Dundalk 4 Longford Town 3

Longford Town 0 Cork City 3: Mark O’Sullivan was sprung from the bench and duly made a major impact as Cork City produced a seventh straight league win to consolidate second place in the Premier Divison table at City Calling Stadium.

Ger Pender scored a first-half winner to lift managerless Bray Wanderers off the foot of the Premier Division as they shocked St Patrick’s Athletic, who finished with 10 men, with a 1-0 win at the Carlisle Grounds.

Cork City 6 Longford Town 0: A magnificent Steven Beattie hat-trick was the highlight as Cork City warmed up for Friday night’s massive game with champions Dundalk with an emphatic rout of Longford Town at Turner’s Cross last night.

Longford Town 0 St Patrick’s Athletic 1

Longford Town 1 Cork City 4: Steven Beattie says he couldn’t have planned a better league debut for Cork City.

Disgraced PR guru Max Clifford has failed to block a privacy claim brought against him by former royal butler Paul Burrell.

Longford Town 2 Bohemians 1

Derry 0-12 Down 0-11: When a team hasn’t won in a while, it can forget how to, and in the second half at Celtic Park yesterday, Derry were certainly struggling with the concept of victory.

Shamrock Rovers 3 Longford Town 2: Max Blanchard was the unlikely matchwinner for Shamrock Rovers with two second half goals at Tallaght Stadium last night.

It’s time to step out of your comfort zone and face up to colour. Katie Wright paints a picture of bright but wearable spring trends.

Cork City 2 Longford Town 0

Back in the day when I believed that politics could improve the lot of the common man, I used to be enthralled by the British general election, writes Paddy Heaney.

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A member of staff from the US Centers for Disease Control who worked in close proximity to someone infected by the deadly Ebola virus in West Africa has been flown back home to Atlanta by charter jet to monitor potential symptoms, officials said.

Bohemians 2 Athlone Town 2

And Mr. Burns and Principal Skinner. Smithers is probably coming too.

Frank Skinner and Sue Perkins will host the new gameshow 'Trust Me I'm A Game Show Host'.

Fantasy football and grim reality are set to collide at the 2014 World Cup. Liam Mackey, in Rio de Janeiro, predicts the winner.

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Richard Skinner tells Richard Fitzpatrick why the weird and wonderful ways of the real-life Erik Satie provided such great material for his new novella

Frank Skinner will miss his son's second birthday to film 'Doctor Who'.

Frank Skinner will appear in the new series of 'Doctor Who'.

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Amongst his more familiar but less tactful friends, Donal Leahy is oft jokingly referred to as The Nearly Man. Mafi Magic and Two Excuses must accept their share of the blame for that.

Exactly a decade ago, I was in Ballinascreen on the day Eoin Bradley broke his leg playing for Derry in the Dr McKenna Cup.

A fugitive Mafia boss wanted by the Italian authorities told officers who arrested him in the UK “I’m not going back, they will kill me”, a court heard.

A fugitive Mafia boss who has been hiding in British suburbia for 20 years could be released on bail today amid concerns that there are “significant deficiencies” with the warrant for his arrest.

Cobh Ramblers 1 Athlone Town 1

It was a week for reflection. A week when we marvelled at a great champion besting injury to captivate us with a dramatic entrance.

Actor Antony Cotton stormed to victory tonight in the final of 'Let’s Dance For Comic Relief' with a display of jazz hands and tap dancing.

Reading or listening to what passes for most GAA commentary these days, you sometimes wonder why they bother, those brave souls-poor eejits that coach or play inter-county football.

It will be carried by the some of the biggest names in Irish sport and it will traverse some of our most iconic landscapes prior to the Olympic Games but a Shannon Airport hangar and an airport duty manager were never part of the plan.

It was a happy case of déjà vu for Cork City last night, as they returned to the scene of their First Division title win last season and, with an identical scoreline — and a near identical winning goal — this time secured just the second victory of their Premier Division campaign.

Drogheda United’s remarkable start to the season continued as they overcame Shelbourne to maintain their place in the top three.

Against the team he scored the bulk of his goals for over the seasons, Jason Byrne hit his 183rd league goal of his career for Bray Wanderers last night to go second in the all-time League of Ireland goalscoring charts.

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.

Shelbourne showed their mettle to dig out a point with 10 men in a rousing Dublin derby at Tolka Park.

Shamrock Rovers took full advantage of a slapstick display from Shelbourne to cruise to an emphatic 4-0 win in their Premier Division encounter at Tallaght Stadium last night.

Hat-trick hero Liam Watson was the toast of Loughgiel this weekend with his 3-7 tally helping to hold off the challenge of hot favourites Coolderry in this All-Ireland club senior hurling final in chilly Croke Park on Saturday.