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‘McGuinness column was a ‘polite assassination’ of Rory Gallagher’ – Joe Brolly

written by Stephen Maguire July 26, 2016
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GAA: The Irish Times column by Jim McGuinness last week was a ‘polite assassination’ of Rory Gallagher according to RTE pundit Joe Brolly.

Brolly said that McGuinness has been settling old scores for years, and claimed that the column him penned last week was one he particularly enjoyed.

He also claimed that he has deliberately heaped pressure on the Donegal management team since he stepped down in 2014.

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In his own column with The Irish Independent on Sunday, Brolly wrote, “Jimmy McGuinness’s facial expression when he refers to “the Donegal management team” reminds me of Plutarch’s great line about Julius Caesar, whose eyes, he said, were “like the smiling surface of the sea”.

“The old dictator has been settling scores for a few years now and his polite assassination of Rory Gallagher in his Irish Times interview with Keith Duggan last week was one he clearly enjoyed.

“Having very deliberately heaped undue pressure on “the Donegal management team” since he stepped down, saying amongst other things, “Donegal are the team best placed to defeat Dublin”, and “Donegal will win Ulster because they have the marquee forwards”, it is clear that he hasn’t much to learn from old Julius.”

‘McGuinness column was a ‘polite assassination’ of Rory Gallagher’ – Joe Brolly was last modified: July 26th, 2016 by Stephen Maguire
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Stephen Maguire

Stephen Maguire is the co-founder of Donegal Daily. He has worked as a reporter for almost 30 years starting locally with the Donegal Peoples Press before moving to the Mirror Group. He continues to contribute daily to national media outlets including the Irish Times, RTE, the Irish Independent, Irish Sun, Irish Mirror, Irish Star, the Daily Mail and the Examiner.

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