The Beast from the North-East is up and running at the third time of asking after Dundalk hit Limerick FC for eight to claim their first win of the season at Oriel Park last night.

Priority number one for Limerick as the league leaders came to town on the back of six straight wins from their first half-dozen games must have been the need to make John Caulfield’s side work for every single opening.

A wonder goal from Patrick McEleney proved enough for holders Dundalk to see off First Division champions Limerick FC at Oriel Park last night as they made it three wins from three so far.

St Patrick’s Athletic 2 Limerick 0: St Patrick’s Athletic progressed to the quarter-finals of the FAI Cup with a 2-0 win over Limerick at Richmond Park last night.

Limerick FC 2 Cobh Ramblers 0: Cobh boss Stephen Henderson reckons no one will catch runaway First Division leaders Limerick FC. 

The families of some of the eight men killed in a road crash in Co Donegal almost six years ago have expressed their frustration with the remit of the coroner’s court after a unlawful killing verdict last evening from a jury hearing the case.

An inquest into Ireland’s biggest ever road crash has opened amidst claims of a cover-up.

A man whose dangerous driving caused the worst traffic accident in the history of the State, resulting in the deaths of eight people, was yesterday sentenced to eight years after his original two- year sentence was found to be too lenient.

The man behind Ireland's worst ever car crash will be back in court today for a fresh sentence hearing after his two-year jail term was set aside on appeal.

A Donegal man who killed eight people in a car crash five years ago will find out today if he will have to serve more time in prison.

As a teetotaller, Seamus Coleman couldn’t even drown his sorrows at missing out on featuring at the last two international tournaments.

Finn Harps 2 Limerick 0 Finn Harps win 2-1 on agg

Prosecutors have told the Court of Appeal that the four-year sentence imposed on a 26-year-old man whose dangerous driving caused the deaths of eight people was too lenient.

Cork City 2 Limerick 3: A rejuvenated Limerick put a major dent in Cork City’s title challenge and gave their survival hopes another major boost as they claimed all three points in a rip-roaring Munster derby at Turners Cross last night.

Cork City turned in their best performance of the season to make it a Great Friday for their fans at Turner’s Cross last night as they blew Derry City away to move to within a point off leaders Dundalk at the top of the SSE Airtricity League Premier Division.

League of Ireland: With leaders Dundalk not in action until tomorrow, Cork City and Shamrock Rovers will both be hoping to make at least temporary inroads into the champions’ lead in the SSE Airtricity League Premier Division tonight.

The DPP is to appeal against the sentence handed down to Shaun Kelly, the Donegal man found guilty of dangerous driving causing the deaths of eight people.

The tragic deaths of eight people in a single car crash were recalled at Letterkenny Circuit Court this week when the driver of one of the cars involved, 26-year-old Shaun Kelly of Buncrana, Co Donegal, was sentenced to four years in prison with the last two years suspended for dangerous driving causing the deaths.

The death of his brother Hugh had such a profound impact on Anthony Friel that he revealed he twice planned his own suicide.

A man has been jailed for two years and disqualified from driving for 10 years for causing a crash which killed eight people in Inishowen.

A 26-year-old Donegal man who pleaded guilty to dangerous driving causing the deaths of eight men has been sentenced to four years in prison with the last two suspended.

The sentencing case of a 26-year-old Donegal man, who has pleaded guilty to dangerous driving causing the deaths of eight men, is continuing in Letterkenny.

Derry City 0 Cork City 1

The man charged with dangerous driving causing the deaths of eight people in Inishowen in 2010 has pleaded guilty.

A Co Donegal man charged with dangerous driving causing the deaths of eight people in Inishowen in 2010 has today pleaded guilty.

Limerick FC 1 Cork City 2

It isn’t quite a top of the table clash – since joint leaders St Pat’s are not in action until they travel to Sligo tomorrow – but Oriel Park is the venue for a big SSE Airtricity League game this evening, as third hosts first with the meeting of Dundalk and Cork City.

Delays in the trial of a man accused of causing the death by dangerous driving of eight people in Co Donegal were “simply not good enough,” a judge said in court when the case was called yesterday.

A man at the centre of the country’s worst ever car crash has been warned that his bail conditions will be revoked if he continues to breach his conditions.

Families of victims of one of the country’s worst ever car crashes are being hugely distressed by delays in a court case, a judge has warned.

Limerick FC 1 Shelbourne 0

The mother of a four-year-old boy whose body was left in a cot for two years after she let him starve to death will be sentenced today.

Limerick FC 1 UCD 3

A first half goal from midfielder Stephen Maher gave St. Patrick's Athletic a 1-0 win over Shelbourne to keep Liam Buckley's side a point clear at the top of the Premier Division table in a dramatic night of Airtricity League action.

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Pat Hoban scored twice as Dundalk maintained their fine form to beat Shamrock Rovers 3-1 at Oriel Park to move to within a point of leaders St. Patrick's Athletic at the top of the Premier Division table.