On The Score this week, John Gildea joins Diarmaid Doherty to look ahead to Donegal’s clash with Mayo and they discuss the latest revelations around Donegal GAA. Former Harps skipper Declan Boyle previews Finn Harps trip to Longford Town and Derry’ City’s derby with Sligo Rovers. And another massive game awaits Cockhill Celtic, we hear […]
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On this week’s DL Debate – Brendan Devenney is joined by All Ireland 2012 winner Eamon McGee to discuss Donegal football and in particular the Academy situation in the county. ATU Donegal Manager Barney Curran reflects on their Lynch Cup success and there’s also a disappointed Donegal Hurling Manager Mickey McCann after his sides defeat
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Watch Interview with NW10K Chairman Neil Martin, Speaking with Diarmaid Doherty. The launch took place this evening of the 2023 North West 10k charity road race and walk which takes place on the Bank Holiday Monday, May 1. Details of this year’s three benefiting charities were confirmed as the event was officially launched by last
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On this week’s DL Debate – Brendan Devenney guests are top GAA reporter with the Donegal News Ryan Ferry, Armagh legend Aaron Kiernan and ATU ladies football boss Barney Curran. The DL Debate in association with Sara’s Kitchen at Sister Sara’s Letterkenny:
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Finn Harps picked up their first point of the First Division campaign and a first under new boss Dave Rogers on Friday night at Finn Park in the 1-1 draw with Bray Wanderers. Ryan Flood had Harps in front in the 17th minute but by the half hour mark Bray had levelled the fixture through
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Letterkenny Chamber of Commerce has elected Fionnuala Rabbitt as its new President. Fionnuala, who is CEO of Highland Radio, joined Greg earlier to discuss what the new role means to her and what she hopes to achieve in it;
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On this week’s DL Debate – Brendan Devenney’s guests are St Eunan’s chairman John Haran and Irish News GAA columnist Cahir O’Kane. Brendan also has interviews with Donegal captain Patrick McBrearty and Dr James McDaid. The DL Debate in association with Sara’s Kitchen at Sister Sara’s Letterkenny.
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Mark English will run in next week’s European Indoor Championships in Turkey in the hope of medalling at a major competition for a fifth time in his career. Two of his previous medals at 800m were indoors, silver in 2015 in Prague and bronze in 2019 in Glasgow. Since then he added a brilliant bronze
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Here are Highland Radio’s 4 finalists for the Irish Music Month song competition! Stay tuned for details of when they’ll perform live on the Nine til Noon Show and how you can help pick the winner! The winner goes on to play at a nationally broadcast event and will compete to win 5-thousand-euro prize money,
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Donegal’s journey to remain in Division 1 of the National Football League sees their next assignment at home to Galway on Sunday. A much needed win could see Paddy Carr’s side move off the bottom of the standings. Oisin Kelly and Martin McHugh will have full live match commentary from the 12.30pm throw in at
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Finn Harps will hunt out a first win on Friday night when they play Athlone Town in the SSE Airtricity First Division, kick off is 7.45pm and Darren Kelly will have LIVE updates on Highland in association with B&S Credit Union, Ballybofey. Boss Dave Rogers is reporting a clean bill of health with his all
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Darragh Kelly is back in MMA Bellator action on Saturday at the 3Arena in Dublin. The Inishowen man is looking for a third win under the promotion and is also seeking improvement from his previous victory. Kelly who drops to featherweight for this weekend’s contest will face Frenchman Dorval Jordan on the premlin card of
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This week on the DL Debate, Brendan Devenney is joined by two former greats of county football, Monaghan’s Paul Finlay and our own Kevin Cassidy, Also on the show hurling manager Micky Mc Cann after his sides first league defeat in Div2B to Meath. The DL Debate in association with Sara’s Kitchen at Sister Sara’s
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Mark English won his ninth National Indoor title at the National Senior Indoor Championships on Sunday afternoon. The Finn Valley AC man finished in a time of 1 minute 52.47 seconds in the 800 metre event. You can view the closing moments of the race below. ✨ National Title ✨ No one was catching him, as
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Finn Harps lost out to one of the title favourites Galway United on the opening night of the new SSE Airtricity First Division season on Friday. Galway won the tie 2-1 in Ballybofey with both their goals coming from Vincent Borden. Ryan Rainey, the only member from last season’s Harps squad, did level the game
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This week on the DL Debate, It’s all about Glenswilly, Brendan Devenney is joined by Michael Murphy and Neil Gallagher. The DL Debate in association with Sara’s Kitchen at Sister Sara’s Letterkenny.
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The Donegal/Derry Vipers are on the lookout for new players ahead of their upcoming seasons on many different fronts. They have many teams which they are looking to recruit players on, the Kitted team, the Flag team and also are looking to sign players for their youth side. After a good season, last year, the
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This week on the DL Debate, Brendan Devenney is joined by two greats of Donegal and Tyrone football – John Gildea and Enda McGinley. The DL Debate in association with Sara’s Kitchen at Sister Sara’s Letterkenny.
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On The Score this week, Killian Duffy looks ahead to the Galway International Rally, Brendan Kilcoyne previews this week’s National Football League action and Paddy McDaid discusses Women’s Football. Watch Here:
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Letterkenny woman Caitriona Jennings was named as the International Achievement Award winner at the Donegal Sports Star Awards held in the Mount Errigal Hotel, Letterkenny. Jennings was the second woman to finish at the JFK 50 Mile in Maryland in the United States last Novemeber. She clocked a time of 6:28:53 – a masters record
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Mark English of Finn Valley AC has been named as the overall winner of the 2022 Donegal Sports Star Awards. He won a bronze medal in the 800 metres at the 2022 European Athletics Championships in Munich, and he was tenth in the World Championships over the same distance in Oregan. The Letterkenny man has
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Milford’s Amber Barrett was given the Historic Achievement Award at the 2022 Donegal Sports Star Awards ceremony, held in the Mount Errigal Hotel, Letterkenny. She came off the bench to fire Ireland to a first ever World Cup – and celebrated her history-making strike with a tribute to the victims of the Creeslough tragedy. After
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The 2022 Donegal Sports Star Awards will be presented at a ceremony in the Mount Errigal Hotel, Letterkenny, next Friday, January 27. This is the 47th staging of the event, and there are more than 40 categories. The special guest is former Republic of Ireland international Shay Given, who is a previous recipient of the
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These are exciting times for people involved in darts in Donegal, with the West Coast Challenge being hosted in Jackson’s Hotel from January 20th-22nd. Following what will be an eagerly awaited event, attention will then switch to the All-Irelands in February. On Saturday Sport, Donegal Co Darts PRO David Harron and Donegal manager and joint
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Monaghan’s defence of Ulster’s Dr McKenna Cup began with a 2-10 to 12-point loss to Down on Wednesday night. Goals from Andrew Gilmore and Odhran Murdock earned the Mourne County victory in Castleblayney. Down’s next opponents will be Donegal in Newry on Sunday. Highland Radio will have coverage from that game at Pairc Esler with
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Highland Radio’s ‘Home for Christmas ‘ big surprise reveal! As part of our ‘Home for Christmas’ competition, we brought Ryan and his family home from Sweden to spend Christmas and the New Year with mammy Rose and sister Shauna. Rose thought she was coming up to Highland to collect a hamper, but little did she
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Donegal’s Eamonn Kelly (23), who received the Billy Coleman Award after being named the Young Rally Driver of the Year, earlier this week, is eagerly looking forward to 2023. As part of the award, Eamonn will receive support to the value of €50,000 from Sport Ireland and Motorsport Ireland for the 2023 season as well
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Donegal athletes helped Ireland claim medals at the European Cross Country Championships in Turin, Italy on Sunday morning. Finn Valley’s Sean McGinley won silver with Ireland in the men’s under 20. McGinley finished a brilliant 12th with his team mates Nick Griggs and Dean Casey taking silver and bronze in that race. McGinley was the
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North west athletes were among the medal winners at Sunday’s European Cross Country Championships in Turin helping Ireland to a record haul of medals at a major championships. Lead out by the Flanagan sister’s of Finn Valley , the Irish Senior Women took an unexpected bronze team medal. Eilish and Roisin finished a superb 11th
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Four north west athletes will be running in Turin Italy on Sunday at this years edition of the European Cross Country Championships. Letterkenny’s Ann Marie McGlynn and Finn Valley trio Eilish and Roisin Flanagan and Sean McGinley will be heading off with the Irish team on Friday hoping to perform well in an Irish vest.
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Dylan Browne McMonagle will step out of the apprentice ranks next year having won the championship outright for the past two seasons. The Donegal Jockey is off to Dubai at the start of the year and as always he is looking to learn for other experiences and continue on his good form from this year.
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Letterkenny Athletic Club are celebrating 50 years this month. Brendan McDaid joined Oisin Kelly in studio to talk about the plans to mark the occasion and remember some of the highlights since they were form in the early 70’s.
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Finn Harps have appointed Dave Rogers as First Team Manager on a four year deal. Rogers joins the club from Premier League club Nottingham Forest, where he was U21 Manager. Born in Liverpool, Rogers will be no stranger to the League of Ireland having had spells with Drogheda United, St. Patrick’s Athletic, Dundalk, Derry City
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atu The ATU senior ladies gaelic footballers won the HEC LGFA League Division 3 title on Monday night beating St Mary’s of Belfast by one point at the Tyrone Centre in Garvaghey. Termon’s Ciara McGarvey kicked four points for the Letterkenny side including the last decisive scored which won ATU the game on a 0-9
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Dungloe’s Ulster campaign continues on Sunday at Celtic Park in Derry when the men from the Rosses take on Tyrone Champions Gallbally Pearses in the Intermediate semi final. Join the Highland team of Oisin Kelly and Martin McHugh for full match commentary from the 4pm start in association with Dungloe GAA’s ‘Live Free in 2023”
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Shay Given has been inducted into the FAI Hall of Fame as part of the 32nd FAI International Awards. The Lifford native is one of six centurions for the Republic of Ireland Men’s Senior Team following his 134 appearances, which included a record 60 clean sheets. Given played at the 2002 FIFA World Cup and
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The Ulster journey for Letterkenny Gaels continues this Sunday with the Donegal Champions playing Stewartstown in the semi final of the Ulster Junior Football Championship. After their previous victory against Derrynoose, The Gaels will be looking to carry that winning form into the tie against the Tyrone champions. Oisin Kelly has been looking ahead to
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Cranford AC are hosting the National Senior, Junior and Juvenile even age group Cross Country Championships at the Rosapenna Hotel and Golf Resort this Sunday November 20th. With European qualification up for grabs , the best runners in the country will be in Downings to tackle the course based on the driving range at Rosapenna.
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Donegal’s Brett McGinty will box on home soil for first time in his professional career this Saturday. McGinty will take to the ring at the National Stadium on the Elite Sports Promotion Show, looking to build on his 5-0 pro record in what is his first fight in Ireland since 2019. In the lead up
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The National Cross Country Championships will be held in Donegal for just the second time on Sunday week. Cranford AC will welcome the best of the Irish cross country runners to the driving range of the Rosapenna Hotel and Golf Resort on Sunday 20th November. Oisin Kelly caught up with one of the men that’s
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Derry City will look to get their hands on the FAI Senior Cup for the first in ten years this weekend. On Sunday afternoon, Ruaidhri Higgins Candystrips will play Damien Duff’s Shelbourne at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin’s D4 This is Derry’s first time competing in the Cup Final since 2014, on that occasion they
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Dylan Browne McMonagle claimed a winner on the final flat race meeting of the season and also earned the Irish Flat Champion Apprentice jockey crown for a second successive time. The victory came on board the Eoin Doyle trained Cavallo Pazzo in Naas. It was win number 53 of the season for the Donegal jockey
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Letterkenny Gaels advanced to the final four of the Ulster Junior Football Club Championship after a one point victory over Derrynoose. Brendan O’Brien’s goal was the big score of the game as the Donegal champions won 1-13 to 1-12 in Crossmaglen. After the game, Gaels captain Conor Browne told Diarmaid Doherty it was a great
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Setanta claimed a two point victory over Eoghan Ruadh in their Ulster Junior Football Club Championship quarter final. 1-16 to 2-11 was how it finished with Davin Flynn netting the crucial goal for the Donegal champions. Setanta’s Declan Coulter spoke with Oisin Kelly after their victory.
The National Cross Country Championships will be held in Donegal for just the second time later this month. Following on from Finn Valley’s hosting in 1999, Cranford AC will welcome the best of the Irish cross country runners to the driving range of the Rosapenna Hotel and Golf Resort on Sunday 20th November. Myles Gallagher
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Finn Harps drop down to the League of Ireland First Division after Friday’s 3-1 loss to UCD at Finn Park. Harps needed to avoid defeat to keep their survival hopes alive and the home side lead through a Conor Tourish goal. The hosts would however conceded three goals after that and relegation was confirmed after
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On this episode, Dr Joe Kelly tells about Vincent “Mad Dog” Coll. He was an Irish-American mob hitman in the 1920s and early 1930s in New York City but who was originally from West Donegal.
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Ireland hero Amber Barret says the reality of qualifying for next year’s World Cup really sank in when the groups draw was made at the weekend. It’s a tough group which includes the co-hosts Australia, Olympic champions Canada, and Nigeria, the highest-ranked African side in the world. Amber told the Nine til Noon Show that
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Finn Harps are hoping to end the season on a high, both on and off the pitch. As the first team battles to stay in the top flight of the SSE Airtricity League Premier Division, the club is continuing with its plans to develop the new Donegal Community Stadium in Stranorlar. The 6,130 capacity stadium
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The new colleges sports season for the various teams at ATU Donegal begin this week. First up is the Ladies Gaelic Footballers who take on ATU Sligo this evening in the HEC LGFA League Division 3 opener at the Donegal GAA Centre in Convoy (Throw In 7pm). The men’s soccer team will play their trade
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