Waterford United 0 Dundalk 2

Dundalk 2 Waterford United 2

Waterford United 1 Mervue United 2

Waterford United 4 Longford Town 2

SD Galway 0 Waterford United 1

Waterford United 0 Mervue United 4

Limerick FC 0 Waterford United 1

Wexford Youths deservedly won this south east derby at the RSC last night to end Waterford United’s chances of automatic promotion to the Airtricity League of Ireland Premier Division.

Ten-man Waterford United slipped up in the race for automatic promotion as they were held to a scoreless draw by Athlone Town at the RSC.

In counties such as Leitrim they don’t measure success with trophies.

Goals from Peter Higgins, Seani Maguire and Jack Doherty helped Waterford United to their seventh win on the spin at the RSC last night.

A brilliant second half performance saw Waterford came from behind to stun Limerick at rain soaked RSC last night.

Waterford United cruised to success at the RSC last night as the Blues kept their promotion hopes well and truly alive against an opposition side that battled but never looked capable of holding the home side.

Limerick FC maintained their promotion drive with a nervy win at Jackman Park last night.

Waterford United made it three wins and three clean sheets on the trot to keep in touch with the First Division leaders with a deserved win at Eamon Deacy Park last night.

Waterford United threw a spanner in Limerick FC’s promotion drive with a well deserved victory from last night’s Munster derby at Jackman Park.

Mervue United registered their first point of the season but stay rooted to the bottom of the First Division after a poor encounter at Fahy’s Field last night.

Danny North hit a double to score for the third match running as Sligo joined Shamrock Rovers at the top of the Premier Division on Saturday night.

They say a week in a long time in politics and in front of local TD John Halligan at the RSC last night, Waterford United showed that a week is even more longer in football as the Blues shocked Limerick FC in a passionate Munster derby.

Wing-forward Joe Kelly turned in a champagne performance for Wicklow’s footballers as they romped to victory over Kilkenny at Freshford yesterday.

WICKLOW might become the first county Mick O’Dwyer will depart without winning championship silverware but the ethos and style of football that the Kerry legend has promoted for over half a century is clearly embedded in the Garden County.

Armagh 0-19 Wicklow 2-13

Wicklow 1-18 Sligo 0-16

Cavan 0-15 Wicklow 2-8

Wicklow 3-13 Carlow 0-12

KERRY football boss Jack O’Connor has named ten of last September’s All-Ireland winning team for the opening clash of their All-Ireland title defence in Sunday’s Munster SFC quarter-final against Tipperary in Semple Stadium.

CONTRARY to the impression given by Michael Mernagh in his letter (‘Retired public workers not living in luxury’, January 13), I never claimed a large percentage of them lived in opulence.

A prominent priest has said Irish society is "morally bankrupt".

IN his letter (July 16), Michael Mernagh expressed concerns that his “life-saving medicines might be withheld”. The HSE wishes to reassure Mr Mernagh, and others who avail of the state’s drugs scheme, such as the medical card scheme and the long-term illness scheme, that access to medicines will continue regardless of any disruption to the service from August 1.

TATTERSALLS IRELAND managing director George Mernagh was delighted and relieved yesterday to say the Meath venue’s international horse trials will go-ahead this year, but conceded that failure to save it would have dealt a huge blow to Ireland’s equestrian reputation.

THE staging of the Tattersalls World Cup event remained on a knife edge last night as efforts continued to find the necessary finance.

I WAS astounded to read the letter (November 26) from Michael Mernagh expressing his wish to see corporation tax here set at the level of other European countries.

MONAGHAN United eased to their third successive win in the eircom League First Division when they dominated a lifeless Athlone Town at Kingspan Century Park.

Jockey Dean Mernagh and trainer Stewart Parr will finally have their appeals heard tomorrow against the punishments they received in the Black Oval case over a year ago.

Irish jockeys Tony Culhane and Dean Mernagh have been banned for 12 and nine months respectively after an investigation into 37 races in 2003 and 2004.

Tony Culhane and Dean Mernagh will appear before the Horseracing Regulatory Authority’s disciplinary panel on July 9.

Tony Culhane and Dean Mernagh are confident they will be cleared of all charges after the Horseracing Regulatory Authority confirmed they will face a disciplinary inquiry.

A MAN died following a crash in Co Wexford yesterday, bringing to 39 the number of people killed on the State’s roads so far this year.

Leinster Club SFC

Limerick FC boss Mike Kerley hopes to have Ollie Keogh and Jonathon Mernagh in contention for starting places for tomorrow night’s First Division meeting with Galway United.

PAUL BLOCKLEY, who trains on the course, has made a fine start to the year and he completed his second double in consecutive days at Southwell yesterday.

Trainer Richard Fahey and his stable jockey Paul Hanagan lost out for the second time in a week in controversial circumstances when Inch Perfect’s two-length defeat at the hands of Mr Gisby was confirmed following a lengthy stewards’ inquiry at Southwell.