Donegal give McGuinness time and space to ponder future

The Donegal County Board will give Jim McGuinness whatever time he needs to assess his future as manager of last year’s All-Ireland champions.

Donegal were dumped out at the All-Ireland championship at the quarter-final stage on Sunday when they were comprehensively defeated by Mayo, 4-17 to 1-10, in a repeat of last year’s final at Croke Park.

County chairman Sean Dunnion last night expressed his gratitude to McGuinness, who has won two Ulster championships and the All-Ireland in three years at the helm in the north-west, as well as the Ulster U21 title in 2010.