'Mickey Harte's arrival in Offaly will get a 100 per cent buy-in from every player in the county' - Nigel Dunne

"It has been a mad few hours since the appointment of Mickey, there's been an unbelievable buzz, it's actually ridiculous."

"We're a GAA-mad county at the best of times but now it's through the roof. A bolt from the blue for everyone but a welcome bolt from the blue."

"What it's going to do and what we badly need as a footballing county, it's going to light a fire under everybody straight away."

"Without him doing anything and just being appointed, I think it's going to add a lot to the Offaly senior footballers for next year."

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