JASON TANIANE FROM GALWAY HAS BEEN APPOINTED THE NEW MANAGER OF THE MAYO LADIES SENIOR FOOTBALL TEAM.

THE ANNOUNCEMENT WAS MADE FOLLOWING A MEETING OF THE LADIES COUNTY BOARD TODAY DURING WHICH JASON WAS RATIFIED FOR THE JOB.

JASON WAS PREVIOUSLY COACH OF ROSCOMMON AND MANAGED LEITRIM TO AN ALL-IRELAND JUNIOR TITLE AS WELL AS MANAGING HIS NATIVE GALWAY FOR A TERM.

THE CLONBERN NATIVE WHO NOW LIVES IN TUAM HAS BEEN GIVEN A TWO-YEAR TERM.

6 CANDIDATES IN ALL WERE INTERVIEWED FOR THE POSITION AND JASON WAS NOMINATED BY THE INTERVIEW PANEL AND HIS NAME THEN WENT BEFORE THE BOARD FOR RATIFICATION THIS AFTERNOON.