Eamon McGee admits he and his brother Neil were unwilling to sign a public statement suggested by the Donegal panel to back manager Jim McGuinness in the wake of the fallout with former star, Kevin Cassidy, in 2011.

A defence barrister has urged the jury in the trial of a Kilkenny man accused of murdering his ex-girlfriend to return a special verdict of not guilty by reason of insanity.

The Ulster championship minefield never allows its participants tiptoe into the escalating heat of summer. But even at that, there’s something climatic about the meeting of Donegal and Tyrone in Ballybofey tomorrow.