Despite recording the eighth-fastest time across all three semi-finals, Mark English has bowed out at the penultimate stage of the 800m at the World Athletics Championships in Beijing. English came fifth in his semi-final, overtaking three athletes in the final 200 metres. He’s told Will Downing it was all tactics:
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Mark Doyle from Co. Kildare won Sunday’s Donegal Marathon smashing the record to take victory in very wet conditions in Letterkenny. Rosses man Ciaran McGonagle was second and Bangor’s Mark Walker come home third. Oisin Kelly spoke with the top three finishers after they crossed the line… Kenyan Freddy Keron Sittuk was the
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Convoy Arsenal FC 1 vs 3 Castlefin Celtic Erne Wanderers FC 0 vs 2 Cappry Rovers Gweedore Celtic 4 vs 6 Glenea United AET Pen Gweedore United FC 4 vs 0 Keadue Rovers FC Lifford Celtic FC 1 vs 2 Raphoe Town St Catherines FC 10 vs 0 Eany Celtic FC Whitestrand United FC
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Inishowen League Cup Results Cockhill Youth P V P Illies Carrowmena 1 V 5 Aileach Redcastle P V P Carn Clonmany 4 V 1 Buncrana Dunree 0 V 1
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Police investigating dissident republican activity have been carrying out searches in Strabane. The searches, conducted by the PSNI were carried out in Townsend Street area last night and this morning. It’s believed the searches continued into last night as the police helicopter was sighted hovering low over the town. The PSNI said the policing operations
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Derry’s hopes of making the All Ireland Minor Final came to an end at the hands of Kerry losing 1-11 to 1-6 at Croke Park. Derry’s goal came three minutes into the second half as a high ball from Conor Maunsell sailed straight into the net to level the tie. Kerry’s goal was scored five
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A 19 year old man has died in a traffic accident in Inishowen. He was a passenger in a car that left the road at Tooban near Burnfoot at about 4.30 this morning. A second passenger – a 19 year old woman – is in a serious condition in Letterkenny General Hospital following
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Mark English has bowed out of the men’s 800 metres at the World Athletics in Beijing by finishing fifth in his semi-final. Will Downing reports:
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2015 Donegal Marathon Results 1. 185 Mark Doyle m SM 2:38:42 2. 165 Ciaran McGonagle m SM Rosses A.C. 2:42:00 3. 114 Mark Walker m SM 2:58:09 4. 216 Gerard Bogle m M50 UnitedHealthGroup 2:59:03 5. 182 Dara Mc Nulty m M40 Foyle Valley AC 3:00:10 6. 207 Terry Canning m M40 Omagh Harriers 3:00:18
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Donegal Senior Football Championship GROUP1 MacCumhaills 2-8 V 1-15 Gweedore GROUP3 Four Masters 2-5 V 3-12 St Michael’s GROUP4 N Muire 0-15 V 1-12 Termon Killybegs 2-4 V 1-15 Kilcar Donegal Intermediate Football Championship Group 1 Naomh Colmcille 5-16 V 4-8 Aodh Rua Group 2 Burt 1-7 V 2-8 Milford Group 3 Carndonagh 1-8 V
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Cockhill Celtic’s journey in the FAI Senior Cup came to an end on Saturday evening at the Charlie O’Donnell Sports Grounds losing to Longford Town 2-0. A Jimmy Bradley og and a Lorcan Shannon strike gave the visitors victory and a place in the last eight of Ireland’s premier cup competition. After the game Oisin
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Cockhill Celtic’s FAI Cup adventure ended on home soil as they lost out 2-0 to Premier Division Longford Town at the Charlie O’Donnell Sports Grounds in Buncrana. The Ulster Senior League champions battled hard throughout but Longford always had the slight edge and followed up on their win over First Division outfit Finn Harps in
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Donegal’s Mark English gave an upbeat assessment after he qualified for the semi-finals of the 800m at the World Athletics Championships in China. He gave his reaction to Will Downing
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There was disappointment for the Donegal ladies as they lost out 2-13 to 2-11 against Armagh in their All Ireland Senior Ladies Football Championship quarter-final clash in Clones. Donegal could well have won the game, but Armagh emerged victorious to book their place in the semi-finals. Afterwards Donegal manager Davy McLaughlin spoke with Alan Gunn.
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The Donegal Ladies have been beaten in the All-Ireland Ladies SFC quarter-final. They lost 2-13 to 2-11 against Armagh in a thrilling clash in Clones. Donegal led for long periods but in the end Armagh came through. Alan Gunn filed this full time report for Saturday Sport.
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Derry City are through to the last eight of the Irish Daily Mail FAI Cup after an impressive 3-0 defeat of Drogheda United at the Brandywell. Goals from Patrick McEleney, Cillian Morrison and BarryMcNamee paved the way for victory. Manager Peter Hutton with very pleased with his side’s performance and says that the result lifted
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Over one and half thousand people in Donegal have had their profile on an adultery website hacked with their details published online. The Irish Sun is reporting that 767 people in Letterkenny and 942 in Donegal have had their personal details hacked from Ashley Madison.com, totalling 1,709. The Sun is also reporting that emails
Searches have been carried out in Strabane in relation to dissident republican activity. The searches, conducted by the PSNI were carried out in properties in Townsend Street area last night and this morning. There are no further details at this stage.
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Derry Magistrate’s Court has heard how a man who wanted money for drink stole the hot water boiler out of his own flat and caused major damage to his flat and the one below. Patrick Farren (25) of Flat 2, 4, Bayview Terrace admitted three counts of criminal damage and one of theft on
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Mark English is through to the semi-finals of the 800 metres on the opening morning of the World Athletics. But it was a long wait for him in Beijing. From there, Will Downing:
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There’s eight games down for decision in the Radio na Gaeltachta Donegal Senior Football Championship this weekend. On Highland Radio Saturday Sport Termon’s Francie Friel previewed the games with Tom Comack.
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Ulster Senior League kingpins Cockhill Celtic face Premier Division Longford Town in the Irish Mail FAI Cup 3rd Round at the Charlie O’Donnell Sports Grounds this Saturday afternoon at 5.00 pm. It’s Gavin Cullen’s first game in charge of the team in this competition and it’s a huge game for the club. Longford put Harps
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The Chair of the Donegal Marathon committee is calling on people to support runners and walkers during Sunday’s marathon and half marathon. Dessie Larkin says a key element of the success of last year’s event was the fact that people came out to support participants, making the journey a little shorter. He says this added
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In the minor semi-final clash, Derry take on Kerry at Croke Park on Sunday, with the winners taking on either Kildare or Tipperary in the final. Derry PRO Dermot McPeake gave the latest from the Derry minor camp, as he looked ahead to the game with Tom Comack.
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Tyrone face Kerry in the mouthwatering All Ireland Semi-final on Sunday in Croke Park. Former Tyrone star Noel McGinn gave his thoughts to Tom Comack on Saturday Sport on the highly anticipated game.
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Derry City are through to the quarter-finals of the FAI Cup after a decisive 3-0 win over Drogheda United at the Brandywell. Patrick McEleney gave the candystripes the lead after just 19 minutes and Letterkenny striker Cillian Morrison bagged his first goal of the campaign on 66 minutes. Drogheda were still recovering from this set-back
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The countdown is on for the Donegal ladies’ TG4 All-Ireland quarter-final clash against Armagh which takes place in Clones tomorrow. It’s three weeks since Donegal won the provincial title in what has been a great year so far. Manager Davy McLaughlin believes that they in the last eight on merit and points out that the
Foundations for Donegal Ladies championship run laid last year – McLaughlin Read More »
A 15 Minute Programme presented by Chris Ashmore every Thursday at 7.05pm highlighting all that’s happening in the farming community.
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On this week’s programme legendary Radio Kerry, commentator Weeshie Fogarty, speaks frankly on sledging and the RTE Sunday Game Football analysts do not escape his criticism either. He also tells Tom Comack that Tyrone player Tieran McCann, eight week suspension, for diving in All- Ireland final against Monaghan is far too severe and he hopes
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Derry have made three changes from the victory over Longford for Sunday’s All Ireland Minor Semi Final against Kerry at Croke Park. Callum Mullan Young comes into goals for Ben McKinless while in the full forward line, Tiarnan Flanagan and Francis Kearney are named in place of Brian Cassidy and Barry Grant. The Derry minor
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Derry City have a welcome break from their relegation battles with a chance to advance in the FAI Senior Cup this evening at the Brandywell. The beaten finalists from last season take on Drogheda with a quarter final spot up for grabs. Aaron McEneff and Stephen Dooley are doubts with ankle and hamstring problems
Derry City look to advance in FAI Senior Cup Read More »
Junior Minister Joe Mc Hugh says the commitments in the joint ministerial statement are absolute, and he and Minister Varadkar are committed to maintaining services at Letterkenny General Hospital……..
“Government’s commitment to LGH cancer services is absolute” – Mc Hugh Read More »
A Donegal TD says he’s concerned by a wave of new family home repossession cases lodged in the courts in Letterkenny in the first half of the year. Deputy Charlie Mc Conalogue says figures released to Fianna Fáil show there were 35 repossession orders granted in Donegal in the first months of the year, with
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Donegal’s Avril McNamee has just missed out on a place in the finals at the World Handball Championships in Canada. Competing in the Women’s Singles Small Ball A category she lost out 21-12, 21-5 against Clodagh McManamon of Mayo at the semi-final stage. Then in the Women’s Singles Small Ball B category she went even
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Kerry may be firm favourites in many people’s eyes to advance to the All-Ireland SFC Final following this Sunday’s semi-final clash against Tyrone. But Tyrone boss Mickey Harte doesn’t agree with some suggestions that his side are lucky to be at this stage of the championship.
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Democratic Unionist Party MP Jeffery Donaldson says he believes there are people in Sinn Féin who know who committed a murder in Belfast last week. The PSNI believes Provisional IRA members were involved in the murder of Kevin McGuigan, who was questioned by police over the murder of another prominent Republican, Gerrard “Jock” Davison. DUP
A banner has been dropped from the Iron Bridge in Buncrana this morning as part of an international movement in solidarity with those who want Irish Water scrapped. Banners have been dropped from bridges across Ireland, Britain and the US amongst other countries. It is ahead of a protest in Dublin tomorrow week with at
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A joint statement has been issued by Donegal’s two biggest cancer campaign groups following yesterday’s meeting in Dubin. Meanwhile, Health Minister Leo Varadkar and Junior Minister Joe Mc Hugh have also issued a joint statement pledging their support to the process. Cooperating for Cancer Care North West and Donegal Action for Cancer Care acknoweledge that
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The largest Allsop auction to date will take place over two days next month, with over 375 properties to go under the hammer at the RDS in Dublin. Thirty properties in Donegal are on offer – twenty-eight residential properties and two commercial properties. The lots on offer include twelve semi-detached houses in Chestnnut Grove Letterkenny
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Making movies takes a long time and if you’re lucky you get to spend that time becoming really close friends with a great bunch of people. We’ve heard about this kind of camaraderie before on movies like The Lord of the Rings trilogy who ended up getting matching tattoos at the end of an incredible
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Ariana Grande is to feature on Andrea Bocelli’s new album. The 22-year-old pop star and the 56-year-old Italian have teamed up for the emotion-filled duet ‘Once Upon a Time in America/Malena’, with the song set to feature on Bocelli’s new album ‘Cinema’, Entertainment Tonight reports. The eagerly-awaited new record is inspired by the greatest movie
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The Kerry and Tyrone teams have been named ahead of Sunday’s All Ireland semi-final. Tyrone have named Tiernan McCann at wing-forward after he won his appeal against a proposed eight-week ban last night. It means that the Ulster side have made just one enforced change as Justin McMahon starts at centre-back in place of his
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Listen back to Mary Brophy’s new wildlife series on Highland Radio. With a host of experts, she be explores the beautiful landscapes of Donegal, discovering the fascinating creatures and plants that inhabit the county. Episode 8 available here:
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Jim McCorry has stepped down as manager of the Down senior footballers. Despite a disappointing championship exit at the hands of Wexford, McCorry and his backroom team received the backing of county’s clubs to continue in the job just last month after helping the team to return to Division 1 for next season. Meanwhile, the
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The first of this year’;s all Ireland football semi final’s take’s place this Sunday in croke park. A very determined Tyrone side play Kerry, who are favourite’s in some people’s eye’s to make it to this year’s final Speaking with Francis Mooney Tyrone defender Ronan Mcnabb look’s forward to what is a huge game
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Donegal singer Daniel O’Donnell has been confirmed as a contestant in the next series of Strictly Come Dancing. He’s the eighth celebrity to be revealed for the new BBC series which begins next month. Speaking to Highland Radio News Daniel said he was excited by the challenge:
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The Health Minister and the Soalta Hospital Group have today given a commitment to strengthen symptomatic breast cancer services at Letterkenny General Hospital. The news was delivered at a meeting today attended by Donegal Action for Cancer Care and Co-operating for Cancer Care Northwest. The groups were told that Letterkenny General’s breast cancer services will
It’s hoped that Donegal will see an increase in sail based tourism following the launch of a website to promote the “Cool Route” sailing project. The project involves the establishment and promotion of a sailing route for yachts, stretching from Cork to Donegal and Northern Ireland, and then on Western Scotland, the Faroe Islands
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Three men have fallen from a crane close to Lisahally Docks on the outskirts of Derry. It happened on the Port Road at around 9:45 this morning, with the falling more than 15ft onto a boat. All three were brought to hospital, with the BBC reporting that one has back and neck injuries, a second
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The Chair of the Donegal Marathon committee is calling on people to consider volunteering during the event on Sunday. Dessie Larkin says after the success of last year’s inaugural event, the challenge is to make this year’s event even better, and that will depend on the strength and quality of the volunteers who come forward.
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