Derry City appoint Tiernan Lynch as new boss

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Beaten FAI Cup finalists Derry City have unveiled the appointment of Tiernan Lynch as their new first-team manager on a three-year contract.

Lynch, 44, won back-to-back NIFL Premiership titles with Larne and also led them to the League Phase of the UEFA Conference League.

The Larne boss will take charge of his last match as Inver Park boss on Tuesday night before assuming duties as new Derry manager on Wednesday. He takes over the Candystripes from Ruaidhri Higgins.

“We met with Tiernan at the weekend and we were impressed by his vision and energy to take Derry City Football Club forward," Derry City CEO Sean Barrett said.

“He has overseen a massive development programme at Larne over the past few seasons and we are delighted that he was very keen to come to the Brandywell.

“There is a lot of work to do over the coming weeks in preparation for next season and we are very much looking forward to starting work with Tiernan later this week.”

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