Maxi Curran has stepped down from his role as Donegal Ladies manager after six years in charge. Curran, who led Donegal to three Ulster titles, two All-Ireland semi-finals and a Division 1 league final, was in charge for the last time yesterday as Donegal lost 3-12 to 0-6 against Leinster champions Dublin inn the All-Ireland Senior […]
Ferry and Burke lead the way in New Mills 10k
Declan Ferry was the winner of the New Mills 10k on Sunday morning. The Rosses AC man was first to cross the line, doing so in a time of 32:54, with Letterkenny AC’s Marc Wallace just six seconds behind on 33 minutes exactly. Matthew McLaughlin of Foyle Valley AC took third place in 33:11, with […]
Maxi Curran reflects on a ‘rollercoaster’ season
DONEGAL manager Maxi Curran praised the season his side had, despite it ending on a disappointing note. Described as a ‘rollercoaster’ of a season and rightly so, it began with a league campaign that saw a lot of the ‘big names’ in Donegal ladies football not return for the league campaign. That campaign saw Donegal […]
Curran expects another ding-dong battle with Dublin
DONEGAL ladies once again meet Dublin as they welcome them to MacCumhaill Park this Sunday in the last eight of the All-Ireland Senior Football Championshp. Donegal were underdogs going into the deciding group game with Meath, especially in Pairc Taillteann, however they came away with a 1-10 to 0-12 win over the All-Ireland champions to […]
Silverware on the line for St Naul’s
ST NAUL’S will return to Division 2 next year in the league, but they still have a chance of silverware as they take on Na Rossa in the Division 3 final this Saturday. Stephen Griffin was named as player-manager for the season back in January after a tough 2022 for the club which saw them […]
McGinley aims to make final at European Championships
SEAN McGinley has his sights sets on reaching the 3000m steeplechase final as he represents Ireland at the European U23 Championships in Espoo this weekend. The Finn Valley man flew out to Finland with the majority of the Irish team on Tuesday, with those competing on the opening day today (Thursday) leaving a day earlier. […]
MacCumhaill’s looking for first championship win
SEAN MacCumhaill’s manager Marcel McGhee says his side need to start winning if they want to make the semi-finals of the Senior Hurling Championship. MacCumhaill’s have had a difficult start to the Senior Championship, losing both of their opening games. But they have come up against two of the ‘big three’ in Donegal hurling, losing […]
Donegal Junior League to welcome seven new teams
THE Donegal Junior League have confirmed that their numbers will be bumped up to 60 teams from the beginning of next season across three Sunday Leagues and three Saturday Leagues, so long as they meet the conditions set. Seven new Saturday teams will join the league, including a Bonagee United and Letterkenny Rovers Saturday team, […]
Makinson ready to make his mark
NEW Finn Harps defender Matthew Makinson says that Dave Rogers’s ambitious plans for the future are a key reason as to why he decided to move to Ireland and join the Ballybofey club. Makinson is ready to embrace a new challenge and has signed an 18-month contract at Finn Park. It has been a testing […]
Interim team expected to start work in August
DONEGAL GAA Chairman Fergus McGee (pictured) says realistically it will be next month before the newly-approved Interim Implementation Team will begin work to oversee new ‘procedures and processes’ and get the county back on track. It has been a turbulent year for Donegal GAA, with the Academy debacle grabbing a lot of attention as well […]