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The Annual General Meeting of the charity North West 10k will take place on Thursday evening the 17th of November at 6 p.m. in the Mount Errigal Hotel. New members are welcome to join a voluntary organisation that has helped raise 900,000 euros for 36 charities since 1997. Last year the event raised 66,000 euros […]

For the second year in a row, Dylan Browne-McMonagle will be crowned Irish Champion Flat Apprentice Jockey this weekend. The final meet of the season is at Nass this Sunday and the Donegal Jockey has a comfortable cushion at the top of the standings with 48 wins from his 370 runs this year so far.

The final three nominations for the 2022 Billy Coleman Award have been named. The June-October performance nomination went to Tyrone’s Patrick O’Brien, while youngsters Jack Brennan and Ryan Caldwell have secured wildcard spots for their respective showings throughout the year. The trio join Eamonn Kelly, Kyle McBride, Joe Browne and Dylan Eves as the seven

The ’50 Years of Finn Valley AC’ night takes place on November 26 at the Villa Rose Hotel in Ballybofey. Formed in August 1971, at a meeting in Jackson’s Hotel, Finn Valley AC has become one of Ireland’s most successful athletics clubs. Plans for a golden jubilee gala dinner were put on hold last year

Finn Harps take on Drogheda United on Sunday night in SSE Airtricity League Premier Division action. Kickoff at Head in the Game Park is 7pm. Harps enter the game consigned to relegation after last week’s 3-1 defeat at the hands of fellow strugglers UCD. Meanwhile the Drogs have enjoyed a strong season and will compete

The final piece of the jigsaw in this season’s Airtricity League table will slot into place at the Brandywell on Sunday evening as the Candystripes entertain Dundalk with second place still up for grabs. The visitors need at least a three-goal win to leap-frog their hosts with Ruaidhri Higgins’ side heading into the game with

Republic of Ireland completed a perfect UEFA Regions Cup qualifying campaign with a 1-0 win over hosts Bulgaria. Gerry Davis made a number of changes before the match with qualification for the finals tournament already secured but Ireland secured their third win from three with Stephen Chambers’ free-kick in the 70th minute.  Bonagee United’s Jack

Ruaidhri Higgins says he is delighted with his side’s progress this season as the Candystripes head to Tallaght on Sunday evening for their penultimate league game of the campaign. City’s first piece of business in D24 will be to form a guard of honour for Stephen Bradley’s side- something the Derry manager insists is the

Donegal’s 2012 All Ireland winner Mark McHugh is taking on his first coaching role with a men’s senior inter-county team. The Kilcar man has been named on the new Roscommon management ticket under Davy Burke. McHugh was coach to the Donegal senior ladies this year and has also coached Fermanagh at minor and u20 level.

The ATU Donegal picked up their first win of the CUFL Men’s Premier Division on Wednesday beating Dundalk IT 4-1 at Oriel Park in Dundalk. ATU were four up in the game with the goals coming from Damien Duffy, Conor Black, Gaby Aduaka and Oran Brogan. Shane Byrne’s side will play their first home game

The Republic of Ireland amatuer side took victory on Tuesday in their opening game of the Regions Cup in Bulgaria. The Irish were 2-0 winners against San Marino. Cockhill Celtic’s Lee McColgan started the game while Bonagee United’s Jack Parke was among the substitutes. Rockmount duo Luke Casey and Eoin Murphy scored in the second-half

Maxi curran Maxi Curran is set to remain in charge of the Donegal senior women’s football team. Curran guided the Ulster county to last year’s All-Ireland semi-finals only to lose to eventual winners Meath. Having meet with Donegal LGFA he has opted to stay on taken up his option of 2nd year. It’s also been

Donegal Sports Partnership through their Return to Sport – Club Development Fund 2022 is encouraging sports clubs across Co Donegal to apply for small grants to support the ongoing development of sport post the Covid-19 pandemic. This funding is being allocated through two funding streams including club development initiatives and coaching and volunteer capacity building.

On invite only, a selection of racers attended Mallory Park UK last weekend to battle for the prestigious Race of the Year award. Rhys Irwin got the call and he and his team headed for the one day event in Leicestershire. Sunday morning saw heavy showers and a drop in the track temperature. Superbikes and

The Ireland under-17s have bounced back from their opening defeat to Austria in the Women’s European Championship qualifiers. Ireland beat Finland 3-2 in their second group match in round 1 as Buncrana’s Jodi Loughrey scored and captained the Irish girls to victory. The other goals were scored by Shelbourne’s Aoife Kelly and Shamrock Rovers’ Ruby

The long-awaited Donegal Community Stadium plans continue to move forward as the club work on fundraising initiatives for this “transformative” project. Finn Harps today released a visualisation of elements of the hugely exciting stadium designs as club volunteers hit the streets for the latest in a programme of fundraising to help deliver the venture, which

The official opening of the Donegal’s GAA Centre takes place this Friday afternoon in Convoy. The unveiling will be attended by GAA President Larry McCarthy, Minister for Sport Jack Chambers and Ulster GAA President Ciaran McLaughlin. The training base, which cost in the region of 6.5 million euros, houses 5 pitches, gym, changing rooms and

Donegal Georgie Kelly was given his first start for Rotherham in Tuesday’s 1-0 win over Stoke City. Fan favourite Kelly was rewarded for his match winner last weekend over Yorkshire rivals Huddersfield by being granted his first ever starting berth in Millers colours. Kelly played 76 minutes before being substituted. Ollie Rathbone’s first league goal

The late Tyrone hurling star, Damian Casey, has been named at wing forward in the Ring, Rackard, and Meagher Hurling Team of the Year for 2022. The 29-year-old Dungannon hero tragically passed away last June. Regarded as one of the greatest hurlers to come out of the Red Hand County, he scored in every one

Richard Kerr and the Dumfries-based AMD Motorsport team wrapped up their 2022 Pirelli National Superstock Championship at Brands Hatch at the weekend, and they did so in fine style with sixth place in Sunday’s race seeing them end the season in a fantastic fifth place overall. The meeting started with mixed conditions on Friday, but

Donegal’s Rachel Darragh bowed out of Badminton’s Dutch Open on Friday. She lost in the last 16 to Frederikke Lund of Denmark in three sets. Rachel won the first 21-13 but lost the next two 12-21, 12-21. The Raphoe player took one of the results of the tournament on Thursday when she knocked out the

The draw for the 2023 Ulster Senior Football Championship will take place on Saturday afternoon. Ahead of the draw, Donegal are the only county in the northern province without a manager confirmed for next season. Donegal, Tyrone, Fermanagh and Down will not be part of the preliminary round and go straight to the quarter final