FAI Senior Cup result: Portmarnock 1 v 1 Letterkenny Rovers Letterkenny Rovers face a fixture headache after drawing another big cup match. Manager Eamonn McGonigley took his team to Dublin on Sunday to face Portmarnock in the FAI Senior Cup and drew 1-1. The sides are now expected to replay the match in a fortnight […]
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Tyrone hurling manager Kevin Ryan said his players got lucky after they came back from four points down to snatch victory against Fermanagh. The Red Hands won the play-off against Fermanagh on a score of 1-24 to 1-19. They were four points behind and were down a man but Tyrone stormed to the final whistle
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Knockalla Caravans Cup Semi Finals Derry City Res 2 v 3 Glengad Utd Cockhill Cel 2 v 1 Bonagee Utd
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Inishowen Football League. Fr O’Gara Cup Quarter Final Redcastle 3 V 2 Aileach Res Fr O’Gara Cup Semi Final Carn 2 V 1 Sea Rovers Buncrana Credit Union Cup Quarter Finals Rasheney 0 V 2 QPS Aileach 1 V 1 Buncrana
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Donegal Junior League results, April 10 Premier Division Kilmacrennan Celtic 3 v 4 Glenea United Rathmullan Celtic 2 v 2 Cappry Rovers Kildrum Tigers 2 v 1 St Catherines Division One Raphoe Town 0 v 2 Convoy Arsenal Kerrykeel ’71 FC 0 v 3
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The Lifford Bridge re-opened this morning after being closed overnight amid reports of a suspicious object in the area. The bomb disposal team were tasked to the scene late last night and police declared the are safe this morning. Local Councillor Patsy Kelly has been outlining what happened and says it did cause significant
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Ladies’ National Football League, Division 2 result: Donegal 2-07 v 1-02 Cavan Donegal’s lady footballers have made a perfect run with another victory in this unbeaten season in the National Football League. They took on Cavan at TirChonaill Park in Donegal Town for the final round of regulation games and won 2-07 to 1-02 for
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Six teenage boys have been arrested following reports of people on the roof of a school in Derry yesterday morning. The school is on Trench Road, in the Waterside area of the city. The boys, aged between 13 and 17, are being questioned about a number of offences, including criminal damage.
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Two major search and rescue operations got underway yesterday evening in the North West – one in Burtonport and another in Co. Leitrim near Bundoran. A vessel overturned near Arranmore Island just before 6pm and a man could be seen in the water attached to the boat. Due to the adverse weather conditions the Arranmore
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The All Ireland U16 Basketball Championships will be held in Letterkenny and local interest is hoping for an all-Donegal final. Ballyshannon coach Paul McDevitt told Sunday Sport that there is a real chance of a showdown between his side and hosts Letterkenny. Double winners Ballyshannon clinched this year’s league and cup and were chased all
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We have all live the action from Croke Park where Donegal take on All Ireland champions Dublin for a place in the final of National Football League Division 1. Our team today is Highland Radio’s head of sport Oisin Kelly and expert analyst Martin McHugh. There is also football action from Donegal’s ladies who aim
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Donegal’s hurlers were relegated from Division 2B on Saturday following a narrow one-point defeat against Division 3A champions Roscommon. The two sides now swap places, with Donegal dropping down into Division 3A and Roscommon going up to Division 2B. The match at James Stephens Park in Ballina ended Roscommon 3-13 (22) v 4-9 (21) Donegal.
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Donegal take on All-Ireland champions Dublin tomorrow in the Allianz National Football League semi-final at Croke Park. Former Donegal All-Star forward Tony Boyle looks at Donegal’s prospects against the reigning champions.
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Finn Harps manager Ollie Horgan says they could have beaten Galway instead of losing 1-0 to them away from home. Ollie was disappointed that Harps did not get at least a point from the game on Friday. He believes Harps deserved a draw at the least but admitted that his team have been lucky to
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Derry City striker Rory Patterson made a point to his critics when he scored one and could have had three in a demolition of Shamrock Rovers. Rory, from Strabane, netted a penalty on 58 minutes to get Derry’s third goal in an impressive win on Friday and he had two goals ruled offside. His goal
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Derry boss Kenny Shiels has targeted a push towards the European qualification places and the top of the league this season. He issued the challenge following City’s 3-0 home victory over Shamrock Rovers on Friday. That victory was a result of the commitment shown by the Candystripes’ players, according to their manager. Shiels described their
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American Football kicks off again tomorrow with the Donegal-Derry Vipers (DDVs) returning to action for their second season in existence. They were accepted in to the Irish American Football League (IAFL) last year and made their debut against local giants Belfast Trojans in Division 2. Donegal-Derry Vipers (DDVs) are now getting ready to return to
American Football side Donegal-Derry Vipers ready for new season Read More »
A panel of American boxers arrive into Letterkenny soon to take on some of the best Donegal fighters for a major night in the ring. Donegal Boxing Board president Peter O’Donnell of Raphoe ABC said today that the Americans are bringing nine men and two women boxers. In total, some 11 boxers will travel from
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Ulster League, qualifying league three: Strabane 12 – 36 Letterkenny Letterkenny’s rugby players beat their cross-border neighbours Strabane on Saturday on a score of 36 to 12. Strabane were the home side and forced the pace in the opening exchanges under the sun but the Letterkenny side quickly imposed their authority. They led at half-time
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Donegal Junior Football League results, April 9th Old Orchard Saturday Division Orchard FC 0 v 0 Drumkeen United Glencar Inn Saturday Reserve Division Cappry Rovers Reserves 0 v 6 Milford United Reserves The Saturday League Shield Strand Rovers 0 v 3 Drumbar FC
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Letterkenny Rovers manager Eamonn McGonigley takes his team to Dublin on Sunday to face Portmarnock in the FAI Senior Cup. It is a second successive long away day for Eamonn’s players, following their 1-1 draw against Ringmahon Rangers in Cork last Sunday. Eamonn admitted that it has been hard to do their homework on Portmarnock
Letterkenny Rovers boss hoping for cup win to get glamour tie Read More »
Donegal take on Cavan in their Division Two meeting in the Lidl Ireland Ladies League tomorrow at Donegal Town. Donegal Ladies manager Michael Naughton looks ahead to the game.
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Former Derry All-Ireland winning forward Eamon Burns casts his eye over the runners and riders in this seasons Derry All-County Football League which got underway on Thursday night.
Eamon Burns takes a look at Derry All-County season Read More »
Tyrone PRO Eunan Lindsay looks ahead to the start of the Tyrone club season with games in all three of the Donnelly Vauxhall All-County Football Leagues.
Tryone club season begins this weekend – Eunan Lindsay previews Read More »
St Eunan’s College in Letterkenny have been running programmes encouraging their students to read more books and have brought on board the help of some of Donegal’s sporting role models. Sky Sports – Living for Sport and St Eunan’s have come together to let young people know of the benefits of reading books. Under Principal Chris
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We look ahead to tomorrow’s crucial match at Croke Park where Donegal take on All Ireland champions Dublin in the semi-final of Division One in the National Football League. Former Donegal All-Star forward Tony Boyle talks to Highland Radio’s GAA correspondent Tom Comack about Rory Gallagher’s men. Also in GAA football, we speak with Donegal
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As Mark English recovers from a foot injury, The European silver and bronze 800m medalist spent some time on Friday back at his old school in St. Eunan’s College in Letterkenny. As part of the Sky Sports -Living for Sport programme, Mark, who is part of the Sky Sports Scholarship scheme joined Christy Toye
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Donegal is to become one of Europe’s two test sites for the world’s biggest drone company. The Irish Independent is reporting today that the company ‘DJI’ has teamed up with Donegal Mountain Rescue and will carry out tests to determine how beneficial drones can be in the event of a search or emergency. The
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A Councillor claims that Buncrana, Letterkenny and Bundoran have been severely neglected by the council since Town Council were scrapped. Sean McEniff was speaking ahead of a meeting with Council staff on the issue at the start of next week. He says that in his own town of Bundoran for example, there is no longer the same
Towns in Donegal neglected following demise of Town Councils – McEniff Read More »
Derry City scored three without reply on Friday night at the Brandywell, defeating Shamrock Rovers and moving clear at the top of the Premier Division table. Ronan Curtis opened the scoring in the second minute when he poked the ball home from close range after poor defending by Rovers. Harry Monaghan headed in on 22
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Finn Harps suffered their third defeat of the SSE Airtricity Premier Division campaign on Friday night losing 1-0 to Galway United at Eamonn Deacy Park. The games goal came just before the hour mark from Vinny Faherty. Kevin Devaney provided a low cross for Faherty to sink home at the back post. Harps did have
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Derry City confirmed this week they will use Maginn Park in Buncrana when renovations are taking place at the Brandywell. The work on the pitch in Derry is due to start in June or July and the club have opted for the Inishowen venue to host their remaining home games in the latter part of
Philip O’Doherty discusses Brandywell renovations and Maginn move Read More »
‘Eoin Ó Dochartaigh (centre), Scoil Chaiseal na gCorr winner of SnaG art competition ‘Seanfhocal’ pictured at Euronics outlet Ben Sweeney Letterkenny, sponsors. Eoin was in receipt of a Samsung Galaxy S4 tablet. Comhghairdeas leat, a Eoin! Also pictured Ben Sweeney & Colm Feiritéar presenter Ruaille Buaille, Tuesday 8.30 p.m.
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How does a software engineer from California end up playing the fiddle in Gweedore or an Iranian chef, rescuing birds of prey in Glenties?? How did I End Up Here is a new series focusing on ten individuals and couples from all over the world, who have chosen to make their home in Donegal. Tune
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Donegal return to Croke Park on Sunday for the National Football League semi final against Dublin. Rory Gallagher’s side reached the last four despite losing their last four games in the league. After missing last weekend’s defeat to Monaghan due to illness, Karl Lacey will be back in the fold but Eoin Mc Hugh and
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A 28-year-old man has appeared at Derry Magistrate’s Court charged with the murder of Paul McCauley who died after a sectarian attack in July 2006 and the court wads told the main evidence was audio recordings. Matthew Brian Gillen whose address was given as Kennedy Place in Derry was charged with murdering Mr. McCauley on
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Fine Gael’s to begin the process today of trying to firm up the support of Independents for a vote for Enda Kenny as Taoiseach next Thursday. Meanwhile the Independent Alliance says it wants to attend a joint meeting with Enda Kenny and Micheál Martin. With the only viable option remaining now for a Government being
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Gardai in Donegal have repeated their warning to elderly people not to engage with travelling tradespeople they don’t know, particularly when services such as driveway maintenance or power washing are being offered. The warning is part of Operation Thor, a cross border initiative over the month of April looking at crime prevention in rural areas.
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The leading heart surgeon at Altnagelvin Hospital in Derry says lives will be saved as a result of the agreement signed yesterday to bring Donegal patients straight to Derry after serious heart attacks. In such cases, a lifesaving catherisation procedure must be carried out as quickly as possible, and health authorities on both sides
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The Chairman of Connemara Mining says there’s a long road ahead as a gold prospecting project in Donegal progresses. The company has announced that initial test drill results confirm the presence of significant grades of gold at the site on Inishowen, but Connemara Mining Chairman John Teeling says it’ll be some time before a decision
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Shares in Connemara Mining more than doubled yesterday after the company announced the results of a gold prospecting project in Donegal. The company has announced that initial test drill results confirm the presence of significant grades of gold at the site on Inishowen, the company said. It said the results suggest the site is similar
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It is hoped the Donegal County Council will allocate funding this year for a munument to mark the iconic ship wreck ‘Bad Eddie’ The boat was washed up at Magheraclogher in the 1970s, and came to national fame when it featured in Clannad and U2’s ‘In a lifetime’ video in the 1980s. It is accepted
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A Donegal Deputy has welcomed the prospect the Environment Ministers calls for a ‘common sense debate’ on the future of Irish water. Alan Kelly says he’s writing to the leaders of all political parties urging them to meet with Ervia staff before making any decision on their future. The acting Minister says they’ve sought meetings
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Government talks appear to have reached an impasse – with no further discussions of any sort scheduled as of now. The Acting Taoiseach’s accused FIanna Fáíl of putting narrow party interests rather than the public interest after rejecting the offer of a equal partnership Government. In a statement last evening, Enda Kenny described it as
Political impasse could herald political reform – Mc Conalogue Read More »
Detectives investigating the murder of Paul McCauley in Derry following an attack after a barbeque in 2006 have charged two men with a number of offences, including murder. The 38 year old died last June in a care facility almost nine years after the attack. One man has already been charged with Paul’s murder and
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There are four games tonight in the Airtricity League Premier Division with both Finn Harps and Derry City in action. Derry are joint leaders along with Dundalk, who don’t play until Saturday, so Derry will go top on their own if they avoid defeat at home to Shamrock Rovers. Aaron McEneff, Ronan Curtis or Keith
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Greencastle’s Roma McLaughlin was among the goals as the Republic of Ireland u19s defeated Azerbaijan 3-0 in the second game of the Elite qualifiers in Dublin last night. Roma opened the scoring at Tallaght Stadium and was then brought down for a penalty which lead to Ireland’s second goal. The victory follows Ireland’s opening night
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Oscar-winning actress Anne Hathaway has become a mother for the first time after giving birth to a baby boy. E! reported that the star of Les Miserables and her husband Adam Shulman welcomed a son, named Jonathan Rosebanks Shulman, on March 24. Hathaway’s spokesman Stephen Huvane confirmed the report. The star of such films as
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President Barack Obama and music mogul Simon Cowell paid tribute to American Idol as the talent show aired its final episode on US television. Cowell, who appeared as judge on the hugely popular programme for nine seasons, was a surprise guest as a host of former winners performed at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles.
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