By Michael McMullan FORMER Donegal All-Ireland winner and manager Declan Bonner has been appointed as the new manager of Fermanagh side Erne Gaels. Bonner was the front runner for the post with Donegal player Paul Brennan as part of his management ticket. The Gaels were in search of a manager after Seamus Ryder stepped down […]
Teams played for: An Clochan Liath (Dungloe) and Donegal. Your current involvement: Manager of club minor girls and senior ladies teams. Which club game, that you played in, will you never forget and why? Advertisement A championship game down in Magheragallan v Gaoth Dobhair. I think it was in 1990. We were only in […]
DONEGAL GAA finally appointed a successor to Declan Bonner during the week when they announced that Paddy Carr and Aidan O’Rourke would take the reins for the next two years. Before I get onto the two boys, let me begin by saying that I think that this process has been a shambles from the beginning […]
NEW Donegal manager Paddy Carr insists that a team’s style of play can’t be imposed on a set of players and it’s a concept needing full buy in from a squad. Carr succeeds Declan Bonner with Armagh All-Ireland winner Aidan O’Rourke coming in as head coach. Donegal haven’t won an Ulster title since 2019, losing […]
DONEGAL’S search for a new inter-county management team has come to an end with the appointment of Paddy Carr and Aidan O’Rourke. Their names were ratified at a meeting of the County Committee tonight, bringing to an end a lengthy wait to find a successor to Declan Bonner, who stepped down in the wake of […]
THE managerial merry-go-round is in full swing at the moment at county level. County board delegates are meeting in smoke-filled back rooms, curtains closed, under cover of darkness and a special knock to get in. The veil of secrecy thrown over some of these processes is akin to waiting on white smoke coming from the […]
WITH two group games played here in Donegal, things are hotting up as the third round of group games take place this weekend in the Senior Football Championship. I’ve stated before that given the nature of our championship and how it is structured, things are slow to get going. After this weekend, things will get […]
By Frank Craig EOGHAN ‘Ban’ Gallagher insists that Donegal will go into the 2023 season with ambitions as lofty as ever – regardless of who is at the helm come then. Tír Chonaill are on the hunt for a new boss following Declan Bonner’s departure a fortnight ago. Killybegs dynamo Gallaghe said that time is […]
By Ryan Ferry THE Donegal senior footballers will have a new bainisteoir next year after Declan Bonner stepped down from the role yesterday (Wednesday) evening. Bonner addressed club delegates at a County Committee meeting and confirmed that he will not be continuing in the position. The Na Rossa clubman informed the players and the backroom […]
DESSIE Farrell said last week that Dublin are on a good trajectory. Which was as plausible as the Russian ambassador saying they are mounting a humanitarian operation in Ukraine. Maybe Dessie meant a good downward trajectory. If that is so, then against Kildare on Sunday their trajectory got even better. It’s not that the Dubs […]
