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Tyrone star Conor McKenna is set to return to the AFL joining Queensland side the Brisbane Lions for the 23/24 season. It’s understood he spoke to five AFL clubs before deciding on Brisbane as his new home. The Eglish Clubman previously played over 70 times for AFL outfit Essendon before coming home to make his

Donegal Sports Partnership is teaming up with a number of sporting organisations to hold a free sports ability event for children with a disability and their families at ATU Letterkenny’s An Dánlann Sports Centre on Saturday, November 26th. Together with Basketball Ireland, Badminton Ireland, Ulster GAA, and Citadel Gymnastics, Donegal Sports Partnership is staging an

The deadline for nominations for the 2022 Donegal Sports Star Awards is rapidly approaching on Friday 25th November. It’s been the first full year of competitions following Covid and Awards Chairperson Grace Boyle is asking sporting organisations with significant achievements either as teams or individuals to submit nominations in the coming week. “We didn’t seek

Finn Harps will be facing a 820 kilometre round trip to Kerry in next seasons League of Ireland First Division. The FAI has confirmed that Kerry FC will play in the league for the first time and have been awarded a licence. The club will play at Mounthawk Park in Tralee, with the ground undergoing

The Republic of Ireland women’s side signed off on an historic year with a win on Monday evening. Ireland fielded a strong starting eleven for their friendly with Morocco in Marbella with Milford’s Amber Barrett named in attack. The Irish impressed in a 4-0 victory as Louise Quinn marked her 100th appearance with one of

Donegal are set to open their Allianz National Football league campaign against Kerry in Letterkenny in late January. Donegal will have three home games in Division One and four away from home in 2023. The draft fixtures plan with dates for games were sent out to the various county boards two weeks ago with Donegal

Donegal Sports Partnership is set to play an integral part in the Winter Initiative aimed at encouraging and motivating people of all ages and backgrounds to get active over the winter months. Speaking following the recent launch of the national campaign, Donegal Sports Partnership Coordinator, Myles Sweeney, said: “The DSP have quite a number of

The finalists for Motorsport Ireland’s Billy Coleman Young Rally Driver of the Year Award have been announced. Eamonn Kelly (23), has been named alongside Patrick O’Brien (25), from Omagh Co. Tyrone, and Kyle McBride (19), from Clonmany, Co. Donegal. All three drivers are in the running for the prestigious Motorsport Ireland Billy Coleman Young Rally

Republic of Ireland boss Stephen Kenny’s revealed that defender Shane Duffy’s been left out of his 26-man squad for ‘personal reasons’. Duffy has struggled for game time on loan at Fulham and is ommitted as is Derby County’s Jason Knight. 18-year-old Brighton striker Evan Ferguson has been called up for the first time along with

It was another successful night on Wednesday for the ATU Donegal as the Ladies’ team secured the victory in their latest HEC LGFA League Division 3 match. Barney Curran’s side had two points to spare in their 1-7 to 1-5 victory over Dundalk IT at the Donegal GAA Centre in Convoy. Downings Lauren McBride hit

Photo Stephen Doherty The SSE Airtricity Women’s National League will welcome in new teams for the 2023 season. Galway United and Shamrock Rovers have been invited to join the top tier of the women’s game at senior level to bring the total to 11 teams. Galway United will take over the slot vacated by Galway

The ATU Donegal men’s soccer side advanced in the CUFL Cup on Tuesday but they needed penalties to see of TUS Midlands in Athlone. The tie was locked at 2-2 after extra time with Odhran McGuinness and Lee McLaughlin scoring in the game. It was McLaughlin who would strike the winning penalty to send Shane

Jerome Johnston says he won’t be taking charge of Ballybay in their Ulster club football quarter-final against Kilcoo this weekend. Johnston is a native of Kilcoo and has three sons and six nephews on the Down champions’ panel. Ballybay – who won the Monaghan title for the first time in ten years this season –

Connor Coyle will return to the ring next month back in Florida. The Derry fighter will defend his NABA Middleweight title against Anibal Cleto Francisco (10-0 with 9KO’s) at the WBA convention in Orlando on Sunday 11th December. Coyle has a polished 17-0 record with 7 of those wins via knock out while Francisco brings

Supermoto racing returned last weekend, with the David Jeffries and Philip Wylie Memorial Races at Nutts Corner, under the auspices of the Temple MCC. Despite a damp start, the track soon dried up to give us some exciting and spectacular racing, both on solos and quads. Man of the day was Richard Kerr, the Kilmacrenan

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