Derry 2-15 Mayo 1-16

ALLIANZ FL DIVISION 1 SEMI-FINAL:

ALLIANZ FL DIV 1:

Derry 1-15 Tyrone 2-12

St Patrick’s Athletic 0 Shamrock Rovers 2

Derry City 0 St Pat’s Athletic 1

Sligo Rovers 1 St Patrick’s Athletic 1

St. Patrick’s Athletic 2 Zalgiris 2

Derry 0-15 Sligo 0-08

Derry 0-15 Sligo 0-08

AIRTRICITY LEAGUE PREMIER DIVISION:

St Pat’s joined Sligo Rovers at the top of the Airtricity League table for 24 hours at least following this Dublin derby win at Tolka Park.

Russia is to expel a US diplomat it claims was caught disguised in a blond wig while trying to recruit a Russian agent in Moscow.

Derry 1-18 Westmeath 0-15

Airtricity League Premier Division:

New signing Anthony Elding made it two goals in as many games to get champions Sligo Rovers off to the perfect start in defence of their title as they beat FAI Cup holders Derry City 1-0 at the Brandywell as the Airtricity League season kicked off in earnest.

An Irish man held hostage in Algeria is expected to be reunited with his family today.

Family and friends of an Irishman who escaped the Algerian hostage crisis are today preparing to welcome him home.

The family of an Irishman held in the Algerian hostage crisis hope he may be home as soon as today.

Algerian special forces launched a rescue operation yesterday at a natural gas plant in the Sahara Desert and freed foreign hostages held by al Qaeda linked militants, but estimates for the number of dead varied wildly from four to dozens.

The family of an Irishman held in the Algerian hostage crisis have described their delight at his release after two days of anguish.

The sister of an Irishman freed in the Algerian hostage crisis has described the family's joy.

The Department of Foreign Affairs has said the Irish man held captive in Algeria has contacted his family to tell them he is “safe and well” and is no longer a hostage.

Chrystia Freeland meets three public leaders who are exploiting social media to forge a direct connection with their communities

THE search for their holy grail of an FAI Cup win after half a century’s wait continues for St Patrick’s Athletic as their jinx in the blue riband reared its head again at Tolka Park last night.

THE spoils were shared at Dalymount Park but both sides will admit this does not look enough to boost their fading title hopes.

ST Patrick’s Athletic kept up their hopes of Airtricity League glory as Sean O’Connor’s brace saw them comfortably overcome 10 man Dundalk at Oriel Park last night to remain within three points of league leaders Sligo Rovers.

SECOND-HALF goals from Stephen Bradley, Dave Mulcahy and Anto Murphy kept St. Patrick’s Athletic very much in Premier Division title contention with a comfortable victory over Bray Wanderers at the Carlisle Grounds last night.

A MAGNIFICENT performance from Daryl Kavanagh saw St Patrick’s Athletic ease into the quarter-finals of the Ford FAI Cup as the Dublin outfit proved far too good for a disappointing Waterford at the RSC.

IF they were to get their season back on track, St Pat’s were going to do it against Drogheda — a side they had comfortably beaten twice earlier in the season.

St Patrick's Athletic 2 UCD 2

A RAINBOW appeared near Tallaght Stadium prior to kick-off last night.

RICHMOND PARK is full of brotherly love these days.

PETE MAHON last night hailed his side’s battling performance in their narrow defeat to Shakter Karagandy in Kazakhstan as the highlight of his long career.

DEREK DOYLE, their match-winner in Europe last week, maintained his scoring flush with a well-taken double, but it wasn’t enough as St Pat’s failed to get the win required to regain the leadership of the Premier Division yesterday.

IT’S next stop Kazakhstan for St Pat’s after two first-half goals and a disciplined second-half performance saw Pete Mahon’s men deservedly turn around their Europa League tie against Iceland’s IBV at Richmond Park last night, winning 2-1 on aggregate.

SHAMROCK ROVERS moved back to the top of the Airtricity League Premier Division table when a brilliant 52nd-minute goal from Gary Twigg gave them a narrow victory over previous leaders St Patrick’s Athletic at Tallaght Stadium yesterday.

HAVING given away a needless penalty, Gary Rogers can still reflect this morning that his main attributes as a goalkeeper have surely kept St Patrick’s in Europe.

DANNY NORTH’S penalty sent St Pat’s top of the Airtricity League Premier Division as they made the most of Sligo’s win over Shamrock Rovers.

ST PATRICK’S ATHLETIC closed the gap on Shamrock Rovers to a point in the Premier Division last night, but they didn’t have it all their own way against the league’s basement club, which played the majority of the second half with 10 men.

SECOND-HALF substitute Anthony Murphy turned this entertaining clash the visitors’ way as they extended their unbeaten run to 12 games.

GRAHAM CUMMINS grabbed his 11th goal of the season as high-flying Cork City saw off Premier Division St Pat’s in a pulsating EA Sports Cup quarter-final at Turner’s Cross yesterday.

ST PATRICK’S ATHLETIC made it nine league games unbeaten to keep their title hopes with very much alive with a comprehensive victory over UCD at the Belfield Bowl last night.