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Exclusive: China-based Don O’Riordan confirms Finn Harps interest

BY LIAM PORTER THE Board of Finn Harps are to meet tonight to set a date for the club’s Annual General Meeting and the first responsibility for the new board will be to appoint a new manager for the club – one man who could be in the running is former Sligo and Galway boss […]

Minister ignores plight of deaf children in Budget

A DONEGAL couple campaigning to get the State to introduce bilateral Cochlear implants for deaf children have expressed disappointment over the government’s failure to allocate funding in Budget 2014.

LYIT shares massive €23 million investment

LETTERKENNY Institute of Technology (LYIT) is just one of eight institutes around the country to share in a €23 million investment to boost regional innovation and job creation.

Report: Magnificent Michael Murphy inspires Glenswilly to glory

GLENSWILLY 3-19 KILLYBEGS 2-06 Report by Chris McNulty at Sean MacCumhaill Park GLENSWILLY turned in a magnificent second-half performance, led by a superb offering by Michael Murphy, to win Dr Maguire for the second time. Advertisement Murphy was in inspired form, mere hours after captaining Ireland in the first Test of the International Rules on […]

Dungloe man awarded €41k after high-speed beach chase

A PENSIONER who struck a quad bike driven by a young man on a west Donegal beach claimed in court that the injured party was the ‘author of his own misfortune.’

Report: Murphy plays a lead role as Ireland beat Australia in first Test

Ireland 57 (2-12-9) Australia 35 (1-7-9) By Chris McNulty at Kingspan Breffni Park THEY can hit the hay and rest easy in Glenswilly tonight after Michael Murphy came through the first Test of the International Rules series in Cavan. Irish captain Murphy showed flashes of class to help Ireland to a 22-point win that firmly […]

Killybegs’ Enda Murphy cleared to play in county final

BY CHRIS MCNULTY KILLYBEGS have been given a boost ahead of tomorrow’s county final against Glenswilly with the news that midfielder Enda Murphy has been cleared to play. Murphy was sent off in the first half of Killybegs’ semi-final win over Malin and looked set to be consigned to a watching brief in Ballybofey. Advertisement […]

Jason Quigley defeats Vijender to reach last sixteen in Almaty

BY CHRIS MCNULTY JASON Quigley is through to the last sixteen at the IABA World Championships. In his opening bout this morning, Quigley overcame the Indian Vijender Singh to advance in the middleweight division. Advertisement Quigley took a 2-0 decision. The 22-year old Finn Valley ABC boxer was the 30-26, 30-26, 28-28 winner over Vijender, […]