Donegal runners were on the winners’ podium again on Sunday at sports meetings at home and abroad. Teenage athlete Aaron McGlynn, from Glenfin in Donegal, won gold for Finn Valley Athletics Club in the 800m at the English under-17 competition in Sheffield, England, on a time of 1:56:06. And the Donegal senior men’s team took […]
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A dissident republican from Tyrone has been identified by gardai as one of six gunmen who carried out a shooting at a boxing match weigh-in at a Dublin hotel earlier this month. According to the Irish edition of The Sunday Times, police have identified two of the six gunmen who shot David Byrne dead and
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Donegal rower Sinead Jennings has revealed that she is confident of representing Ireland at the Olympics in Rio this summer. Sinead, from Letterkenny, explained on Sunday Sport that Ireland has a boat qualified for the Games but the two rowers for the boat will not be chosen until next month. However, she said that she
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Brian Mc Cormick Premier Division Glenea United 2 v 1 Rathmullan Celtic Kilmacrennan Celtic 0 v 0 Milford United Temple Domestic Appliances Division One Lifford Celtic 1 v 3 Lagan Harps Kerrykeel ’71 FC 5 v 7 Gweedore United CT Ball Division Two Letterbarrow Celtic 1 v 1 Eany Celtic Whitestrand United 0
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Jackie Crossan Premier Division Culdaff FC 2 v 1 Moville Celtic Illies Celtic 1 v 6 Greencastle FC Hannon Greene Fr O Gara Cup Preliminary Round Glengad Res 1 v 1 Redcastle Utd (Glengad won 5-6 on penalties) Aileach Youths 1 v 0 Carrowmena Res Sea Rovers 5 v 0 Cockhill Colts Moville Res
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Derry’s hurlers welcomed Antrim to Celtic Park on Sunday afternoon and quickly went about taking a quick lead – but they lost as a good Antrim side fought a strong comeback. Derry had raced ahead 1-03 to 0-02 within 16 minutes in this Division 2A game. At half-time, it was Derry in front 1-08 v
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The lady footballers of Donegal were going for three wins from three games when they took on Sligo on Sunday afternoon. The away game in Tourlestrane got off to a flying start, with plenty of scores as Donegal took a narrow lead of Sligo 1-02 v Donegal 0-06. But Sligo then scored a goal to
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It was a high-scoring game in Clones between the hurlers of Monaghan and Tyrone on Sunday afternoon. Division 3B of the National Hurling League saw both sides record some strong points, but it was Tyrone who edged it, leading by seven points at half-time. The half-time score was Monaghan 1-5 (8) v Tyrone 1-12 (15)
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National Hurling League Division 2B result: Mayo 1-14 (17) v Donegal 1-13 (16) Donegal’s hurlers began their National Hurling League campaign with a narrow loss against Mayo. New manager Ardal McDermott spoke immediately afterwards to Sunday Sport about his disappointment at the Division 2B defeat in Castlebar. McDermott’s players led 5-3 in the first half,
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Cork 2-21, Tyrone 1-3 Tyrone travelled to play Cork in the Ladies National Football League Division One, where they were heavily defeated. At half time, Tyrone only had one point compared to Cork’s one goal and ten points.
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Knockalla Caravans Cup results: Cockhill Celtic of Buncrana 3 v 1 Clonmany Shamrocks Letterkenny Rovers 2 v Drumoghill 3 There were plenty of goals in the Knockalla Caravans Cup on Sunday afternoon and there was a shock as Letterkenny Rovers were knocked out. Intermediate team Rovers took on junior side Drumoghill and were 2-0
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On today’s Sunday Sport, we will be following all the North West hurling action as Donegal, Derry, and Tyrone begin their National Hurling League campaigns. Donegal face Mayo in what is Donegal manager Ardal McDermott’s first competitive game in charge. We will also have updates and scores from the Ladies’ National Football League. Donegal’s ladies
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The Save Our Services committee is estimating that over 2,000 people took party in yesterday’s rally in the Twin Towns to protest at the proposed removal of core services from three Community Hospitals in Donegal. The includes representatives of the action commitees formed in the wake of the threats to Ramelton Community Nursing Unit, Lifford Hospital and
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Two Donegal rugby players were in the Ireland’s ladies’ squad as they lost to France in the Six Nations Women’s tournament on Saturday evening. Larissa Muldoon, who is from Cappry and plays for Skewen in Wales, started and Fahan woman Nora Stapleton (pictured), who plays for Leinster’s Old Belvedere, was on the bench. But France
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Donegal’s 2012 All Ireland winning goalkeeper Paul Durcan is set to play in the All Ireland Football Club Championship Final. Durcan’s Dublin side Ballyboden St Enda’s, who are the Leinster champions, beat Clonmel Commercials of Tipperary by five points but needed extra time to do it in Portlaoise on Saturday evening. Munster champions Clonmel, who are managed
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Derry City Reserves player Cathal Farren scored a hat-trick as he dumped Donegal club Aileach FC out of the Knockalla Caravans Cup on Saturday. Derry striker Farren, from Carndonagh, scored a header, a penalty, and a second half tap-in during his man of the match performance in the 3-0 win. Knockalla Caravans Cup result: Derry
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Premier League side Finn Harps stepped up their fitness with a 4-2 victory against Athlone in Mullingar on Saturday afternoon. Ahead of the new season, Harps took the lead through Tony McNamee but Athlone made it 1-1 and that remained the score at half-time. Goalscorer McNamee was replaced at the start of the second half
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Old Orchard Saturday Division Drumkeen United 1 v 2 Arranmore United Orchard FC 2 v 1 Fintown Harps AFC Glencar Inn Saturday Reserve Division Drumoghill FC Reserves 1 v 3 Erne Wanderers Reserves Glenea United Reserves 1 v 0 St. Catherines Reserves Cappry Rovers Reserves OFF Milford United Reserves Castlefin Celtic Reserves 3
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Ireland’s RBS Six Nations struggles continued today at the Stade de France due to a heartbreaking loss. It was major disappointment for Ireland manager Joe Schmidt as France beat the defending champions in Paris with a final score of 10 – 9. Schmidt’s men needed victory after drawing their opening match against Wales in Dublin
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Finn Harps manager Ollie Horgan says the difficult recruitment of players over the winter months for the return to the top flight has produced the right results. After five weeks of pre-season, he believes he now has a squad of players – like former Waterford United teenage player Ethan Boyle – who want to play
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The Donegal ladies’ football team is on the hunt for their third successive victory in the league this Sunday. Manager Micheal Naughton is leading the players to Tourlestrane for the away clash with Sligo and wants another three points. He told Highland Radio’s GAA correspondent Tom Comack that the team will be without a number
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The National Hurling League starts on Sunday with Tyrone travelling to Clones to take on Monaghan in Division 3A. Tyrone official Eunan Lyndsey has revealed how the Red Hands enticed Waterford native Kevin Ryan, who is a former Antrim and Carlow manager, to become Tyrone manager. Kevin spoke to Highland Radio’s GAA correspondent Tom Comack…
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Derry hurling manager Tom McClean tells Tom Comack despite a raft of retirements and players unavailable, Derry are looking forward to the Division 2A campaign and especially tomorrow’s opening local derby tie with Antrim, in Celtic Park.
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St Eunan’s of Letterkenny lost to St Louis of Ballymena in the Danske Bank MacLarnon Cup quarter-final on Saturday. The Ballymena side scored two points in the last three minutes to snatch a narrow victory. The match was due to be played on February 1, but was abandoned after six minutes due to terrible playing
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Donegal manager Ardal McDermott makes no secret of the fact that survival in Division 2B of the Allianz Hurling League and tomorrow’s clash with Mayo, in Castlebar, is one of the games they are targeting for a win. He spoke with Tom Comack ahead of the game.
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Donegal interest in the recorded mixed results on Friday night. Donegal’s Abbey Vocational School beat Cavan’s Bailieboro Community School, but Glenties Community School lost to Fermanagh Schools and Colaiste Ailigh of Letterkenny lost against St Mary’s College of Limavady. Elsewhere, in the Danske Bank MacRory Cup, it was a good win for Derry side St
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The delivery of Social Authority Housing units in Donegal for 2015 was 40% below target in 2015. Sinn fein have revealed that out of the Governments own target to deliver 65 housing units to the county, only 37 were delivered as of November last year. Currently there are 2,560 applicants on the local authority’s
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A united rally takes place later today in Stranorlar in protest over the future of St Joseph’s Hospital in Stranorlar, Lifford Hospital or the Ramelton Community Nursing Unit. The protest gets underway at 1.30 this afternoon at St Joseph’s hospital in Stranorlar and a shuttle bus will be available from Jacksons Hotel, the Finn Valley
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Fianna Fail leader Michael Martin has said in power his party would give Lifford Community Hospital all the support it would need. He was speaking on the canvas trail in Lifford today as part of his visit to Donegal. Deputy Martin outlined the concerns that were expressed to him while offering his support to Lifford
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AXA Insurance says it is seeking a number of voluntary redundancies, as it consolidates its operations in Ireland. A number of staff currently based in Dublin City Centre have been told their jobs are moving to Derry. A statement from AXA says it has decided to consolidate operations in the interests of efficiency and customer
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The Letterkenny Institute of Technology have been drawn with IT Carlow in the semi finals of the Umbro Cup. This will be the second trip to Carlow in a month for the LYIT boys, who disposed of their opponents 5-4 in the league semi final a few weeks ago. The game is scheduled for the
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Kris Meeke has retired on the first full day of action in Rally Sweden. Drive a Citroen DS3, The County Tyrone man and navigator Paul Nagle hit a rock on stage nine which resulted in their withdrawal. They incident was almost identical to that which put the crew out of the previous round in Monte
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Concern has been raised in relation to where Election campaigners are erecting their posters with claims that some are creating serious safety hazards in Donegal. There have been reports of posters being erected on signposts, blocking important signs for motorists. In one case at the Kilross junction between Letterkenny and Stranorlar some posters are
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Independent Thomas Pringle’s campaign team is questioning why Fianna Fail have left West Donegal off party leader Micheal Martins Election tour. As part of his visit to the county today Deputy Martin is canvassing in Buncrana, Letterkenny, Milford and Ramelton with Charlie McConalogue and Lifford and Stranorlar with Pat the Cope Gallagher. Cllr. Micheál Cholm
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The North’s Regional Development Minister has confirmed that the consultation process on the A5 road upgrade project has commenced. The consultation period will start next week and run until 4 April followed by a decision being made on the need for a new Public Inquiry on the scheme, which is currently programmed for autumn 2016.
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The brother of missing Strabane man Sean Smurf Diver has slammed the Gardai and the PSNI for not doing enough to help find him. The search for Sean ‘ Smurf’ Diver has entered its third week with extensive local searches carried out on the River Mourne. The main focus this week is on the River
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Sixteen is the final number of Candidates to contest the General Election here in Donegal following two late additions. Yesterday was the final date to submit nominations for the Election which saw Independent Candidate and anti-water charges activist Michael Mooney and Fis Nua’s Cordeila Nic Fhearraigh adding their names to the ticket. The deadline
It’s been confirmed that 1.5 kms of water main between Falcarragh & Gortahork will be replaced. The work is hoped to reduce or stop the large number of bursts and stoppages which households in the Falcarragh – Gortahork area have experienced recently. It is expected the total cost will be in excess of €500,000
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A judge has given a warning that he might refuse to return for trial a Derry man charged in connection with travelling to Syria to fight against ISIS if there are any further delays. Eamonn Bradley (27) of Benview Estate in Coshquin was to face a preliminary enquiry at Derry Magistrate’s Court on charges
Fianna Fáil Leader Micheál Martin is continuing his nationwide General Election tour today and is visiting the new Donegal constituency. Deputy Martin will canvass in Buncrana, Letterkenny, Milford and Ramelton with Charlie McConalogue and Lifford and Stranorlar with Pat the Cope Gallagher. Fianna Fail Election Candidate Charlie McConalogue says it’s hoped with the help
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It’s an important day in college’s football for two Donegal schools Glenties Community School are in semi final action in the Danske Bank Markey Cup at U-18 level. They play Fermanagh Schools this evening at Irvinestown at 6.30 And Colaiste Ailigh in Letterkenny are in quarter final action in the Ward Cup at U18B level
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Just weeks after Derry City announced the establishment of a new satellite coaching centre at the grounds of Curragh Athletic in Killygordon – it has emerged that the Finn Harps academy is to move to a new 8 acre site at The Cross in Killygordon. According to this morning’s Donegal News, Harps have agreed a
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Entries for this year’s Circuit of Ireland Rally officially open today (Friday 12th February), with organisers expecting an influx of entries for both the International and National events, including some of the world’s top names in rallying. Competitors vying for the title are expected to include European champion Kajetan Kajetanowicz, last year’s winner Craig Breen,
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The Derry team to play Antrim on Sunday at Celtic Park (2pm) is as follows: 1. Darrell McDermott (Banagher) 2. Eugene McGuckin (Swatragh) 3. Conor McSorley (Ballinascreen) 4. Seán McCullagh (Banagher) (Capt) 5. Darragh McCloskey (Banagher) 6. Paddy Kelly (Kevin Lynchs) 7. Dermot O’Neill (Lavey) 8. Oisín McCloskey (Banagher) 9. Tiarnán McCloskey (Banagher) 10. Jonathan
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Downton Abbey actor Brendan Coyle has been banned from the road after admitting drink driving. Coyle, 53, appeared at King’s Lynn Magistrates’ Court near his home in Heacham, Norfolk, on Thursday. He pleaded guilty to drink driving after being caught on New Year’s Day, the court heard. Norfolk Police confirmed Coyle, who appeared in court
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Liam Neeson has seriously back-peddled, after telling the world he was dating an “incredibly famous”. In an interview last weekend the Taken star had teased a new relationship with a seemingly very-well known lady, and soon multiple news sites linked the actor to famous women including Twilight star Kristen Stewart which Liam quickly denied. He
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A 15 Minute Programme presented by Chris Ashmore every Thursday at 7.05pm highlighting all that’s happening in the farming community.
Highland’s Farming News – Thursday 11th February Read More »
Residents in Donegal are advised to be vigilant following claims that a man posing as an ESB worker and driving what appears to be an ESB vehicle is calling to homes in the county in a bid to carry out burglaries. The van has been spotted in the Castlfin area lately but other sightings around Donegal have
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Fianna Fáil Leader Micheál Martin is continuing his nationwide General Election tour and will visit the new Donegal constituency tomorrow. It’s believed Deputy Martin will canvass in Buncrana, Letterkenny, Milford and Ramelton with Charlie McConalogue and Lifford and Stranorlar with Pat the Cope Gallagher.
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Rob Kearney replaces Simon Zebo in the Irish team to take on France in Paris this Saturday. Dave Kearney takes over from Keith Earls on the wing while Sean O’Brien replaces Tommy O’Donnell in the back row. Coach Joe Schmidt has confirmed that both Zebo and Earls have not recovered fully from the injuries they
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