Dundalk eye treble bid as Duffy rocket wraps up title

They’re getting pretty used to this around these parts but familiarity didn’t breed any contempt — except on the part of the visiting fans — as Oriel Park jubilantly saluted back to back League titles and Dundalk’s fifth in six years.

Shamrock Rovers might have made the champions work for it in a hugely entertaining, high-scoring game but not only does this latest triumph underline Dundalk’s continued dominance of the domestic scene — a serial superiority punctured only by Cork City in 2017 — but it makes all those initial concerns about the potentially disruptive impact of the departure of Stephen Kenny look just a little bit silly.