Shamrock Rovers 1 Bray Wanderers 0: A terrific late free kick from Brandon Miele gave Shamrock Rovers a laboured, but most welcome, first win in five games.

League of Ireland round-up: Bray Wanderers’ players defied the club’s off-the-field problems once again to beat Derry City 1-0 at the Carlisle Grounds on Saturday night.

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.

Bray Wanderers 0 Cork City 2

Dundalk’s excellent start to the season has received a major blow with the news that their captain Stephen O’Donnell’s campaign is over.

Shelbourne are staring a return to the First Division in the face after a solitary goal from Rory Gaffney gave Limerick a 1-0 win at Thomond Park.

Cork City 5 Shelbourne 3

Dean Kelly scored for the second match running as Shelbourne extended their unbeaten league run to five games.

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.

Shamrock Rovers blew a chance to gain further ground on the Premier Division leaders as they slumped to an eleventh stalemate of the season as UCD came from behind to earn a 1-1 draw at Tallaght Stadium.

AIRTRICITY PREMIER DIVISION:

Dean Kelly put non-league Bandon to the sword at Tolka Park as Shelbourne eased into the third round of the cup.

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.

Bray Wanderers 1 Shamrock Rovers 3

Bray Wanderers 1 Drogheda United 3

Shelbourne put their poor display in losing at home to Derry City last week behind them as they frustrated champions Shamrock Rovers to earn a 2-2 draw at Tallaght Stadium.

Bray Wanderers left it late to capitalise on local girl Katie Taylor’s feel-good factor when equalising in the fourth minute of added time to pinch a point against fellow strugglers Dundalk.

Champions Shamrock Rovers’ hopes of a third successive title took another major knock when held to a scoreless draw by battling Bray Wanderers in an entertaining encounter at Tallaght Stadium last night.

A late goal from former Bray Wanderers player Paddy Kavanagh enabled Shelbourne to record their seventh league win of the season in a tense encounter at the Carlisle Grounds last night.

Second-half goals by Paul Crowley and Peter Hynes secured a hard-earned victory for Drogheda against Bray at a blustery Hunky Dorys Park.

Brilliant opportunist goals in each half by evergreen striker Jason Byrne helped Bray secure a vital victory over UCD at the Carlisle Grounds.

Bray Wanderers and Shelbourne must fight it out again in a replay at Tolka Park on Monday after the teams had to settle for a share of the spoils in last night’s FAI Ford Cup second round tie at the Carlisle Grounds.

Veteran striker Jason Byrne struck in the 86th minute as Bray Wanderers snatched all three points at Gortakeegan.

Jason Byrne joined Cork legend Pat Morley in second place on the all-time League of Ireland goalscorers’ list as his 182nd goal saw Bray Wanderers come back from a goal down to earn a deserved point at Turner’s Cross last night.

Drogheda United recorded their second away win in a row when seeing off Bray Wanderers in a tense six-goal Premier Division encounter at the Carlisle Grounds last night.

New signing Rory Patterson scored a hat-trick as Derry City all but booked their place in the quarter-finals of the Setanta Sports Cup with an emphatic 4-0 first round, first leg win over Lisburn Distillery at the New Grosvenor Stadium.