Gaoth Dobhair are through to the Quarter-Finals of the Michael Murphy Sports & Leisure Donegal Senior Football Championship following a 0-10 v 0-05 win over Dungloe today. Gaoth Dobhair top Group B with 3 wins from 3 following wins over St. Eunan’s and Naomh Conaill. They will now look forward to tonight’s Quarter-Final draw which […]
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Naomh Conaill booked their place in the Quarter-Finals of the Michael Murphy Sports & Leisure Donegal Senior Football Championship with a 1-09 v 0-09 win over St. Eunan’s on Sunday. A goal from Dermot ‘Brick’ Molloy was the difference between the sides at the end as St. Eunan’s bow out of the Senior Football Championship.
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Glenfin are Donegal Ladies Senior Football Champions for the second year in a row following their 4-07 v 3-07 win over Moville in O’Donnell Park, Letterkenny. They now progress to the Ulster Championship, where they will take on Lurgan of Cavan in the Quarter-Final on September 30th. Tom Comack has the full-time report for Highland
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Police in the North have described a paramilitary style attack in County Antrim, in which a teenager was shot 4 times, as ‘brutal’. It happened at a house in the Moneycannon Road area, in Ballymoney, early this morning. The 18 year old victim was taken to hospital after being shot in each of his arms
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Naomh Conaill proved too strong for St. Eunan’s on Sunday as they booked their place in the Quarter-Finals of the Michael Murphy Sports & Leisure Donegal SFC. 1-09 v 0-09 was the final score with Dermot ‘Brick’ Molloy’s goal for Naomh Conaill the difference between the side. Oisin Kelly and Martin McHugh spoke after the
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Derry City lost 1-0 at home to Shamrock Rovers last night in the SSE Airtricity League Premier Division. A Daniel Carr goal on 63 minutes gave the visitors the win but Derry City had chances throughout the 90 minutes that should have given them the win. Derry manager Kenny Shiels gave his thoughts to Martin
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St. Michael’s had a 2-18 v 0-11 win over Malin last night to book their place in the Quarter-Finals of the Michael Murphy Sports & Leisure Senior Football Championship with 3 wins from 3 in the group. Malin will be playing Senior football next year following their three games as they finished third in Group
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Four Masters may have lost to Termon on a scoreline of 3-08 v 3-07 but they still progress to the Quarter-Finals because of points difference. Termon will now have to fight in the relegation playoffs to try and secure their senior status next year. After the match, Tom Comack spoke with Four Masters manager Kevin
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Killybegs have retained their Senior Championship status for another year following their 1-10 v 0-10 win over Milford on Saturday night, while Milford will now go into the relegation playoffs. After the match, Oisin Kelly spoke with Killybegs’ Hugh McFadden… Oisin also spoke with Milford manager Danny O’Donnell…
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Finn Harps continued with their fine form ahead of the play offs by beating Cabinteely 7-1 on Saturday night at Finn Park. Jacob Borg. Nathan Boyle, Mikey Place, Jessie Devers, Aiden Friel and Paddy Court scored the goals. Harps are now ten games unbeaten. Diarmaid Doherty spoke with Harps assistant manager Paul Hegarty after the
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Finn Harps will enter the play offs with an unbeaten ten game run after Saturday’s 7-1 win at hone to Cabinteely. Diarmaud Doherty reports from Finn Park for Highland Radio Sport…
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2-18 v 0-11 was the final score in St. Michael’s win over Malin today as they booked their place in the Quarter-Finals of the Michael Murphy Sports & Leisure Donegal SFC. Malin retained their Senior status for next year. Harry Walsh reports for Highland Radio Sport…
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Killybegs have secured another year of Senior Championship Football following their 1-10 v 0-10 win over Milford this evening in Group D of the Michael Murphy Sports & Leisure Donegal SFC. Milford go into the relegation playoffs after tonight’s loss. Oisin Kelly has the full-time report…
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Kilcar go into the Michael Murphy Sports and Leisure Donegal Senior Football Championship Quarter-Finals as Group D winners following a 1-15 v 1-10 over MacCumhaills. Frank Craig has the full-time report…
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Four Masters lost out to Termon on a scoreline of 3-08 v 3-07 on Saturday night but points difference means that Four Masters are into the Quarter-Finals of the Michael Murphy Sports & Leisure Senior Football Championship. Tom Comack reports for Highland Radio Sport…
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Derry City lost 1-0 to Shamrock Rovers in their SSE Airtricity League Premier Division clash at the Brandywell Stadium on Saturday night. Martin Holmes reports for Highland Radio Sport…
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The injuries sustained by Sean Cavanagh in a Tyrone club championship game were caused accidentally, disciplinary chiefs in the county have found. The Competitions Control Committee will take no action against any Edendork player as a result of the incident in which the former Tyrone captain suffered a broken nose and concussion while playing for
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2-1 was the final score in Institute’s loss to Glentoran today in the NIFL Premiership. Glentoran took the lead on 13 minutes through Ross Redman but Michael McCrudden equalised on 32 minutes. The winner for Glentoran came through William Garrett on 47 minutes. That now means Institute remain 8th in the league table with 2
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Glencar Inn Division One Donegal Town 2 vs 3 Strand Rovers FC Glenea United 0 vs 2 Arranmore United Old Orchard Division Two Drumbar FC 4 vs 2 Drumkeen United Fintown Harps AFC 2 vs 3 Drumoghill FC Res Milford United FC 2 vs 0 Kildrum Tigers
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22-5 was the final score in City of Derry’s game against Dungannon in the Ulster Premiership today. Dungannon led by 22-0 at half-time but City of Derry kept them scoreless in the second-half while scoring a try of their own. Alex McDonald reports for Highland Radio Sport… Ulster Premiership City of Derry 5 v 22
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Daryl Gurney has taken his first win of this year’s Champions League of Darts where he beat Gary Anderson 10-8. The Derry man had a 95.28 scoring average with a 56% checkout rate over the course of the 18 legs. The Champions League sees the eight highest-ranked players competing across four sessions at The Brighton
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It’s another busy weekend for the underage teams at Finn Harps F.C. The U15s after recording a crucial 4-1 win over Limerick F. C. at the Curragh last weekend have made the long journey south to meet the same opposition at the Markets Field this evening (kick-off 5pm). Tomorrow Declan Boyle’s U17s head to Dublin
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They’re at the Quarter-Final stage in the Derry Senior Football Championship with those games taking place this weekend. This evening sees Glen take on Ballinderry while tomorrow will see Lavey v The Loup and Coleraine v last year’s champions Slaughtneil. Sports Editor of the County Derry Post Michael McMullan gives his verdict on the likely
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7pm on Sunday evening will see 8 teams go into the hat for the Quarter-Final draw of the Michael Murphy Sports & Leisure Donegal Senior Football Championship. 5 of those spots are still up for grabs with Gaoth Dobhair, Kilcar and MacCumhaills the only 3 clubs guaranteed a place in the knockout stages. Peter Campbell,
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There are just three games left to play in the first round of the Tyrone Senior Football Championship, all of which will be contested this weekend. Aghyaran play Omagh, St. Enda’s on Saturday evening at 5pm with Derrylaughan v Killyclogher (2.30pm) and Dromore v Coalisland (5pm) both being played on Sunday. Former Tyrone All-Ireland winning
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Moville and Glenfin face off on Sunday in the Donegal Senior Ladies Football Championship final at O’Donnell Park with throw-in at 2pm. This match is a repeat of last year’s final which was won by Glenfin and it’s also the third year in a row that the sides have faced off in the Senior decider.
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Finn Harps have their final league game tonight against Cabinteely at Finn Park with kick-off at 7.45. Harps are guaranteed second place and a spot in the promotion playoffs, but will still look for a good performance tonight. Harps boss Ollie Horgan joined Chris Ashmore on Saturday Sport to look ahead to tonight’s game…
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The Edendork club has issued a strong statement warning that it will take legal action against any individual or media outlet which levelled unsubstantiated and false accusations against one of its players following the controversial Tyrone SFC game in which Sean Cavanagh was injured. The club hit out at the manner in which the controversy
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Increased childcare support for certain workers is being considered. It’s part of preparations for the upcoming budget being explored by the Children’s Minister. The Irish Independent reports that lower paid employees in the private and public sector would benefit from targeted childcare payments. None of the current supports are available to families with net incomes
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The Government Chief Whip says the focus remains on ensuring there is no hard border after the Taoiseach said Ireland is entering a rocky patch in the Brexit negotiations. Yesterday, British Prime Minister Theresa May said Brexit negotiations were at an impasse. Its after she rejected two EU options of either remaining in the customs
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Main Evening News, Sport and Obituaries Friday September 21st:
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An Éire sign, dating back to World War II has been discovered in Fanad. The discovery was made during the filming of a TG4’s ‘Molscéal’ feature on the history of Fanad Lighthouse. Its believed the number 79 corresponds with a World War II sign at Fanad. Mobile journalist, Setanta Ó Dochartaigh while editing footage identified
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It’s been confirmed that a referendum on Ireland’s blasphemy laws will be held on the same day as the Presidential election. Voters will be asked if they want to repeal the part of the constitution that makes blasphemy an illegal offence. The referendum will be held alongside the Presidential election on October 26th.
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A quantity of drugs have been located and in the Sion Mills area. Police are again urging the public to continue their vigilance and report any suspicious activity. The PSNI would like to remind the public of a Derry City and Strabane District Council initiative that t has installed ‘Drug bins’ across the District which
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An additional €441,000 has been allocated for Donegal under the Community Enhancement Programme. Its after a funding announcement earlier this year of €159,400 for the county bringing the total funding to €600,500. Minister Michael Ring announced the latest tranche of funding today as part of a €8 million allocation to support disadvantaged communities throughout the
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A Donegal TD has introduced a new piece of legislation which would define housing, health, education and other social needs as fundamental human rights. Deputy Thomas Pringle says the “Economic, Social and Cultural Rights Bill” would lead to a referendum asking the people to enshrine these rights in the Constitution. Claiming current is failing the
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As discussions on a future Technological University designation continues, Letterkenny IT has also put in a separate application for funding to strengthen the cross border links established with Ulster University and North West Regional College in Derry. Letterkenny IT President Paul Hannigan says the location of the facility means it’s vital that this strand of
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A couple has been left badly shaken after a break-in at their residence in Derry’s Yeats Court last night during which an apparent firearm was used. Detectives are appealing for information about the incident, which they are describing as an aggravated burglary. Just before ten to ten last night, four masked men, one armed with
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The number of people awaiting in-patient beds at Letterkenny University Hospital has almost halved, with 21 people awaiting admission this morning, down from 41 yesterday. Of those, four were waiting on Emergency Department trolleys. Nationally, the INMO says there were 331 people awaiting admission at hospitals across the country, the largest number, 49, at University
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Turas Scoile le Colm Ferriter: SN Lurgybrack faoi stiúir Brighdin Carr
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Culture Night takes place tonight, with a series of events running in Letterkenny for the tenth year in a row. This year’s programme offers 39 diverse events in 26 venues, which organisers say will celebrate the region’s unique local cultural identity. A full programme is available online through donegalcoco.ie or at all council buildings. Meanwhile,
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Donegal Jockey Martin Harley rode a winner last night at Chelmsford. Harley was on the 4/1 Seinesational for trainer William Knight. He chased the leaders over 3 furlongs out and led approaching the furlong to go to claim the win.
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Cockhill Celtic start the defence of their Ulster Senior League crown this weekend when they play Swilly Rovers in Ramelton on Sunday afternoon. The Inishowen side have been the dominant force in the league, winning the league and cup double for the sixth year in a row. There hasn’t been much time for the players
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A young boy has died in a road incident in County Derry last night. The 8 year-old was killed after being hit by a car at a service station on the Glenshane Road in Maghera at around 8pm. The Glenshane Road was closed for a time, but has since reopened. The PSNI are investigating and
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Derry has retained the Best Kept City title at the 40th annual Translink Ulster in Bloom awards which were announced this week. The Mayor of Derry City and Strabane District, Councillor John Boyle says it’s a reflection of the pride people have in the city and the region. He paid tribute to the council’s staff
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€1.8 million has been allocated for progress on the establishment of a Technological University serving the West and North West. The Connaught Ulster Alliance is bringing together the Institutes of Technology in Letterkenny, Sligo, Galway and Mayo, with a formal proposal expected in two years time. In a statement last evening, Minister Mary Mitchell O’Connor
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Detectives from the PSNI’s Organised Crime Unit have detained a 48 year old man in Derry as part of a major investigation into drugs supply and money laundering. Meanwhile, a 34 year old man and a 25 year old woman were arrested in Newtownabbey. The Derry arrest has been linked to the seizure of suspected
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Main Evening News, Sport and Obituary Notices Thursday September 20th
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A motion calling for post offices to be retained under a new PSO model has been accepted by the Dail. Motions were moved by Fianna Fail, Sinn Fein and Independents earlier, with the Fianna Fail motion then amended to bring in issues raised by Sinn Fein. A governrment amendment was defeated, and when the combined
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Work on the A6 dualling scheme between Drumahoe and Dungiven is set to begin next week, according to Foyle MP Elisha Mc Callion. Describing it as a positive step forward for the city, Ms Mc Callion says a number of projects are already underway on other sections of the A6. When all are completed, she
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