Bohemians hammered UCD by a record scoreline as new signing Andre Wright endeared himself to the Dalymount Park faithful with a spectacular four-goal haul.

Yoyo Mahdy’s brilliant early goal maintained UCD’s revival as they frustrated Bohemians at the UCD Bowl.

Jason McClelland’s early winner ended depleted UCD’s 11-match losing streak.

Ronan Coughlan bagged a cool hat-trick as Sligo Rovers coasted to a 5-1 win over bottom of the table UCD at the Showgrounds.

Kevin Toner’s first-half winner stretched St Patrick’s Athletic unbeaten run to four games as they dominated at the UCD Bowl.

Teenager Cian Bargary enjoyed a memorable league debut when scoring the only goal of the game to get Cork City back to winning ways at the UCD Bowl.

Goals from Karl Sheppard and Graham Cummins made it two from two under interim manager John Cotter for Cork City.

Georgie Kelly was UCD’s leading scorer last season with 14 goals to greatly help their promotion push last year before his summer move to Oriel Park.

Clinical Bohemians saw off a first-half barrage from UCD to win 3-0 and move back into second place in the Premier Division.

A second-half implosion saw Cork City fall to their fifth league defeat of the season away to UCD last night.

New Ireland call-up Jack Byrne scored twice as leaders Shamrock Rovers left it late to overcome a spirited UCD side at Tallaght Stadium.

Ronan Curtis scored a first half hat-trick as Derry City, record 10-time winners of the competition, beat First Division Shelbourne 7-3 in a thrilling goal-fest last eight tie at the Brandywell to book their place in the semi-final of the EA Sports Cup.

A man has been released without charge after being questioned in connection with a fatal crash in Co Donegal.

A young man killed in Co Donegal on Saturday night was walking home after celebrating the christening of his baby son.

Detectives are continuing to investigate the circumstances surrounding the death of a child who may have been attacked by the family dog.

Police have launched an investigation following the sudden death of an 11-year-old boy.

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The parents of a young man savagely murdered by a teenage car thief have spoken of their devastation at their son’s loss.

A man has been jailed for life after he was found guilty of the murder of a musician over two years ago.

Rangers’ appeal against sanctions imposed by the Scottish Football Association will be heard next Wednesday – and the panel members have been named following consultation with the police.

A 62-year-old football coach who claimed he was defamed in text messages after reassuringly embracing one of his players has been awarded €15,000 damages in the Circuit Civil Court.

House prices in the North are down by as much as 70% from their peak, it was revealed.

COLOMBIAN authorities said they were due to hand over a pregnant 15-year-old Texas girl to US officials last night to be reunited with her family, nine months after she was deported to South America in a bizarre mix-up.

John Greig and John McClelland have resigned as non-executive directors of Rangers Football Club PLC.

Australia would give consular help to WikiLeaks’ founder Julian Assange if he is arrested abroad, the government said today.

Australia’s prime minister slammed WikiLeaks’ publication of classified documents as “illegal” today, in the country’s strongest condemnation yet of the website’s ongoing release of sensitive data.

Police were investigating today whether any Australian law was broken by the latest leaking of confidential documents by online whistleblower WikiLeaks.

POLICE in riot gear rushed a downtown street to break up a standoff between hundreds of black and white extremists who exchanged screams of “Black power!” and “White power!” during a protest over the state’s handling of the case of a black man who was run over and dragged by a vehicle.

The Australian federal government said today it will clear away hurdles that have stalled a nationwide fire alert telephone system, after thousands of people were caught off-guard by the deadliest wildfires in the country’s history.

People wanting to sell their homes in the North are having to cut asking prices by up to 30% to find a buyer, it was revealed today.

Chinese guards travelling with the Olympic torch could face arrest if they lay hands on any protesters during its visit to Australia’s capital next week, an official said today.

First-time buyers have been boosted by tumbling house prices in the North, a survey revealed today.

There has been another slow-down in the rate of house price inflation in the North, according to the latest survey published today.

Australian Prime Minister John Howard insisted oil had nothing to do with Australia’s involvement in the Iraq war, contradicting his defence minister who said protecting Iraq’s oil supplies was one of his country’s motivations for keeping troops there.

House prices are dropping in parts of the North amid new evidence that the heat has finally gone out of the market, a report revealed today.

Former Snow Patrol bass player Mark McClelland has slammed his former bandmates for never explaining his sacking from the band.

FIRST Omagh and now Crossmaglen. For eight years, Armagh and Tyrone have held Ulster football in their vice-like grips but the twin towers of the northern game both came a cropper on home soil against their provincial brethren this weekend.

Rangers today confirmed owner David Murray has returned as executive chairman.

Rangers manager Alex McLeish has finally signed his new deal, tying him to the Ibrox club until 2007.

RANGERS chairman John McClelland has warned other clubs that captain Barry Ferguson will not be joining the list of Ibrox departures.

Rangers chairman John McClelland has vowed to root out the racist minority who brought shame on the club at Parkhead on Saturday.