Dundalk 4 Longford Town 3

Longford Town 0 Cork City 3: Mark O’Sullivan was sprung from the bench and duly made a major impact as Cork City produced a seventh straight league win to consolidate second place in the Premier Divison table at City Calling Stadium.

Ger Pender scored a first-half winner to lift managerless Bray Wanderers off the foot of the Premier Division as they shocked St Patrick’s Athletic, who finished with 10 men, with a 1-0 win at the Carlisle Grounds.

Derry City needed a moment of magic from substitute Patrick McClean to earn a point from a 1-1 draw with Longford Town on Saturday night.

Cork City 6 Longford Town 0: A magnificent Steven Beattie hat-trick was the highlight as Cork City warmed up for Friday night’s massive game with champions Dundalk with an emphatic rout of Longford Town at Turner’s Cross last night.

Longford Town 0 St Patrick’s Athletic 1

Longford Town 1 Cork City 4: Steven Beattie says he couldn’t have planned a better league debut for Cork City.

Cork City 2 Longford Town 0

SSE Airtricity Premier Division

Bohemians 2 Athlone Town 2

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Eamon Zayed came off the bench to send Shamrock Rovers to the top of the SSE Airtricity Premier Division after a 1-0 win over bottom club Athlone Town at Tallaght Stadium on Saturday.

The bookmakers price them a staggering 18/1 to win but Athlone manager Mick Cooke believes his side can cause an upset as they visit reigning champions St Patrick’s Athletic tonight.

Dundalk’s excellent start to the season has received a major blow with the news that their captain Stephen O’Donnell’s campaign is over.

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Cobh Ramblers 1 Athlone Town 1

Christy Fagan missed a late penalty for St. Patrick's Athletic as they had to settle for a 1-1 draw in the match of the night at top of the table Sligo Rovers.

Shamrock Rovers had to come from two goals down to salvage a point from a frenetic 2-2 draw with second from bottom Bray Wanderers at the Carlisle Grounds.

Against the team he scored the bulk of his goals for over the seasons, Jason Byrne hit his 183rd league goal of his career for Bray Wanderers last night to go second in the all-time League of Ireland goalscoring charts.

Gary Twigg celebrated his player of the month award for March by scoring a hat-trick as Shamrock Rovers bounced back from their heavy defeat at St. Patrick's Athletic last week to trounce Dundalk 6-0 on an emotional night at Tallaght Stadium.

Dundalk, in eighth place, will accept their third goalless draw in six outings against fourth-placed Shelbourne in a game of few thrills and controlled largely by the visitors.

St. Patrick's Athletic threw down their title credentials in the most emphatic fashion with a rousing 5-1 win over champions Shamrock Rovers at Richmond Park, doubling their goals tally for the season in the process.

They left it late, but Shamrock Rovers did enough in the end to beat arch-rivals Bohemians in the top versus bottom clash at Tallaght stadium to maintain their leadership of the Premier Division table.

Shamrock Rovers took full advantage of a slapstick display from Shelbourne to cruise to an emphatic 4-0 win in their Premier Division encounter at Tallaght Stadium last night.

Champions Shamrock Rovers stayed top of the Premier Division table after a resounding 4-0 win over old rivals Shelbourne before a packed Tallaght Stadium.

Drogheda United 3 Galway United 3

The Republic of Ireland Under-23s boosted their chances of qualifying for the semi-finals of the International Challenge Trophy with a well deserved 1-0 win over Estonia in Tallinn last night.

Bray Wanderers 2 Drogheda United 2

Drogheda United 1 Sporting Fingal 1

Bohemians 1 Drogheda United 0

Drogheda United 2 Sligo Rovers 2

Drogheda United 2 Bohemians 4

Dundalk 2 Drogheda United 2

Drogheda United 1 St Patrick’s Athletic 2

Shamrock Rovers 2 Drogheda United 0

Drogheda United 1 Bray Wanderers 2

Drogheda United 1 St. Patrick’s Athletic 0

Drogheda United 0 Shamrock Rovers 3

Drogheda United 2 Cork City 1

Banking giant Barclays saw shares surge ahead on better-than-expected annual profits today, but it was a mixed session for the wider market.

Drogheda United 0 St. Patrick's Athletic 2

Bray Wanderers 4 Drogheda United 3

Bray Wanderers play their last home game of the season as they entertain Drogheda United at the Carlisle Grounds tonight, kick-off 7.45pm.

Drogheda United take on Finn Harps, in a must-win game for the visitors, at United Park tonight, kick-off 7.45pm.

Reigning champions Drogheda United take on struggling Galway United at United Park this evening, (kick-off 7.45pm).

Drogheda United 1 Cork City 1

Drogheda United host Shamrock Rovers in this evening's eircom League of Ireland Premier Division clash at United Park, kick-off 7.45pm.