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Boyles enter rally history books following Harvest Rally triumph

BY CHRIS MCNULTY DECLAN and Brian Boyle wrote their names into Donegal rallying history on Saturday. The Lettermacaward cousins won the Downings Bay Hotel Harvest Stages Rally and had a comfortable 1 minute 34.1 seconds to spare on Donagh Kelly and Kevin Flanagan. Advertisement In doing so, the Boyles secured retention of the Dunlop National […]

St Johnston cricketers bound for top flight after Championship win

ST JOHNSTON, Donegal’s only cricket club, are back in the top flight, the Premiership, of the North-West League, after a day of high drama on Saturday.

Nora Stapleton: From a ‘craic’ game of tag rugby to a famous World Cup win over New Zealand

Chris McNulty on how tag rugby ‘for the craic’ became a World Cup win over New Zealand for Nora Stapleton

Clean sweep for Ciara Doogan at National Youth Track Championships

A number of Errigal’s youths travelled to Dublin at the weekend to take part in the National Youth Track Championships and came back with gold galore!

Professional cyclist Philip Deignan visits Cope Cycles

Letterkenny native Philip Deignan, who is a Professional Cyclist for Team Sky, recently visited Cope Cycles in Dungloe to meet with cyclists, both young and old to share advice on cycling and take part in leisure cycle.

Donegal men will travel to Krakow for European Transplant Games

TWO Donegal men will travel to Krakow, Poland next month to represent Ireland in the eighth European Transplant and Dialysis Sports Championships.

Joy for Ballyheerin Stud Farm at Hickstead

THERE were scenes of great celebration at the Ballyheerin Stud Farm in Fanad last weekend after Derry showjumper Daniel Coyle won the Tom Hudson Derby Trophy at the Derby Meeting in Hickstead, England.

Martin Harley is over horrific fall and looks forward to big races

BY CHRIS MCNULTY MARTIN Harley is targeting some big races having recently returned to the saddle following a horrific fall in March. The Letterkenny-born jockey broke the T1 verterbrae in his neck and fractured four ribs when he was unshipped from the ill-fated Red Art in the Ladbrokes Mobile Handicap at Lingfield Park in May. […]