Derry City needed a moment of magic from substitute Patrick McClean to earn a point from a 1-1 draw with Longford Town on Saturday night.

Shamrock Rovers 4 Limerick 1: Having opened the scoring with a spectacular strike, Brandon Miele completed Shamrock Rovers’ tally with the goal of the game in an easy win at Tallaght Stadium.

Limerick FC 1 Avondale United 0: A last-minute Shane Tracy penalty saw Martin Russell’s Limerick capture the Munster Senior Cup as they edged Avondale United 1-0 at a rain-soaked Askeaton yesterday.

Bohemians 2 Limerick 1

Limerick FC chairman John O’Sullivan has big plans for his club — both on and off the field

Forget Messi, you can get a couple of local Irish lads on the cover of your FIFA 14 kids.

Daryl Kavanagh has rejoined former club St Patrick’s Athletic from Cork City, bringing to four the number of players who have left Turner’s Cross in recent days, following the departures of Denis Behan, Adam Rundle and, on loan to Waterford United, Danny Furlong.

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.

Kevin O'Connor scored a late equaliser - but was then sent off - as Bray Wanderers earned a deserved point from a roller-coaster 4-4 draw with Limerick at Thomond Park.

Bohemians 0 Limerick 1

Limerick came from two goals down at half-time to stun in-form Dundalk 3-2 at Thomond Park to earn a first win in six games.

Christy Fagan scored twice as St Patrick's Athletic heaped more misery on beleaguered Shelbourne as they beat the managerless Reds 3-0 at Tolka Park this evening.

Cork City 2 Limerick City 3

Champions Sligo Rovers got back to winning ways with a convincing 3-0 win over Derry City to leapfrog the Candystripes back to the top of the table to delight a packed Showgrounds.

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Karl Sheppard hit a late equaliser as Shamrock Rovers salvaged a point from a 1-1 draw - the Hoops' seventh stalemate of the campaign - with champions Sligo Rovers at Tallaght Stadium.

An equaliser deep in stoppage time from substitute Graham Rusk earned Drogheda United a 2-2 draw against 10-man Sligo Rovers in a dramatic game at the Showgrounds.

Bray Wanderers 0 Limerick FC 4

A brilliantly taken brace of goals each from Axel Bossekota and Shane Tracy earned Limerick their biggest win of the season as they heaped further misery on hapless Bray Wanderers to beat Pat Devlin's strugglers 4-0 at the Carlisle Grounds.

Daryl Kavanagh proved his point at Tallaght Stadium with a brilliant away goal as Cork City drew 1-1 with Shamrock Rovers in their Setanta Sports Cup semi-final, first leg.

Limerick FC 1 Shamrock Rovers 1

A first half penalty from Killian Brennan got St. Patrick's Athletic's season back up and running with a deserved 1-0 win over Limerick at Thomond Park last night.

Shamrock Rovers cruised to a 3-0 victory over St. Patrick's Athletic in the big Dublin derby at Tallaght Stadium.

The 2013 campaign gets underway later tonight.

The protracted saga of the hunt for a new manager of Limerick will finally end later this week when Stuart Taylor is unveiled as the successor to Pat Scully.

Newly-crowned champions Sligo Rovers have, as expected, dominated the PFAI Premier Division Team of the Year with five places but there was no place for any member of EA Sports Cup and Europa League bound Drogheda United in the side.

Manchester City warmed up for next weekend’s Community Shield against Chelsea with a straightforward win over Limerick FC at Thomond Park last night.

Limerick FC maintained their three-point lead at the top of the First Division following this stalemate with second-placed Longford Town at Jackman Park last night.

Limerick FC opened up a three point lead at the top of the First Division with a hard-earned win over bottom-of-the-table Salthill Devon Galway at Jackman Park last night.

Limerick FC capped a great day off the field with a super display on it with victory over Mervue United at Fahy’s Field last night.

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

Limerick FC maintained their First Division promotion drive with a four-goal rout of Wexford Youths at Jackman Park last night.

Unbeaten Longford Town stretched their lead at the top of the First Division with a hard-fought win over high-flying Limerick at Jackman Park.

Limerick FC maintained their 100% home run with a comfortable victory over SD Galway at Jackman Park last night.

VETERAN Alan Kirby’s 65th minute strike helped leaders Longford Town to a comfortable three points over Wexford Youths at Ferrycarrig Park last night.

LIMERICK FC kept their promotion hopes very much alive with a 6-0 rout of basement boys Wexford Youths at Jackman Park last night.

First Division roundup

Shelbourne 1 Finn Harps 0

Sporting Fingal 2 Limerick 2