Can League of Ireland finally square the old vicious circle?

The full house signs on the approaches to Dalymount Park for tonight’s derby meeting of Bohemians and Shamrock Rovers sit comfortably with a domestic game that is once again allowing itself to embrace a guarded sense of optimism. 

But crisis and controversy has rarely been far from the League of Ireland’s door.

It’s way too soon yet to tell if that vicious cycle has been abandoned.