Finn Harps 0 Dundalk 2: Striker David McMillan stole the show as Dundalk made sure they didn’t lose any further ground on leaders Cork City as they notched up a comfortable win over a battling Finn Harps at Finn Park last night.

While first hosts third in the big game at Turner’s Cross this evening, Dundalk will be hoping to do their bit to narrow Cork City’s lead at the top when the champions travel to Ballybofey to take on Finn Harps (8.00).

Dundalk’s bid to retain their title may have taken a dent last week but their status as top dogs in Louth was assured with victory over neighbours Drogheda Utd in Oriel Park last night.

Having been plunged into darkness in Maginn Park last week, Limerick face the brightest lights in Irish football when they head to Oriel Park tonight to take on Dundalk.

New Shamrock Rovers manager Trevor Croly has said finding someone to fill the shooting boots of departed club legend Gary Twigg will be high up on his agenda.

Two men, who have been found guilty of a double Limerick murder, have been given mandatory life sentences each at the Central Criminal Court following a three-week trial.

Two cousins have been convicted of the murder of a man and a woman who were shot in a house in Limerick last year.

The jury in a Limerick double-murder trial is to commence its deliberations tomorrow morning.

The jury in a double Limerick murder trial were shown CCTV footage of the movements of two people through O'Malley Park prior to the shootings in which two people were killed.

A mobile phone forensic analysis has given evidence in a double Limerick murder trial that one of the accused telephoned the partner of one of the victim four times three hours after the murders had taken place.

A trial of two men accused of a double murder in Limerick has heard today that a brother of one of the accused told gardaí he saw “a gun pointed down towards the ground” in the back seat of a car he and the two accused were travelling in.

A man has told a trial of two men accused of a double murder in Limerick that one of the accused called to his house to collect a gun the morning of the shootings.

The partner of a Limerick man who was shot dead along with another woman in his home has told a trial one of the accused arrived at her house the day of the killings to offer his condolences but that he “seemed agitated”.

A sister of Limerick murder victim Breda Waters has admitted at the Central Criminal Court she was having an affair with one of the accused but it ended a month prior to the shooting dead of Ms Waters and Desmond Kelly.

A trial of two men accused of a double murder in Limerick has heard the victims “met death in a violent fashion.”

Shamrock Rovers 2 Cork City 0

Champions Shamrock Rovers moved into third place in the Airtricity Premier Division and are now just four points behind leaders Sligo Rovers with a fully deserved victory over bottom-of-the-table UCD at the Belfield Bowl last night.

THERE were dramatic scenes outside Limerick courthouse yesterday when a group of more than 50 men, women and children tried to attack two men who were brought there on murder charges in relation to the shooting dead of Des Kelly and Breda Waters over a week ago.

UP in Sligo, they might well remember this cup triumph as the four-in-a-row – the four Shamrock Rovers penalties which ‘keeper Ciaran Kelly saved in a dramatic shoot-out to scupper the Hoops’ dream of a league and cup double, more than making up for Sligo’s pain in losing the FAI Ford Cup final this time 12 months ago in the process.

THEY think it’s all Rovers – it is now.

SHAMROCK ROVERS might be on the brink of a double but being part of an already momentous season for the club doesn’t seem to have done its Northern Ireland players any favours at international level.

Shamrock Rovers 2 Drogheda United 0

CHRIS TURNER’S 70th minute winner sent Shamrock Rovers into their first FAI Ford Cup Final since 2002 at the expense of 10-man St Patrick’s Athletic in a tense semi-final replay last night.

Shamrock Rovers 1 Sporting Fingal 2

THE title is up for grabs again.

Shamrock Rovers 6 Galway United 0

St. Patrick’s Athletic 1 Shamrock Rovers 3

PADRAIG AMOND’S two-goal blast scuppered Shamrock Rovers’ dream of a domestic treble in last night’s cracking EA Sports Cup semi-final at The Showgrounds.

Bnei Yehuda 0 Shamrock Rovers 1 (Shamrock Rovers won 2-1 on aggregate)

FOR the first time in Tallaght and seven years after Ireland’s most storied club last tasted European action, Shamrock Rovers found that they were unable to rhyme hope and history in the Europa League last night, despite securing parity on the scoreboard with a dramatic injury time equaliser.

INSPIRED by two goals each from Gary Twigg and James Chambers, Shamrock Rovers moved back to the top of the Airtricity Premier Division with a comprehensive victory over an outclassed Dundalk in yesterday’s rearranged clash at Tallaght Stadium.

Shamrock Rovers 2 St. Patrick’s Athletic 1

Shamrock Rovers 5 Wexford Youths 1

Bohemians 0 Shamrock Rovers 0

St. Patrick’s Athletic 1 Shamrock Rovers 2

Shamrock Rovers1 Sligo Rovers 1

Shamrock Rovers 1 Bray Wanderers 0

Shamrock Rovers 1 Bohemians 0

Shamrock Rovers 1 Bohemians 0

Shamrock Rovers 0 UCD 0

Shamrock Rovers welcome UCD to Tallaght Stadium for Friday’s Airtricity League Premier Division clash, kick-off 8pm.

WITH Bohemians distracted by Setanta Cup duties this weekend, joint-leaders St Patrick’s Athletic have a chance to go clear at the top of the Airtricity League this evening.

Derry City have a chance of finishing third in the league if they beat Dundalk at Oriel Park tonight, kick-off 7.45pm.