Triple Olympian Chloe Magee got a wonderful homecoming in Raphoe last night. Hundreds gathered to greet and welcome the local girl who has represented Ireland in badminton in the Olympics in Beijing, London and Rio. Her homecoming coincided with the start of National Badminton Week. The big crowd that gathered at Raphoe Badminton Hall were […]
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Finn Harps suffered a 2-0 defeat to league leaders Dundalk at Oriel Park on Monday night. Former Derry man Patrick McEleney scored the opening goal just six minutes into the game. It was a steady display by Stephen Kenny’s side as Harps took over an hour to get a shot on target. Harps boss Ollie
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The dates, timesand venues have been confirmed for the quarter finals and relegation play offs of the Michael Murphy’s Sport and Leisure Donegal Senior Football Championship. On Saturday 24th September the first of the last eight ties will see Glenswilly play Sean MacCumhaills at 4pm in the O’Donnell Park Letterkenny. Later that evening under the
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Nigel Farage says he doesn’t believe a hard border – between the north and south – is likely. The Taoiseach says he’ll do everything possible to prevent a hard border with the north. The Former Ukip leader, who campaigned for Britain to leave the EU, says the relationship – between Ireland and the UK
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Derry Magistrate’s Court heard today that local footballer Niall Grace remains in a ‘critical but stable’ condition in the Royal Victoria Hospital in Belfast after an assault at the weekend. Mr. Grace who plays for Institute FC is in an induced coma and being treated for swelling on the brain after the incident in
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Donegal County Council has initiated a four year plan to combat invasive plants on public roads, which will see contractors appointed in the coming weeks. A pilot project took place in the county last year looking at different treatment options for the eradication of invasive plants such as Japanese and Himalayan Knotweed. Brendan O’Donnell is
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Grain growers in Donegal could be facing difficult days ahead, according to the IFA. National Grain Committee Chairman Liam Dunne says the harvest has turned into a salvage operation for many growers with later sown and later maturing crops, particularly on the heavier soils in peripheral areas due to heavy and incessant rain. In some
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The Psychiatric Nurses Association says the Donegal Mental Health Service is in breach of a national agreement after telling 11 graduating nurses from Letterkenny Institute of Technology that there are no jobs available. The PNA says the recent resolution to an industrial dispute included clear commitments that all nurses graduating this year across the country
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The CEO of the Alcohol Forum says figures showing that Letterkenny had the highest number of alcohol related emergency admissions of any acute hospital in the state over the past five years are not a surprise. There were 1,063 recorded admissions in Letterkenny between 2011 and 2015, compared to 953 at the Mater in Dublin,
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A 22 year-old man is due before Derry Magistrates Court today on a charge of GBH with intent. The man was arrested shortly after a serious assault which ocurred shortly before 1am yesterday morning in Waterloo Street area of the city. The victim was rushed to hospital with serious injuries
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Milford, who were promoted a couple of weeks ago, are the Division Two champions in the All-County League after they beat St. Naul’s 2-15 to 1-11 yesterday. In Division Four, Moville landed the title after they beat Na Rossa by a single point, 3-8 to 0-16. Meanwhile, Kilcar top the table in Division One, with
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Young men in Donegal are being urged to think about the impact of their actions on themselves and others during nights out. The ‘Use Your Brian, Not your Fists’ Public Awareness Campaign is launched nationally today by An Garda Siochana seeking to reduce the number of reported assaults. The campaign is intended to perrsuade young
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A Derry councillor is calling on Stormont Infrastructure Minister Chris Hazzard to prioritise the upgrade of the Buncrana Road in Derry in the new Programme for Government. This follows the traffic lights at the Buncrana Road and Racecourse Road junction stopping yesterday for the second time in 4 days causing traffic disruptions throughout the area.
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Finn Harps can go a long way to maintaining their top flight status by beating Longford Town next weekend. That was the verdict today of Highland Radio’s soccer analyst Sean Connor. But Sean warned that Harps probably have little chance of causing an upset away to champions Dundalk tomorrow night. He also discussed cross-channel results,
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League of Ireland fixture, Monday, September 12: Dundalk v Finn Harps Reigning League of Ireland Premier Division champions Dundalk will be raging hot favourites to defeat Finn Harps in this Monday night’s rescheduled fixture at Oriel Park (kick-off 7.45). So it’s going to be a daunting task for Ollie Horgan’s men to get even a
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AllSportStore.com Division 1 – Sun, 11 Sep Kilcar 4-20 V 3-09 Bundoran Dungloe 2-08 V 1-09 St Eunan’s Gaoth Dobhair 7-11 V 0-08 St Michael’s Termon 4-11 V 3-20 Naomh Conáil Glenswilly 1-12 V 2-05 Ardara AllSportStore. Division 2 Sat, 10 Sep, Milford 2-15 V 1-11 St Naul’s Sun, 11 Sep, Naomh Columba 0-13
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Richard Kerr had a 9th place finish at Oulton Park in Motostar class of the British superbike championships on Sunday. He started on the third row of the grid and was running in ffith place when he made a small mistake and dropped back to 13th. He clawed his way back up to ninth position and
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Mark English finished second to Olympic Champion David Rudisha in a 500m race in Newcastle, England on Saturday. In the build up to the Great North Run, the Great North City Games are held on the streets of Newcastle city. In his first race over the rarely-run distance and in front of 25,000 spectators, Rudisha
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There were great performances in today’s Donegal 5k which was won by a Derry athlete. Declan Reed of City of Derry finished first in a time of 15:19. Ciaran Doherty of Letterkenny AC finished first in a time of 15:28. Mark Hoy of Finn Valley AC finished first in a time of 15:55. The first
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Tyrone Senior Championship results, Sunday, September 11: Omagh 1-08 v 2-07 Clonoe Dromore 3-09 v 1-08 Ardboe
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Met Éireann has issued a yellow status weather warning for Donegal this evening. Southerly winds will gust up to 100 km per hour. Winds will be strongest around coastal areas. The warning has been put in place until midnight tonight.
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A 22 year-old man has been arrested in Derry in connection with a serious assault. The attack occurred shortly before 1am this morning in Waterloo Street area of the city. The victim was rushed to hospital were his condition is described as serious. The 22 year old was arrested a short time after the assault
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At around 4:45am this morning an articulated lorry was being unloaded in Ferryquay Street when it began to move and continued to travel down Linenhall and Newmarket Street before crashing into the wall of Foyleside Shopping Centre on the Orchard Street side. Damage was caused to a parked car and significant damage was also caused
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Inishowen Football League results – Sun 11th Sept Premier Division Dunree 0 v 3 Clonmany Carn 3 v 1 QPS Greencastle 3 v 4 Aileach Culdaff 1 v 9 Glengad Division 1 QPS Res 1 v 0 Aileach Res Clonmany Res 1 v 1 Moville Cel Cockhill Yth 6 v 2 Carrowmena Illies Cel
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It is worrying times for City of Derry after they have launched the new season with three opening defeats. They have lost two in the Ulster Premier League and one in the cup. Their latest league loss was on Saturday when they lost 50 v 05 to Banbridge. Highland Radio’s rugby correspondent Alex McDonald told
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Ulster Senior League results, Sunday, September 11: Letterkenny Rovers 2 v 1 Derry City Reserves Bonagee United 1` v 1 Swilly Rovers Cockhill Celtic 1 v 0 Fanad United
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Ulster Senior League result: Letterkenny Rovers 2 – 1 Derry City Reserves Letterkenny Rovers started their Ulster Senior League campaign on Sunday with a 2-1 home victory over Derry City Reserves. Kieran McGrath has the match details…
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We will have live updates from the Tyrone Senior GAA Championship quarter-finals. Omagh face Clonoe and Dromore take on Ardboe. We will also have all the scores from the Donegal All County League. The Ulster Senior League is in action with Letterkenny Rovers playing Derry City, Bonagee Utd against Fanad Utd, and Cockhill Celtic versus Swilly
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A 4-0 win over Shelbourne in Killygordon on Saturday keeps the Finn Harps U17s side on track for a place in the knockout stages of the national competition. Two goals each from captain Shane Blaney and Niall McGinley sealed the victory for Declan Boyle’s side. Shels came to the Curragh in contention to qualify from the
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Donegal’s Rena McCarron Rooney put up a great performance representing Ireland in the women’s table tennis quarter-final singles before losing out to world No.1 Seo Su-Yeon at the Paralympics in Brazil. The Irish player was always going to be the rank outsider and battled well before losing to the Korean by three games to nil,
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MacCumhaill’s have captured the Donegal Senior Hurling Championship for only the second time in the club’s history. They beat the champions Burt 2-13 to 2-9 in the decider of the Michael Murphy Sports & Leisure sponsored competition in great conditions at sun-kissed O’Donnell Park, Letterkenny. With Lee Henderson once again playing a real captain’s role,
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Sean MacCumhaill’s have beat the champions Burt 2-13 to 2-9 in the final of the Donegal Hurling Senior Championship. Manager Eamon McAuley spoke to Tom Comack after the game, where he reflected on the side’s second Hurling title win in their history..
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Tom Comack got the reaction of Sean MacCumhaill’s midfielder Paddy Hannigan after their Hurling Championship final win over Burt. He also spoke to full back Jamsie Donnelly on the historic win.
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Finn Harps prepare to play top of the league side Dundalk on Monday night at Oriel Park, Dundalk. Ollie Horgan’s side, who are at the bottom end of the league, are hoping to come away with a good performance. Chris Ashmore spoke with Ollie Horgan on Saturday Sport, ahead of the game.
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Derry City progress to the semi-finals of the FAI Cup following a 3-1 over Wexford Youths on Friday night. Goals from Rory Patterson, Lucas Schubert and Barry McNamee secured a place in the semi-finals for Kenny Shiels’s side. Liam Spratt spoke with Derry City manager Kenny Shiels after the game, who was naturally pleased with
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Liam Spratt spoke with Wexford Youths’ goalkeeper and captain Graham Doyle following their loss to Derry City last night.
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The quarter final meetings of the Tyrone Senior Championship take place this weekend, with a number of games down for decision, as well as a replay. Tom Comack has been looking ahead to the big games with three times Tyrone All-Ireland winning goalkeeper Pascal McConnell.
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Banaghar take on Slaughtneil in the Derry Senior Hurling Championship final tomorrow Sunday at Owenbeg. Throw in is at 3.45pm. Tom Comack looks ahead to the final with Derry PRO Dermot McPeake.
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Today’s game between Donemana and Brigade in the North West Premiership was called off. This is the latest fixture to have been hit in a season that has seen numerous postponements. This postponement means that Ardmore will now play Donemana next weekend. If Ardmore win they will be level on points with Coleraine and Brigade.
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Derry City are in the hat for the semi-finals of the Irish Daily Mail FAI Cup. Last night they came from behind to beat Wexford Youths 3-1 at Ferrycarraig Park. Eric Molloy put the home side ahead on six minutes, but Derry drew level through Rory Patterson on 45 minutes. City then took the lead
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The Donegal Michael Murphy Sport Senior Hurling Championship final takes place this afternoon at O Donnell Park, where Burt and MacCumhaill’s battle it out for the title. Tom Comack spoke with Burt manager Tom Hennessy ahead of the eagerly anticipated game.
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This afternoon’s Senior Hurling Championship Final will be a battle for Sean MacCumhaill’s, as Burt hope to win their 6th title in a row. Ahead of the game, Tom Comack spoke with MacCumhaill’s manager Eamon McAuley.
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Gardai advise of road closures ahead of Glenties Harvest Fair. The main street Glenties will be closed tomorrow from the Grotto to Glenties Church car park between 12 noon and 9pm. On Monday 12th September the main street will be closed between 8am – 9pm. Traffic coming from Fintown in the Letterkenny direction will be
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Gardai are investigating a road traffic collision that occurred this morning in Woodland Dooish, outside Ballybofey. The crash happened this morning at around 6am, involving a single vehicle which was burnt out at the scene. Gardai have confirmed that they are currently making attempts to identify the car.
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It’s been confirmed that the Greenway project for Donegal – Derry routes is to receive £15 million in funding. The project when complete, will take place on two key routes from Derry city into Donegal, linking the city with Buncrana and the village of Muff. Welcoming the news, Foyle MLA Raymond McCartney says the routes
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Raphoe Olympian Chloe Magee and Badminton Ireland will host a Badminton Exhibition this coming Monday 12th September in Raphoe Badminton Club. Chloe has just returned from competing in Rio, Brazil and in the process became the only Donegal sportsperson to compete in three Olympic Games. She will be joined on Monday night by other
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Gartan Outdoor Education & Training Centre will stage the second Gartan Challenge Adventure Race next Saturday September 17th 2016 in conjuction with the Kilmacrennan Community Development Fund. All proceeds raised will go towards developing much needed recreational and sports facilities in the Kilmacrennan and surrounding areas. After the success of the inaugural event last year
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Table tennis player Rena McCarron Rooney lost her opener in the Singles Class Qualifier against China’s Jing Liu at the Paralympics in Rio earlier. The Donegal women is back at the table for her second match later tonight and is confident of getting the win despite her loss earlier…
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A Belfast judge has refused bail to a man from Northern Ireland who’s wanted in connection with the murder of David Byrne in a gang-related shooting in Dublin. Forty six year old Kevin Murray was arrested at his home in Strabane earlier this week by police officers using a European Arrest Warrant. He’s been
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Residents in Dungloe staged a protest earlier this afternoon by blocking the road outside the new Sewerage Scheme there. A private workshop between council officials and Irish Water in relation to the new Scheme today had been criticized during the week, prompting calls for the public to be prioritised in the matter. Local Resident
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