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.

Bray Wanderers 0, Cork City 0

Bray 0 Dundalk 1

Derry City manager Peter Hutton expects resurgent Bray Wanderers to be an even tougher nut to crack after securing a new manager.

Cork City 1 Bray Wanderers 0: Cork City remain three points behind Premier Division leaders Dundalk after Mark O’Sullivan’s first-half goal gave them victory last night.

Dundalk 8 Bray Wanderers 1: Dundalk hit Bray Wanderers for eight at Oriel Park yesterday to end the first series of matches in style with their unbeaten record firmly intact.

SligoRovers 1 Bray Wanderers 3: David Cassidy was the toast of Bray Wanderers last night after his superb hat-trick earned the Seagulls their first points of the season and sent struggling Sligo into even more trouble as Owen Heary’s side search for their first win.

On the night that Bray Wanderers all but ensured their safety, Dundalk failed to keep up their side of the bargain and handed advantage to Cork City ahead of their final-day showdown on Friday, despite coming from a goal down.

Bray Wanderers 0 Sligo Rovers 1

Bray Wanderers 0 Shamrock Rovers 3

St Patrick’s Athletic 3 Bray Wanderers 2

A judge has sentenced 1970s teen heart-throb David Cassidy to three months in rehab and five years’ probation for drink-driving.

Seventies heart-throb David Cassidy has been arrested in southern California on suspicion of drink-driving.

Sligo Rovers 3 Drogheda United 0

Drogheda United 2 Sligo Rovers 3

Shamrock Rovers 2 Drogheda United 0

Drogheda United 2 Finn Harps 0

Goals early and late in the second half from Declan O'Brien and David Cassidy booked Drogheda United's passage through to a Louth derby semi-final clash with neighbours Dundalk in the FAI Ford Cup after they beat First Division Finn Harps 2-0 in their quarter-final replay at Hunky Dorys Park.

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.

Stephen O'Donnell scored a late winner as Dundalk beat neighbours Drogheda United 1-0 in the Louth derby at Oriel Park tonight.

The Irish Dairy Board has predicted record sales exceeding €280m in 2013 for Kerrygold butter in Germany, where it celebrated 40 years of trading yesterday.

A terrific headed goal from Gavin Peers booked Sligo Rovers' passage through to the quarter-finals of the FAI Ford Cup as they beat Cork City 1-0 at the Showgrounds.

Derry City 1 Drogheda United 3

Declan ‘Fabio’ O'Brien scored twice to help catapult holders Drogheda United into the EA Sports Cup final after a 3-1 semi-final win over Derry City at the Brandywell.

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.

Drogheda United 0 Malmo 0

Sublimely taken goals from Conan Byrne and Ger O’Brien provided St Patrick’s Athletic with another thrilling away day in Europe tonight.

AIRTRICITY PREMIER DIVISION:

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.

Drogheda Utd 1 St Patrick’s Athletic 2

AIRTRICITY LEAGUE PREMIER DIVISION

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.

An equaliser deep in stoppage time from substitute Graham Rusk earned Drogheda United a 2-2 draw against 10-man Sligo Rovers in a dramatic game at the Showgrounds.

Sligo Rovers 1 Drogheda Utd 0 (Drogheda Utd win 2-1 on agg)

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.

Daryl Kavanagh proved his point at Tallaght Stadium with a brilliant away goal as Cork City drew 1-1 with Shamrock Rovers in their Setanta Sports Cup semi-final, first leg.

Rory Patterson made a telling return from injury with two penalties as Derry City came from behind to beat Dundalk 3-1 at Oriel Park.

Dundalk 2 Drogheda United 2

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

Ciaran Kilduff proved Shamrock Rovers’ supersub with a dramatic stoppage time winner as they beat Coleraine 2-0 at the Showgrounds for a 2-1 aggregate victory to set up a cracking Setanta Sports Cup quarter-final tie with Linfield.

UCD 1 Shelbourne 1

As he did on his final home appearance last week, Gary Twigg signed off on the double for Shamrock Rovers as they beat their title successors Sligo Rovers 2-0 at the Showgrounds.

Adaptable, hard-working, expansion-minded, sustainable, caring for the environment — the image of our dairy farmers emerging from the NDC/Kerrygold Quality Milk Awards of 2012 bodes well for their role in Ireland’s ambitious food industry plans.