Before a crowd of 3,783 at Oriel Park, Dundalk defeated Cork

Dundalk are back to top of the table this evening after beating Bray Wanderers 3-1 at the Carlisle Grounds.

Graham Cummins scored a hat-trick as Cork City to make it three wins from three in the SSE Airtricity League Premier Division, seeing off Sligo Rovers at the Showgrounds on Monday night.

There were six games in all tonight.

Bray Wanderers 1 Drogheda United 0:

With a Uefa Europa League draw to look forward to during it, Cork City players and staff will hope to enjoy the upcoming summer break.

Champions League, 2nd qualifying round, 2nd leg

Derry, Trinity College, Meath, Wicklow, GMIT, Kildare, Fingal and Down advanced to the Bord na Mona Kehoe Cup quarter-finals, while DCU, Armagh, St Pat's Drumcondra, Mayo, Louth, Roscommon, Longford and Queens University will take part in the Shield competition.

A sublime first league goal of the season from Greg Bolger, with topscorer Anto Flood adding a second, duly sealed the deal on a first Premier Division title in 14 years for St. Patrick’s Athletic, as they beat Sligo Rovers 2-0 to jubilant scenes at Richmond Park.

St. Patrick's Athletic came from a goal down to beat UCD 3-1 at the UCD Bowl to leave themselves within touching distance of an eighth league title and their first since 1999.

St. Patrick's Athletic edged a step closer to a first title in 14 years as goals from Anto Flood, John Russell and Christy Fagan gave them a fully deserved 3-1 win at relegation-threatened Bray Wanderers.

Goals from Chris Forrester and man-of-the-match Daryl Kavanagh gave St. Patrick's Athletic a big 2-0 win over Dundalk in the top-of-the-table clash at Richmond Park to edge the Inchicore side closer to a first title in 14 years.

First half goals from Ronan Finn and Shane Robinson earned Shamrock Rovers a 2-0 win at league leaders St. Patrick's Athletic to book their place in the semi-finals of the FAI Ford Cup as both sides finished with ten men at Richmond Park.

Goals from Gavin Peers and Aaron Greene earned champions Sligo Rovers a 2-0 win at Bohemians to move them to within five points of leaders St. Patrick's Athletic who were held to a 0-0 draw at Limerick.

A stunning free kick goal from Killian Brennan gave St. Patrick's Athletic a deserved 1-0 win over a sluggish Derry City at the Brandywell to see the Dubliners move back top of the Premier Division table, two points clear of Dundalk.

Goals from Pat Hoban and Richie Towell fired Dundalk to the top of the Premier Division table as they beat ten man UCD 2-0 while erstwhile leaders St. Patrick's Athletic were surprisingly held to a 1-1 draw at home by lowly Bohemians.

A first half goal from midfielder Stephen Maher gave St. Patrick's Athletic a 1-0 win over Shelbourne to keep Liam Buckley's side a point clear at the top of the Premier Division table in a dramatic night of Airtricity League action.

Conan Byrne scored four times as St. Patrick's Athletic got back to winning ways to stun nine-man Shamrock Rovers 4-0 at Tallaght Stadium to maintain their one-point lead at the top of the Premier Division table.

Killian Brennan scored a dramatic stoppage time penalty winner as St. Patrick's Athletic came from a goal down to beat ten-man Cork City 2-1 at Richmond Park to maintain their three-point lead at the top of the table.

Evan McMillan hit a late equaliser for champions Sligo Rovers to deprive St. Patrick's Athletic of a big win as the top of the table clash finished 1-1 at the Showgrounds.

St. Patrick's Athletic were the big winners on a night of drama in the Airtricity League Premier Division without having to kick a ball.

Christy Fagan scored twice to get league leaders St. Patrick's Athletic back to winning way as they beat 10-man Bray Wanderers 2-0 at Richmond Park to stay three points clear at the top of the table.

AIRTRICITY LEAGUE ROUNDUP

Killian Brennan stole the show as St. Patrick's Athletic maintained their relentless run as they beat Limerick 3-0 at Richmond Park to stretch their lead at the top of the Premier Division table to six points.

Rory Patterson scored a second half hat-trick as holders Derry City won 4-0 at non-league Blarney United to cruise safely into the third round of the FAI Ford Cup.

St. Patrick’s Athletic eased five points clear at the top of the Premier Division table as they beat UCD 5-0 to record their biggest win of the season and stretch their unbeaten league run to twelve games.

With erstwhile leaders Sligo Rovers drawing 0-0 at Limerick, Christy Fagan scored for the fourth time in as many games to help send St. Patrick's Athletic two points clear at the top of the Premier Division table after a 2-0 win over Bohemians at Dalymount Park.

Chris Lyons dumped his home town club out of the EA Sports cup with a double at Dalymount Park as Bohemians beat Bray Wanderers 4-2 in extra-time to make the quarter-finals.

St. Patrick's Athletic failed to find the result to go with a much improved performance than when losing 3-0 at Tallaght Stadium back in March as they were held to a 0-0 draw by Dublin rivals Shamrock Rovers before their biggest crowd of the season at Richmond Park.

Karl Sheppard hit a late equaliser as Shamrock Rovers salvaged a point from a 1-1 draw - the Hoops' seventh stalemate of the campaign - with champions Sligo Rovers at Tallaght Stadium.

UCD stunned Shamrock Rovers 2-0 at the UCD Bowl to lift themselves off the foot of the table with their first win of the season.

AIRTRICITY PREMIER DIVISION

St. Patrick's Athletic ended champions Sligo Rovers' eight-match winning start to the season with an emphatic 2-0 win at Richmond Park to firmly throw down their own title credentials with a fourth straight victory.

Chris Forrester scored a hat-trick, the second a stunning goal, as St. Patrick's Athletic inflicted further woe on Shelbourne with a 4-0 trouncing at Richmond Park.

A goalkeeping howler by Brendan Clarke gifted Dundalk a 2-1 victory over St. Patrick's Athletic at Richmond Park tonight.

A first half penalty from Killian Brennan got St. Patrick's Athletic's season back up and running with a deserved 1-0 win over Limerick at Thomond Park last night.

Shamrock Rovers cruised to a 3-0 victory over St. Patrick's Athletic in the big Dublin derby at Tallaght Stadium.

We saw these pics of various schools cup competitions from around the country yesterday from our friends in Inpho.ie and they reminded us of Brian O'Driscoll.

Meath's David Gough has been selected to referee the AIB Leinster Club SFC final between Portlaoise and Ballymun Kickhams in Mullingar on Sunday week.

Derry City 3 St Patrick’s Athletic 2 (AET)

Sunday’s FAI Ford Cup final pairs an interesting battle of family fortunes with first cousins Simon Madden and Conor Kenna going head-to-head in one of the most exciting final match -ups in years.

A late strike from full-back Brian Gannon gave Drogheda United a 2-1 win over champions Sligo Rovers at Hunky Dorys Park to secure a Europa League spot next season for Mick Cooke's Boynesiders.

With a first title in 35 years glimmering like a beacon before them, Sligo Rovers boss Ian Baraclough is unperturbed his players are feeling a little nervous tension ahead of this afternoon’s potential title decider with St. Patrick’s Athletic.

St Patrick’s Athletic 5 UCD 0