’s role at Derry City following

The founders of one of Ireland’s longest running athletics events gathered in Derry this week for a reunion lunch to launch the event’s 40th edition. Mayor of Derry City and Strabane District Council, Councillor Sandra Duffy, hosted the event in the Guildhall’s Main Hall to confirm the 2023 Waterside Half Marathon on Sunday September 3rd.

Finn Harps play host to Treaty United on Friday night in a historic first competitive meeting of the sides. Kick-off at Finn Park is 8pm and Diarmaid Doherty will have updates here on Highland. Dave Rogers told club media: “We are excited to be back at our home and Finn Park tomorrow evening in what

It’s a bit of a throwback weekend for the Candystripes this time around as the visit of the US President to Dundalk means a Sunday afternoon kick-off (3pm) at Oriel Park. Both clubs come into the game on the back of a defeat in their respective Easter Monday matches, but Ruaidhri Higgins insisted that would

Irish rally driver Craig Breen has died following an accident during a pre-test event in Croatia. Hyundai Motorsport confirmed the news in a statement this afternoon. Breen’s co-driver, James Fulton, was unharmed in the incident that occurred shortly after midday local time. The 33-year-old collected a second place finish in Sweden in February, in his

The NW 10k Committee are supporting the Donegal Branch of Multiple Sclerosis Ireland who will be one of the beneficiaries from the 2023 event on Bank Holiday Monday, May 1st in Letterkenny. MS will share the proceeds with two other charities the St. Bernadette’s Special School, Letterkenny and the Letterkenny Community Development Project. MS Ireland

Lee McColgan who has been selected again for the FAI Amateur International team. This time around the Cockhill Celtic man will be involved with the side in their upcoming friendly against the Basque region in Spain. Lee has been a regular on Irish amateur sides in recent years and could be joined by his clubmate

The Republic of Ireland Women’s Under-19s finished off their UEFA Women’s Under-19 Championship Round 2 qualifiers with an emphatic 4-1 win over Croatia in Norway this afternoon. A goal in the first half from Eva Mangan, followed by second-half finishes from Scarlett Herron, Jenna Slattery and captain Emma Doherty were enough for the young Girls

The United States beat the Republic of Ireland by a goal to nil in Tuesday’s international friendly. Donegal players Ciara Grant, Roma McLaughlin and Amber Barrett were both involved in the second half. Grant replaced Ryesha Littlejohn just before the hour mark, ten minutes later McLaughlin was in for Lucy Quinn and Barrett came on

Letterkenny Rugby Club couldn’t get the scores to retain the Gordan West Cup on Tuesday evening in Belfast. Monaghan would revenge their defeat from twelve months ago beating the Donegal side 15-9 at the Kingspan Stadium Ravenhill. Once Monaghan hit the front, Letterkenny couldn’t put the phases to break a stubborn opposition. All Letterkenny’s scores

The Director General of the GAA will be in Donegal this evening. Tom Ryan will address a County Committee Meeting to outline the next steps in the proposed review of the matters around the academy debacle and what transpired. Clubs were informed recently that Croke Park would be brought in, to look into how the

Republic of Ireland manager Vera Pauw says there are no concerns over Katie McCabe’s fitness for the World Cup. The captain sustained a foot injury playing for Arsenal against Bayern Munich but has been included in a 27 strong squad for the upcoming friendlies with the USA. Pauw says McCabe’s scan has come back clear

Kathryn McDevitt has qualified for the 200m semi finals at the World Athletic Championships in Poland. She ran 27.31 seconds in heat 4 of the W40 category to make the top 12 and qualify for Friday’s semi’s. Fellow Donegal Athlete Sinead McConnell who won bronze in the 3k walk on Wednesday is also in action

Ruaidhri Higgins takes his Derry City side to Tolka Park on Friday night as the International break ends with a game against Shelbourne in front of ‘live’ RTE cameras. It is of course the first meeting of the teams since the cup final in November, however it’s fair to expect that this will be a

Jason Smyth has announced his retirement from athletics at the age of 35. The Derry native retires having never lost a competitive Para Athletics event throughout his entire career. Smyth was a six-time gold medallist at the Paralympics in the 100- and 200-metre events. He also won eight world titles, as well as six golds