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Letterkenny Rugby Club have confirmed their new coaching set up and addition players for next season. A host of City of Derry players and coaches have made the move to the Dave Gallagher Grounds. Ex Derry head coach Richard McCarter and former player Neil Burns are in as the new assistant and player coach to […]

Finn Harps player Gavin McAteer was part of the The Republic of Ireland Under-17 men’s squad which qualifies for the World Cup for the first time on Tuesday. A 5-0 rout of Iceland in Poland sees Colin O’Brien’s side finish second in their qualifying group, going through the finals later this year. The Milford man

Finn Valley AC will stage a reception to honour European Athletics Indoor Championship 800m bronze medallist Mark English and 4x400m finalist Arlene Crossan. The event takes place this Saturday, March 29, at 2pm at the Finn Valley Centre. English clocked 1:45.46 in the 800m final to take third spot at the Omnisport in Apeldoorn, Netherlands.

Corrigan Park has been confirmed as the venue for Antrim’s Ulster football quarter-final with Armagh on April 12th. The game had been fixed for Pairc Esler in Newry owing to the limited capacity of Corrigan Park, but Antrim insisted the game be played in Belfast. Ulster GAA now say they have received satisfactory assurances from

Errigal Ciaran’s Ruairí Canavan has been shortlisted for the AIB Club Player of the Year award. The Tyrone forward is named along with Cuala’s Con O’Callaghan and Micheál Burns of Dr Crokes. Peter Óg McCartan, Joe Oguz, Peter Harte and Darragh Canavan also join Ruairi on the AIB Team of the Year. Errigal lost out

End of rally engine failure for Jon Armstrong and Donegal’s Shane Byrne handed 2025 West Cork Rally honours to Keith Cronin and Mike Galvin after a close battle between the two crews over the event’s three days of action. Armstrong and Byrne looked to have claimed a 34.8-second victory before their Ford Fiesta Rally2 ran

Kilkenny man Cathal O’Reilly won the Elite Mile road race in Letterkenny on St. Patrick’s Day. Kevin McGrath of Bohermeen AC in County Meath was second. The event drew a strong field but nobody managed to dip under the four minutes with McGrath winning in four minutes 14 seconds. Finn Valley AC’s Roisin Flanagan was

GAA Ard Chomhairle have voted to ratify some adjustments to the Gaelic football core enhancements recommended by the Football Review Committee. They will be implemented for county games immediately and for club games at the discretion of county boards between now and May 1st. They are as follows: Play on immediately – Kick Out Mark

Runners taking part in the 2025 Strabane Lifford Half Marathon can look forward to a new, faster route when they take to the start line at the Alley Theatre on Sunday May 18th. The 10th edition of the event was formally launched this week on the steps of the venue by Mayor of Derry City

The 2025 Leo Molloy Darts Singles Tournament takes place in Kilcar this Saturday March 8th with registrations in Kilcar House from 2:30pm. Leo who did so much for darts not just in the south west but for Donegal and was the manager of the very first Donegal team to win the All Ireland and he

Finn Valley AC have been named as the Athletics Ireland Cross Country Club of the Year for 2024. This is a seriously momentous day for the club and a testament to the hard work and effort put in by athletes and coaches alike over recent months. Finn Valley AC will be officially presented with the

The 2025 Donegal Half Marathon, which will be held in association with Kernan’s, will take place on Sunday, August 24th in Letterkenny. First held in 2014, the race has grown in popularity and attracted almost 600 entries last year. Speaking at the launch of the event, Donegal Half Marathon Chairman, Myles Sweeney, said the ability

The ATU Donegal’s women’s soccer side have qualified for the final of this season’s O’Regan Cup. The Letterkenny college beat Maynooth University on penalties in Wednesday’s semi final at the Port Road campus. Caoimhe Herron scored the games only goal for ATU as the tie ended 1-1 after extra time. Erin McLaughlin, Ellie Long and

  Finn Valley’s Mark English and Arlene Crossan have both had their selection for the European Indoor Championships confirmed today by Athletics Ireland. National 800m record holder English missed the National Championships at the weekend but the four times European medalist will be taking to the track in Apeldoorn, Netherlands next month. It’s a first

Mark English has withdrawn from this weekend’s National Indoor Championships. The Finn Valley man has been in excellent form in recent weeks which included a new national record, shaving almost a second off his old record in New York. English’s withdrawal comes after advice from his physio but he is expected to be fit for

Donegal Jockey Patrick McGettigan is travelling to Pisa, Italy this week to compete in the Ribot Cup. The 16 year old will be the youngest jockey riding in the event at the racecourse of San Rossore. Patrick was one of several jockey’s selected from all over Europe to race. The Ribot Cup on Sunday will

The culmination of the 2024 Donegal Commercial Vehicles Club Championship will take place on Saturday night 22nd February with St Eunans GAA clubhouse hosting the evening at 7:30pm. A range of awards will be presented on the night after a fantastic and intense year of Motorsport within the county. The year started in March last

Paddy McBrearty has been voted GAA.ie Footballer of the Week. The classy Donegal forward received 4,742 votes on the GAA’s Official Instagram page which put him ahead of Cork’s Chris Óg Jones (3,437) and Dublin’s Seán Bugler (2,625). Donegal maintained their unbeaten start to Division One by whipping the All Ireland Champions Armagh in Ballybofey

Donegal Captain Patrick McBrearty has been named as one of this weeks nominees for GAA.ie Footballer of the Week. Donegal maintained their unbeaten start to Division One by whipping the All Ireland Champions Armagh in Ballybofey with the Kilcar man kicking 0-6, five of which came from play. Dublin’s Seán Bulger and Chris óg Jones

Fanad United will once again be at home for the quarter final stage of the FAI Junior Cup. The Donegal League side will host nine times winners from Limerick – Fairview Rangers. Fanad reached the last eight with a penalty shoot-out win over Waterford’s Tramore at Traigh-A-Loch on Sunday while Fairview defeated the highly fancied

There was success in the Sigerson Cup Final on Wednesday night for two Donegal players. DCU were crowned Sigerson Cup winners for a sixth time after a 4-point (1-16 to 3-6) win over UCD last night at the Connacht Centre of Excellence in Mayo. Dublin’s Ethan Dunne was the difference as he notched 1-02 for

The club is delighted to announce the signing of Joel Thompson from Colchester United. The Northern Ireland under-19 International came through the ranks at Crusaders, making his debut aged 15. He went on to make six appearances for The Crues, before signing with Nottingham Forest in July 2022. Thompson, who is comfortable playing left back

Finn Harps have announced the signing of goalkeeper Shane O’Gara. The Glencolmcille man, who previously represented the club at underage level is a well-known name in the Donegal football scene, having spent time with St. Catherines, Keadue Rovers, Buncrana Hearts and Letterkenny. O’Gara also had spells competing in the NIFL Championship with Dergview and most

Finn Harps have announced the signing of Adam McDaid, Corey Sheridan and Josh Cullen to senior contracts for the 2025 season. McDaid first signed with the Finn Harps Academy’s U15 side in 2021. The defender, who previously played with Illistrin FC before arriving at Finn Park has come through the ranks at U15, U17 and