By Michael McMullan DONNCHA Gilmore is one of six players to have played every single minute under Mickey Harte so far as Derry qualified for Saturday’s McKenna Cup final with Donegal. A member of Derry’s All-Ireland minor winning crop of 2020, the Steelstown man is thankful of the support he has received from the core […]
KEVIN CASSIDY: A first instalment
CONSIDERING that the 2024 inter-county season only fully kicks off next weekend there’s so much happening this week with the GAA. Let me begin with the decision to overturn the eight week suspension handed down to Jim McGuinness last week. I wrote here last week I thought the decision was farcical from the beginning. I […]
McGuinness eight-week suspension overturned
DONEGAL manager Jim McGuinness has had his eight-week suspension overturned following a successful appeal. McGuinness, back in charge of Donegal for a second time, initially picked up a ban that would have saw him miss a huge chunk of his sides Division Two league campaign. The 2012 All-Ireland manager was hit with the sanction for […]
KEVIN CASSIDY: Conditions were unfair on players and spectators
I WILL start off this week by congratulating Glen on a massive win which sees them into their second All-Ireland final in a row. First of all, let me also say that I, personally, thought that the game should not have been allowed to take place. While I fully understand the difficulty in finding an […]
McColgan hoping to push on in second season
By Michael McMullan PLAYING at inter-county senior level is a learning curve and Donegal’s Caolan McColgan is hoping he can push on this season with the help of new manager Jim McGuinness. McColgan played in all but one of Donegal’s games last season and caught the eye with three points from wing-back in a player of […]
KEVIN CASSIDY: Hurt of last year can spur Glen to victory
I’D like to start the wishing you all a very happy and prosperous New Year. I hope that all your and your team’s wishes and goals for 2024 come true. We are currently all at that point where we are making mad New Year’s resolutions and getting stuck into new fitness regimes as we try to […]
McKenna Cup team news
THE Dr McKenna Cup kicks into action on Wednesday night with three games down for decision, all throwing in at 7.30pm. There will be the return of Jim McGuiness as Donegal boss at home to Armagh in Ballybofey. There is a return for Ryan McHugh, who along with Patrick McBrearty, remain from his last game in […]
Changing of the guard
A look back on some of the Donegal memories of 2023… 1 An impossible task HAVE you ever tried to climb up a wall with both hands tied behind your back? It’s impossible. That’s the hand Paddy Carr, Aidan O’Rourke and Paddy Bradley had this year. With a raft of the players who took Derry […]
Future looks bright for Gaoth Dobhair following u-21 success
By Shaun Casey THINGS are looking bright around Gaoth Dobhair at the minute as the club picked up its second Donegal U-21 Club Championship title in as many seasons last weekend and they are hoping to build on that in the years to come. Manager Chris McFadden believes keeping the young players involved and blooding them […]
Jim ‘very happy’ with first outing
BY RYAN FERRY JIM McGuinness stated that he was ‘very happy’ as his second tenure got off to a good start against Roscommon in a challenge match in Ballyshannon on Sunday. It wasn’t a competitive fixture and teams aren’t always on the same level in terms of preparation at this time of the year. But […]