Donegal’s Richard Kerr had a mixed bag of results at round 10 of the British Superbike Championships at Donington Park at the weekend. The 16 year old Kilmacrennan student qualified in 5th position and followed that up with a tremendous 3rd place in race 1 of the Moto3 class, several seconds behind the leaders. It […]
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Everton midfielders James McCarthy and Darron Gibson could both struggle to be fit for Ireland’s upcoming World Cup qualifiers against Georgia and Moldova. Everton boss Ronald Koeman has confirmed that the Republic of Ireland pair remain sidelined after undergoing surgery for groin injuries. It leaves them with a short recovery period ahead of the next
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Finn Harps 0 Cork City 1 Cork City’s Premier Division title challenge is still on track – but they had to battle every inch of the way against relegation threatened Finn Harps in a gripping contest at Finn Park. A controversial 69thminute penalty from man-of-the-moment Sean Maguire changed the course of the game, and left
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Donegal Manager Rory Gallagher has had his term extended by the Donegal County Board. At a meeting in Ballybofey, the clubs in the county reappointed the Fermanagh man for three more years with the option of a extra fourth year on review. Gallagher had one year left of his current agreement but sought an extension
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Donegal International Rally winner Manus Kelly has confirmed he will compete in this years Harvest Rally in the Subaru S12 B that he drove to victory back in June. Having originally planned to tackle the Martin Howley Memorial Stages around the Killybegs area in a Ford Escort Mark II, the popular Glenswilly man has once
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Finn Harps Football Club is to begin work on a new strategic plan at the beginning of next month. Mike Gaffney, the Managing Director of LEAP has been appointed to assist in the development of a coherent strategy that will enable the long term sustainability and development of the club. Harps Secretary John Campbell said
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It’s been confirmed that a Centre Manager has been identified to take charge of the Knocknamona Child and Adolescent Residential Care facility in Letterkenny. The Centre, which was closed by the Child and Family Agency TUSLA owing to service quality issues identified following a HIQA inspection last May, is now expected to open once
As the clock ticks towards the 2016 Bayview Hotel Martin Howley Memorial Harvest Stages Rally, entries for the event have soared past the 120 entrants mark. With days running out until the closing date for entries, Wednesday 28th September, the organisers have continued to be busy with final preparations for this Killybegs based event. When Saturday
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The Donegal Road Safety Working group is launching its latest five year plan this afternoon in Lifford. The new document covers the period from 2016 to 2021, with input from Donegal County Council, and other agencies including Gardai, the Road Safety Authority, Donegal Youth Service, and the HSE Ambulance Service. The plan envisages more cross
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Letterkenny University Hospital is one of three for which HIQA has published inspection reports today on measures in place to prevent the spread of infection. As well as Letterkenny, HIQA has also published reports on the Croom Hospital and Mayo University Hospital in Castlebar. This inspection focussed on the Medical 3 and Dialysis facilities, and found general
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Fianna Fáil’s Parliamentary Party Think-In begins in Co. Carlow today. Last week, Fine Gael and Sinn Féin met to discuss their parties’ priorities for the upcoming Dáil term. Housing and the UK’s BREXIT vote will be among the issues on the agenda at the two-day meeting of Fianna Fáil TDs and Senators. Water charges are
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City of Derry Airport has welcomed confirmation of a £7m support funding package for the airport. The news comes following weeks of high level talks and negotiations between CoDA and Derry City and Strabane District Council with the deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness to help secure the future of the airport. Airport Chairperson Roy Devine
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Finn Harps, who have lost seven games in a row, face title chasing Cork City at Finn Park tonight. Harps boss Ollie Horgan has pledged that his team will be battling all the way to get something from this game. He is likely to make a couple of changes from the side that lost 1-0
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The Donegal GAA County Committee is due to hold a meeting in Ballybofey tonight at which proposals for the future of manager Rory Gallagher at expected to be on the table. It is understood that the manager wants to tie down a long term deal. According to a report by Tom Comack in today’s Donegal
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A new strategic plan for Finn Harps is set to be drawn up. The club has announced that Mike Gaffney the Managing Director of Galway based consultants LEAP, has been appointed to assist in the development of a coherent strategy that will enable the long term sustainability and development of the club. It is with
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The North’s Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness will visit City of Derry Airport this morning to discuss the prospect of a substantial Stormont investment package for the airport and its environs. The visit follows Ryanairs recent decision to pull its London and Faro flights from the airport, effective from early next year. Mr McGuinness is
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The second quarter of 2016 has seen an upward trend in rent costs continue in Donegal. In the first quarter of this year the average monthly rent in the private sector in Donegal was €467, an increase of 27 euro compared to the same period in 2015. In the second quarter of this year there
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The Clare Stages Rally has been won by Donegal cousins Declan Boyle and Brian Boyle. The nine-stage rally rolled into the Banner County over the weekend, with over 110 cars from across the country competed. Clare Motor Club, which held the rally in the Woodcock Hill, Kilkishen and Quin areas, has helped it keep going
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Team Ireland’s hero paralympian Katie George Dunleavy, whose father is from Mountcharles, has won her second medal at the Paralympics in Rio. Visually impaired cyclist Katie and her partner Eve McCrystal won silver in the Women’s B Road Race on Saturday. They finished 59 seconds behind the winner, who was Poland’s Iwona Podkoscielna. Katie and
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Finn Harps manager Ollie Horgan sends his players out to take on Cork tomorrow night to end a run of seven successive matches. Ollie (pictured) said on Sunday: “We are going out to get a result tomorrow night at Finn Park. It’s going to be very difficult against Cork but our players are up for
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Donegal powerlifter John Watson has taken first place at the European Powerlifting Championships. Letterkenny businessman John (45) of Watson Hire was in Amsterdam today to represent Ireland in the WDFPF European Championship Single Event in the Deadlift. His category was 90 kilos and he won. Raphoe garda Jim Collins also claimed a Euro title. John
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Finn Harps fans will be worried about a relegation dogfight after their latest loss, which was their seventh in a row, and came against bottom of the table Longford Town. That is the prospect facing the club, according to Highland Radio’s soccer analyst Sean Connor. Sean (pictured), who has managed at the highest level with
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A 28 year old lorry driver has been arrested on suspicion of a number of motoring offences following the death of a pedestrian in Omagh. In the early hours of this morning a man in his 20s died following a fatal collision with the lorry on the Great Northern Road in Omagh. The pedestrian named
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Yesterday thousands of people attended a demonstration in Dublin in protest of water charges. Water charges were suspended by the government, pending the outcome of an expert commission. Locals from the North West attended the Right2Water march in Dublin yesterday. Philip McFadden a Donegal member of Right2Water attended the march yesterday and said
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Sunday 18th September 2016 FAI Junior Cup Cappry Rovers 2 v 2 Drumoghill F.C. Clones Town 3 v 1 Kilmacrennan Celtic Ballybofey United 1 v 4 Castlefin Celtic Convoy Arsenal 1 v 2 Illies Celtic KS Eagles 2 v 1 Glenree United Erne Wanderers 9 v 2 Culdaff F.C. Milford United 3 v 2 Rathmullan
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Inishowen Football League Sun 18th Sept Premier Division Buncrana 4 v 2 Carn Aileach 4 v 3 Dunree QPS 1 v 3 Clonmany Division 1 Sea Rvs 3 v 1 QPS Res Rasheney 2 v 2 Aileach Res Carrowmena 2 v 6 Redcastle Division 2 Illies 3 v 0 Cockhill Carn 0 v
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City of Derry lost to Skerries yesterday and they were the much better side, according to Highland Radio’s rugby correspondent Alex McDonald. Alex said the Dublin club, which was relegated last season, were impressive. He said it is early for City of Derry but they played “second fiddle” on Saturday and he warned that they
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Donemana won cricket’s north-west Premier League on Saturday and celebrations were ongoing yesterday. They beat Ardmore to clinch the title. Donemana’s neighbours Strabane had a disastrous season and, as Highland Radio’s cricket correspondent Eamon McLaughlin, there is speculation that some players could leave. Eamon was speaking on Sunday Sport with Myles Gallagher…
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Tyrone GAA Championship quarter-final result: Clonoe 3-09 v 1-13 Carrickmore Clonoe O’Rahilly’s CLG beat Carrickmore St Colmcille’s in the quarter-final of the Tyrone GAA Championship to set up a semi-final date with rivals Coalisland Fianna GFC. Clonoe manager Damien Cassidy afterwards said that he was disappointed with his players’ first half performance. But he pointed
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Finn Harps have announced another match postponement. Its League of Ireland Premier Division game with Sligo Rovers has been rescheduled and will now take place at the Showgrounds on Monday the 3rd of October. Harps say that they had submitted a very reasonable proposal, based on the club’s part-time set-up and player welfare considerations, requesting
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Saturday 17th Sep 2016 Clonoe O`Rahi.(3-9) v (1-13)Carrickmore S. 2016 Tir Eoghain Craobh Peile Sinsear Quarter Final Drumragh Sars.(0-8) v (2-9) Castlederg St. 2016 Tir Eoghain ACL Roinn 3 7 Kildress Wolf.(1-5) v (4-17)Coalisland Fi. 2016 Tir Eoghain Craobh Peile Sinsear Quarter Final Derrylaughan .(0-13) v (0-10)Naomh Padraig U13 League Grade 3A Round 3 Ardboe O’Dono.(2-14) v (3-11)Loughmacrory . U-16 League Grade 2 Knockout Semi
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Michael Murphy Sports & Leisure Michael Murphy Sports Under 21A Football Fri, 16 Sep, Four Masters 0-09 V 4-09 Naomh Conáil Gaoth Dobhair 3-09 V 3-06 Dungloe Sat, 17 Sep, St Eunan’s 4-08 V 0-11 Buncrana, Aodh Ruadh Ballyshannon 7-14 V 1-07 Termon Michael Murphy Sports & Leisure Michael Murphy Sports Under 21B Football
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Donemana are this year’s champions of north-west cricket’s Premier League and that will be the focus today for our weekly review. There will also be scores from the FAI Junior Cup and the Inishowen League. We will have a round-up of the latest rugby and soccer analyst Sean Connor will deliver his verdict on the weekend
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Donegal motorbike racer Richard Kerr was third today in round 10 of the British Superbike Championships at the famous Donnington Park. Richard (16), from Kilmacrennan, started on the second row of the grid in the Moto3 Class and made his move into third place on lap three. He held it to the finish, marking a
Donemana beat Ardmore today to be crowned champions. A fascinating game threw up the prospect of Ardmore winning the league, if they managed a big run victory, with Donemana being six for four at one stage. But Donemana put in a championship-winning performance to wrap up the season. Highland Radio’s cricket correspondent delivered his report
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FAI Intermediate Cup fixture: Letterkenny Rovers v Cockhill Celtic The FAI Intermediate Cup is set to stage a classic Donegal derby tomorrow with Letterkenny Rovers hosting Buncrana’s Cockhill Celtic. The high profile match at Leckview Park on Sunday afternoon (KO 2pm) has the clubs’ fans fired up. Both clubs’ coaches spoke today on Saturday Sport.
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Rugby All Ireland League 2B result: City of Derry 15 v 32 Skerries City of Derry had a massive lead in the league last season but threw it away and looked to get back on track at home in Judges Road today. They faced their old rivals Skerries, who were relegated last year, and needed
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Finn Harps manager Ollie Horgan has revealed his disappointment as his side went down 1-0 at home to bottom of the table Longford Town. The loss at Finn Park on Friday means that Harps have lost seven in a row and fans are concerned about a relegation dogfight. Ollie spoke afterwards and said it was
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The PSNI have confirmed that the Police search operation at Killen in Co Tyrone has now ended. Searches began after a local farmer reported a piece of disturbed land. Police were searching the land for the remains of missing Arlene Arkinson. The teenager went missing after a night out in Donegal in 1994 and was
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Tomorrow is All Ireland Final Sunday and Highland Radio’s GAA correspondent Tom Comack has spoken with two experts in the game. RTE Sunday Game analyst Martin Carney says Mayo had a lowkey build-up and insists they remain underdogs for the showpiece at Croke Park. But he believes there is an air of expectation that they
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DONEGAL JUNIOR LEAGUE results: Saturday, September 17 FAI Junior Cup Arranmore United 0 v 1 Glengad United Glencar Inn Saturday Division Orchard FC 8 v 0 Fintown Harps AFC Drumbar FC 2 v 5 Dunlewey Celtic Strand Rovers 2 v 2 Glencar Celtic Saturday Reserve Division Milford United Reserves 2 v 2 Kilmacrennan
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Finn Harps manager Ollie Horgan discusses Harps’ 1-0 home defeat by Longford Town. We look ahead to tomorrow’s FAI Intermediate Cup match between Letterkenny Rovers and Cockhill Celtic and speak with Eamon McConigley and Gavin Cullen. Glengad United are celebrating their 40th anniversary and we will speak with club chairman Martin McDermott. In north-west cricket’s
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Searches are continuing in County Tyrone, for the remains of a teenage girl who went missing more than 20 years ago. 15-year-old Arlene Arkinson disappeared after a night out in Donegal in 1994. Arlene’s sister – Kathleen – has thanked a local farmer who reported a piece of disturbed land to police. The PSNI along
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A man with 159 previous convictions will be sentenced in two weeks time for his involvement in a crime spree which saw an attempted robbery of a credit union office and the theft of a car from a house in Derry. 34 year old Henry Marley of no fixed abode admitted three charges in relation
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Derry City has picked up a number of awards in the Ulster in Bloom Competition, including first in the City Category. Foyle Street Bus Station and the Garden of Reflection also took prizes. The judges praised Derry’s well maintained open spaces and beautiful plant and floral presentations throughout the city. Mayor Hilary McClintock praised council
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Finn Harps 0 Longford Town 1 It’s seven straight defeats on the bounce for Finn Harps following Friday night’s loss to Longford Town at Finn Park. Struggling Harps could have bagged a draw, but Ruairi Keating missed from the penalty spot with ten minutes to go. Harps had fallen behind on 17 minutes when Kevin
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A dispute between the Psychiatric Nurses Association and the HSE in Donegal about whether permanent positions would be offered to temporary staff and new graduates has been resolved. It emerged at the end of last week that 11 graduates from LYIT would not be offered contracts, despite that terms of a national agreement, with the
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Police are advising people to expect traffic delays in Derry city tomorrow due to a band parade. Participants will assemble at Rossdowney Gardens at 10.45am and the route will follow along Glendermott Road, Bond Street, May Street, Limavady Road, Clooney Terrace, Spencer Road, Craigavon Bridge, Carlisle Road, Ferryquay Street, The Diamond, Bishop Street, Palace
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There were 20 people awaiting admission to Letterkenny University hospital this morning according to the INMO. Today’s figures have revealed that there is a total of 19 people on trolleys in the hospitals Emergency Department while 1 person is waiting on a ward or overflow area. The hospital has been under pressure for the
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Concern has been raised following reports of people from Northern Ireland not being able to renew their passports in Donegal and told they can only do so in the North. A number of people from the Strabane area and other border towns have been in contact with local representatives about the issue, saying that
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