It's advantage Dundalk after the first leg of their Europa League First Round Qualifier.

Cork City will continue to look over their shoulders as Dundalk produced another demolition of Derry City at the Brandywell, the Lilywhites rarely moving into top gear to remain one point adrift at the business end of the Premier Division.

Dundalk 2 Sligo Rovers 1

The Beast from the North-East is up and running at the third time of asking after Dundalk hit Limerick FC for eight to claim their first win of the season at Oriel Park last night.

Shamrock Rovers 0 Dundalk 0: While Shamrock Rovers and Dundalk are still searching for their first win this season, it was the Lilywhites who went back the M1 last night from Tallaght Stadium carrying the regret of Pat Hoban missing a sitter to nick victory on the hour.

Dundalk 1 Cork City 1 (Cork win 5-3 on pens): This was a landmark, never-to-be-forgotten day in the history of Cork City — and one of the longest, too — as the club delivered a glorious double-double.

Stephen Kenny hasn’t had too many disappointments in his time as Dundalk manager but perhaps top of the list is last year’s FAI Cup final defeat to Cork City.

Dundalk and Shamrock Rovers will have to meet again to determine who joins Cork City in this year’s FAI Cup final following a fiesty semi-final clash at Oriel Park yesterday evening.

Dundalk 3 Drogheda United 0: Dundalk are refusing to give up on their title.

Dundalk 6 St Patrick’s Athletic 0: Oriel Park might be resigned to saying goodbye to the league title this season but a rampant Dundalk showed they are going to make Cork City take it from them after a six-goal thumping of St Patrick’s Athletic last night.

Dundalk 0 Shamrock Rovers 1: Less than 72 hours after crashing out of Europe, Shamrock Rovers took a significant step towards a return to the Europa League next season with a first league win over Dundalk at Oriel Park in almost six years — and put another dent into any lingering hopes the champions may have had of catching Cork City.

Bohemians 0 Dundalk 1: Ciaran Kildfuff came off the bench to score an 89th-minute winner to give Dundalk a fifth straight league victory and break valiant Bohemians’ hearts in an intriguing Premier Division clash at Dalymount Park.

Dylan Connolly last night revealed that Bray Wanderers’ precarious financial position played a major role in his move to Dundalk.

The ominous asterisk that shaped so many Airtricity League tables over recent years may yet make a comeback.

Bray Wanderers 0, Dundalk 3: Robbie Benson’s first half double inspired Dundalk to fourth straight Premier Division win.

League of Ireland preview: Should they prevail against Bray Wanderers at the Carlisle Grounds tonight, Dundalk can at least create the temporary illusion of a two-horse title race at the top of the SSE Airtricity League Premier Division.

Cork City 2 Bray Wanderers 1: 11 wins out of 11 and now 12 points clear at the top: with a third of the season gone, Cork City’s astonishing 2017 just keeps on getting better and better.

Cork City v Bray Wanderers, SSE Airtricity Premier Division: The accent is decidedly Dublin but the words are unmistakably Cork, more Shandon than his hometown Skerries.

Dundalk manager Stephen Kenny bemoaned the fact his side hadn’t won a penalty in the league in a year this week then saw his side concede two last night, as Bray Wanderers shocked the champions at Oriel Park.

Bray Wanderers 4 Cork City 1: Bray gave Cork the worst possible FAI Cup final send-off on the last day of the SSE Airtricity League Premier Division season.

Cork City 4 Bray Wanderers 0: Red hot Cork City made it 13 goals in three games as they moved to within one point of leaders Dundalk in the SSE Airtricity League premier division with an emphatic victory over Bray Wanderers at Turners Cross last night.

Bray Wanderers 1, Shamrock Rovers 1: Former Bray Wanderers man Gary McCabe came off the bench to end the Wicklow club’s record breaking run.

Bray Wanderers 1 Finn Harps 0: Conor Kenna conceded it was luck that led to his first goal for Bray that downed out of sorts Finn Harps.

Plotting a route through the professional ranks in the shadow of his famous father has never been a chore for the newest Ireland U21 recruit, Niall Keown.

Having produced commendable performances against some of the top sides in the country, Shane Keegan wants his Wexford Youths to finally take that major step and garner a first Premier Division victory when Derry City visit Ferrycarrig Park this evening.

Italy 1 Ireland 0: Noel King last night hailed the courage of his Ireland U21 players after they succumbed to a second-half winner against 10-man Italy in Vicenza.

Garbally College 19 Summerhill College Sligo 18: A masterful kicking display from Simon Keller, a first-half try from Michael O’Neill and some incredible last ditch defending in a frenetic finale saw Garbally College end their eight year wait for the Top Oil Connacht Schools Senior Cup title at the expense of a gallant and talented Summerhill College of Sligo.

Connacht Schools: Garbally College Ballinasloe 45 Coláiste Iognáid 0

Republic of Ireland Under-21s boss Noel King will test the depth of his squad in friendlies against the United States and Russia in Spain in the coming days.

UCD 1 Drogheda United 0

First Division play-off: Galway FC 2 Shelbourne 0

Jack Grealish has pulled out of Noel King’s Ireland U21 squad for Thursday’s friendly against Norway (6pm Irish time) — hours after England U21 boss Gareth Southgate confirmed he still wants the Aston Villa man to declare for the Three Lions.

Finn Harps 1 Waterford United 0, First Division

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.