Raheny United 3 Castlebar Celtic 2 aet

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Kevin Doyle last night admitted he was poised to join Celtic on transfer deadline day.

Ireland's top international football stars have been honoured at the FAI International Football Awards tonight.

FAI chief executive John Delaney has described the legacy Jeremy Dee leaves to local and national football as “astounding”.

Tributes have been paid to a football coach who was killed in a car crash on his way to a Women’s League of Ireland fixture at Tallaght Stadium.

On a day when safety appeals were made to coincide with the World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims, two more Irish people lost their lives in car crashes.

Luxembourg U19 2 Ireland U19 5

Derry City and Dundalk meet in the Airtricity Premier League at the Brandywell tonight (7.45pm), with both sides bound to be keeping an eye on their respective FAI Ford Cup semi-final dates on Sunday.

Ireland U17 3 Azerbaijan U17 0

Republic of Ireland U17s 3 Azerbaijan 0

The first African-born player to captain Ireland, Cameroon native Noe Baba, will lead out the Under-17s tonight against Azerbaijan in his new home of Castlebar (6pm).

Ireland’s U-19 women crashed out of the European Championships qualification hunt yesterday in Serbia following their second defeat in three days.

Ireland’s poor record at reaching for the Under-17 European Championship finals continues after this season’s contingent were eliminated on Saturday with a game to spare.

Ireland’s U17 girls were not giving up their Euro dream last night despite suffering a crushing defeat to France in their opening UEFA Elite Stage qualifier in Oslo yesterday.

Ireland’s women yesterday completed their preparations for next month’s UEFA qualifier against Scotland by lifting the Algarve Cup.

One of Ireland’s brightest young soccer stars has spoken out about the racist abuse he suffers playing with his home club in Mayo.

Raheny United today went top of the Bus Éireann National Women’s League with a 4-1 victory over Dublin rivals Peamount United.

Peamount United continued their impressive start to the Bus Éireann Women’s National League with an astonishing 7-0 victory over Wexford.

TODAY attention turns towards next summer’s European Championships and Ireland’s first presence at a major tournament for ten years.

ONE league closes and another one opens. As the men of the Airtricity League prepare to leave the stage for another season, enter the women of the Bus Éireann National League.

DEAN KELLY denied Donegal side Bonagee United a shock victory over Crumlin United in the FAI Ford Senior Cup second round yesterday.

The draw for the first three rounds of the 2010 EA Sports Cup was made today.

FLEDGING Cork club Cork City Foras Co-op suffered a triple blow on the playing front yesterday but were later boosted by the news of three new sponsorship deals.

The FAI's Independent Club Licensing Committee last night deferred its decision on granting a Premier Division licence to Cork City until after the High Court case comes in for mention on Monday, February 22 next.

The first round of the EA Sports Cup continues this evening, with four games due to be played.

KILDARE County bosses have expressed disappointment at the postponement of Saturday’s eircom League of Ireland First Division clash with Athlone Town.

Michael O'Connor has concluded his close-season dealings by adding another three players to his 2007 Athlone Town squad.

There is just one all-Premier Division tie in the second round of the FAI Carlsberg Cup after this evening’s draw with Longford Town and Cork City meeting at Flancare Park.

REPUBLIC of Ireland U-16 boss Vincent Butler has announced an 18-man squad for next week’s International Tournament in Val de Marne, France.

REPUBLIC OF IRELAND U-15 manager Vincent Butler has named his squad ahead of next week’s internationals against the Netherlands.