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Ireland maintained their winning start to the Rugby World Cup as they beat Romania by 44-10. Tommy Bowe and Keith Earls both scored two tries each while Rob Kearney and Chris Henry also crossed the line in a bonus point win. The only negative was Kearney’s injury but coach Joe Schmidt is hopeful that it’s

St. Eunan’s captured the Donegal Junior B title in Convoy as they overcame Downings on a scoreline of 1-10 to 0-12 on Sunday evening.. Michael Moreton got the only goal in a tight contest which saw St. Eunan’s leading 1-6 to 0-6 at the break. Meanwhile, Naomh Ultan and Red Hughs will have to meet

Slaughtneil and Coleraine will face off in this year’s Derry Senior Championship decider after both clubs won their semi finals in front of over 4’000 at Owenbeg. In the first semi final, Eoghan Rua, Coleraine came from three points down at half time to beat Ballinderry 0-15 to 1-8. It’s only a second ever senior

Trillick will play Killyclogher in the Tyrone Senior Championship Final. They beat Coalisland 0-13 to 0-5 in Sunday’s semi final at Pomeroy. Lee Brennan top scored with six points to help his side into the O’Neill county showpiece. Trillick haven’t been in the senior county final since the mid 1980’s.

Naomh Conaill proved to be much too strong for Kilcar in a one-sided Raidio na Gaeltachta Donegal Senior Football Championship semi-final clash in Ballybofey. It finished Naomh Conaill 4-10, Kilcar 0-11. The Glenties side led 2-5 to 0-4 at half-time with Dermot Molloy contributing 1-4 while Eoghan McGettigan got the other second half goal. Kilcar

Inishowen Football League 27th September. Jackie Crossan Premier Division Aileach FC 3 v 1 Illies Celtic Moville Celtic 4 v 1 Culdaff FC Buncrana Hrts 1 v 3 Clonmany Sham   Strand Hotel First Division Redcastle Utd 1 v 6 Dunree United Rasheney FC 1 v 4 Cockhill Celt Yths

FAI Junior Cup 1st Round Greencastle F.C. 2 v 1 Erne Wanderers Glengad United 8 v 0 Raphoe Town Ballybofey United 4 v 1 Glaslough Gweedore United 1 v 4 Rathmullan Celtic Deele Harps 4 v 3 Glenea United Milford United 2 v 1 Glenree United Drumoghill F.C. 3 v 1 Lagan Harps Cavan Rangers

The new Ulster Senior League season got underway with three big derby games. In the Letterkenny derby, Letterkenny Rovers led 2-0 early on but Bonagee came back to level things at 2-2 before the home side made it 3-2 just before  the break. Rovers put the issue beyond doubt in the second half with their

Donegal athlete Pauric McKinney just missed out on breaking the Irish over-50s record for a marathon earlier today. He was hoping to beat the record held by Derry man Tommy Hughes who recorded 2.29.12 in the Nottingham Marathon in 2010. McKinney ran very well and clocked a time of 2 hours 30 minutes and 50

For the second year in a row St.Michael’s lost to St.Eunan’s in the semi final of the Donegal Senior Football Championship. The highly fancied Cresslough Dunfanaghy men lost by ten points on Saturday night going down 2-15 to 0-11. St.Michael’s manager Eddie Harkin says his side didn’t get up to the level needed to make

Sean MacCumhaill’s and Ardara will both be playing in the senior championship again next season after they won their relegation play-offs. MacCumhaill’s beat Killybegs 3-12 to 1-16 with a late Stephen Mulligan goal sealing victory while Ardara then overcame Cloughaneely 3-8 to 0-6 with Ryan Malley’s goal setting them on the way to victory. Killybegs

Mark Donnelly and Barry McNulty in a Subaru Impreza S10 won the Bushwhacker Rally with 20 seconds to spare over Josh Moffet and Jason McKenna in a Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX. There was plenty of great action over the six special stages of the Tyrone headquartered event with Martin Ciarns and Gary McElhinney in a

Donal O’Brien will once again be the manager of the Ulster Senior League Interprovincial team as they aim to retain the Michael Ward Trophy. O’Brien has managed the USL selection that has won the competition over the past two years. The tournament will take place in Dublin from October 2nd -4th. On Highland Radio Saturday

Derry City boss Paul Hegarty was pleased to get a point from Derry City’s tough away fixture against Cork City at Turner’s Cross. City have now collected four points in the two games since Hegarty took over from Peter Hutton. But Hegarty was disappointed not to have collect all three points as City had the

Tyrone 2-12, Mayo 1-10 Tyrone came from eight points behind to win the All-Ireland Minor C Hurling Championship final replay, with second half goals from John Campbell and Branan Mollo. After the game, Tyrone Manager Ciaran McElhatton spoke to Francis Mooney, where he told him of the ‘character and spirit’ he saw in his players

A late goal from McCools’ Stephen Mulligan was the decider in the Donegal Championship Relegation semi-final, played today in Tir Conaill Park. The final score in Donegal Town was McCools 3-12 to Killybegs 1-16. This means that McCools will play the winners of  Cloughaneely V Ardara to secure their place in next years Senior Championship.

St. Eunan’s play St. Michael’s on Sunday in the Donegal Senior Championship semi-final. Throw in is at 1.30pm at MacCumhaill Park, Ballybofey. Termon’s Francie Friel, in conversation with Tom Comack, has been giving his views on the semi-final meeting, as well as looking ahead to the other semi-final clash of Naomh Conaill and Kilcar, which

Killyclogher are into the final of the Tyrone SFC after a thrilling 0-13 to 0-12 win over Dromore in Healy Park. Dromore had two men sent off with Colm McCullagh picking up a straight red while Barry Collins had two yellow cards. Killyclogher led 0-10 to 0-4 at the break but Dromore piled the pressure

The Donegal Junior A Final takes place on Sunday at MacCumhaill Park, with Red Hughs taking on Naomh Ultan. Naomh Ultan Assistant Manager Joe Kennedy and Red Hugh’s chairman Andrew Doherty look ahead to tomorrow’s final clash with Tom Comack.    

There is a double header taking place in Owenbeg on Sunday evening, with both of the Derry Senior Championship semi-finals being played. The first of these is Balinderry and Eoghan Rua of Coleraine, with a throw in at 5.45pm, and the other kicks off at 7.30pm, with Bellaghy facing Slaughtneil. Former Derry player Eamon Burns

The Tyrone Senior Championship semi-final takes place on Saturday, with Coalisland facing Trillick. The game kicks off at Pomeroy at 5pm. Former Tyrone star defender Noel McGinn has been looking ahead to the fixture along with Tom Comack.

Donegal’s Ciara Doogan was in action at the WCI Junior World Cycling Championships overnight in the United States. The Falcarragh teenager put on a great display and finished in 58th place with a time of 1:49:47, in the women’s junior road race. Doogan came in seven minutes and 31 seconds behind race winner, Chloe Dygert,

Letterkenny Rugby Club are looking for fast skillful players who would like to join both their senior teams and play Rugby for the club. If you are you living in the Letterkenny area maybe studying or working and would like the chance to play the game for Letterkenny Rugby Club, you can contact team manager

Paul Hegarty’s Derry City picked up a valuable away point as they drew 0-0 with Cork City at Turner’s Cross. This means that Derry have collected four points since Hegarty took over from Peter Hutton and this result eases their relegation fears. Ryan McBride, Aaron Barry and Rob Cornwall were all booked for Derry in

Finn Harps secured second spot in the SSE Airtricity First Division with an impressive 3-0 win over a UCD side that had Chris Mulhall sent off after just 19 minutes following an off the ball incident with Ciaran Coll. Harps had much the better of the first half with Kevin McHugh and Nathan Boyle both

Following her promising display in the time trail event on Monday, Donegal’s Ciara Doogan will get her UCI road world championships race campaign later this evening in Richmond, Virginia. Doogan, from Falcarragh, finished 28th in the junior women’s time trial, and will be the first of the Irish to compete later this evening. Doogan, a

The Tyrone County Board have confirmed Mattie Lennon will not be seeking a further term as Tyrone Senior Hurling Manager. In his two years in charge, Lennon guided Tyrone to the Nicky Rackard Cup and two league crowns. Clubs in the O’Neill County are now being asked to nominate a successor. Statement from Tyrone County

Robbie Henshaw is not in the Ireland squad for Sundays meeting with Romania in Wembley. The Connacht centre will be the only player not to feature in a match day squad so far. The team itself see’s Simon Zebo at full back with Tommy Bowe and Keith Earls on the wings and Jared Payne and

LyIt have made presentations to 3 New Entrant Sports Scholarships, incoming first year students Lucy Marie, O’Flynn , a former student of Mulroy College, Milford a member of the GAA County Ladies team, Connall O’Boyle, a former student of St Eunans College, Letterkenny and a member of the County GAA Minor team from last year