Finn Harps Club secretary John Campbell has confirmed that the League of Ireland Premier Division game between Dundalk and Finn Harps at Oriel Park will take place on next Monday night the 12th of September (kick-off 7.45). But, the new date is subject to their being no replay required in the FAI Cup quarter-final replay […]
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Rilion Gracie Ireland – BJJ/MMA club, based in Letterkenny & Donegal Town, took part in the prestige NAGA tournament, which was held for the first time in Ireland last weekend and the club swept the board with numerous medals from the Gracie Elite Team. The North American Grappling Association (NAGA) is an organization started in
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Despite a disappointing performance in Belgrade, Ireland’s World Cup qualifying campaign has started with an away draw. Martin O’Neill’s men battled their way to a 2-all draw against Serbia after a drab display from both sides in-front of a surprisingly small crowd inside the Red Star Stadium. Jeff Hendrick gave Ireland the perfect start when
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The quarter final draw has been made for the 2016 Michael Murphy Sports and Leisure Donegal Senior Football Championship and the stand out tie of the last eight has pipped the champions from the last two season together. Naomh Conaill, the only side to win all three group games and current holders of the Dr
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A 46 year-old man has been arrested in Strabane in connection with a Dublin shooting and will appear in court in Belfast on Tuesday. The man was arrested by virtue of a European Arrest Warrant held by Authorities in the Republic of Ireland. The warrant is for the offence of murder and firearms offences. The arrest
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Rory McIlroy has returned to winning ways. After almost a year and a half without a victory, the world number five produced a stunning final round to win the Deutsche Bank Championship in Boston. Despite starting the day six shots off the lead, McIlroy carded brilliant final round 65 to finish on 15-under par and
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There has been an appeal for information after an 18 foot boat was stolen from a house in Portnablagh in broad daylight. The boat and trailer are worth up to 18 thousand euro and were taken from the house on Sunday between the hours of 4.30pm & 8.30pm. It may have been towed in the
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A Donegal woman has become the first winner of Electric Irelands Electric Car Competition and in the process has become the first owner of an electric car in Killybegs. Sinead McGinty has recieved delivery of a new Nissan Leaf SVE, worth €31,000 and has installing her own charging station outside her home. Sinead won the
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The Premiership title in North West Cricket is set for a shoot out between Brigade, Donemana and possibly Ardmore Coleraine missed the chance to seal the title on Sunday as they lost to Brigade. That result put Brigade top of the table with one game remaining. Donemana has two games left to play and one
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The prospect of closer links between Donegal and Georgia is being explored following a visit to Lifford last week by George Zurabashvili, the Georgian Charges d’Affaires. He met with Donegal County Council’s Cathairleach Terence Slowey and and Chief Executive Seamus Neely. Mr Neely says the visit of Mr. Zurabashvilli to County House provided the Council
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Kilmacrennan’s Richard Kerr took double wins at Kirkistown on Saturday. The 16 year old was competing in the Irish Short Circuit Championships and put in a dominated display to take pole position and victory in both races. The wins will be a boost to Richard who has had some back luck in recent rounds of
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The owners of a filling station in Inishowen has been injured after three men armed with batons robbed them at the premises near Fahan. The incident happened shortly before 9 o’clock last night. Gardaí say the owner and his wife were struck with batons, and both are being treated in hospital for non life threatening
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The draw for the quarter-finals of the Michael Murphy Sports and Leisure Donegal Senior Football Championship is to take place this evening at the monthly meeting of the County Committee in Ballybofey. Pot one will host group winners Naomh Conaill, Glenswilly, Kilcar and Malin. Pot two will have Termon, Dungloe, St. Eunan’s and MacCumhaill’s.
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Seamus Coleman and John O’Shea are both fit to start the Republic of Ireland’s first World Cup qualifier tonight. That’s according to manager Martin O’Neill who, as ever, won’t name his starting eleven for the meeting with Serbia until the hour before kick off. The Group D clash gets underway at 7.45. Elsewhere in the
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Victories for Joe Courtney on both days of the Donegal Hillclimb weekend clinched the Naylor Engineering National Hillclimb and Sprint Championship for the Galway driver, repeating his title of last year. Heading into the final two rounds of the series over the famed and scenic Knockalla Coast Road near Portsalon, Courtney’s only rival for
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Donegal Deputy Pat the Cope Gallagher is calling on the HSE and the government to immediately increase the number of home help hours and resources in community hospitals. Following Minister Simon Harris’ visit to Letterkenny University Hospital last week Deputy Gallagher revealed that Letterkenny lost 1,387 bed nights in the first seven months of this
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Sweet wrappers are the most common form of litter on the streets of Ireland. A new survey by Irish Business Against Litter says fast food wrappers, cigarette butts and chewing gum are among the most prevalent forms of rubbish around the country. While nearly all of Ireland’s main towns are now clean, pockets of major
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Energia have announced €22,000 in funding for community-based projects in South Donegal. The funding, run by the Community Fund Ireland comes in collaboration with Energia’s Meenadreen windfarm development, which is located bewteen Donegal Town and Glenties and will be the largest in Ireland when completed. Projects recently funded include the installation of a monitored CCTV
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The Waterside Half Marathon cemented its reputation as the biggest and best Half Marathon on the local athletics calendar when over 2,000 runners completed the race in front of throngs of spectators on Sunday. Some issues with traffic management resulted in an hour delay to the race start but this was resolved following consultation with
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Donegal Democrat sports editor Peter Campbell believes clubs will want to avoid St Eunan’s and Termon in the draw for the Donegal Senior Football Club Championship quarter-final. Peter said it is expected that the draw for the quarter-final could be made at the Donegal County Committee meeting that is scheduled for tomorrow night. He discussed
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Donegal Senior Football Club Championship result – Sunday, September 4: GROUP B St Michael’s 2-14 v 3-14 St Eunan’s St Eunan’s manager David McGinley has vowed his players will work hard to make sure that they are competitive “no matter” who they get in the next round in tomorrow’s draw. The Letterkenny side beat St
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Donegal Senior Football Club Championship result – Sunday, September 4: GROUP C MacCumhaills 4-10 v 0-17 Naomh Muire MacCumhaills manager Damien Devenney was in great form after beating Naomh Muire today to reach the quarter-final of the Donegal Senior Football Club Championship. He joked that he will be cancelling his players’ holidays as they train
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Donegal Senior Football Club Championship result – Sunday, September 4: GROUP A: Bundoran 0-07 v 3-12 (21) Glenswilly Glenswilly’s star players Michael Murphy and Neil Gallagher put on a dazzling display in Bundoran today to help their club into the quarter-final of the Donegal Senior Football Club Championship. Two-time winners Glenswilly, who lifted the
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Ulster Senior League Cup result – Sunday, September 4: GROUP A Letterkenny Rovers 6 v 1 Swilly Rovers *Rovers have qualified for the League Cup semi-final
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North-west players like James McClean are tipped to make their mark on Ireland’s upcoming World Cup qualification campaign. Highland Radio’s soccer analyst Sean Connor said McClean will give manager Martin O’Neill the option of having a direct runner against Serbia in the match on Monday night. He also said the move to abandon Finn Harps’
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Donegal Junior League results – Sunday, September 4 Brian Mc Cormick Sports Premier Division Drumoghill FC 2 v 0 Glenea United Castlefin Celtic 0 v 0 Convoy Arsenal St Catherine’s 0 v 2 Kilmacrennan Celtic Rathmullan Celtic L – L Lagan Harps Kildrum Tigers 1 v 1 Milford United Temple Domestic Appliances Division One
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Inishowen Football League results – Sunday, September 4: Premier Division QPS 0 v 2 Buncrana Clonmany 3 v 3 Greencastle Glengad 1 v 0 Carn Aileach 3 v 0 Culdaff Division 1 Aileach Res 2 v 1 Illies Celtic Sea Rvs 1 v 8 (eight) Cockhill Yth Redcastle 0 v 1 QPS Res Rasheney
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Donegal Senior Football Club Championship results – Sunday, September 4: GROUP A Bundoran 0-07 v 3-12 Glenswilly Dungloe 0-07 v 2-09 Ardara GROUP B Killybegs 0-23 v 0-07 Kilcar St Michael’s 2-14 v 3-14 St Eunan’s GROUP C MacCumhaills 4-10 v 0-17 Naomh Muire Malin 2-20 v 1-13 Glenfin *Through to quarters: Naomh
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Donegal Senior Football Club Championship result – Sunday, September 4: GROUP C Malin 2-20 v 1-13 Glenfin Malin beat Glenfin today by 10 clear points to win this tie in the Donegal Senior Football Club Championship. They have topped Group C and qualified for the quarter-final. Manager Terence Colhoun was delighted afterwards and is was
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Donegal Senior Football Club Championship result – Sunday, September 4: GROUP B Killybegs 23 v 7 Kilcar Kilcar dished out a crushing defeat to 16-point defeat to Killybegs on Sunday in this Donegal Senior Football Club Championship encounter. It means Kilcar topped the group and are through to the quarter-final after two wins and a
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Donegal Senior Football Club Championship result: Sunday, September 4: GROUP A Dungloe 17 v 2-09 (15) Ardara Dungloe beat Ardara on Sunday afternoon and have progressed out of the group thanks to a huge shift in the second half and a penalty save in the closing stages. Winning Dungloe manager Tony Boyle spoke to Highland
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A man in his 40s has died following a road traffic collision in Derry. A Ford Ka and a grey Peugeot 308 collided on the Clooney road in Derry at 12:50am this morning. A man and woman both in their 50s were taken to hospital for treatment to their injuries which are not believed to
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Donegal Senior Football Club Championship result, September 3: Naomh Conaill 2-18 v 0-11 Gweedore Defending champions Naomh Conaill convincingly overcame Gweedore by 13 points on Saturday to clinch victory in this Donegal Senior Football Club Championship tie. Goals from Dara Gallagher and Brendan McDyer, plus six points from Dermot Molloy helped Naomh Conaill’s manager Martin Regan
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Donegal Senior Football Club Championship result, September 3: Termon 2-13 v 2-11 Four Masters Termon are through to the next round of the Donegal Senior Football Club Championship after beating Four Masters on Saturday. They came from five points down in the second half to reach the quarter-final thanks to a two-point victory, aided by
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Moville were crowned Donegal senior ladies champions earlier today. The Inishowen side beat Glenfin in the final this morning in Muff 5-15 to 4-8. Sarah Jane McDonald scored 1-5 while there was star performances from Niamh and Ciara Hegarty and Niamh McLaughlin. 2009 was the last year Moville were champions in the county. Manager Jimmy
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The final round of the Donegal Senior Football Championship group stages is today. We will have live updates from the remaining six matches: Bundoran v Glenswilly; Dungloe v Ardara; Killybegs v Kilcar; St Michael’s v St Eunan’s; MacCumhaills v Naomh Muire; and Malin v Glenfin. There will be reaction from last night’s club games, with Termon
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Saturday night’s north west derby at the Showgrounds between Sligo Rovers and Finn Harps was abandoned this evening. Heavy rain in the first half resulted in the pitch getting flooded. The referee took the players into the dressing room in the 21st minute and then made the decision to call off the game because of
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Donegal GAA Results, Saturday, September 3 Donegal Senior Football Championship GROUP D Termon 2-13 v 2-11 Four Masters Naomh Conaill 2-18 v 0-12 Gweedore Naomh Conaill and Termon progress to quarter finals Donegal Senior B Reserve Championship Termon PP Four
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A woman’s body has been recovered following a major search operation in Kerrykeel this afternoon. The incident happened this afternoon when the woman’s car was seen entering the water off a pier on the Fanad peninsula at around 1:30pm this afternoon. A young boy who witnessed the incident raised the alarm. Gardai attended the
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Hero Olympian Brendan Boyce finally made it back to Donegal on Friday night to a hero’s welcome. Brendan (29) of Letterkenny Athletic Club comes from Milford and received a warm reception as he travelled through Letterkenny, Ramelton, Rathmullan, Kerrykeel and Milford. The race walker finished in 19th position in a gruelling 50-kilometre walk at the
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Letterkenny tri-athlete Aidan Callaghan is celebrating after becoming middle distance national champion. He won Triathlon Ireland’s 2016 Middle Distance National Championships in Kenmare, Co Kerry, today. The course covers a 1,900-metre swim, an 80-km cycle, and a 21-km run. Aidan (pictured thanks to Triathlon Ireland) is with the Letterkenny 24/7 Triathlon Club and finished first
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Tonight’s North West derby against Sligo Rovers gives Finn Harps the opportunity to get at least a point on the board as Ollie Horgan tries to get his side back on track to keep the club’s place in the top flight next season. The manager will be hoping that the team’s good record against
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Derry City FC manager Kenny Shiels said his players did everything but send “the net bulging” in last night’s scoreless home draw with Galway. He said after the 0-0 scoreline that his players were excellent, that he could not fault them, that they played commitment, style, and panache. Kenny told Martin Holmes for Saturday Sport
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FAI National League U17s result: Longford Town 0-4 Finn Harps The Finn Harps U17s side remains in contention to qualify for the knockout stages of the FAI National League after a fine 4-0 win over Longford Town at the City Calling Stadium. All four goals for Declan Boyle’s side came in the second-half with skipper
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A scoreless draw was the outcome at the Brandywell on Friday night when Derry City and Galway United fought out a tough battle to share the points. Patrick Mc Clean lost the ball on the edge of the box in the 21st minute and he let Conor Melody feed a neat pass to Vinny Faherty
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DONEGAL JUNIOR LEAGUE results, Saturday September 3 Glencar Inn Saturday Division Arranmore United 4 v 0 Strand Rovers Glencar Celtic L – L Orchard FC Drumbar FC 4 – 4 Fintown Harps AFC Saturday Reserve Division Erne Wanderers Reserves 1 – 2 Kilmacrennan Celtic Reserves Castlefin Celtic Reserves 4 v 1 Glenea United
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St Naul’s GFC manager Glen Campbell and his opposite number Donal Foy, manager of Robert Emmetts, have spoken on the latest from St Naul’s and Robert Emmetts ahead of tomorrow’s Donegal JFC final. They spoke with Highland Radio’s GAA correspondent Tom Comack. Glen said… Donal said…
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Glenfin manager Joanne McKenna and Jimmy Hegarty, Moville manager give the latest from both camps ahead of tomorrow’s Donegal SFC final meeting of Glenfin and Moville. They spoke with Highland Radio’s GAA correspondent Tom Comack. Joanne said… Jimmy said…
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It is quarter–final time in Derry and Tyrone and former Derry star Eamon Burns is looking ahead to this weekend’s matches in Derry. In Tyrone, former Tyrone All-Star defender John Lynch looks at the three remaining Tyrone, SFC, last eight meetings. They spoke with Highland Radio’s GAA correspondent Tom Comack. Eamon said… John said…
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This weekend sees the final rounds of the group stages in the Donegal club championship. Frank Craig, Sport’s Editor, Donegal Post, looks ahead to the final round of group games in the Michael Murphy Sports and Leisure, SFC. He spoke with Highland Radio’s GAA correspondent Tom Comack…
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