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How the Irish fared

Manager Mick McCarthy has warned potential suitors a "bonkers offer" will be required if Daryl Murphy is to leave Ipswich.

He may have been outshone by clubmate David McGoldrick in Ireland’s 4-1 friendly win over the USA last week but Daryl Murphy remains the star Irishman at Ipswich after his goal earned Mick McCarthy’s men a 2-2 draw at Bournemouth.

ROY KEANE’S Ipswich survived a major scare in the Carling Cup first round last night.

Cork City captain Dan Murray thinks that his team’s current squad is amongst the strongest he has been involved with since first joining the club.

A PLACE in the final next spring against either England or Italy is at stake when the Republic of Ireland U23 team take on Belgium in the International Challenge Trophy at Dalymount Park on Tuesday, October 21 (kick off 7.30pm).

WITH a 3,795-strong crowd in place for last night’s match against Bray Wanderers, numbers were up somewhat, but it wasn’t the great show of allegiance a green politician and the Lord of the Dance had hoped for.

Cork City 3 Bray Wanderers 0

Cork City entertain Bray Wanderer in tonight's eircom League of Ireland Premier Division clash at Turner's Cross, kick-off 7.45pm.

Cork City have been granted examinership by the High Court as the club struggles to overcome its financial problems.

THE sale of Cork City’s striker Dave Mooney to Reading “for a significant sum” will be the cornerstone of the High Court-appointed interim examiner’s efforts to rescue the debt-ridden soccer club.

THERE WAS no doubt about the biggest sensation of the week – Colm Murray’s discovery that in China they use chopsticks. But Drogheda United ran the RTÉ man close.

Cork City 0 Bohemians 1

Sligo Rovers 0 Cork City 1

Sligo Rovers entertain Cork City in this afternoon's eircom League of Ireland Premier Division clash at the Showgrounds, kick-off 3.00pm.

Cork City 0 St Patrick's Athletic 0

Drogheda United 0 Cork City 1

Cork City 2 FC Haka 2

Finn Harps 0 Cork City 1

Cork City 3 Galway United 2

UCD 0 Cork City 2

Cork City 5 Cobh Ramblers 0

Drogheda Town's FAI Cup dream ended emphatically as they were torn apart by Bohemians, 3-0 at Dalymount.

Derry City 2 Cork City 3

Bray Wanderers 0 Cork City 3

Northern Ireland U23s 0 Republic of Ireland U23s 1

Cork City 1 Sligo Rovers 0

FOR the second league game in succession, Cork City ended up with 10 men and no points, despite a stirring comeback from two-down against St Patrick’s Athletic in Inchicore last night.

CORK City will be without Joe Gamble for tomorrow’s trip to Dublin to face St Patrick’s Athletic (7pm).

For Cork, John O’Flynn and Dave Mooney have recovered from knocks that kept them out of the game against Limerick and both are in contention to return to the side

CORK CITY and Limerick 37 play for a quarter-final berth in the League Cup tonight, as the Premier Division meets the First Division at Turner’s Cross (kick off 7.45pm).

TEN-MAN Cork City lost the last remaining unbeaten record in the Premier Division as champions Drogheda United returned to winning ways with a morale-boosting victory in Turner’s Cross last night.

Cork City 3 Finn Harps 0

Cork City 2 Cliftonville 0

Galway United 1 Cork City 3

Cork City 1 UCD 0

Cork City are desperate to kick-start their season and will be looking to record their first victory of the season as UCD travel to Turner's Cross tonight, kick-off 7.45pm.

Conor Sammon snatched a last -gasp equaliser to maintain Derry's unbeaten start to the season as Cork still await their first league win.

WITH the three goals they have scored this season supplied exclusively by George O’Callaghan, Cork City will be hoping their strikeforce doesn’t wait a whole lot longer before getting in on the act, with their next opportunity to do so coming against Derry City in the eircom League tomorrow night.

Cork City 0 Bray Wanderers 0

IT WAS the sweetest return for prodigal son George O’Callaghan at Stangmore Park last night as the midfielder marked his first game back with a nice pair of strikes that set Cork City on their way in Group One of the Setanta Cup.

Cork City Football Club have announced that George O’Callaghan and Dave Mulcahy have signed for the club following completion of their medicals earlier today.

Cork City manager Alan Matthews was the bearer of good tidings when he and assistant Paul McGee met with the Official Supporters Club at the Telecom Club last night.