Caulfield — City’s joint all-time top scorer with Pat Morley and the holder of the record number of appearances for the club — will be officially unveiled at a media event in the city this afternoon.

When Giovanni Trapattoni said, on more than one occasion, that Ireland was a country without a league, it prompted an apoplectic backlash from players, managers and supporters in the domestic game.

Drogheda United 2 Cork City 3

Goals from Pat Hoban and Richie Towell fired Dundalk to the top of the Premier Division table as they beat ten man UCD 2-0 while erstwhile leaders St. Patrick's Athletic were surprisingly held to a 1-1 draw at home by lowly Bohemians.

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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Caretaker manager Stuart Ashton faces his biggest test yet as Cork City take on Bohemians at Turner’s Cross this evening in a game which could have major significance on the race away from the bottom of the Airtricity League Premier Division.

Stuart Ashton is anxious his Cork City players aren’t spooked by the perceived high stakes of tomorrow night’s Airtricity League meeting with fellow strugglers Bohemians at Turner’s Cross.

Wearing the famous striped shirt of West Bromwich Albion, Shane Long last night made his first appearance back at Turner’s Cross since leaving for England in 2005, and the one-time Cork City rookie marked the occasion by also registering his first goal at the venue, as the Premier League side eventually ran out easy winners against a mix ‘n’ match home side in front of a crowd of 2,371.

Cork City 3 Kilbarrack United 1

Declan ‘Fabio’ O'Brien scored twice to help catapult holders Drogheda United into the EA Sports Cup final after a 3-1 semi-final win over Derry City at the Brandywell.

Cork City say they will not be rushed into securing a permanent replacement for Tommy Dunne, as U19 coach Stuart Ashton prepares to take over as caretaker manager for today’s FAI Cup tie against Kilbarrack United.

Cork City FC and first team manager Tommy Dunne have parted company with immediate effect.

The FAI might recently have been the focus for cutbacks and belt-tightening but, seemingly bucking the age of austerity, the association yesterday announced they are in the process of creating six new positions — mainly, they say, related to revenue generation.

Former Cork City player, skipper and manager Dave Barry has ruled himself out of taking on the role of first- team boss with the new Foras-owned club, which has yet to be named.

THE search for a replacement for Paul Doolin is already well under way at Cork City.

IT’S as you were in the Premier Division this morning after the eircom League Management Committee yesterday decided not to reinstate the results of matches involving Dublin City, who went out of business last month.

REPUBLIC of Ireland manager Brian Kerr has lost another defender to injury ahead of his side’s triple bill of fixtures in the next fortnight.

Manager Paul Fairclough has made one change to the England squad to play in the Four Nations tournament in Cork next week.

Cork City Under-21 manager Stuart Ashton has been appointed manager of the Republic of Ireland squad for the 2005 Four Nations semi-professional tournament which takes place in Cork next month.

DAMIEN RICHARDSON has been confirmed as the new boss of Cork City, returning to the club he managed in the early 1990s.

Damien Richardson will be unveiled as the new team manager of Cork City FC at a press conference in Cork on Friday, according to a report in today's Evening Echo.

Cork City and the Sligo-Leitrim and District League will meet in the final of this year’s Enda McGuill under-21 League Cup on Saturday at Turners Cross at 7pm.

Pat Devlin has named the 18-man squad which will represent Ireland at this month's four nations semi-professional tournament in Aberdeen, Scotland from May 18 to 26.

PAT DEVLIN’S tireless service to Bray Wanderers has been rewarded with the respected coach being named as manager of an U21 eircom league selection that will participate in a Four Nations tournament in Aberdeen next month.

The eircom League has announced that Bray Wanderers manager Pat Devlin has been selected as manager to the Republic of Ireland squad for this year’s Four Nations semi-professional tournament.

A squad has been picked by eircom League U-21 Manager Tony Cousins for a special four team tournament in Wales.

CORK CITY'S new manager, Pat Dolan, yesterday forecast changes but said he needed time to listen, to learn and to understand the culture of the Turner's Cross club before he moved.