IT’S fair to say that there was an element of surprise in Donegal during the weekend when the announcement of Jim McGuinness’s new backroom team was made.
Fail to score, prepare to fail
I listened to the first half of last weekend’s All-Ireland football final on the radio before watching the last 25 minutes of the game on television.
The best and worst of the GAA was on show this week
WE saw the best and the worst of Gaelic football this week…
Ramelton’s Aoife (16) is off on Gulliver’s Travels with National Youth Theatre in Dublin
A TALENTED young woman from Ramelton has become only the third actor from Donegal to secure a place on the prestigious annual National Youth Theatre production in Dublin.
Fanad’s Coll switches to Featherweight for tenth pro fight
THIS weekend Fanad Mixed Martial Artist Steve Coll will make his debut at Featherweight in one of the biggest MMA competitions in Europe – Cage Warriors.
“Unacceptable no one taken to account for bite” – Duffy
GAA Director General Páraic Duffy has acknowledged that Patrick McBrearty was on the receiving end of a bite during last month’s League game against Dublin and said that the saga dubbed ‘bitegate’ has been ‘damaging’ for the Association.
McGuinness: “Patrick was bitten and is the victim”
JIM McGuinness has claimed that the Dublin player at the centre of biting allegations had ‘apologised’ to the Donegal forward Patrick McBrearty following last month’s League meeting of the sides.
O’Brien to appeal ‘bite’ ban
THE Dublin corner-back Kevin O’Brien will have his appeal against a proposed three-match ban for an alleged ‘bite’ on the Donegal forward Patrick McBrearty heard by Croke Park’s Central Hearings Committee next week….
“It’s about the summer for us, it’s always about the summer”
Jim McGuinness raise eyebrows when he said that he ‘didn’t really like the League’, but his words should not have come as a surprise, writes Chris McNulty…
Investigation launched into ‘bite’ claim; Dubs chairman hits out
CROKE Park has launched its investigations into claims that the Donegal forward Patrick McBrearty sustained a bite wound during Sunday’s National Football League clash against Dublin in Ballybofey.