Cork City manager John Caulfield believes the side’s strong spirit is key to remaining the only unbeaten team in the SSE Airtricity League Premier Division.

A dramatic stoppage-time equaliser from Neil Yadolahi all but secured Bohemians’ Premier Division survival as they came from behind to earn a 1-1 draw with Dundalk at Dalymount Park last night.

St. Patrick's Athletic came from a goal down to beat UCD 3-1 at the UCD Bowl to leave themselves within touching distance of an eighth league title and their first since 1999.

Goals from Chris Forrester and man-of-the-match Daryl Kavanagh gave St. Patrick's Athletic a big 2-0 win over Dundalk in the top-of-the-table clash at Richmond Park to edge the Inchicore side closer to a first title in 14 years.

Sligo Rovers 1 Derry City 0

Limerick FC 0 Derry City 1

Substitute David McDaid hit a second half winner as Derry City bounced back from two league defeats and their Europa League exit to Trabzonspor midweek to beat Limerick 1-0 at Thomond Park to move back up to third place in the Premier Division table.

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Michael Duffy hit a late double to give Derry City a 2-0 victory over Bohemians at Dalymount Park as the 10-times record winners of the competition deservedly advanced to the semi-finals of the EA Sports Cup.

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St Patrick’s Athletic 1 Derry City 1

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Michael Rafter scored twice as Derry City maintained their excellent start to the season with a comfortable 2-0 win over Bray Wanderers at the Brandywell.

Cork City 0 Derry City 1

Derry City 1 Drogheda Utd 1

New Year’s Eve cheer will be thin on the ground in many watering holes as publicans warn 2013 could see time called on 800 pubs.

Waterford United 0 Dundalk 2

Waterford United 0 Dundalk 2

Dundalk 2 Waterford United 2

Dundalk 2 Bray Wanderers 1

As he did on his final home appearance last week, Gary Twigg signed off on the double for Shamrock Rovers as they beat their title successors Sligo Rovers 2-0 at the Showgrounds.

Dundalk 0 St Patrick’s Athletic 3

Shamrock Rovers 7 Dundalk 0

Dundalk 0 Shelbourne 1

Sligo Rovers are still six points clear at the top of the Airtricity league after a 3-0 win at the Showgrounds last night.

The Vintners Federation of Ireland has said it is monitoring a court case in Castlebar in which the bar at the Taoiseach’s golf club was run as a pub in exchange for an annual payment of €10,000.

Malahide United 0 Dundalk 4

Sean O’Connor kept St Patrick’s Athletic’s slim title hopes alive with the only goal of the game against bottom club Dundalk at Oriel Park last night.

Bray Wanderers left it late to capitalise on local girl Katie Taylor’s feel-good factor when equalising in the fourth minute of added time to pinch a point against fellow strugglers Dundalk.

Yet another point for draw specialists Cork in a predictable result at Oriel Park, where Dundalk had drawn their two previous games.

Being bottom of the table without a goal five games into the season is but a distant memory for Bohemians as a third win in four games over Dundalk at Dalymount Park last night moved them into fifth, their highest placing of the season.

Philip Gorman scored twice as Shelbourne recorded their biggest win of the season to heap further misery on hapless Dundalk at Tolka Park.

Sligo Rovers maintained their four-point lead at the top of the Premier Division but not before overcoming a major scare against strugglers Dundalk at Oriel Park last night.

Dundalk scrambled a single goal FAI Ford Cup win over their Leinster Senior League opponents at Oriel Park last night.

Jordan Keegan hit two stunning second-half strikes as Monaghan came from behind against fellow strugglers Dundalk at Oriel Park last night to claim only their second win of the season.

Pub owners are drowning under a sea of regulation and a glut of cheap alcohol being sold in supermarkets.

Bray Wanderers made it three leagues win in-a-row as penalties in either half from Jason Byrne proved enough to sink his former club at Oriel Park last night.

Absolutely no qualms about the entertainment value in Turner’s Cross last night in a game which, played in soaking conditions, produced as many spills as thrills, as well as five goals.

Goals in either half from Ronan McEvoy and Peter McMahon helped Bohemians see off the challenge of Dundalk at Oriel Park last night as the Phibsboro men got back to winning ways.

Dundalk stunned Derry City at the Brandywell last night, the Lilywhites recording their first win on the road since last June.

Gary Twigg’s first hat-trick at home helped Shamrock Rovers return to winning ways as they strolled to an emphatic 6-0 win over Dundalk in their Airtricity Premier Division encounter at Tallaght Stadium last night.

Dundalk, in eighth place, will accept their third goalless draw in six outings against fourth-placed Shelbourne in a game of few thrills and controlled largely by the visitors.