Search
06 Sept 2025
Search
06 Sept 2025
Please allow ads as they help fund our trusted local news content.
Kindly add us to your ad blocker whitelist.
If you want further access to Ireland's best local journalism, consider contributing and/or subscribing to our free daily Newsletter .
Support our mission and join our community now.
To continue reading this article, you can subscribe for as little as €0.50 per week which will also give you access to all of our premium content and archived articles!
Alternatively, you can pay €0.50 per article, capped at €1 per day.
Thank you for supporting Ireland's best local journalism!
Ryan Flood Finn Harps
Finn Harps have suffered a blow on the eve of the new season as Ryan Flood has returned to the United States and thus will miss the league opener against Longford Town at Bishopsgate.
Harps manager Darren Murphy confirmed that Flood has gone back across the Atlantic.
The 25-year-old has gone home on what Murphy said is 'compassionate leave'.
“It is indefinitely at the moment,” he said in an interview with FHTV ahead of Saturday's trip to Longford.
“We don't know for how long. At the end of the day, Ryan needs a break. He needs to be at home with his family.
“We understand that as a football club, the group of players understand that and I understand that.
“We draw a line in the sand now and we move on.”
Flood scored 14 goals for Harps last season and was the top goalscorer having appeared in 37 games.
Flood signed a two-year deal at Finn Park in 2023 and had been coveted by other clubs in the League of Ireland.
Murphy said: “Ryan is like other members of our football squad. We have players out of the game through injury and we have players out of the game through suspension.
“At this time, Ryan needs to be at home with his family.”
Subscribe or register today to discover more from DonegalLive.ie
Buy the e-paper of the Donegal Democrat, Donegal People's Press, Donegal Post and Inish Times here for instant access to Donegal's premier news titles.
Keep up with the latest news from Donegal with our daily newsletter featuring the most important stories of the day delivered to your inbox every evening at 5pm.
This publication supports the work of the Press Council of Ireland and Office of the Press Ombudsman, and our staff operate within the Code of Practice of the Press Council. You can obtain a copy of the Code, or contact the Council, at www.presscouncil.ie, Lo-call 1800 208 080 or email: info@presscouncil.ie.
