Three of City’s five wins before Friday’s visit to Wexford were goal sprees but their latest was by the slenderest of margins.

Members voted by an overwhelming 82% to accept an offer by the local billionaire property developers

The Galway United supporters' trust will tonight vote on the Comers' proposal to purchase an 85% stake in the club.

A first-half brace from Ruairí Keating set City on the road to a comfortable win over Athlone Town at Turner's Cross

It's time to ‘Get Up, Stand Up’ for the League of Ireland, says Neal Horgan

Uncapped duo have been drafted into the Ireland squad for the friendlies against Belgium and Lithuania in place of Darragh Lenihan and Mark Travers

Substitute Sean Boyd thought he had done enough to grab all three points for Shelbourne at sold-out Dalymount Park

Eoin Doyle and Mark Doyle put St Patrick's Athletic top of Premier Division with third straight win

Danny O’Connell slots home on 89 minutes, before Beineon O’Brien-Whitmarsh scored the winner in the fourth minute of stoppage time

The FAI  today released an analysis of attendance figures from the opening five series of matches

Weight of expectation on both sides in a stadium that housed close to 5,000 fans last time out a for

The winger’s namesake is prominent but progress is measured in a different currency for the Scot

Ziu, still only 19, dazzling for Ireland at the recent Pinatar Cup in Spain.

Confirming the sanctions today, City outlined their dismay at the issue, admitting the unbudgeted expenses are unaffordable

The team will be managed by the existing first team coaching staff of Richie Holland, Declan Coleman and Mark McNulty in his absence

Chairman Philip O’Doherty, who sold his engineering business for almost $2bn, has placed his faith in the rookie boss

Damien Duff is glad the fascination with his debut as Shelbourne boss is over

Prior to last night’s bumper turnouts, it was two years since a League of Ireland game attracted a sell-out crowd and the 7,522 punters at Tallaght got full value that night.

A chastening experience for Damien Duff on his managerial debut as St Patrick’s Athletic laid down their early title credentials with a three-goal blitz.

Alan Mannus snuffed out a brace of scorable chances from Liam Kerrigan before Rovers took control late in the first half with goals from Sean Hoare and Danny Mandroiu.

Dundalk 2 Derry City 2 Derry City hit back twice to deny Stephen O’Donnell a winning start to his reign as Dundalk head coach at Oriel Park Friday night.

Both sides struggled to come to terms with the gale-force wind, in the opening half, with the result they found it difficult to retain possession as passes continually failed to reach their target.

The Magpies aren’t the only English club to have registered interest in 17-year-old defender Alex Murphy

The move would end their involvement in cohabiting with Bohemians at Dalymount Park

In an ideal world, alliances between underage and League of Ireland clubs would work to the template set by St Kevin’s Boys and Bohemians.

A pre-season that began with the First Division champions firing their manager and the FAI Cup winners losing theirs within days will finally give way to action on the pitch and full houses

New Dundalk head coach Stephen O’Donnell warns it will take time for a new team to develop at Oriel Park

Investment has brought a clutch of stars to the Ruaidhrí Higgins’ Derry City project - but Saints are best placed to overtake champions

Transition time is over for Cork City who have the tools are there to achieve promotion.

Duff won 100 caps for his country, first sampled the Premier League at Blackburn and was part of Chelsea’s first two Premier League-winning squads

There’s been more bust than boom attached to chasing that dream in Limerick, weather-beating the current custodians into charting a route underpinned by realism

If there are certain things that mark out League of Ireland people and the clubs whose tumultuous fortunes they follow, then Finn Harps are all that and then some.

A bit like constructing the walls of Derry, Ruaidhrí Higgins is predicting the rebuild of the city’s football club into title contenders to be a brick-by-brick job.

The club issued a statement saying it had been approached by two large gambling companies offering sponsorship but had rejected those offers, adding: 'As a community-funded club, we believe it would be irresponsible to accept these proposals'

The Hoops sauntered home to last year’s Premier Division title race by 16 points and strengthened by adding Jack Byrne and Andy Lyons ahead of Friday’s campaign opener against UCD

Admitting the lack of top-flight representation from the province for the first time in a century is “unusual”, the league chief attributes the anomaly to sporting integrity.

The Ireland centurion was promoted from the club’s U17 manager's role to succeed Ian Morris in the senior hotseat

Walker picked up the injury in today's friendly with St Pat's

To simplify what is developing swiftly into a trend and map out its sustainability, John Fallon examines each deal separately

'Your clubs, unbelievably, showed utter contempt and total disrespect for Cork schoolboys clubs and the league by continuing to sign their players'

The forward has been tracked by suitors while impressing for the Candystripes’ U19 side last season

Kylie Murphy was the inaugural Women's Personality of the Year winner voted by the soccer writers and broadcasters. The equivalent accolade in the men’s game was on the go for 62 years

Brendan Clarke, Chairman of the Players FAI (PFAI), recently claimed that 75% of players were out of contract at the end of last season

New Saints boss Tim Clancy has been busy strengthening the squad he inherited, Eoin Doyle being the standout recruit, but sourcing a replacement for Vitezslav Jaros is a priority