Dundalk will have to score in Latvia next Wednesday to keep their Champions League dreams alive after a frustrating stalemate with Riga FC at Oriel Park tonight.

Dundalk has raised more than €7,000 for Temple Street Children’s Hospital under the club’s new purple-patterned ‘third kit’ initiative revealed to fans last March.

Dundalk FC have their swagger back as a brace from Michael Duffy helped the champions ease past the challenge of Waterford FC to record their fifth win on the bounce in last night’s SSE Airtricity Premier Division clash at the RSC.

The FAI may feel that Wednesday's Oireachtas Committee appearance was a victory, but the questions that remain will prove to be an own goal in time if they are not answered. Here are the issues that remain, despite the lengthy exchanges in Committee Room 4 of Leinster House, writes Joe Leogue.

They came to disrobe the emperor. They wanted to see the whites of his eyes, how he would manage under their steely gaze.

Dundalk have paid tribute to their former manager Stephen Kenny on his "fully deserved" appointment as a future Republic of Ireland manager.

On the night the SSE Airtricity League Premier Division title returned to Oriel Park, Dundalk FC served up a five-star display against managerless Sligo Rovers.

Patrick Hoban hopes that by firing Dundalk FC to the title he can also land himself a place in the Republic of Ireland senior panel.

Dundalk FC manager Stephen Kenny has backed his side to keep their cool in the Cyprus heat when they take on AEK Larnaca this afternoon.

Derry City might be long shots for a title challenge but they showed they are up to the task after battling back twice to claim a share of the spoils with Dundalk FC at Oriel Park last night.

Dundalk FC investor Corey Woolfolk insists the club can follow in Rosenborg’s footsteps by earning themselves the upgrade of Oriel Park that most supporters crave.

Not much has gone right for Dundalk FC since the club departed for Norway on Monday ahead of their Champions League second qualifying round second leg tie with Rosenborg but manager Stephen Kenny is confident everything will go according to plan on the field at the Lerkandal Stadion this evening.

Miraculously, it has arrived, the watershed to transform our media landscape. Every gaffer in Irish sport is turning into Rafa Benitez, writes Larry Ryan.

Good afternoon. Here’s all the news you need to know this lunchtime.

Not too many Dundalk townhouses get to feature in these pages, - but, then again, not too many are as good inside as at 14 St. Malachy’s Villas.

The Dundalk FC faithful gathered in the bar of the club’s Oriel Park home last Friday morning.

Louth is known as the Land of Legends.

Ronan Finn is the SSE Airtricity/SWAI Player of the month for April.

Dundalk have sought to address what they term the “distress” being experienced by of supporters, players and sponsors following a report that, owing to a dispute with the club’s former owner, the league champions and cup holders might have to play their home games away from Oriel Park this season.

After a series of serious setbacks Dundalk Football Club was on the brink of extinction in 2012. With the community in a crisis, “The Town” video series tells the story of how the people of Dundalk pulled together to save their beloved club, and the rousing redemption story behind their unprecedented League winning campaign of 2014.

Aaron Kernan admits he feels a responsibility to Gaelic players to perform well when he joins up with Sunderland FC tomorrow. 

And our winners are:

“It is clear to us that we could have sold this match out three times over. We are very sorry to those who are disappointed.”

Cork City and Dundalk fans are scrambling for tickets to next Friday’s SSE Airtricity League decider at Oriel Park.

“At Dundalk we keep our heads high.”

A family has condemned the behaviour of some Shamrock Rovers fans who they say left a mourner at their mother’s wake with a broken nose following an unprovoked assault.

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Dundalk are fully confident of taking their place in the Airtricity League Premier Division this season despite being the only club to be awarded a conditional licence yesterday.

Losing cup finalists St Patrick’s Athletic have called in the gardaí following abusive comments in social media directed at goalkeeper Brendan Clarke.

Dundalk manager Sean McCaffrey has left the club.

Sligo Rovers maintained their four-point lead at the top of the Premier Division but not before overcoming a major scare against strugglers Dundalk at Oriel Park last night.

Neither Cobh Ramblers nor Tralee Dynamos will appeal their failure to get First Division places after the composition of this season’s Airtricity League was confirmed with the news that 20 clubs have received licenses.

Cobh Ramblers and Tralee Dynamos were unsuccessful in their application for an Airtricity League First Division Licence, it was announced today.

AS Cork City prepare to host Derry City in the EA Sports Cup final at Turner’s Cross tomorrow, Ian Turner needs no reminding it was the Candystripes who also provided the opposition when he made his senior debut for the Leesiders at the start of last season.

Republic of Ireland U-21 team manager Noel King has named his squad for a friendly international against Austria at The Showgrounds, Sligo on Tuesday, August 9 (kick off: 6pm).

The draw for the Setanta Sports Cup semi-finals was made today in the Cumberland Suite, Culloden Hotel, Belfast.

Republic of Ireland U21 head coach Noel King has this evening announced a 19-man squad for the upcoming U21 International friendly against Cyprus which will take place on Wednesday, February 9 at the GSZ Stadium in Larnaca (kick-off: 2.30pm, local time).