{"id":46916,"date":"2026-01-07T22:30:06","date_gmt":"2026-01-07T22:30:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/?p=46916"},"modified":"2026-01-07T22:30:06","modified_gmt":"2026-01-07T22:30:06","slug":"cz0plzp343noat_mediumrssat_campaignrss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/2026\/01\/07\/cz0plzp343noat_mediumrssat_campaignrss\/","title":{"rendered":"Ciaran Meenagh: Derry manager reports Ciaran McFaul &#8216;not in a position to commit&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\" async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Africa tv video display -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3579572842\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\">\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\"><b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">Derry manager Ciaran Meenagh has confirmed Ciaran McFaul &#8220;is not in a position to commit&#8221; to the Oak Leaf panel for 2026. <\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">McFaul came on as a second-half substitute in Derry&#8217;s 2023 Ulster final win over Armagh, scoring the winning penalty in the shoot-out. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The Glen man also won an All-Ireland with his club in 2024, and has been one of the county&#8217;s most consistent performers over the last decade. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;Ciaran McFaul is not in a position to commit this year, so he&#8217;s not part of the panel,&#8221; Meenagh told BBC Sport NI after his side&#8217;s 2-16 0-7 win over Antrim in the Dr McKenna Cup. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Derry defender Eoin McEvoy will return to action later in the year after a return from injury.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">In a further boost, two of Slaughtneil&#8217;s stars have returned following their club&#8217;s run to the All-Ireland club hurling semi-final where they lost out to Loughrea in December. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;Eoin McEvoy is part of the panel, he&#8217;s just coming back from a wee bit of tendinopathy in the knee and he&#8217;s making unbelievable progress. He&#8217;s chomping at the bit and ready to go, so I&#8217;m looking forward to having him back soon,&#8221; Meenagh continued. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;The Slaughtneil boys are back in training now. Brendan (Rogers) and Shane (McGuigan) are back this week there.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;So, we have everybody else fit. We&#8217;ve not had a pile of injuries outside of that, we&#8217;re in a pretty healthy position now.&#8221; <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\" async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Africa tv video display -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3579572842\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\">\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n#Ciaran #Meenagh #Derry #manager #reports #Ciaran #McFaul #position #commit<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Derry manager Ciaran Meenagh has confirmed Ciaran McFaul &#8220;is not in a position to commit&#8221; to the Oak Leaf panel&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":46917,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-46916","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mzansi"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46916","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46916"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46916\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":46918,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46916\/revisions\/46918"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/46917"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46916"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46916"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46916"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}