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Brett McGinty makes his ring return later this month. The St Johnston man has endured a frustrating wait for his fifth professional fight. The 23-year-old had to withdraw from a December bout with Angel Emilov at the Crystal Palace due to a shoulder injury but will return on the May 28th Tommy Owens Promotions show

Participants in the 2022 RunDonegal Women’s 5K, which takes place on Sunday, May 22nd, are being encouraged to wear pink, and to wear T-shirts they have from previous RunDonegal Women’s 5Ks. The Donegal Domestic Violence Service is the sole beneficiary of this year’s RunDonegal Women’s 5K which gets underway at 11 am, with the Finn

Richard Kerr and the AMD Motorsport team were back in action in the Pirelli National Superstock Championship at the weekend with round two taking place at Oulton Park, Cheshire and the Kilmacrennan rider ensured it was an enjoyable meeting with a strong ninth place in Monday’s race. After a strong outing in the official test

Irwin racing traveled to Oulton Park this weekend to take part in the second round of the BSB. Caolán Irwin on his R&R Racing Yamaha had a very strong qualifying and consistent lap times showed great promise on saturday finishing race 1 in 12th place. Race 2 with changing track conditions continued with fast race

Callum Devine and Noel O’Sullivan won the Rally of the Lakes for the first time after an epic duel with Alastair Fisher and Gordon Noble ended when the latter crashed out on Killarney’s final stage. Fisher slid wide on a left hander, dropping off the road, and left stranded as his rivals flew past. It

The record time for the North West 10k was set 24 years ago by Dublin native Noel Berkeley who has confirmed that he will be on the start line for the 25th anniversary event. A long time resident of Midleton, Co. Cork, Berkeley set the record time of 29 minutes and 14 seconds in Letterkenny

Two Donegal athletes have been included this week in the first round of selections for the 2022 European Athletics Championships which focused on Marathon and 35km Race Walk events. Finn Valley walkers Brendan Boyce and Letterkenny’s Marathon runner Ann Marie McGlynn are among the six athletes eligible for selection having attained A standards during the

The Candystripes will be expecting another tough examination on Friday evening as they head to Inchicore to take on a St Pats team that currently sits third in the table. Tim Clancy’s side lost out at the Brandywell last month to an injury time Will Patching goal and Ruaidhri Higgins is expecting an equally close

Raphoe’s Rachel Darragh is through to the last 16 in Women’s Singles at the European Badminton Championships in Madrid. She comfortably won her second match of the championships beating Katrin Neudolt of Austria 21-5 21-6. The Donegal player who is ranked 148th in the world will take on Neslihan Yigit of Turkey on Wednesday, she

Donegal’s Michael Murphy has been named at the GAA.ie Footballer of the Week. The Glenswilly man received 5,256 votes on the GAA’s Official Instagram page which put him ahead of Galway’s Paul Conroy and Wicklow’s Kevin Quinn. The County Captain was the main man for Donegal in their fine win over Armagh. He scored six

Donegal Person of the Year Noel Cunningham has been announced as the special guest who will fire the starting gun to set the runners and walkers on their way in the special 25th anniversary North West 10k next Monday. The Kilcar native said he was honoured to be invited to perform the formalities for a

On the day of his first anniversary, there will be an occasion to remember the life and works of Michael ‘Jack’ O’Donnell in his native Glenties this Sunday. Michael Jack was best known for his love of GAA, chronicling the fortunes of Donegal and his local club Naomh Conaill, and much else besides, through the

  Finn Harps will be without captain David Webster for the remainder of the season. The club has confirmed he has a serious knee injury after being stretchered off in their clash with Bohemians earlier this month. Harps are currently ninth in the SSE Airtricity Premier Division table. Finn Harps can confirm that captain David

Tyrone have been handed a significant boost ahead of this Sunday’s Ulster football quarter-final with Derry. Conor McKenna is set to be available for selection having had the red card he received against Fermanagh rescinded. The forward was sent off late on in their seven-point win over the Erne men in Enniskillen on the weekend

Four Donegal players have been included in the Ladies National League Divsion 1 Team of the Year. Evelyn McGinley, Nicole McLaughlin, Captain Niamh McLaughlin and Karen Guthrie have been named in the 15. There are three survivors from last years team with McGinley and Guthrie honoured again along with Dublin’s Hannah Tyrrell. Meath’s march to

Kilmacrennan’s Caolán Irwin competed this week in the Premier Supersport 600 Championship of the Irish Master’s Championship at Mondello Park. Unable to do the pre-race testing on Friday due to work commitments, he arrived at the Kildare circuit going straight into Qualifying on Saturday morning. Qualifying on the front row of the grid Irwin delighted

Finn Harps are on the road Friday night as they travel to Dublin to take on St. Patrick’s Athletic. Kickoff at Richmond Park is 7.45pm. Harps will be hoping for a win to kick start their season and make up ground on the teams above them, while the hosts, currently third in the table, will

UCD are the visitors to the Brandywell on Friday night as league leaders Derry City look to get back on the winning trail after a couple of disappointing results. The mood in the camp at training on Thursday was certainly very upbeat and Ruaidhri Higgins insisted his side was raring to go again on Friday.

The Candystripes will be hoping to continue their excellent start to the season this Good Friday as Damien Duff brings his Shelbourne side to the Brandywell for a 7.45 pm kick off. Ruaidhri Higgins had both feet very firmly on the ground after his side’s deserved win at Ballybofey last Saturday, and with good reason

Derry City has tied down Cameron McJannet to a new two and half year deal. The highly rated centre-half will be around the Brandywell until the end of the 2024 campaign. After scoring his first goal of the season in the derby with Finn Harps last weekend, he becomes the eighth member of the squad

The first of five monthly draws for those who have entered the 2022 Donegal Half Marathon will take place on Thursday, April 28th. The Kernan’s Retail Group is the event’s main sponsor again this year, and each monthly winner will receive a €30 Kernan’s voucher and a hamper filled with Spar’s own brand products. “Those

Steve Boyle, a native of Cahersiveen, Co. Kerry is aiming to cycle from Donegal to Kerry to raise vital funds for The Alzheimer Society of Ireland and Crumlin’s Children’s Hospital. Steve, currently working in Newbridge, Co. Kildare aims to cycle and run 420 km from Donegal town to the village of Glenbeigh, Co. Kerry over

The Irish Universities Intervarsities Competition was held in Carlow at the weekend with Track and Field competitions taking place over Friday and Saturday. There was lots of local interest with many of our top Donegal young athletes taking part. James Kelly ( Finn Valley) representing LYIT had an excellent weekend taking gold in the Shot

Derry with be without Ciaran McFaul for their upcoming championship campaign. Boss Rory Gallagher confirmed McFaul will not be available to the Oak Leaf county ahead of their quarter final with either Fermanagh or Tyrone. Gallagher told the Irish News he was “disappointment at the Glen man’s commitment levels since the very start of the

Finn Harps play host to high flying neighbours Derry City in the North West derby on Saturday evening. Kickoff at Finn Park is 5.30pm and the game is live on Highland with Diarmaid Doherty and Declan Boyle. Harps will be looking to get back to winning ways after conceding a late equaliser at home to