Tommy Martin: League of Ireland must learn that people can be seduced, if you woo them right

Tonight’s visit to the Emirates is one of those golden shores that appear on the horizon and fill the heart, at least until the next big wave rolls by

LONDON CALLING: Patrick Hoban gets his passport checked at Dublin Airport ahead of Dundalk’s flight to London to face Arsenal in tonight’s Europa League match at the Emirates Stadium. For Irish football, Dundalk’s adventure represent a glimpse of the possible, writes Tommy Martin. Picture: INPHO/Laszlo Geczo

For Dundalk, a glimpse of the possible.

Even the League of Ireland’s best and brightest clubs live in a state of pitch and roll, fortunes surging and plunging in the domestic soccer’s precarious waters.