Ulster Junior Cup results – October 30: Ulster Junior Cup Lagan Harps 2 v 4 Culdaff F.C. Ballybofey United 2 v 1 Lifford Celtic Kilmacrennan Celtic 2 v 0 Cavan Town Glenea United 3 v 1 Erne Wanderers Bonagee United 0 v 3 Glengad United Cranford United 3 v 0 Killylough F.C. Buncrana Harps 2 […]
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Inishowen Football League results – October 30: Strand Hotel Division One Redcastle United 2 v 4 Clonmany Res Inishowen Engineering Division Two Buncrana Res 4 v 0 Carrowmena Res Glengad Res 4 v 2 Dunree Res Gleneely Colts 3 v 1 Carn Res Redcastle Res 3 v 2 Rasheney Res
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Donegal Junior League results – October 30: Temple Domestic Appliances Division One Cappry Rovers 2 v 2 Donegal Town CT Ball Division Two Kerrykeel ’71 FC 1 v 5 Eany Celtic Whitestrand United 2 v 2 Letterbarrow Celtic
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An elite panel of Donegal boxers are going to stage a high profile exhibition in Philadelphia. Donegal Boxing Board president Peter O’Donnell is leading the squad. He revealed the details today on Sunday Sport to presenter Myles Gallagher…
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City of Derry’s bad start to the season continued on Saturday with another loss. But the narrow six-point margin of defeat does not reflect the paucity of their overall play, according to Highland Radio’s rugby correspondent Alex McDonald. He spoke on Sunday Sport with presenter Myles Gallagher and said the scoreline against Dublin side Wanderers
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John Kerry says Northern Ireland’s economy depends on fixing legacy issues leftover from the troubles. The US Secretary of State claims peace in the North is vital for attracting investors in the aftermath of Brexit. Critics of the UK’s exit from the EU claim the move will destabilise the North’s Peace Process. But Mr Kerry
Ulster Senior League Results – Sunday 30th October: Cockhill Celt 5 v 1 Derry City Res Scorers: Cockhill: Gerard McLaughlin (11, 24, 60); Gerry Gill (45), Paul McDaid (55) Derry: Shane McNamee (23) Fanad Utd 4 v 0 Finn Harps Res Scorers: Davitt Walsh (9); Oisin Langan (30); Sean McIlwaine (45); Eoghan Lafferty (88)
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The Government Chief Whip says Irish retailers will suffer if shoppers choose to go to Northern Ireland to do their Christmas shopping. Since the Brexit vote, Sterling has taken a slump and consumers are cashing in on the weak exchange rate to Euro. A Red C poll in the Sunday Business Post shows that one
Ulster Senior Club Championship quarter-final: Killyclogher 2-10 v 1-08 Cargin Tyrone’s Killyclogher beat Antrim’s Cargin today to reach the semi-final of the Ulster Senior Club Championship. Killyclogher now meet Derry’s Slaughtneil in two weeks’ time. Winning Killyclogher manager Dominic Corrigan spoke afterwards to the assembled media and also to Francis Mooney for Highland Radio…
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A local business is this evening offering a 500 euro reward after a substantial amount of criminal damage was caused to their premises and a sum of money stolen. Sometime between 5:30pm yesterday evening and 10am this morning, Universal Books in Church Lane, Letterkenny was broken into with damage caused to the rear of the shop
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GAA results – Sunday, October 30: Ulster Senior Club Championship quarter-finals: Glenswilly 1-06 v 1-12 Kilcoo Killyclogher 2-10 v 1-08 Cargin Slaughtneil 0-12 v 0-07 Derrygonnelly Ulster Club Junior Championship quarter-final: Magilligan 0-10 v 1-09 Downings Ulster Club Junior Hurling Championship Final: Lamh Dhearg 0-16 v 0-13 MacCumhaills
Local businesses owners are calling on speedy progress to be made on the Gas to the West Project according to Sinn Fein’s infrastructure spokesperson, Declan McAleer. The £250 million project will connect natural gas to thousands of homes across the North West including Strabane, Derry and Omagh. The West Tyrone MLA says that the Gas
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We have all the live action today as Glenswilly take on Kilcoo in the Ulster Club Senior Championship. Our team of Oisin Kelly and Declan Bonner will have the commentary from Pairc Esler in Newry. We will have results and reaction from Magillian v Downings; Lamh Dhearg v MacCumhaills; Killyclogher v Cargin; and Slaughtneill v
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Local boxer Connor Coyle is in training for his homecoming fight in Dublin and plans to make it two wins from two. Connor (26), from Derry, won his first professional fight with a first round victory two weeks ago in America and is now set to make his home bout debut. He was speaking on
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The manager of Donegal club champions Glenswilly says the club’s experienced players will be needed to take on the might of Kilcoo. Michael Canning takes his side to Newry tomorrow to face Kilcoo in the Ulster championship and believes his team – who were recently crowned county champs (pictured) – are the underdogs. He has
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Finn Harps manager Ollie Horgan has said his club were in a relegation dogfight and admitted he was “always worried” about the drop. Harps ended the season with a 1-0 win over Bohemians on Friday night and Ollie said they prepared for their last game as well as they did for every other match this
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Finn Harps legend Kevin McHugh ended his career on a high on Friday night thanks a to 1-0 win over Bohemians in the last game of his career. It was also the final match of the season as Harps retained their top flight status. Kevin spoke with Diarmaid Doherty for Highland Radio Sport…
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Donegal U21A Football Club Championship semi-final result: St Eunan’s 0-08 (8) v (13) 1-10 Gweedore Connor Boyle’s goal for Gweedore was the difference in this Donegal U21A Football Club Championship semi-final. Gweedore are now through to the final and will face Aodh Rua, who beat Naomh Conaill in the other semi on Friday night. Harry
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Finn Harps and Derry City finished at opposite ends of the table this season but both clubs will be satisfied with their seasons. That was the verdict today on Saturday Sport of Highland Radio’s soccer analyst Sean Connor, who said Harps’ manager Ollie Horgan did a fantastic job to avoid relegation. Harps finished third from
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Ulster Junior Shield results – Saturday, October 29, 2016: Ulster Junior Shield Milford United Reserves 2 v 3 Illies Celtic Glenea United Reserves 9 v 1 Moville Celtic Glenree United Reserves 1 v 5 Cockhill Celtic Youths Orchard F.C. 5 – 1 Cavan Town Donegal League Saturday Reserve Division Castlefin Celtic Reserves 2 v
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All Ireland league Division 2B result: City of Derry 24 v 30 Wanderers Dublin side Wanderers handed out a home defeat to City of Derry as the local side’s bad start to the season continues. Wanderers got off to a flier today, making the perfect start with a try in the first two minutes. It
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Friday, October 28 Under 21 A Football Championship semi-final: Naomh Conaill 2-06 v 3-16 Aodh Rua Saturday, October 29 Under 21 A Football Championship semi-final: St Eunan’s 0-08 v 1-10 Gaoth Dobhair Under 21 B Football Championship semi-finals: Letterkenny Gaels 1-14 v 1-11 Naomh Colmcille Bundoran 1-11 v 1-13 Killybegs
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FAI Youth Cup Inter-League result: Donegal Youth League 1 – 0 Cavan-Monaghan Youth League Donegal Youth League beat the Cavan-Monaghan Youth League on Saturday afternoon thanks to an injury time winner in the 92nd minute from Fanad United striker Michael Devlin. The match was the first group game for the Donegal side in this year’s
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The junior footballers of Downings are in Ulster action this weekend and they are preparing for a new challenge. The club’s Andy Connors said Ulster represents a different competition than matches in Donegal. He has been speaking with Highland Radio’s GAA correspondent Tom Comack…
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Derry side Slaughtneil are competing in the Ulster championship and are taking it one match at a time. John Joe Kearney said the aim for the club – who were recently crowned Derry champions (pictured) – at this stage is to get through tomorrow’s match. He has been speaking with Highland Radio’s GAA correspondent Tom
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Sean MacCumhnaills’ Eamon McAuley is looking ahead to this year’s Ulster Junior Hurling Final. The club have made the showpiece finale and the fans are hoping for a great end to the season. Eamon has been speaking with Highland Radio’s GAA correspondent Tom Comack…
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The north’s first minister Arlene Foster has accused the government here of trying to poach foreign direct investment from northern Ireland. In her first speech to the DUP’s annual conference as party leader, she also accused the republic of trying to talk down the north’s economy. Ms Foster said Brexit was Britain’s biggest economic opportunity
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U21A Championship semi-final result: Naomh Conaill 2-6 (12) v 3-16 (25) Aodh Ruadh Aodh Ruadh made it through to the final of the U21A Championship on Friday. They easily beat Naomh Conaill, winning by a 13-point margin. Naomh Conaill were out of it by half-time when they had only registered four points on the scoreboard
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We hear from Donegal club champions Glenswilly’s manager Michael Canning ahead of Sunday’s Ulster clash with Kilcoo in Newry. There is also Ulster action for local clubs MacCumhnaills, Downings and Slaughtneil and we have spoken with each of the clubs about their chances this weekend. The Donegal Under-21A Football Championship semi-final between St Eunan’s and
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It was another busy Saturday on Weekend Edition, you can now listen back to some of the highlights. But before you do, if you have any comments or suggestions for the programme you can email greghughes@highlandradio.com or on Twitter @greghughes2 or search the Weekend Edition on Highland Radio on Facebook. We are back next Saturday
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Derry IRA informer Raymond Gilmour has been found dead in his flat in Kent. The Belfast Telegraph is reporting today that his body was lying there for up to a week and it was so badly decomposed that he had to be identified from photographs. An autopsy is currently being carried out to determine the
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A reminder that clocks go back this weekend. Winter Time will begin at 1am this Sunday, 30th October and run until 26th March 2017. Clocks and watches are to be put back at 1am on Sunday morning.
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Gardaí say they will break their strike if victims are in danger. They’ve drawn up a list of priorities for Friday when thousands of members of the force will refuse to work as part of their pay row. Gardai across Donegal will take part in the strike scheduled for Friday. The Irish Independent claims that
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The eRoster Project at Letterkenny University Hospital won two awards for their e-rostering system at the hospital. The project was a finalist in five categories at the Allocate User Group Conference which took place recently in Birmingham. Dr Anne Drake, Director of Nursing, received an award for improving working lives through technology. The second award
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Deputy Charlie McConalogue has welcomed confirmation from Irish water that water mains improvement works will be carried out at Cloontagh, Clonmany. The Fianna Fáil TD described this as an ongoing problem in the area and has been the source of much frustration among local residents and businesses. Confirmation was received from Irish Water that the
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Derry City and Strabane District Council have launched an ambitious new initiative to reach out to sections of the community who wouldn’t traditionally take part in physical activity in a bid to get them ‘more active more often’. Sport Northern Ireland’s ‘EveryBody Active 2020’ initiative will specifically target women and girls, people with disability, those
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Donegal, Derry and Tyrone are amongst the counties to benefit after it was confirmed that two major European funds will start released cash soon, despite Brexit. It has been confirmed that “letters of offer” for the PEACE IV and INTERREG VA programmes will begin being issued from next week. Most of the money in both
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Premier Division Results Finn Harps 1 v 0 Bohemians St Pats 0 v 2 Derry City Finn Harps ended the season with a 1-0 win at Finn Park over Bohemians on Friday night. Ryan Curran’s wonder strike just before half time was the goal which seperated the sides in Ballybofey. Curran blasted home at the
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Finn Harps 1 Bohemians 0 Finn Harps rounded off their season with a narrow victory over Bohemians in a very open game. Harps took the lead on 44 minutes with a wonderful goal from Ryan Curran who carved out space just inside the before box before unleashing a thundering shot into the top corner beyond
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The draw for the fourth round of the FAI Junior Cup has been made as clubs from Donegal continue on the road to the Aviva in Europe’s largest amateur football competition. Inishowen / Donegal / Cavan / Monaghan – Round 4 Glengad Utd v. Glenea Utd Castlefin Celtic v. Drumogill FC Greencastle FC v. Keadue Rovers
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Grainne Russell of the Swilly Seals club has been selected to travel with the Ulster Schools Swimming Team for a training camp in Tenerife. Grainne, representing Loreto Convent Milford, qualified for the trip this time last year. This very deserving athlete is going from strength to strength and is renowned for her hard working attitude.
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Donegal County Council’s Road Safety officer has urged motorists to watch out for children this Halloween weekend. Drivers are being reminded to exercise additional caution while on the roads and particularly when driving through housing estates with children out trick or treating. Brian O’Donnell is also asking motorists to ensure their dipped headlights are on
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Later this (Friday) afternoon Ollie Horgan’s squad will be assembling for the final this season in preparation for the visit of Bohemians to Finn Harps tonight with the earlier kick-off time of 7.45. It’s an opportunity for the fans to recognize the unbelievable effort that has been put in by Horgan, the players, backroom staff,
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Northern Ireland’s High Court has dismissed the first legal challenge to Britain’s EU leave vote. A cross-party group of politicians argues it would be illegal to take the country out of the European Union against its wishes. But a judge ruled there is no legal issue with the UK government triggering exit negotiations. S-D-L-P leader
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The National Bravery awards are being presented in Farmleigh in Dublin this (Friday) afternoon. Buncrana hero Davitt Walsh and one of the survivors of the Carrickmines fire John Connors are some of the recipients. Various acts of bravery from across the country are being recognised.
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420 people were waiting on beds at hospitals across the country this morning, 16 of them in Letterkenny University Hospital. The Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation says 314 people are on trolley’s while a further 106 are in overflow areas of wards. In Letterkenny, 10 of the 16 patients waiting this morning were on trolleys
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The government has launched a funding package to support schools in Gaeltacht areas who pledge to carry out Junior and Senior Infant classes completely in Irish, even if the children don’t speak the language at home. The Irish Language Immersion Scheme, which was launched in Conemarra today, was first mooted while Donegal TD Joe Mc
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EU leaders are hoping to sign off on the EU-Canada trade agreement following a breakthrough in a deadlock that had threatened its future. Yesterday the Belgian Prime Minister confirmed that all five regional parliaments in Belgium had finally agreed to the deal. The Walloon regional parliament initially rejected the accord, but a compromise was reached
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The State Examinations Commission has promised to overhaul the Reasonable Accommodations at Certificate Examinations, or RACE scheme following a number of complaints about the scheme last year. RACE is intended to help students with special needs, providing supports such as large print papers, readers and computers on which to do exams. In many cases, individual
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A driver was arrested following a fatal road traffic collision on the Glenhead Road in Limavady last night. A male pedestrian, aged in his 40’s, died following the collision involving a Renault car shortly before 6.15pm. The 41 year old male driver of the car, who was arrested as part of the investigation, was later
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