Horan laughs off Gallagher’s claims

James Horan aimed a withering pop at Donegal assistant manager Rory Gallagher for his comments about Mayo sports psychologist Kieran Shannon last week.

Gallagher had claimed Horan worked to “a premeditated script” and Irish Examiner columnist Shannon “is behind a good bit of it”.

Horan, in his post-match interview with the press, smiled when it was jovially put to him that Shannon was pulling the strings: “I can’t make any comment without my sports psychologist here!”