Dolan’s future in doubt after ‘disrespectful’ outburst

DESSIE DOLAN’S tenure as Leitrim football manager is under threat after comments made in a newspaper interview infuriated GAA chiefs in the county.

Leitrim Board bosses last night issued a statement disassociating themselves from Dolan’s remarks about the Tommy Murphy Cup and GAA president Nickey Brennan which they described as “very disrespectful”.

Dolan, at the helm for four years, blasted the decision to exclude teams that finished in NFL Division Four from competing in the All-Ireland Qualifiers. Following yesterday’s Connacht SFC defeat to Galway, Leitrim were consigned to the Tommy Murphy Cup — “a balls of a competition”, in the words of a disgruntled Dolan.