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Mickey Harte is set to become the new Offaly manager

Harte to become new Offaly joint-manager

Mickey Harte is set to become the new joint-manager of the Offaly senior football team on a three-year term.

Football • 19 Aug 24

Harte steps down as Derry manager

Mickey Harte has stepped down as Derry manager after just a single season in charge of the Oakleaf County.

Football • 08 Jul 24

Derry still haunted by Donegal defeat says Cavanagh

Seán Cavanagh believes that Derry carried the psychological scars of earlier championship defeats into Sunday's All-Ireland quarter-final defeat to Kerry.

Football • 01 Jul 24

Cavanagh: Harte stubborn streak costing Derry

After a swashbuckling league campaign, Derry's season is in grave danger of ending before the quarter-final stage.

Football • 02 Jun 24

Derry's Padraig McGrogan has been ruled out for the season

Blow for Derry as McGrogan confirms cruciate injury

Derry mainstay Padraig McGrogan will not play any further part for the Oakleaf County in 2024 after suffering a cruciate injury.

Football • 09 May 24

'Like a boxer in his prime, Jim McGuinness had stated his intention'

McGuinness enters a fascinating game of stick or twist

Jim McGuinness' Donegal turned over Derry with a straightforward game plan and huge intensity. If he can get past Tyrone using a very different tactical approach, the rest of the country will seriously start to sit up and take notice.

Football • 28 Apr 24

Derry goalkeeper Odhran Lynch is lobbed by Daire Ó Baoill's for Donegal's first goal

McGinley: Evolution not revolution for Lynch and Derry

Speaking on the RTÉ GAA podcast, Enda McGinley doesn't expect Mickey Harte to rip up the script with Odhran Lynch after Saturday's loss to Donegal.

Football • 22 Apr 24

Jim McGuinness (L) and Mickey Harte back in 2013

Peter Canavan: Harte holds the aces for Donegal clash

Former Tyrone star forward Peter Canavan believes Derry boss Mickey Harte holds "all the aces" ahead of Saturday evening's Ulster SFC quarter-final clash with Donegal.

Football • 19 Apr 24

Harte and Farrell meet at Croker on Sunday

Derry and Dublin name starting teams for league final

Derry and Dublin have both named strong starting 15s for their Allianz League Division 1 final meeting at Croke Park on Sunday afternoon.

Football • 31 Mar 24

Mickey Harte's Derry team won six of their seven games in the Allianz League Divison 1 round-robin stage

All-Ireland tilt must be next step for Derry - Ó Sé

A concerted tilt at an All-Ireland must be the next step for Derry and Sunday's Allianz League Division 1 final against Dublin will be vital in engineering belief for Mickey Harte's side, according to RTÉ GAA analyst Tomás Ó Sé.

Football • 29 Mar 24

Mickey Harte saw his new charges account for his native county

Flynn: Belief growing in Derry after Harte impact

Paul Flynn belives the arrival of Mickey Harte as Derry football manager is already adding a greater sense of belief to a squad that has been building something in recent years.

Football • 05 Feb 24

Mickey Harte led his team to victory away to Kerry on the opening weekend of the Allianz Football League

Sense of occasion brewing as Harte eyes Tyrone reunion

Peter Canavan is expecting a "great occasion" when Ulster rivals Derry and Tyrone clash this weekend in the Allianz Football League as Mickey Harte goes up against his native county for the first time as Oak Leaf boss.

Football • 01 Feb 24

Mickey Harte speaks to the team prior to the recent Dr McKenna Cup clash against Down

Whelan: Harte has to deliver an All-Ireland to Derry

Ciarán Whelan does not expect Mickey Harte to tweak things too much in his first year as Derry football manager, adding that delivering Sam Maguire has to be the aim come the end of July.

Football • 25 Jan 24

Brennan replaces Harte as Louth boss

Ger Brennan has been appointed as the new manager of Louth following Mickey Harte's dramatic departure last month.

Football • 02 Oct 23

Mickey Harte departed Louth this week for Derry

Fitzmaurice intrigued by Harte's approach with Derry

RTÉ GAA analyst Eamonn Fitzmaurice is fascinated to see how Derry will evolve under new manager Mickey Harte, believing their county board have made a bold bid for experience to land a coveted All-Ireland title.

Football • 20 Sep 23

Mickey Harte (R) and his assistant manager Gavin Devlin have swapped Louth for Derry

Derry job too good for Harte to turn down - Gilligan

Former Derry star Conleith Gilligan believes the chance to take over another county with genuine All-Ireland credentials was an opportunity Mickey Harte couldn't refuse.

Football • 20 Sep 23

Mickey Harte's departure from Louth was confirmed last night

Harte confirmed as new Derry football manager

Mickey Harte has been confirmed as the new manager of the Derry senior football team following a meeting of the county board this evening.

Football • 20 Sep 23

Mickey Harte will be a regular visitor to Owenbeg next season

Harte transplant not first GAA move to raise eyebrows

As the news of Mickey Harte's move to Derry continues to cause shockwaves in his native Tyrone, James McMahon looks at some other noteworthy GAA 'defections' down through the years.

Football • 19 Sep 23

'I don't know how it happened under Mickey Harte's watch'

Louth's Leinster final tactics 'baffle' Ó Sé

Tomás Ó Sé says that Mickey Harte's tactical approach in Sunday's Leinster final defeat to Dublin baffled him.

Football • 15 May 23

Conall McKeever of Louth in action against Westmeath

McGinley: Leinster duo can give us best game of weekend

The curtain-raiser may well turn out to be the main attraction on Sunday afternoon when the Leinster SFC semi-finals take place at Croke Park.

Football • 27 Apr 23

Louth's Ciarán Byrne suffers cruciate injury

Louth have been dealt a huge blow after it was confirmed that Ciarán Byrne is facing an extended spell on the sidelines after suffering an ACL injury.

Football • 02 Feb 23

Mickey Harte led his native Tyrone to three All-Ireland titles before taking over Louth

Mickey Harte to remain in Louth hotseat until 2025

Mickey Harte has extended his term as Louth senior football manager by another two years.

GAA • 22 Mar 22

Brian Dooher (L) and Feargal Logan lift the Sam Maguire Cup after Tyrone beat Mayo

'Trust' key to Dooher and Logan revolution - McGeary

Footballer of the Year contender Kieran McGeary believes the Tyrone players felt empowered on the pitch this year under joint managers Brian Dooher and Feargal Logan.

GAA • 21 Sep 21

The Dundalk native has served Louth as a player, manager and now its chairperson

Fitzpatrick spearheading big plans in the Wee County

Peter Fitzpatrick on the advent of a new dawn for Louth GAA, with Mickey Harte's arrival and a place to finally call home for the county's teams and supporters.

GAA • 09 May 21

Brian Dooher assisted Feargal Logan during their tenure with Tyrone's U21s

Dooher keen to reconnect with Tyrone's former U21 crop

Brian Dooher says he and Feargal Logan are keen to work with their crop of former Tyrone Under-21 footballers as they take charge of the senior panel.

GAA • 27 Nov 20