Irish captaincy a ‘massive honour’ for Seamus Coleman in Cologne


BY CHRIS MCNULTY BIRTHDAY boy Seamus Coleman has spoken of the ‘massive honour’ of captaining the Republic of Ireland in tonight’s World Cup qualifier against Germany. Coleman celebrated his 25th birthday today by being handed the captaincy by interim Irish manager Noel King after Robbie Keane was ruled out with an ankle injury. Advertisement King […]


Defibrillator saves man’s life at football match


THE team of people who rushed to the aid of an 84-year old man who collapsed with a heart attack following Sunday’s Donegal senior football championship semi-final have highlighted the importance of sports clubs having a defibrillator present.


Donegal SFC final confirmed for October 20th


THE Donegal CCC has decided against moving the SFC final away from Sunday October 20th, with the game going ahead as originally planned. The decision means something of a fixtures dilemma for Michael Murphy. His club, Glenswilly, are due to take on Killybegs in the final, which will be played less than 24 hours after […]


Glenswilly and Killybegs prevail to reach SFC final


FROM CHRIS MCNULTY IN BALLYBOFEY THEY were peering through their fingers at the conclusions, but supporters of Glenswilly and Killybegs wake this morning looking forward to the Donegal SFC final. By the bare minimum, a one-point win for each, both came through their semi-finals, but Ardara and Malin were surely wondering how they missed the […]


Report: Killybegs grind out win over Malin to reach county final


Malin 1-07 Killybegs 0-11 Report by Chris McNulty at Sean MacCumhaill Park THE form book can now be tossed into the Atlantic. Advertisement Killybegs, whose Division 1 League sequence reads a dreary ‘played 14, lost 14’ held off Malin to reach the Donegal SFC final. The fourteen men of Killybegs overcame the sending off of […]