Donegal still hope on McHugh


BY CHRIS MCNULTY DONEGAL haven’t given up hope on Mark McHugh’s availability for Sunday’s All-Ireland quarter final against Mayo (Croke Park, 4pm). McHugh sat out Saturday’s qualifier win over Laois in Carrick-On-Shannon because of the combination of concussion, dead leg and calf muscle tear sustained in the Ulster final. Advertisement “It depends on his recovery, […]

Reaction: Dented pride drives Donegal to win


BY CHRIS MCNULTY IN CARRICK-ON-SHANNON THIS was more like it. Jim McGuinness wore a more contented look on Saturday night in the compact bowels of Pairc Sean MacDiarmada after Donegal side-stepped the banana skin of Laois. Advertisement “It’s good to get through, it was a tough battle,” the Donegal boss said. Six days earlier, McGuinness […]

Jim hits out at player treatment


BY CHRIS MCNULTY JIM McGuinness says he is ‘fearful’ of one of his Donegal players being left with a ‘serious injury’ if referees do not clamp down on the increasingly robust challenges they’re feeling. As he surveyed a 0-14 to 0-8 qualifier win over Laois that shot his team into an All-Ireland quarter-final, McGuinness gave […]

It’s Mayo again for Donegal


CHRIS MCNULTY IN CARRICK-ON-SHANNON MAYO. It just had to be Mayo, didn’t it? Donegal are back in Croke Park in an All-Ireland quarter-final and will face off with Mayo on Sunday (4pm) in a repeat of the 2012 All-Ireland final. Advertisement Champions Donegal successfully navigated Saturday evening’s All-Ireland qualifier with Laois in Carrick-On-Shannon, pulling away […]

Report: Improved Donegal back on track


DONEGAL 0-14 LAOIS 0-08 BY CHRIS MCNULTY AT PAIRC SEAN MACDIADMADA THE murky world of the All-Ireland qualifiers are no place for demanding perfection. What Donegal gave on Saturday evening in claustrophobic Carrick-On-Shannon was a performance that was far from perfect, but at least there were plenty of signs of improvement. Most especially when faced […]