Jason Smyth won gold in Saturday’s 100m’s at the IPC World Championships in Doha. The Derry sprinter was a comfortable winner in the T13 final, finishing ahead o fBrazil’s Gustavo Henrique Araujo in a time of 10.62 seconds. It was a fifth World gold medal won by Jason.
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Rameltion man Kyle Callan Mc Fadden recently signed a three year deal with Orlando City in the MLS. After leaving Norwich and going through the process of trials with other teams in England, he jumped at the chance to go to Florida. Kyle spoke with Oisin Kelly on Saturday Sport and says it’s another exciting
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Naomh Conaill won a first ever All Ireland Gaeltacht football title on Saturday beating Kilcar in the rescheduled decider in Ardara. The newly crown Donegal Senior Club Champions made it two titles in six days with a 1-11 to 0-6 victory. In the Junior Final, Downings lost to Aran Islands, with a final score of
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There was a big crowd at the Mount Errigal Hotel in Letterkenny last Thursday night for the launch of ‘Winning’ – the new book by Donegal All Ireland winner, Rory Kavanagh. Tom Comack talks to the former Donegal star about the book, which chronicles Donegal’s phenomenal progress under Jim McGuiness in a golden four years
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Ciaran Coll’s first goal in three years for Finn Harps gives the Ballybofey side a 1-0 advantage going into the second leg of the promotion play off against UCD. Coll’s goal after only 26 seconds proved enough to decide an evenly fought contest, though, Harps had Ciaran Gallagher to thank for keeping the home
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It may be advantage Finn Harps in the promotion play off against UCD but manager Ollie Horgan says they have to improve on their performance in Friday’s second leg in Ballybofey or they could be in trouble. Ciaran Coll’s goal in the opening seconds was the difference between the sides in the 1-0 win at
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Inishowen start the defence of their Oscar Traynor trophy against the Sligo Leitrim League at MaGinn Park on Sunday afternoon. Oisin Kelly has been previewing the game with Inishowen League Manager Diarmaid O’Brien.
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16 year old Jordan Boyce will play in the BDO World Youth Final at Lakeside in January. The Newtowncunningham teenager came through the recent qualifiers in Hull, to reach the decider where he will play England’s Josh Richardson at the start of next year. It’s was a few days to remember in England for Boyce
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The Donegal Intermediate Football Championship final sees Bundoran battle Naomh Colmcille in Letterkenny on Sunday. Bundoran are going for a third Intermediate title. Manager Brian Gavigan has been speaking to Tom Comack, where he said he hopes his team can once again lift the Cathal McLaughlin Cup.
Donegal Intermediate Final – Bundoran Manager Brian Gavigan Read More »
The Donegal Intermediate Football Championship final takes place at O’Donnell Park on Sunday, with Naomh Colmcille taking on Bundoran. The Newton based side have never won the Intermediate title. Francie Martin, manager of Naomh Colmcille, looks ahead to the game with Tom Comack.
Donegal Intermediate Final – Naomh Colmcille Manager Francie Martin Read More »
There was a strong Donegal representation at the Ulster Even Ages Cross Country Championships in Jordanstown, Belfast. Patsy McGonagle, Athletics correspondent for Highland Sport, reports on today’s action.
Good day for Donegal in Jordanstown Underage Cross Country Read More »
The Donegal League start their Oscar Traynor Trophy campaign away to the Cavan Monaghan League at Cootehill on Sunday. Having suffered disappointment in recent seasons in the competition, Donegal will be looking to get up and running with a win away from home. Oisin Kelly has been looking ahead to the game with Donegal League
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Derry City lost 3-2 at the Brandywell on Friday Night in their final home game of the season. All of the goals came in the first half and Bohs took the lead three times. City end the season away to Longford Town next Friday. Candystrips boss Paul Hegarty thought Derry deserved more from the game…
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The Northern Ireland Fire Service has been praised after a large fire has been put out at a car repair workshop next to an oil depot in Coleraine. More than 45 firefighters were needed to contain the blaze, in Hillmans Fancy last night. They managed to prevent the fire from spreading to six oil
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Westport House has been left out of the latest sale from NAMA’s loan portfolio. The Government intervened to ensure the stately home, which is in the Taoiseach’s Mayo constituency, wasn’t included in a bundle of properties code named ‘Project Arrow’ worth around 6 billion Euro. NAMA’s been criticised for giving the US vulture fund ‘Cerberus’
Pringle says latest NAMA sale should be suspended while Project Eagle is inbestigated Read More »
Detectives in Coleraine are investigating an aggravated burglary at the home of an elderly couple in the Boleran Road area of Garvagh on Thursday 22nd October. They are keen to trace a white pick up vehicle as part of the investigation. Four men dressed in black and wearing masks entered the house at around 8pm
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A special meeting of Donegal County Council takes place next week to set new by-laws to reduce speed limits in certain housing estates in the county. Earlier this year there was a public consultation as part of a council consideration to introduce 30 km/h speed limits to appropriate estates. Speaking ahead of that consulation the
Donegal Council Chair says 20kph limits should be considered for some estates Read More »
Derry City ended their home league campaign with a defeat to Bohemians on Friday night. All of the goals came in the first half and Bohs took the lead three times. Ismahil Akinade scored in the second minute getting away from the Derry defence with a claim from the Derry players for offside. The forward
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It’s advantage Finn Harps after Friday night’s first leg of the promotion play-off at the Belfield Bowl UCD 0 Finn Harps 1 Ciaran Coll’s goal after only 26 seconds proved enough to decide an evenly fought contest. Harps, though, had Ciaran Gallagher to thank for keeping the home side at bay when he made a
Coll’s winner means it’s advantage Harps Read More »
Shay Given has overcome a knee injury and will be fit for the Republic of Ireland’s play offs against Bosnia next month. His club Stoke City say the Lifford man is likely to be back in their squad for the game against Watford in the Premier League on Saturday. Shay sustained the injury in the
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Randox has secured a new £1.5 million deal with a leading laboratory in New York. The global bio-tech firm, which has a key R&D site in Dungloe, announced a the deal this week as representatives from the region strengthen business links in the US. Doctor Ciaran Richardson, Research and Development Manager at Randox
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Derry City host Bohemians at the Brandywell this evening in their final home game of the season. Patrick McEleney is expected to miss tonight’s game as he recovers from a Shingles virus while Rob Mc Cormick is suspended. The club go into the tie with news this morning that former Manchester United and Northern Ireland
Derry host Bohs in final home game while Pat Gibbons is linked with the Brandywell club Read More »
Gardaí are investigating after an armed robbery took place in Buncranna. A masked man entered the Cards and Candies premises on Buncranna Main Street at approximately 9.20pm on Thursday night last. It’s believed he was armed with a screwdriver during the incident. He demanded money from a female member of staff and then went behind
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A Donegal Deputy has criticised the lack of progress which has been made in delivering the Gaoth Dobhair Sewerage Scheme. The comments come from Deputy Pearse Doherty, following recent correspondence from Irish Water in which the utility states that it is continuing to engage with both Donegal County Council and the Department of the
Lack of Significant Progress on Gaoth Dobhair Sewerage Scheme Unacceptable – Doherty Read More »
The HSE paid 2.4 million euro to employ temporary staff at Letterkenny General Hospital in the first six months of this year, the highest bill in the country. Nationally, the bill is 14 million euro across the 18 hospitals to the end of July. A shortage of nurses and trying to keep on
It’s a big night for Finn Harps who travel to Dublin today for this evening’s first leg of the promotion play off with UCD. Harps are the form team going into tonight’s game – they’ve won five and drawn two of their last seven games – in contrast, UCD did struggled a fair bit towards
Declan Boyle says Finn Harps will be confident ahead of Play Off with UCD Read More »
Donegal Deputy Thomas Pringle says a recent report on 2012 income trends proves Donegal is consistently lagging behind the rest of the country with regard to disposable incomes. The report, which was published by the Western Development Commission this week, analyses 2012’s CSO figures on income levels across regions in Ireland. It noted that while
Donegal has lowest disposable income in Western region Read More »
Ninety four community organisations and childcare providers across County Donegal shared in more than €23.7 million in grants administered by Pobal on behalf of Government, the EU and other bodies according to a new report. Pobal’s annual report launched this week by Minister Anne Phelan TD outlines how total funding of nearly 340
Almost €24 million paid out to community organisations in Donegal Read More »
The twin sister of Mary Boyle who went missing in 1977 will visit Westminster Tuesday next for a series of meetings led by MP Jeffrey Donaldson to address Garda failure and cross-border crime. A number of families have been invited to London to discuss the issues. It’s believed Ann Doherty will also reiterate her
Mary Boyle’s sister to meet with MPs in Westminster Read More »
There was no joy for Chloe and Sam Magee at Badminton’s French Open on Thursday evening. The Donegal pair were in second round action in the mixed doubles with a place in the quarter finals up for grabs However, they lost out in straight sets 21-14 21-10 against their third seeded Chinese opponents.
Magee’s bow out of French Open Super Series Read More »
Elton John and One Direction will headline the Royal Variety Performance 2015, to be attended by Prince Harry. The show promises to be an evening showcasing the best UK and international musical performers, theatre and comedy, as well as a number of surprises. Sir Elton, one of the biggest solo artists in the world, is
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Ant-Man was more fun that it had any right to be, after a long and torturous production which saw the loss of writer/director Edgar Wright. Peyton Reed stepped into that vacuum an managed to conjure up an entertaining heist caper with some funny scenes and a likeable lead, plus an hilarious turn by Michael Pena.
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The Fire Service came under attack while trying to put out a fire on the Moss Road in Galliagh tonight. A number of items were placed on the road and set on fire, and then fire service personnel were attacked when the arrived to deal with it. Sinn Fein Councillor Sandra Duffy says it was
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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 in association with the Farming Independent.
Highland’s Farming News – Thursday 22nd October Read More »
In college football the L.Y.I.T. ladies team made it two wins out of two today at the O’Donnell park. They defeated St.Mary’s college Belfast by 2 points 2-10 to 2-08, goals were scored by Aine Higgins and Emma McGroary.
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The Director of Public Prosecution’s appeal against the sentence handed down to Shaun Kelly, the Co Donegal man found guilty of dangerous driving causing the deaths of eight people, has been adjourned today. Kelly was sentenced to four years imprisonment in December 2014 with the final two years of the sentence suspended. 26
DPP appeal over Inishowen crash sentence adjourned Read More »
The nominees for the 2015 PFA Ireland player of the year awards were announced today. Dundalk have three players up for the trophy; Daryl Horgan, Stephen O’Donnell and Richie Towell. Cork City’s Mark O’Sullivan is also nominated. Seamus Coleman, Robbie Brady and Wes Hoolahan are in the running for the Overseas Player of the Year.
Coleman nominated for PFAI Player of the Year Read More »
2012 All Ireland winner with Donegal Antoin McFadden has been brought into the Limerick senior football set up as their new strength and conditioning coach. Just last weekend, McFadden, a brother of Colm and brother law of Jim McGuinness, coached Newcastle West to their first Limerick senior club title in 23 years. Limerick Manager John
Antoin McFadden takes up new role in Limerick Read More »
The army bomb disposal team have been tasked to an area in Strabane where police are conducting searches. The searches are believed to be part of investigations into dissident republican activity. There are no further details at this stage.
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Police are currently searching the Beechmount Avenue/Ballycolman area of Strabane. The searches are believed to be part of an investigation into dissident republican activity. Earlier it was reported that police were investigating claims that shots were fired at the local police station in the town on Saturday last. It’s not yet clear if
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Donegal’s Ricky Simms has been named on an IAAF working group that will oversee the re-structuring of one day international athletic meets. Seb Coe, who was recently elected President of the International Association has put together a group of key directors, administrators and athletes’ agents to take on the task. Milford man Simms is a
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Derry City Council is being called on to look at ways to protect Craigavon Bridge from pigeon droppings which are said to be causing distress for cyclists and pedestrians. Pigeon mess gathers on the lower deck of the bridge which is too narrow for Council cleansing vehicles. Local Councillor Martin Reilly wants the council to
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Independent Councillor Micheal Cholm Mac Giolla Easbuig has been accussed of making a ‘contrived’ and ‘ill-informed’ argument against Irish government support for a new air link from Derry to Dublin. He criticised a Sinn Fein Councillor’s call on the government to support the route. The call came from Cllr Gary Doherty, but opposing it, Councillor
Ceol & cómhrá beo le Hugh Carr agus réamhamharc ar Féile Scéalaíochta Dhún na nGall, curtha I lathair ag Colm Feiritéar.
Ruaille Buaille le Colm Feireater 20/10/15 Read More »
The GAA Programme is broadcast every Wednesday from 8.30pm – 9pm. On this week’s programme Naomh Colmcile club chairman Paul Callaghan and long serving Bundoran official Philip McGlynn, look forward to this Sunday’s Donegal Intermediate final. Tom Comack also checks in with Daniel McGeehan, chairman of newly crowned Donegal senior champions on the celebrations after
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The Director of Public Prosecution’s appeal againsty the sentence handed down to Shaun Kelly, the Co Donegal man found guilty of dangerous driving causing the deaths of eight people, will be heard today. Kelly was sentenced to four years imprisonment in December 2014 with the final two years of the sentence suspended. 26 year old
DPP appeal over Inishowen crash sentence to be heard today Read More »
It’s emerged that the closure of the Revenue Commissioners Customer Service desk in Donegal Town is permanent, with calls for the service to be restored immediately. Deputy Pearse Doherty says it’s a ‘disgraceful’ move which was done without consultation, with most people assuming it was a temporary measure to cover summer holidays. The walk-in counter
On Friday night, Finn Harps enter the lottery of the play-offs for the seventh time since 1994 and will be hoping to improve on a record that has seen them promoted only once in the last six outings. That single promotion came against Waterford in 2007, the last time Harps took part in the end
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Donegal Deputy Charlie McConalogue says urgent action needs to be taken to reduce rural crime in the county. He claims that residents in communities across Donegal have expressed their fears over the increase in crime. The main cause of concern cited is the decrease in Gardai in Donegal, with 71 gone from the force over
Government trying to spin its way out of a crime crisis – Mc Conalogue Read More »
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