Ticket arrangements for the Finn Harps v Derry City game this Friday have been released. If possible supporters are advised to buy tickets in advance from below outlets to avoid queuing, tickets for HOME SUPPORTERS ONLY are available at the following outlets from Tuesday 9th August: Michael Murphy Sports, Letterkenny, Balor Theatre, Ballybofey, Kernans, Newtown, […]
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Northwest snooker club players Sean Devenney and Eamon Harkin are traveling to Mol in Belgium on Sunday night to take part in the 2016 World U18 Snooker Championship. Both players have been invited to compete against some of the best underage players in the world with the competition having 100 entries to date. The players
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The Funeral will take place former Bishop of Derry, Edward Daly on Thursday in St Eugene’s Cathedral. Dr Daly died aged 82 after a battle with cancer. He featured in one of the most icononic pictures of Bloody Sunday when he waved a bloodied handkerchief as a group of men tried to carry mortally
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Councillors in Donegal are awaiting the details of a new Town and Village Renewal Scheme, to be launched today by Minister Heather Humphries, who’s responsibilities include Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs. It’s understood the scheme will be delivered by Local Authorities, with each authority identifying towns and villages it wishes to support, and undertaking public consultation
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A Donegal County Councillor is calling for a meeting to discuss how the Inishowen 100 route can be rejuvenated. The route begins and finishes at Bridgend, covering many small towns and villages on the peninsula including Culdaff, Clomany and Ballyliffen. Councillor Martin McDermott believes that due to the huge publicity the Wild Atlantic Way has
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Sinead Jennings has qualified for the semi finals of Rowing’s lightweight double sculls at the Olympic Games in Brazil. Competing with partner Claire Lambe, the Letterkenny 39 year old took the Irish boat home second in their delayed heat this afternoon finishing behind South Africa. The rowing competitions were postponed on Sunday due to high
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Eamon McGee’s days in a Donegal jersey have come to an end. The Gweedore man took to twitter on Sunday using an extract from the Lord of the Rings series to indicate that he has retired from inter county service. McGee follows Colm McFadden in stepping away after last Saturdays defeat to Dublin. The 32
A man and three children were rescued from the water just off the Gaoth Dobhair coast, near Gola Island at the weekend. The alarm was raised 3.30pm on Saturday afternoon when the individuals were out body boarding and got into difficulty. The Bunbeg Coastguard along with the Arranmore and Swilly lifeboat and Sligo 118
A man arrested in connection with the murder of Denis Donaldson has been released without charge. The man aged in his forties was arrested on Thursday last and was detained at Letterkenny Garda Station for questioning. Gardai have confirmed that the man was released on Friday last without charge and a file is being
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The Dove House Community Resource Centre on Meenan Square in Derry was attacked at the weekend, with paint thrown at outside walls. There are also reports of paint bombs being thrown at cars nearby. Cllr Patricia Logue says Dove House is a very important community facility, and this attack is oparticularly disgraceful as events connected to
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The Food Safety Authority served closure orders on 12 restaurants and take aways last month, one of them in Donegal. The closure order was issued to the Nite Star take away on Main Street in Glenties on July 13th, and lifted a week later on July 20th. Meanwhile, five closure orders were issued nationally under
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Tributes have been paid to the retired Bishop of Derry Dr Edward Daly, who died this morning. The current Bishop of Derry, Dr Donal Mc Keown, said he was blessed to be walking in Dr Daly’s footsteps. He spoke on the Shaun Doherty Show this morning……….. Also paying tribute on the show this morning was
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The former Bishop of Derry, Dr Edward Daly has died. A native of Belleek in County Fermanagh, he was ordained a priest in 1957, and consecrated as Bishop of Derry in 1974, serving for almost 20 years, until he retired for health reasons in 1993. The 82-year-old, who has been ill for some time, was
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Donegal’s Rhys Irwin had some fine performances at Mondello Park over the weekend. He qualified for pole position on Friday and won both the young guns and the 300 race on his 125cc Aprilia. On Sunday in won both the young guns and the 300cc championship races on his 125cc championship Rhys has now been invited to
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Two junior players from the Northwest snooker club, Letterkenny, are traveling today with the Irish team to play in the Home Internationals in Leeds. Sean Devenney (L/kenny) and Ronan Whyte (Ardara) are competing with two other junior players to make up the U16 team playing against teams from England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales and
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Clonmel’s Roy White and his Cork co-driver James O’Brien won the Triton Showers National Rally Championship courtesy of their second placed championship finish on the Sepam Tipperary Stonethrowers Rally in Clonmel. The event, the sixth round of the series was won by Donegal cousins, Declan Boyle and Brian Boyle (Fiesta WRC), who finished 34.7 seconds
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Donegal’s Sinead Jennings is in action today at the Rio Olympics. She is taking part in the lightweight double sculls with Claire Lambe. They were due to take part in their heat yesterday but it was postponed due to high winds. Few Olympic journeys rival the road to Rio of the 39-year-old doctor and mother
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The Irish Tourist Industry Confederation – in its pre-budget submission – is calling on the Government to retain competitiveness and restore investment in the tourism sector as key priorities. It says that Brexit poses an immediate-term challenge for the tourism sector in Ireland. Paul Gallagher of the ITIC says the fluctuations in Sterling since the
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A Donegal TD is calling on the Minister for Education Richard Bruton to increase the level of schools capitation grant available to primary and secondary schools. Deputy Gallagher says that the 11% cut in fincance for schooling has put a financial strain on schools, as well as parents. He added that schools are finding it
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Another incident has occurred in Derry over the weekend which saw further vandalism being carried out in the city. In the early hours of Saturday morning wheelie bins were set on fire in the Galliagh area and pushed into the middle of the main road. This follows a spate of incidents last week were the
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Donegal cousins Declan Boyle and Brian Boyle have won the Tipperary Stonethrowers Rally. They won in their Fiesta WRC and finished 34.7 seconds ahead of their nearest challengers. In second was the R5 Fiesta of fellow Ulstermen Alastair Fisher and Gordon Noble. Monaghan’s Josh Moffett and his co-driver John Rowan (Fiesta R5) were third, a
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Donegal’s 50k walker Brendan Boyce has revealed his hopes for the Rio Olympics as he gets ready to join Team Ireland at the Games. Brendan, who finished 29th in his specialist event at the 2012 London Olympics, is from Milford and represents Letterkenny AC. He told Sunday Sport presenter Myles Gallagher that he hopes he
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Highland Radio analyst Declan Bonner has reviewed the weekend football action and had his say about Colm McFadden’s retirement. Donegal’s former manager Declan, who won the All Ireland in 1992 as a player, said Donegal did not take their chances in the first half. He praised the record of retiring player McFadden and said it
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Donegal All Star Colm McFadden has retired from inter-county football. He made the announcement amid Donegal’s exit from this year’s All Ireland campaign, following Saturday’s quarter-final defeat to Dublin. He said: “Every man has his day.” St Michael’s clubman Colm (33), who is both Donegal’s record appearance holder and top scorer, had been involved in
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Donegal’s championship came to an end on Saturday night losing to Dublin by five points at Croke Park in the last of the All Ireland quarter finals. The champions were made work hard for their 1-15 to 1-10 victory and will now play Kerry in the next stage. Speaking with Oisin Kelly after the
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Two men aged 29 and 32 have been charged with disorderly behaviour in Derry. Detectives at Strand Road were investigating an incident after being called to a block of flats in Westland Street after a fight broke out around 4am on Saturday morning. It is thought around 30 people were involved in the incident after
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Tyrone manager Mickey Harte has questioned if his captain Sean Cavanagh’s sending off cost his team victory. Mayo beat Tyrone by a single point following a hard-fought All Ireland quarter-final at Croke Park on Saturday. Cavanagh was sent off in the second half for two yellow cards and his manager. Harte said the sending off
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Mark English is in Rio with Team Ireland preparing for his first Olympic Games. The Letterkenny man will take to the track next weekend competing in the 800m and wants to bring his best to the Olympic table. The European Bronze medalist got injured earlier in the year but has bounce back to hit a
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The Ballyare 10k race and 5k walk will be held next weekend and race director Pat Carr has today previewed the events. The walk starts next Friday at 7pm, the race gets underway at 7.30pm, and all the proceeds are in support of MS Ireland’s Donegal branch. The starting point for both is Carrs of
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Strabane pulled off a dramatic escape on Saturday when they won their first game of the season to avoid relegation. But they are still in contention for the drop, along with Drummond. They take on Coleraine today and Highland Radio’s cricket correspondent Eamon McLaughlin has assessed their chances of staying up. He was talking with
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We hear from Donegal manager Rory Gallagher about yesterday’s All Ireland quarter-final loss to Dublin. Tyrone boss Mickey Harte tells us that Sean Cavanagh’s sending off may have caused his side’s exit. Highland Radio analyst Declan Bonner reviews the action and discusses Colm McFadden’s retirement. Letterkenny duo, 50k walker Brendan Boyce and runner Mark English,
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Donegal 1-10 Dublin 1-15 Dublin are through to the semi-finals of this year’s All-Ireland Senior Football Championship after beating Donegal by five points in Croke Park. The Dubs will now face Kerry in the semi-finals. Jim Gavin’s side led 0-9 to 0-4 at the break with Michael Murphy getting three of the Donegal
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All Ireland quarter-final result: Tyrone 0-12 v 0-13 Mayo Mayo are through to the All Ireland semi-final after beating Tyrone. The sides played out a nip-and-tuck first half, with Mayo starting the scoring through Aidan O’Shea on six minutes. Ulster champions Tyrone were in danger of drifting in these opening exchanges as Mayo started brightly.
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Some of Donegal’s most promising young athletes have been in action today at the Celtic Games in Swansea. Brendan O’Donnell has won gold. The Lifford-Strabane AC athlete threw 67.35 metres in the 5kg hammer event. Gold has also gone to James Kelly of Finn Valley AC who has a throw of 16.82 metres in the
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St Patrick’s Athletic manager Liam Buckley said a draw was a fair result against Derry City. The sides were tied after 90 minutes on Friday night at the Brandywell. Buckley said the Candystripes are in “transition” and said they are doing well in the league. He was talking with Martin Holmes for Highland Radio Sport…
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Bohemians goalscorer Ismahil Akinade says Finn Harps are a tough side so he is especially delighted to score and win. Akinade said that their plan was, after getting the first goal, to get the second and kill the game. Bohs now face Cork next week and Ismahil spoke with Chris Ashmore for Highland Radio Sport…
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Finn Harps’ Richard Brush said it was disappointing to lose to Bohs, especially as it was the third of “three bad results”. Bohs won 2-0 on Friday and Brush responded by telling the club’s fans that the players will be doing everything they can to beat Derry next week. Richard was talking with Chris Ashmore
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Derry manager Kenny says Kenny Shiels his “makeshift” team against St Pat’s did well and should have won the game. He said they were dominant and attacked strongly, but drew 1-1, and he is now looking to sign a new striker. Kenny was talking with Martin Holmes for Highland Radio Sport…
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Finn Harps manager Ollie Horgan said Bohemians were the better side in the closing stages and deserved to win and has warned his players that they need to do better against Derry. Ollie said it was disappointing to lose 1-0 on Friday night but he believed that the first scorer was “always going to win”.
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Donegal’s under-21 hurling manager Tom Hennessy is no stranger to Semple Stadium in Thurles. That’s where the former Limerick goalkeeper’s team play today in the All Ireland under-21B quarter-final against Kerry. Tom spoke with Highland Radio’s GAA correspondent Tom Comack about the challenge facing the Andrew O’Neill Cup winners (pictured)…
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Donegal team captain Michael Murphy believes Dublin’s record in recent years makes them the team to beat. But he added there are no doubts that Donegal are also a strong side. He said Donegal will be looking at the elements of the game that they can try to control as they look to overcome the
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Donegal manager Rory Gallagher says Dublin are the form team, having won three of the last five Sam Maguire Cups. But he said that Donegal will be focusing on their own strengths today for the All Ireland quarter-final in Croke Park. He added that the the rivalry with Dublin rivalry is very big, going all
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The Donegal XV which beat Cork last weekend has been challenged with repeating that winning performance against Dublin today. The All Ireland quarter-final against Dublin at Croke Park will see the same players line out for Donegal, meaning Patrick McBrearty has another chance to shine. DONEGAL: mark Anthony McGinley; Eamon McGee, Neil McGee, Paddy McGrath;
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NI Water has assured residents in Derry that their drinking water is safe. Earlier this week the River Faughan was polluted, resulting in a large scale fish kill. The Carmoney Water Works in Eglinton was shut down following the incident but has since been restarted. Thousands of fish are believed to have been killed over
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A deliberate fire at the former Thornhill College in Derry has prompted calls for parents to be aware of their children’s whereabouts. Two fire crews attended the fire on Thursday evening which was started on the roof of the abandoned building. A spokesperson for the Northern Ireland Rescue Service said the fire is being treated
It was honours even at the Brandywell on Friday night when Derry City and St Patrick’s Athletic played out a one-all draw. Rory Patterson (pictured) scored the Derry goal in the tenth minute. A four man move involving Patterson, Schubert, Daniels and McNamee ended with Patterson controlling the ball by the Pat’s keeper. Billy Dennehy
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A Donegal meeting on the implications of Brexit for farmers has heard an indication from attendees that they would be in a favour of a similar vote. The branch of the Irish Cattle and Sheep Farmers Association held a meeting during the week and speakers included MEPs Luke Ming Flanagan and Stuart Agnew and ICSA
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Donegal manager Rory Gallagher and team captain Michael Murphy speak about this evening’s All Ireland quarter-final against Dublin in Croke Park. Highland Radio will have live coverage. We will follow Tyrone’s clash in Croker against Mayo with regular updates throughout. We also hear from Donegal Under-21 hurling manager Tom Hennessy about today’s U21B quarter-final against
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Bohemians leapfrogged over Finn Harps in the league table as they collected the points at Dalymount Park with a 2-0 win. Jake Kelly fired Bohs ahead on 67 minutes as he latched onto a cross from Ismahill Akinade. Akinade wrapped it up in the 88th minute with a deserved second for the Dublin side who have
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It’s been confirmed that a second beach wheelchair has been offered to Donegal following the recent success of one in the county this summer. It’s understood that Strabane Company Meritcom made contact with Cllr Jimmy Kavanagh, offering to donate another beach wheelchair to a beach in Donegal. The purpose built wheelchair, located in Rathmullen,
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