Gardaí are appealing for witnesses after another tragic accident on the roads in Donegal as a woman in her 80s was killed. A fatal road traffic collision occurred in the village of St. Johnston, shortly after 2pm today, August 30. Gardaí and emergency services were alerted after a woman in her 80’s was struck by […]
Two Donegal women nominated for Ulster All-Stars
Two Donegal women have been nominated for an Irish News Ulster All-Star Award. Donegal captain Niamh McLaughlin and full back Abigail Temple Asokuh are both on the shortlist for the award. Moville woman McLaughlin was once again an important player for John McNulty’s side, who avoided relegation in the semi-final stage as they defeated Kildare […]
Super showing from Mackey in Sweden
Letterkenny man Barry Mackey represented Ireland at the World Masters Athletics Championships in Gothenburg, Sweden last week. Mackey got a top 15 placing in the Men’s over 60s category of the 10k where he ran a time of 39 minutes and fifty seconds. He also took part in the Half Marathon, and finished in the […]
Rhys Irwin in the points at British Superbikes
Rhys Irwin continues to prove his worth at the British Superbikes Championship this weekend at Cadwell Park UK. The popular Racer from Kilmacrennan has earned the right to race the factory supported Kawasaki Team Green in the hotly contested Supersport Championship. The racing got off to a wet start on Friday with Rhys showing great […]
Downings win Gaeltacht battle
Cloughaneely 0-10 Downings 1-9 A crucial goal against a swirling breeze fourteen minutes into the second half proved to be the decisive score for Downings in this hard hitting and physical encounter at Pairc Naomh Fionnan in Falcarragh on Sunday. Trailing 0-8 to 0-3 at half time, the home side burst into life at the […]
Fixtures announced for rescheduled championship games
The postponed fixtures from the weekend have been rescheduled for next weekend and the dates and times have been confirmed. After a washout on Sunday, many games across all the championships failed to go ahead due to waterlogged pitches across the county. As a result, the Round 4 draw of the Senior Championship which was […]
Carndonagh take convincing win over Robert Emmets
Robert Emmets 0-3 Carndonagh 1-18 Carndonagh made it three wins from three in the Junior ‘A’ championship as they cruised to a comfortable victory against Robert Emmets at a wet Emmet Park on Sunday. The sides were 0-2 apiece before Carndonagh sailed ahead with Cian Doherty to the fore and they led 0-10 to 0-2 […]
Naomh Conaill finish strong to beat MacCumhaill’s well
Sean MacCumhaill’s 0-5 Naomh Conaill 2-13 Naomh Conaill got back on track in the championship with a win over Sean MacCumhaill’s in MacCumhaill Park. The Glenties men had an 0-7 to 0-3 lead at the break through six different scorers but it was by no means game over at this point. Advertisement It was still […]
Kilcar ease to victory against Glenfin
Glenfin 1-8 Kilcar 0-18 Kilcar led from start to finish to comfortably defeat a battling Glenfin at Páirc Taobhoige. Michael Hegarty’s men hit seven scores before Glenfin registered a score through Odhran O’Connor and led 0-10 to 0-3 at the break with Patrick McBrearty registering six of those scores. Advertisement They continued to add to […]
Harps fall to another defeat in the First Division
UCD 2 Finn Harps 0 A goal either side of half time saw Finn Harps defeated for the sixth game in-a-row by UCD in Belfield. The Students took the lead in the fourth minute of stoppage time through a Harry Curtis header from a Ronan Finn free to make it 1-0 at the break. Advertisement […]