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Letterkenny RFC looking to improve this campaign – Adam Bratton

Letterkenny Rugby Club play their first home game of the Ulster Championship 2 season this Saturday with CIYMS the visitors to the Dave Gallagher Grounds at The Glebe on the outskirts of Letterkenny. They go into the game having lost their opening match away to Carrickfergus last weekend but will hope to start their home […]

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Donegal Senior Hurling Final Preview: Bernard Lafferty & Martin McGrath

Old foes Setanta and Burt will lock horns in this weekend’s Donegal Senior Hurling Championship Final. It’s a repeat of the 2022 decider which ignited Setanta’s run to what could result in three in a row Munster Cup’s on Saturday. Oisin Kelly and Eugene Organ will have live match commentary from the 5pm throw in

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Donegal Half Marathon race director pays tribute to volunteers

The volunteers and community groups who came out in force to ensure the smooth running of Sunday’s Donegal Half Marathon have been commended by race director, Brendan McDaid. The annual event, first staged in 2014, attracted an entry of almost 600, with 480 taking the starter’s whistle. Foyle Valley’s Gary Slevin secured the Dessie Larkin

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Marlins Swimming Club host homecoming for Olympic Bronze Medallist Mona McSharry

Ballyshannon Marlins Swimming Club will host a very special homecoming for Olympic Games Bronze Medallist Mona McSharry this evening in Ballyshannon Town Centre. “Ballyshannon Welcomes Mona McSharry – Olympic Games Bronze Medallist” will see the return of Mona and her Club coach Grace Meade to the town for what promises to be an historic evening.

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League Cup games kick off new season in Inishowen this weekend

The new Inishowen Football League season swings into action this weekend with league cup fixtures in the Clubman Shirts and Charlie O’Donnell competitions. Cockhill Celtic took a clean sweep in Inishowen last year and will again be the team to beat this campaign. Oisin Kelly caught up with Competition Secretary Diarmaid O’Brien ahead of the

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Olympics Countdown: Donegal’s John Kelly coaching Norwegian Shot Putter in Paris

John Kelly is another of the Donegal contingent who is heading to France for the Summer Olympic Games in Paris. The Finn Valley Shot Putter who is based in Sweden will be in a coaching capacity with Markus Thomsen. The Norwegian is a former European U20 Champion and expects to make a Shot Putt final

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Olympics Countdown: Ireland Athletics Team Manager Teresa McDaid

Teresa McDaid left for Paris this week ahead of the Olympic Games in the French capital. The Letterkenny native will be overseeing an Irish Athletics team at an Olympic Games for a second time after the Tokyo Games that ran under Covid restrictions in 2020. Teresa has been involved with Ireland in all major championships

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Richard Kerr wants to make the most of Superbike opportunity

Richard Kerr will make his Bennetts British Superbike Championship debut this weekend. The Donegal rider who won the National Superstock Championship last year will deputise on the Cheshire Mouldings BMW for Rory Skinner who continues his recovery from injury. Kerr will line up at Brands Hatch aboard the TAS Racing prepared M1000 RR Superbike and

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Derry City look to right the European wrong – Ruaidhri Higgins & Brian Maher

The Ryan McBride Brandywell Stadium is expected to be rocking on Thursday night as Derry City look to see off Bruno Magpies in the first qualifying round of the Europa Conference League. The Candystrips will have to come from two goals down after defeat in Gibraltar last week. Extra-time and penalties may be required for

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Loughrey helps Ireland to super point at Women’s U19 Euro Championship

The Republic of Ireland earned a hard-fought point in their opening game of the Women’s Under-19 European Championships on Monday. Dave Connell’s side held defending champions Spain to a scoreless draw in Lithuania. It took a mammoth defensive effort to seal a point against a classy Spanish side. Inishowen’s Jodie Loughrey played her part as

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