Bundoran’s James Keeney said his sides club championship win over Ardara was down to a “good performance”. Bundoran won 1-14 to 0-13 in Group A in the Donegal Senior Football Championship. James was speaking with Frank Craig for Highland Radio and said the players had to dig deep…
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Divers today(Sunday) recovered the body of missing soldier corporal Gavin Carey from the sea off Donegal. The body of the 28-year-old father of a three-year-old girl was recovered off Aughris Head, known locally as Roguey Point in Bundoran. Up to 120 soldiers as well as a Navy diving unit and divers from Donegal, Sligo and
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Termon manager Francie Friel was delighted with his side’s win over Gweedore on Saturday. Termon won the Group D encounter on a score of 1-11 to 0-9 in Donegal’s Senior Football Championship. Francie said his players worked hard and rode their luck at times, claiming they knew at half-time – when the tie was even
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The Donegal Senior Football Championship continues today and we will feature four key games. We will have live updates from Kilcar v St Michael; Glenswilly v Dungloe; N Muire v Malin; and Four Masters v N Conaill. There will also be a review of Saturday’s club championship games and get reaction from the club
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Michael Murphy Sports Donegal Senior Football Championship GROUP A Bundoran 1-14 v 0-13 Ardara GROUP B Killybegs 1-6 v 2-14 St. Eunan’s GROUP C MacCumhaills 3-16 v 1-09 Glenfin GROUP D Termon 1-11 v 0-9 Gweedore Michael Murphy Sports Donegal Intermediate Football
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The Donegal Derry Vipers take on Wexford Eagles in tomorrow’s championship game that has been dubbed Ireland’s Super Bowl Final. After going through the season unbeaten, the club’s Colm Kelly and David Faughan today said they have momentum – after scoring over 100 points in their last three games and conceding zero – as they
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Finn Harps lost for the fifth game in a row on Friday night going down to Shamrock Rovers 2-0. Sean Boyd and Dean Clarke scored in the second half as the Hoops took the points at Finn Park. Finn Harps boss Ollie Horgan says they didn’t have the confidence to come back from going
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Saturday 27th August 2016 Glencar Inn Saturday Division Dunlewey Celtic 0 v 5 Arranmore United Drumbar FC 3 v 4 Orchard FC Fintown Harps AFC 3 v 2 Strand Rovers Saturday Reserve Division Donegal Town Reserves 3 v 1 Erne Wanderers Reserves Cappry Rovers Reserves 1 v 5 Castlefin Celtic Reserves Glenea United Reserves 0
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Ulster Premier League result: City of Derry 14 v 50 Ballymena City of Derry began the new season with a home loss against Ballymena on Saturday afternoon. Highland Radio’s rugby correspondent Alex McDonald said Ballymena had a stronger squad for this early season game. He added that City of Derry were not helped by a
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The Tyrone Senior Football Championship returns to action today with several matches on the cards. Alan Rodgers of the Ulster Herald casts an eye over the first round action in the Donnelly Vauxhall SFC. He was talking with Highland Radio’s GAA correspondent Tom Comack…
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The Donegal Senior Football Championship is back in action today with several matches on the cards. Eddie Brennan, a former championship winner with St Eunan’s, looks ahead to this weekend’s action in the Michael Murphy Sports and Leisure SFC. The second round of group games are: Group A: Glenswilly v Dungloe and Bundroan v Ardara.
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Burt and MacCumhaills will meet in the 2016 Donegal Senior Hurling Championship Final. Both sides won their respective semi finals in a double header in Ballybofey on Friday Night. MacCumhaills beat Setanta 2-14 to 1-12 while Burt overcame St.Eunan’s 3-13 to 3-10. Tom Comack got reaction from the winning managers, speaking with Eamon McCauley of
Shamrock Rovers have kept pace with the top three in the Premier Division thanks to a 2-0 win over Finn Harps in Ballybofey on Friday night. The Hoops are still in the hunt for a European spot and will host Derry City and St Pat’s next week. Harps held Rovesr scoreless until the 53rd minute
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Finn Harps manager Ollie Horgan talks about last night’s 2-0 home defeat by Shamrock Rovers. We look ahead to this weekend’s Donegal Senior Club Championship games. There is action from cricket’s North West league as Eglinton host Brigade and rugby We will have rugby score updates from City of Derry as they host Ballymena. There is
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Greg was back in the ‘hot seat’ for another busy Weekend Edition on Highland Radio. First up, the Free Wee Library is a free community book sharing scheme for adults and children. Unfortunately, someone vandalised one of the boxes on Friday – local Councillor Nicholas Crosson joined Greg to discuss it: Iggy Larkin has
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Police in Omagh have arrested a 23 year-old male after the discovery of £120,000 worth of suspected herbal cannabis after the search of a vehicle in the town yesterday afternoon. The PSNI also carried out a number of searches in Derry yesterday evening following this seizure resulting in a small amount of suspected herbal cannabis
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The search for a man missing off the Donegal coast is entering its fifth day. The 28 year old man got into difficulty while swimming in the sea off Tullan Strand, near Bundoran on Tuesday evening. The Malin Head Coastguard is co-ordinating the operation which involves the Air Corps, the Sligo 118 Rescue Helicopter, the
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An emergency operation was initiated last night in Strabane after a male entered the River Mourne. The PSNI in Strabane are now appealing for information in relation to the man who was extracted from the river at approximately 7.15pm yesterday evening. A number of local volunteer groups as well as Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue
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Finn Harps 0 Shamrock Rovers 2 It’s as you were at the bottom of the Premier Division table after Finn Harps, Wexford Youths and Longford Town all lost on Friday night. Harps lost for a fifth game on the bounce when second half goals from Sean Boyd (53) and substitute Dean Clarke (79) gave
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Brett McGinty won the National under 18 69kg welterweight title on Friday night at the National Stadium in Dublin. The Oak Leaf fighter beat Paul Ryan with a third round stoppage to win his eighth Irish title. Brett will now represent Ireland at the World Youth Championships hosted by Russia in November.
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Michael Murphy Sports and Leisure Donegal Senior Hurling Championship Sem Final results. Sean McCumhaills 2-14(20) Setanta 1-12(15) Burt 3-13(22) St Eunans 3-10(19)
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The FAI has confirmed that the League of Ireland Premier Division game between Finn Harps and Cork City scheduled for Tuesday the 6th of September in Ballybofey has been postponed due to the visitors having two players included in an international underage squad. It’s the second time that the Cork fixture has been put back.
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Inishowen Clubman Shirts League Cup Results – Friday 26th August Group “A” Rasheney 1-2 Redcastle LS: Carrowmena 0-4 Cockhill Cockhill top the group and are joined in the 1/4 finals by Rasheney thanks to a 92nd winner from Declan Mc Laughlin who gave Rasheney the lead in the 3rd minute Redcastle hit back with 2
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Emergency services have attended the scene of a road traffic collision on the Derry to Letterkenny Road. That crash happened on Friday evening close to a picnic area outside Manor. As of 6.10pm, the road is passable but motorists are asked to approach the area with caution. There are not thought to be any serious
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A 13-year-old boy has died in hospital following a crash at a motocross event in Co Derry yesterday afternoon. The incident occurred at Magilligan at around 1.45pm. The boy was airlifted to Altnagelvin Hospital and underwent emergency surgery. It’s understood that he has since died in hospital a short time ago.
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Shane Duffy has joined Brighton for a club record fee of £4 million. The Republic of Ireland centre half signs from Blackburn Rovers on a three year deal. Duffy’s had a tough few weeks at Ewood Park where he scored three own goals and was sent off against Cardiff. The 24 year old Derry man
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The Letterkenny Institute of Technology is reporting record numbers in their intake of students for this coming academic term. According to the LYIT, student population growth has increased by over 33% over the last four years and for year, their intake is expected to reach 1,100. All nursing courses have exceeded this year’s quota
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A Strabane Councillor has hit out at those responsible for fly-posting a significant amount of posters across the town centre. In recent days, notices allegedly from the Irish Republican Prisoners Welfare Association were erected on shop windows. It’s understood the posters are put up during the night for staff to uncover the following morning.
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Concern has been raised once again over the water supply in the South Inishowen area. It’s understood a burst occurred three days ago which has severely impacted on the supply in area, with the townlands of Tooban and Crislamore said to be worst affected. It is hoped that the service will be restored to
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A 14 year old male will appear at Derry Magistrates Court this morning charged with criminal damage. The charge relates to a defibrillator that was damaged in Church Meadow during the early hours of August 21.
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A 13-year-old boy remains in a serious condition in Altnagelvin Hospital following a crash at a motocross event in Co Derry yesterday afternoon. The incident occurred at Magilligan at around 1.45pm. The boy was airlifted to hospital and he has underwent emergency surgery.
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People are being reminded that a public meeting over the future of the AIB building in Derrybeg is taking place tomorrow night. A for sale sign appeared outside the building some weeks ago, prompting calls for it to be gifted to the local community. The meeting is taking place in Ionad Naomh Pádraig in
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The Raphoe District of the Royal Black Preceptory will hold their last Saturday demonstration in Raphoe tomorrow. A parade will take place through the town and this will make traffic diversions necessary while the parade is ongoing. The Parade will commence at 12 noon and roads will be closed from 11.30am to 1.15pm and
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A number of meetings are set to take place next month over the rising costs in motor insurance. The Oireachtas Finance Committee has made the decision to hold the meetings and it’s understood a wide range of experts and industry actors as well as campaigners will be in attendance. Massive hikes in motor insurance
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The search for a man missing off the Donegal coast is entering its fourth day. The 28 year old man got into difficulty while swimming in the sea off Tullan Strand, near Bundoran on Tuesday evening. He’s understood to be a member of the Defence Forces. The Malin Head Coastguard is co-ordinating the operation
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The Finn Harps U19 side is back in action this Saturday with a home game in the Northern Section against Bohemians in Ballybofey (kick-off 2.00). Joe Boyle’s side has secured qualification for the knockout stages but the manager wants his team to finish either first or second, which would guarantee them a game at Finn
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The Finn Harps U17s face a monumental task in trying to take points of runaway league leaders St. Patrick’s Athletic in a very important National League Northern Section clash in Killygordon tomorrow (kick-off 2.00). Harps are well in contention to secure a place in the top four, but it’s going to be very tight with
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Tonight sees yet another huge game in Ballybofey as Finn Harps host Shamrock Rovers in a League of Ireland Premier Division game (kick-off 8.00). Ollie Horgan’s men are determined to get a positive result from tonight’s match and the manager is hoping that the two-week break since the Derry game will have given the players
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Donegal will be one of 10 venues that will host this year’s Pieta 100 Charity Cycle on the 25th September. The cycle, which is supported by Aviva, includes a 100km and a 50km route around Donegal that will start from The Aura Leisure Centre in Letterkenny. RUGBY stars David Wallace and Jenny Murphy, cyclist Martyn
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The seats will be available on the Ryanair.com website up until Monday Ryanair today celebrated being voted the ‘world’s favourite airline’ by flogging 100,000 seats across Europe for E19.99. The Irish carrier filled a tenth of a BILLION seats last year. But the accolade is based solely on the number of passengers flying per airline
A 15 Minute Programme presented by Chris Ashmore every Thursday at 7.05pm highlighting all that’s happening in the farming community.
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Searches of a house in Omagh in County Tyrone have turned up drugs worth an estimated £80,000. Herbal cannabis and diazepam tablets were uncovered by police searching the house yesterday, as well as a substantial amount of cash believed to have been the proceeds of crime. A 23-year-old man was arrested and appeared before
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Sinn Féin’s insisting an internal memo for Michael Noonan shows it is unfair and not affordable to abolish the Universal Social Charge. That’s despite claims from the Department of Finance that the memo has been made redundant by the new government. Pearse Doherty says an internal memo, outlining the extra taxes needed if USC is
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There continues to be pressure on the Emergency Department at Letterkenny University Hospital There were 10 people on trolleys in the department this morning, and three waiting on overflow areas in wards, effectively, 13 people in need of admission for whom there were no beds. Elective surgery has been cancelled on a number of occasions
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One of the biggest clubs in League of Ireland football Shamrock Rovers are the visitors to Ballybofey on this Friday night (kick-off 8.00) as Finn Harps aim to dig deep to apply the brakes on a potential slide into the relegation zone. There is so much at stake for both sides on Friday night with
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A debt and insolvency expert in Donegal has warned people to be aware of a UK based company called BadDebtor, which he says is threatening those in debt with public humiliation if they do not pay a ‘fee’ to have their details ‘removed’ from a non-existent register. Ryan Stewart says his company believes this company
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The GAA Programme is broadcast every Wednesday from 8.30pm – 9pm. On this week’s programme Tom Comack is joined by Milford’s Chairman Pat Curley on the clubs 33 year journey to the top rung of Donegal football and Brian McEniff on the proposed changes to the All-Ireland SFC – most notably the replacing of the
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Michael Murphy will have a scan on his injured knee in Dublin today. The Donegal captain picked up the injury late on during Glenswilly’s Division 1 league encounter with St. Michael’s last Saturday night. Michael is definitively out of this weekend’s Donegal Senior Club Championship tie with Dungloe but club and county officials are hopeful
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Robbie Keane’s decision to retire from international football has led to a series of accolades from former managers and team-mates. Mick McCarthy, Martin O’Neill, Niall Quinn and Kevin Kilbane have all said that Keane’s goals have given them a lot to be thankful for during his remarkable 18-year international career that brought him 145 caps
Shay Given says the Irish team owes Robbie Keane a great deal Read More »
The search for a missing swimmer off the Bundoran coast is entering its third day. The man got into difficulty while swimming in the sea on Tuesday evening. A major search operation involving the Bundoran RNLI, the Killybegs rescue boat and the Coast Guard helicopter based in Sligo was called off at around 9pm last
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