Michael Murphy is coming out of retirement to rejoin the Donegal senior gaelic football panel for the 2025 season.
Murphy, who is now 35, announced his retirement from inter-county duty in November 2022.
But amid his ongoing excellence at club level for Glenswilly and despite his insistence that his inter-county career was over, Murphy has continued to be linked with a return to Donegal duty.
Jim McGuinness, who managed Donegal to their 2012 Sam Maguire Cup triumph when Murphy skippered the side, returned to managed Donegal for a second time in 2024 – but he was unable to convince Murphy to return for this year’s campaign as the Tir Conaill men reached the All-Ireland semi-finals.
Murphy has undertaken GAA media work over the last two seasons, which has included TV punditry duty for GAAGO and BBC Sport Northern Ireland.
In recent months, he has also been part of the Football Review Committee led by Jim Gavin, which has come up with a series of proposed new football playing rules which will be voted on at a Special Congress on November 30th.
