Galway Bay FM report that Micheal Donoghue is to be ratified as the new Galway senior hurling manager tonight.
The bookies had the contest neck and neck between Donoghue and Cuala manager and former Galway selector Mattie Kenny.
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Donoghue managed Clarinbridge to the All-Ireland club title in 2011. He has worked as part of Eamon O'Shea's backroom team in Tipperary for the past two years.
His brother Liam is a former Galway goalkeeper who captained the team to the All-Ireland final in 2005.
Galway Bay say that former Galway hurler Frannie Forde, who works as a hurling analyst with the station, will be a part of his backroom team.
