The Donegal Ladies Football Championship began just three weeks ago and has thrown up a lot of good performances from players and teams. Earlier today, Glenfin had a 0-11 to 0-08 victory over Glenties. Last weekend, Termon player Ciara McGarvey had a stand out performance scoring 5 goals as her side ran out 8-11 to […]
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John Rose’s last gasp point secured St Naul’s first win of the Donegal Senior Football Championship. They beat Dungloe 1-14 to 1-13 at Gerald Gallagher Memorial Park. In a close encounter, Thomas White fisted St Naul’s three ahead towards the end of the first half before Barry Curran netted for Dungloe to ensure the sides
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Keith Cowan won his first piece of silverware as a senior footballer on Friday night when his Glentoran side defeated Ballymena United 2-1 after extra time in the Irish Cup Final. Glentoran took the lead on 22 minutes when Paul O’Neill fired past Ross Glendinning before Cathair Friel’s header brought the game to extra time.
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There’ve been no new death according to latest figures from NPHET, while there have been 53 new confirmed cases. 80% were under the age of 45. 45 are associated with outbreaks or close contacts of a confirmed case. While 4 cases have been identified as community transmission.
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Derry City will look to bounce back from their 2-0 defeat by Sligo Rovers with a good performance away to St Pats on Monday evening. Declan Devines side go into the game picking up just four points from a possible 15. The hosts will be looking to kick on from their 1-1 draw Dundalk on
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Gaoth Dobhair had 16 points to spare as they defeated Four Masters in their opening game of the Donegal Senior Football Championship. They ran out 2-17 to 0-07 victors with Gaoth Dobhair’s goals coming from Kevin Cassidy in the first half and a second half penalty by Odhran MacNiallais. Ryan Ferry spoke with Gaoth Dobhair
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Gaoth Dobhair had a 2-17 to 0-07 victory over Four Masters to start their Donegal Senior Football Championship campaign. Odhran MacNiallais produced a strong second half scoring 1-01 to help Mervyn O’Donnell’s side to a 16 point win. Donegal News’ Ryan Ferry and Gary McDaid report for Highland Radio Sport…
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Glenea United have been crowned champions of the Donegal Junior League Division One after they defeated Convoy Arsenal 1-0. A Ryan McFadden penalty eight minutes from time was enough to secure the league title for Glenea. After the game Chris Ashmore spoke with Glenea United Manager Kevin McFadden… Chris also got the thoughts of Convoy
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Jackie Crossan Premier Division Carn FC 0 V 7 Aileach FC Greencastle FC 7 V 0 Culdaff FC Buncrana Hearts 3 V 2 Moville Celtic Hannon Greene Insurances Fr O Gara Cup ¼ finals ET & Pens Gleneely Colts 3 V 4 Rasheney Dunree United 1 V 0 Greencastle Res QPS 4 V 0 Aileach
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Michael Murphy Sports & Leisure Senior Hurling Championship Sean Mac Cumhaill 1-08 V 2-13 Buncrana St Eunan’s 0-10 V 2-13 Setanta
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Donegal Senior Football Championship Four Masters 0-07 V 2-17 Gaoth Dobhair St Naul’s 1-14 V 1-13 Dungloe Intermediate A Championship Naomh Columba 2-13 V 1-07 Naomh Brid Buncrana 1-16 V 0-12 Malin Michael Murphy Sports & Leisure Junior A football Championship Robert Emmets 1-11 V 2-16
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Brian Mc Cormick Sports Premier Division Castlefin Celtic 1 v 0 Donegal Town Milford United 4 v 1 Keadue Rovers Kildrum Tigers 1 v 1 Kilmacrennan Celtic Bonagee United 3 v 3 Cranford United Temple Domestic Appliances Division One Rathmullan Celtic 3 v 0 Kerrykeel ’71 F.C. Lifford Celtic 0 v 4 Letterbarrow Celtic Ballybofey
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The Health Minister says the rise in Covid-19 cases is “concerning”. Over the past three days more than 160 cases have been identified with the five-day average of diagnoses going to as high as 44. It’s led to fears that pubs may not be allowed reopen on August 10th as previously indicated, with the Government
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35 complaints of sexual assault and harassment have been reported to third level institutes in the last 3 years. According to the Sunday Times, IT Sligo has received 20 reports, UCD had 12 complaints while Trinity College picked up just one report. A number of other colleges and universities declined to comment on reports they
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Labour says some schools may not be able to open in time in late August or September. The party says it’s very difficult for principals to access building work to meet the Department of Education guidelines. Schools only have around four weeks to get ready to re-open after the Government announced it’s funding plan. Labour
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Doctors are appealing to anyone with Covid-19 symptoms to get in touch immediately. Out of hours GP services are available over the phone all weekend, despite the bank holiday. Anyone who doesn’t have a named GP in their contact book can call a local hospital for advice on steps to take. Dr. Ray Walley from
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Bundoran RNLI and Killybegs Coast Guard were involved in assisting a broken down vessel off the coast of South Donegal yesterday afternoon. The alert was raised after 12 noon when a vessel got into difficulty near Rossnowlagh. Volunteers from Bundoran RNLI towed the boat back to Bundoran Pier, assisted by Killybegs Coast Guard Crew. The
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For the second week running the elements took a hand in Saturday’s domestic cricket action with two of the seven scheduled games abandoned and another decided on DLS. Johnny Thompson starred in a 96-run win for Newbuildings at St Johnston. While Graham Hume made 50 for Coleraine as they beat Ballyspallen on DLS to book
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The Beyond 20X20 Female Leadership Programme, which was launched by Donegal Sport Partnership (DSP) on March 8th, continues to be adapted for delivery. Maggie Farrelly, Education and Training Coordinator with Donegal Sports Partnership, said that being able to engage through online meant the delivery of the programme remains well on schedule. “We were fortunate to
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Six Donegal LGFA Ladies Championship matches were called off by the Donegal LGFA last night. The matches were set to be played today. In the Senior Ladies Championship Moville’s trip to Buncrana has been called off while there was also games called off in the Intermediate Championship and Junior A and B Championships. The cancellations
Six Donegal LGFA Ladies matches schedule for today are called off Read More »
Donegal Senior Football Championship St Michael’s 3-05 V 0-08 Glenswilly Bundoran 1-05 V 0-15 St Eunan’s N Conaill 3-20 v 0-06 Milford Kilcar 4-21 v 0-07 Termon Killybegs 1-06 V 1-12 Glenfin Intermediate A Championship Naomh Muire Lower Rosses 2-09 V 0-08 Red Hughs Aodh Ruadh Ballyshannon 0-11 V 0-06 Burt Fanad Gaels 1-12 V
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Gerard Ward scored eight points for Glenfin as they started their Donegal Senior Football Championship with a 1-12 to 1-06 win over Killybegs. Killybegs began the game brighter and led two points to no score before an injury to Donegal’s Hugh McFadden. By half-time Ward had fired over five free’s and Ross Marley found the
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It was a positive day for Track & Field athletes in Donegal who were back in action in the county for the first time since the resumption of sport in Ireland. Adrienna Gallen was one of the stand out performers, she threw 59 metres in what was a great effort by the Lifford Ac athlete
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Finn Harps were defeated in their first Premier Division tie back after sport was stopped due to the coronavirus pandemic. They were beaten 3-1 away to Shamrock Rovers. Goals from Jack Byrne, Dylan Watts and Aaron McEneff had Rovers 3-0 up before Karl O’Sullivan got one back for Harps. After the game, Oisin Langan spoke
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Finn Harps suffered their third Premier Division defeat of the season after they were beaten 3-1 by Shamrock Rovers on Saturday evening. Jack Byrne opened the scoring for Rovers on six minutes, Dylan Watts doubled their just seven minutes later. Aaron McEneff got Stephen Bradley’s side third on 37 minutes before Karl O’Sullivan pulled one
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Kilcar have started their Donegal Senior Football Championship with a 4-21 to 0-07 win over Termon. Conor Doherty fired in Kilcar’s first goal of the game before Stepehen McBrearty got John McNulty’s side second to leave the score 2-13 to 0-04 at half time. A second from goal from Conor Doherty extended Kilcar’s lead to
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Donegal jockey Luke McAteer picked up a win on Saturday at the Galway Festival. McAteer rode 12/1 shot Next in Line to victory for trainer James Barrett. It has been a very successful week for Donegal jockeys will the Orr brothers Oisin and Conor both riding a winner at the Galway Racecourse.
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Naomh Conaill had a perfect start to the defence of their Donegal Senior Football Championship title. They defeated Milford 3-20 to 0-06 at Davy Brennan Memorial Park. First half goals from Dermot Brick Molloy and Charles McGuinness had the Glenties side well in front at the break before Eunan Doherty fired in midway through the
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Naomh Conaill, the champions, got their Donegal Senior Football Championship campaign off to a hugely impressive start as they defeated Milford by 3-20 to 0-6 in Glenties. The home side raced into an early 1-9 to 0-1 lead with Dermot Brick Molloy getting the first goal. Charles McGuinness added a second goal for Naomh Conaill
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Brian Mc Cormick Sports Premier Division Cappry Rovers 2 v 0 Drumkeen United Glencar Inn Saturday Division One Arranmore Utd 1 v 1 Kildrum Tigers Res Keadue Rovers Reserves 0 v 2 Oldtown Celtic Glenea United Reserves 0 v 2 Strand Rovers Milford United Reserves 2 v 6 Glencar Celtic Old Orchard Saturday Division
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Fr Seán Ó Gallachoir launched the eighth edition of his Donegal Book of GAA Facts in the Clanree Hotel, Letterkenny on Thursday night. In this edition Fr Seán has included records for Ladies football and also covers Gaoth Dobhair’s Ulster title win. The book hadn’t been updated since 2014. Tom Comack spoke about the new
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Ann-Marie McGlynn set a new Personal Best on Friday evening at track 5000m event in Leixlip. The Letterkenny AC athlete completed her run sub 16 minutes, in a time of 15 minutes 50.67 seconds. McGlynn’s run was the fastest recorded for a female at the event.
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Derry City suffered their third defeat of the Premier Division season on Friday evening. They beaten 2-0 by Sligo Rovers at The Ryan McBride Brandywell Stadium. Kyle Callan-McFadden opened the scoring for Rovers on 19 minutes before Ronan Coughlan slotted home from the spot in the second half. The defeat means the Candystripes have only
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The Donegal Senior Football Championship got underway on Friday evening with St Michael’s at home to Glenswilly while St Eunan’s travelled to take on Bundoran. St Michaels earned a 3-05 to 0-08 win at The Bridge, after the game Ryan Ferry spoke to the Dunfanaghy/Creeslough clubs manager Gary O’Neill… St Eunan’s had a seven point
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The Taoiseach has denied the new shared island unit in his Department is a stalking horse for a referendum on a united Ireland. Micheál Martin has said it will be aimed at ensuring there’s better relationships between the two governments on the island. The Fianna Fáil leader said it’s not about a border poll –
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Gardai will be out in force this bank holiday weekend checking for drink driving. The Road Safety Authority says a third of drivers killed in the first six months of the year tested positive for alcohol. Assistant Garda Commissioner for Roads Policing, Paula Hilman says checkpoints will also clamp down on drug use behind the
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A tribunal into Cervical Check will be set up without delay according to the Health Minister. The start of its work had been delayed earlier this year due to Covid-19. Ms Justice Ann Power will chair the tribunal which was first announced last year. The Health Minister Stephen Donnelly has said the investigation will allow
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Donegal Town is going pink this weekend to raise money for a life saving gene therapy for an 11 month old girl. Livie Mulhern was diagnosed with SMA type 1 in April this year. The life limiting genetic condition causes muscle weakness and everything from her movement to her ability to swallow and breathe is
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There’s been a 25% increase in the number of homeless adults in the North West. Nationally, 8,699 people are now homeless, according to the latest figures released by the Department of Housing. Michaela Clarke has more:
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St Michael’s and St Eunan’s started their Donegal Senior Football Championship campaigns with wins on Friday evening. St Michael’s defeated Glenswilly 3-05 to 0-08, Oisin Kelly and Martin McHugh report from The Bridge… Whilst St Eunan’s recorded a 0-15 to 1-05 win away to Bundoran, Peter Campbell reports for Highland Radio Sport…
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Sligo Rovers earned their first points of the season after they defeated Derry City 2-0 in a North West Derby. Kyle Callan-McFadden opened the scoring for Rovers on 19 minutes when he headed home David Cawley’s corner. Ronan Coughlan doubled Sligo’s lead from the penalty spot after he was fouled by Eoin Toal in the
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There were wins on Friday afternoon for brothers Conor and Oisin Orr at Galway and Leopardstown respectively. Conor Orr picked up his second win of the Galway Festival when he rode Loudest Whisper to victory for trainer Eamonn Delaney. Conor beat 4/1 shot Born By The Sea by a neck on the line after a
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The Taoiseach has publicly slapped down one of his TDs for saying public servants were using the COVID crisis to “lie on the couch and watch box sets”. South Donegal Deputy Marc MacSharry has said the public shouldn’t have to put up with “mediocrity dressed up as efficiency”. SIPTU has called on Deputy MacSharry to
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There are 38 new confirmed cases of Covid 19 in the Republic and there are no new deaths. The death toll has reached 1,763 and the total number of people infected with the virus is at 26,065. Of today’s 38 new cases, 82 per cent are under the age of 45. 32 cases are in
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The 2020 Michael Murphy Sports and Leisure Donegal Senior Club Championship starts this weekend. Highland Radio’s feature match is from The Bridge in Dunfanaghy where St Michael’s host Glenswilly. There will be full match commentary on Highland this Friday evening from 7.20pm with Oisin Kelly and Martin McHugh in association with Healthwise Pharmacies. We’ll also
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Lough Swilly RNLI are warning people to be vigilant after a Lion’s Mane jellyfish was found washed up on the front shore in Buncrana. They say Lion’s Mane jellyfish are present in Lough Swilly. The large harmful jellyfish is usually confined to waters on the East coast.
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Main Evening News, Sport, Nuacht and Obituaries Friday July 31st:
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The Galway man has previously spent time with Newcastle United, Limerick, Sligo Rovers, Cork City, Galway United and Dundalk before signing for South Melbourne in Australia. Folan returned to Ireland some weeks ago and has now put pen to paper with Harps for the remainder of the 2020 season. Folan is set to make his
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It official – Ronan McLaughlin is the new Everesting world record holder. On Thursday evening he completed 80 laps of Mamore Gap hitting the target of the height of Everest in 7hrs 4mins 41sec ,which knocked 23 minutes off the previous record held by the great Alberto Contador. Details of the attempt were sent to
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Three puppies found dumped in a plastic bag and left dangling over a river in Donegal earlier this month are said to be thriving in ISPCA care. The grime discovery was made by a member of the public near Drumkeen shortly before 9pm on July 8th. ISPCA Centre Manager and Veterinary Nurse, Denise McCausland says
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