They join Bohemians and Athlone Town in being accepted to an expanded nine-team top tier for 2020.

Katie McCarthy holds the record for the most appearances with Cork City Women’s FC, having played since the club’s foundation, in 2011, bar an 18-month spell between DLR Waves and Wexford Youths. Tomorrow will be her 72nd appearance and her first in the FAI Women’s Cup final.

Peamount United and Ireland international winger Julie-Ann Russell was named the Bus Éireann Women’s National League Player of the Year at an awards presentation at Aviva Stadium yesterday.

The FAI’s Disciplinary Committee is awaiting the report of referee Chrissie Buckley following the abandonment of yesterday’s Bus Éireann Women’s National League game between Cork Women’s FC and Dublin’s DLR Waves.