Shamrock Rovers’ Europa League hopes are all but over as no mid-season joy was visited on Tallaght Stadium from Lapland last night.

St Patrick’s Athletic 0 Shamrock Rovers 2: Goals in either half from Brandon Miele and Gary Shaw gave Shamrock Rovers the points from this Dublin derby at Richmond Park.

Shamrock Rovers 4 Midleton 0

Shamrock Rovers 2 Bray Wanderers 0: Killian Brennan and Dean Clarke scored second-half goals to earn Shamrock Rovers a much-needed win against 10-man Bray Wanderers at Tallaght Stadium.

The Football Association of Ireland have enlisted five former Republic of Ireland players in their international coaching set-up.

Limerick 0 Shamrock Rovers 2: Limerick FC may avoid the drop if they beat Sligo Rovers away in their final game of the season next Friday.

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.

Damien Duff might be an Irish football legend but Shamrock Rovers boss Pat Fenlon has made it clear that the club’s new star signing is not automatically guaranteed a place in his team.

St Patrick’s Athletic 2 Shamrock Rovers 1: Holders St Patrick’s Athletic kept their cup ambitions alive when defeating local rivals Shamrock Rovers by 2-1 in their FAI Cup second round encounter at Richmond Park last night.

St Patrick’s Athletic 0 Shamrock Rovers 0: The spoils were shared between St Patrick’s Athletic and Shamrock Rovers at Richmond Park last night.

Shamrock Rovers 1

Shamrock Rovers 2 Dundalk 2

Derry City 0 Shamrock Rovers 0: Keith Fahey may have blotted his copybook at the Brandywell last night having been sent off, but Shamrock Rovers will not be too unhappy with their former international as they took a point in Derry.

Cabinteely 0 Shamrock Rovers 2: Quick-fire second-half goals from Sean O’Connor and Brandon Miele eased Shamrock Rovers into the quarter-finals of the EA Sports Cup.

SSE Airtricity League Premier Division

Longford Town 0, Shamrock Rovers 2:

Not even the onset of lymphoma could deter Stephen McPhail from continuing his career and the 35-year-old yesterday agreed a new contract at Shamrock Rovers.

SSE Airtricity League Premier Division

Ford FAI Cup semi-final

Dundalk 3 Shamrock Rovers 2

Cork City 1 Shamrock Rovers 0

Shamrock Rovers 2 St Pat’s Athletic 1

A soldier has told how he ran across live rails into the path of an oncoming train to rescue a woman who fell on the tracks.

Stephen McPhail has urged his fellow former Irish international Damien Duff to join him at Shamrock Rovers.

Shamrock Rovers 2 UCD 0

The first time out for reigning champions will always attract attention but there’s a lot more to the appearance of St Patrick’s Athletic at Turner’s Cross tonight to guarantee the fixture’s billing as the stand-out opening game of the 2014 SSE Airtricity League Premier Division season.

The selfie craze has seen everyone from Barack Obama to Miley Cyrus posing for pictures. Now a ring-tailed lemur has decided to get in on the action.

Signing for Shamrock Rovers is a homecoming in more ways than one for Stephen McPhail, representing not just a return to the country of his birth after 19 years in English football but also to the team he supported in his youth.

David Meyler, who began his senior football with Cork City, has revealed the inspirational role in his career played by club old boy Shane Long, the striker with whom he has now been reunited at Hull City.

The Voice Squad first performed together in 1985 and went on to sing at the Special Olympics in 2003. Their talents are still very much in demand.

Sam Allardyce is looking for a repeat performance at Wembley after West Ham reached the npower Championship play-off final yesterday.

Republic of Ireland’s Stephen McPhail will know in the next 24 hours if he has any chance of making Sunday’s Carling Cup final against Liverpool.

CARDIFF boss Malky Mackay hailed his side’s “nerves of steel” after they reached the Carling Cup final last night after a thrilling penalty shootout win over Championship rivals Crystal Palace last night.

MATCHWINNER Antony Gardner believes Crystal Palace are well placed to reach the Carling Cup final after last night’s 1-0 success at Selhurst Park.

CARDIFF CITY boss Malky Mackay insisted the club’s Irish midfielder Stephen McPhail is “fit and well” but revealed that the 31-year-old is currently being investigated for side-effects from the treatment of a condition known as Sjogren’s Syndrome.

MANAGER Dave Jones apologised to Cardiff’s fans after their automatic promotion hopes were shattered by a 3-0 home defeat to Middlesbrough.

The founder of high street fashion chain New Look has made a surprise return at the helm of the company following a management clear-out.

UL BOHEMIANS 28 BRUFF 25

LEEDS’ 12-game unbeaten run came to an end last night at the hands of Cardiff as the Bluebirds eased the pressure on manager Dave Jones.

UL Bohemians 13 Galwegians 14

Blackpool and Cardiff were able to name unchanged sides for today’s Coca-Cola Championship play-off final at Wembley.