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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

Bonagee United Youths are on the verge of completing the Donegal treble if they can secure victory against Milford United in the John ‘Gorey’ Curran Cup Final on Friday evening. Milford are looking to stop their charge, they booked their place in the final with a penalty shootout win over Kilmacrennan Celtic. Bonagee were awarded

Dylan Browne McMonagle picked up a 48th win of the year today with victory at the Curragh. He was onboard the 10/11F American Sonja for trainer Joseph O’Brien. McMonagle is on course to take a second successive Apprentice Jockey title which he will recieve at the start of next month.

Finn Harps take on Dundalk FC on Friday night in SSE Airtricity League Premier Division action. Kickoff at Finn Park is 8pm and Diarmaid Doherty will have updates here on Highland in association with B&S Credit Union Ballybofey. The club has organised a bucket collection on match night and all proceeds from both the collection

The Derry County Board have cancelled their Senior Championship Relegation Play-Offs. Ballinascreen and Eoghan Rua appealed the relegation process to Ulster but that was thrown out on Tuesday night. Subsequently, Derry GAA have now cancelled the planned playoffs. Officials in the county had wanted to reduce the number of teams in the Senior Championship from

Donegal Bay Rowing Club are again entering the fray of International Coastal Rowing Competition. Beach Sprints Coastal Rowing is set to become an Olympic sport in the Games in Los Angeles in 2028. Before that in next year in Bali in Indonesia the Beach Sprint Games will host a beach sprinting category, as will the

Kilmacrennans Richard Kerr aims to finish his fantastic season on a high this weekend at the final round of the British Superbike Championships at Brands hatch in Kent. Kerr who competes in the ultra competitive Superstock 1000 class is having his best season to date in England collecting two wins along the way, at Knockhill

A period of silence will be held at Parkhead tonight prior to Celtic’s Champions League game with RB Leipzig in memory of those who tragically lost their lives in Creeslough last Friday. The Celtic players will also wear black armbands. Through the club’s charitable arm, Celtic FC Foundation, they are donating £10,000 to the Creeslough

Seamus Coleman has offered his sympathies to those who lost loved ones in Friday’s tragedy in Creeslough. The Everton and Republic of Ireland captain said,  “thoughts and prayers are with the families, the injured and the entire community.” “The immediate reaction of the emergency services, local residents and passers by who put themselves at risk

The Ireland under-19s have suffered their first defeat of their Women’s European Championship campaign. With a place in the next phase already in the bag, Dave Connell’s side lost 1-nil to France this afternoon in Poland. Buncrana’s Emma Doherty lined out from the start once again and played the full game. The french goal came

Saturday’s Donegal Harvest Stages Rally has been postponed following the emergency incident in Cresslough. In a short statement released on Friday evening the Donegal Motor Club confirmed the rally would not take place this weekend and added their thoughts are with all who have been affected by the emergency in Cresslough. “In light of the serious