St Pat’s trip first up for Cork City

The announcement of the fixtures for the 2018 season also revealed that the opening night of the new League of Ireland season will see another big game taking place in Dublin as Bohemians and Shamrock Rovers renew their intense rivalry with a derby clash at Dalymount Park.
Dundalk, last season’s runners-up to Cork in both league and FAI Cup, open their campaign at home to Bray Wanderers.