“Santa Claus would come at Christmas and Rovers would win the Cup.”

A match between two teams who have provided nine of the 11 players in the 2019 PFAI team of the year.

Nurtured in him by his parents, religion has always been part of the right-back’s life.

Nicola Sinnott admits Sunday’s FAI Cup final offers one last chance for this generation of Wexford players to enhance their legacy.

Dundalk boss Vinny Perth has said that Dundalk will not get into “excuse-making mode” about the shock loss of Chris Shields through suspension for the FAI Cup Final against Shamrock Rovers.

Dundalk will be without key midfielder Chris Shields for this weekend's FAI Cup final against Shamrock Rovers.

A Dáire O’Connor goal on the stroke of half time was enough for Cork City to end their SSE Airtricity League home campaign on a high with a gutsy win over old rivals and champions Dundalk at Turner’s Cross tonight.

The winger has been one of Dundalk's star players this year and had month to remember, scoring three goals.

There was a time when Johnny Sexton’s schoolboy half-back partner in Japan was Vinny Hammond.

Shamrock Rovers manager Stephen Bradley wants the FAI to properly promote and market next month’s Cup final in the hope of filling the Aviva Stadium. Rovers face cup holders and league champions Dundalk on November 3 in the decider.

Shamrock Rovers are through to the FAI Cup final after beating local rivals Bohemians.

There was no sign of a European hangover from league leaders Dundalk FC as they put 10 man Finn Harps to the sword at Oriel Park last night.

With final college exams just weeks away, you’d expect Cork City defender Sean McLoughlin to be feeling some sort of pressure.

New Dundalk head coach, Vinny Perth, says that Saturday night’s President’s Cup win over Cork City was the team and management proving themselves.

What a difference a year makes.

Denis Hurley picks out five talking points from Dundalk's FAI Cup final victory.

In the run-up to Sunday’s FAI Cup Final, Brian Gartland has been reflecting on the ‘sliding doors’ moment that saw him join Dundalk in July of 2013.

This may be beginning to feel like an annual pilgrimage to Aviva Stadium for the supporters of Cork City and Dundalk but after the furore surrounding Karl Sheppard in the run-up to last year’s final, the City ace is enjoying the build up a lot more, this time.

Four titles including one double in Dane Massey’s six years at Oriel Park have done nothing to blunt the Dundalk defender’s appetite for more silverware.

So, this lovely image of Bob Marley adorning Bohemians’ new away strip: Does it mean that, next season, when it’s nil-nil late on and the opposition score, we will be entitled to refer to the goal as “breaking the dreadlock”?

John Caulfield has reminded his players that “everything is up for grabs for the FAI Cup final” as the Aviva Stadium showpiece looms large over the rest of the club’s season, while a financial quandary lies just over the horizon.

They’ll meet again and we know where and we know when.

Alan Bennett has dismissed criticism of Cork City’s style of play, pointing out that the 1-1 draw with Bohemians in Dalymount Park on Sunday means the club remains on course to extend its recent dominance of the FAI Cup.

Cork City’s 2017 FAI Cup final hero Achille Campion will return to first-team contention for the Leesiders next month as his loan deal with Irish League side Linfield expires.

If there’s not something in the water down in Cork, then it must be in the food.

Cork City boss John Caulfield says his war of words with Dundalk boss Stephen Kenny in the wake of last year’s FAI Cup final has been consigned to history.

Bomb cyclone. Thundersnow. Polar Vortex. Arctic Blast. Snowmageddon.

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.

OFF the pitch, footballer Mark McNulty is not what you’d expect. There’s hardly a sentence when the Cork City goalkeeper doesn’t mention his children.

Striker Kurtis Byrne has agreed a move to Irish League champions Linfield.

Cork City’s double-winning goalkeeper Mark McNulty claims he “fed off” the abuse he received from Dundalk fans during this month’s FAI Cup final at the Aviva Stadium.

Age Hareide must have made for a challenging tenant.

Dundalk 1 Cork City 1 (Cork win 5-3 on pens): This was a landmark, never-to-be-forgotten day in the history of Cork City — and one of the longest, too — as the club delivered a glorious double-double.

Stephen Kenny hasn’t had too many disappointments in his time as Dundalk manager but perhaps top of the list is last year’s FAI Cup final defeat to Cork City.

Who knows how much money he would have made, how many caps he’d have earned, how many honours he’d have won, had Colin Healy not had his leg badly broken by an awful tackle when he was just 23. 

If Cork City players feel pressure going into Sunday’s FAI Cup final, it will be of the welcome kind: The sensation of the hand of history on their shoulders as, with the league title already in the bag, they go in search of the club’s first ever double.

For Ryan Delaney, Cork City’s loan ranger, the credits will roll as he rides out of town at the end of Sunday’s FAI Cup final. And his fervent hope now is that it will be a case of hi-ho, more silver and away.

Dave Barry doesn’t expect the war of words between Cork City and Dundalk to spill over onto the pitch at the Aviva Stadium on Sunday. 

The FAI Cup final might not be taking place until Sunday afternoon but the tackles are already flying off the field, with Dundalk manager Stephen Kenny, at his pre-match press conference yesterday, accusing Cork City goalkeeper Mark McNulty of a lack of class.

Mrs Brown's Boys star Brendan O'Carroll is auctioning off his private VIP box in the Aviva stadium, for this weekend's hotly contested Cork vs Dundalk FAI cup final.

Cork City manager John Caulfield says that, in the run-up to Sunday’s FAI Cup final against Dundalk, he cannot afford to be distracted by talk of players who might leave the club in the close season.

John Caulfield has pledged his future to Cork City for the next two seasons after last night confirming a new deal with the club.

Cork City boss John Caulfield believes his Cork City champions brought the League of Ireland “to another level” with the standard of their performances in winning the title this season.

John Fallon looks at what Cork City must do to stay on top next season.