'Preferred candidate' Aidan O’Rourke pulls out of Roscommon manager selection process

"The Roscommon GAA Management committee believes that these events have undermined the integrity of the selection process and potentially affected our ability to attract a new manager."

Aidan O’Rourke has pulled out of becoming the new Roscommon senior football manager.

In a statement released on the Roscommon website, the executive confirmed the former Armagh defender had informed chairman Seamus Sweeney he was no longer willing to put forward his name after asking for a 24-hour deferral to confirm the name of a backroom member, which was revealed to be Donegal’s Karl Lacey.