“We’re just tapping the brakes now, we haven’t pulled up the handbrake.”

Cork City are among several clubs poised to implement cutbacks after the League of Ireland was postponed until the summer at the earliest.

The FAI have extended the season and scrapped a quarter of the fixture list in a bid to complete the campaign by December 11.

The SSE Airtricity League Premier Division fixtures for the 2020 season have been released.

For Cork City, it’s now six games without a win under Neale Fenn and four games in succession without a goal.

With the celebrations still in full swing around him at Oriel Park after Dundalk’s title-clinching 3-2 victory over Shamrock Rovers on Monday night, Vinny Perth took the opportunity to reveal that replicating Derry City’s unique 1989 treble was something he and his players had consciously set as a target at the start of this season.

Dundalk travel to the RSC tonight knowing a win against Waterford would set up a title-clinching opportunity at home to nearest rivals Shamrock Rovers on Monday.

Cork City have been warned by Pat Devlin that they’ll face a tough task to rescue their season with a FAI Cup run.

Dundalk has raised more than €7,000 for Temple Street Children’s Hospital under the club’s new purple-patterned ‘third kit’ initiative revealed to fans last March.

Bohemians have the chance for revenge in the semi-finals of the EA Sports Cup.

It was quarter-finals night in the EA Sports Cup tonight.

Cork City boss John Caulfield is turning to the club’s youth set-up as he looks to add to the club’s firepower to reignite their stuttering season.

All ties will be played on Monday, May 27.

There will be plenty on the line for both sides but for contrasting reasons when Cork City host Shamrock Rovers in the SSE Airtricity League Premier Division at Turner’s Cross tomorrow night.

Denis Hurley Cork City assistant manager John Cotter insists it’s too early to start panicking about their lack of goals.

Another sporting event has fallen victim to the adverse weather conditions.

2018 finalists Cobh Ramblers will face a Munster derby against Limerick at St Colman’s Park in the first round of the EA Sports Cup.

League of Ireland champions Dundalk will begin their title defence against Sligo Rovers at home on Friday, February 15.

With one hand already on the title, Dundalk manager Stephen Kenny is determined to complete the job against St Patrick’s Athletic at Oriel Park tonight (7.45pm, live on RTÉ2).

The prospects of Declan Rice reaffirming his allegiance to Ireland are rapidly receding after bookmakers last night stopped taking bets on the West Ham United mainstay defecting to England.

In the Irish Daily Mail FAI Senior Cup, Bohemians thrashed Wexford to secure their place in the second round of the competition, winning 7 - 0 at Ferrycarrig Park.

Cobh Ramblers 1 Dundalk 0

Damien Delaney said the lure of Europe and Champions League football helped seal the deal as he made the move from England’s Premier League back to his hometown club Cork City.

Cork City boss John Caulfield does not expect to be doing any business in the transfer window at the end of next month because “we have no money”.

Cork City boss John Caulfield believes playing on all-weather pitches has given title rivals Dundalk a distinct advantage and expects Derry City to reap the rewards this year too.

Stephen Henderson will be in charge of Cobh Ramblers for tonight’s EA Sports Cup tie against Longford Town after last night withdrawing his intention to resign.

Ronan Curtis scored a first half hat-trick as Derry City, record 10-time winners of the competition, beat First Division Shelbourne 7-3 in a thrilling goal-fest last eight tie at the Brandywell to book their place in the semi-final of the EA Sports Cup.

Sub Ismahil Akinade scored the winning penalty as Waterford advanced to the quarter-finals of the EA Sports Cup with victory over Cork City at the RSC on Monday night.

A superb header from man of the match Graham Cummins five minutes into the second half saw Cork City return to winning ways and keep their 100% home record intact this season after a hard fought victory over a battling St Pat’s at Turner’s Cross last night.

Cork City and Waterford FC will be without key players in the coming weeks as the clubs were hit with combined bans totalling 19 matches for their roles in the brawl which marred the end of the Munster derby at the RSC last weekend.

Cork City boss John Caulfield left nobody in doubt of the threat posed in the Munster derby tonight after declaring that Waterford have “basically bought a Premier Division title-challenging team”.

Bohemians came from 2-0 down to beat UCD 5-3 in a penalty shootout after extra-time at Dalymount Park to advance to the quarter-finals of the EA Sports Cup as the wet weather wreaked havoc with yesterday’s schedule, forcing the postponement of five of the competition’s eight fixtures.

John Caulfield will ring the changes in his Cork City team for this afternoon’s EA Sports Cup against Waterford at the RSC (kick off 3pm), the first of two games in a week against the same opposition at the same venue.

Cork City defender Johnny Dunleavy is closing on a return to action and is expected to be back in full training with the club in the next fortnight.

Two of today's four SSE Airtricity League Premier Division games have been postponed.

Cork City will begin the defence of their SSE Airtricity League Premier Division title with an away game against St Patrick’s Athletic at Richmond Park on Friday, February 16.

For the first time in 12 years, Cork City finally got their hands on the SSE Airtricity League trophy at the end of tonight’s final home game of the season and a 1-0 win over Bray Wanderes at a sold out Turner’s Cross.

Massive pride and acute disappointment: John Caulfield’s mixed emotions reflected the rollercoaster nature of a night at Turner’s Cross which had promised so much but ultimately ended in frustration for the manager and his Cork City team.

Massive pride and acute disappointment: John Caulfield’s mixed emotions reflected the rollercoaster nature of a night at Turner’s Cross which had promised so much but ultimately ended in frustration for the manager and his Cork City team.

Dundalk 3 Drogheda United 0: Dundalk are refusing to give up on their title.

Shamrock Rovers 3 Cork City 1: Cork City still have plenty of time to wrap up this Premier Division title — six games, to be exact — but what looked for so long like a procession has come to resemble more of a tired stumble for the finishing line.

Champions-elect Cork City were beaten away from home for the first time all season and they shipped three goals for the first time too as Shamrock Rovers repeated their EA Sports Cup, semi-final victory over the same opposition at Tallaght Stadium tonight.

Shamrock Rovers boss Stephen Bradley has played down his simmering feud with John Caulfield, saying he respects Cork City and that the club will be deserving league champions.

Cork City boss John Caulfield has reignited his war of words with Shamrock Rovers, saying his club are expecting “gamesmanship” in their meeting this week and accusing Hoops players of “hitting the deck for no reason”.

Cork City skipper and centre-half Alan Bennett has been cleared of a charge of violent conduct after being sent off in the EA Sports Cup semi-final defeat to Shamrock Rovers.

Cork City’s Alan Bennett could be hit with a three-match ban — or worse — after being sent off in Monday’s EA Sports Cup semi-final defeat to Shamrock Rovers.

John Caulfield is expected to shuffle his pack for tonight’s EA Sports Cup semi-final at Shamrock Rovers, with Greg Bolger, Jimmy Keohane, and Ryan Delaney all in line to start at Tallaght Stadium tonight, writes John Fallon.

John Caulfield is expected to shuffle his pack for tonight’s EA Sports Cup semi-final at Shamrock Rovers, with Greg Bolger, Jimmy Keohane, and Ryan Delaney all in line to start at Tallaght Stadium (7pm).