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Former Limerick player Rory Gaffney signs for the Class of 92’s Salford City

- June 15, 2018 2

Former League of Ireland player Rory Gaffney has signed for Salford City. Gaffney previously played seven seasons at Mervue and Limerick before signing for Cambridge in League One. The Tuan man signed a three year deal at Salford who play in the National League and are owned by Gary Neville, Paul Scholes

Tobi Adebayo-Rowling leaves Cork City and signs for Bromley FC

- June 14, 2018 3

Vanarama National League side Bromley FC have announced the signing of Cork City full back Tobi Adebayo-Rowling. The full back signed from Sligo Rovers in the off season for Cork City but found game time tough to come by under John Caulfield. Speaking to the official website Manager Neil Smith was deligthed to secure

RTÉ announce that Dundalk v Cork City will be shown live

- June 14, 2018 0

RTE have announced that they will be showing Dundalk v Cork City live on June 29th. It will be shown on RTÉ 2 and RTÉ Player. The game will be huge in the context of the destination of this years title.

Dundalk’s Sean Hoare named League of Ireland player of the month for May

- June 14, 2018 1

It is the first time Hoare has won the monthly award and it makes it back-to-back successes for the Lilywhites after winger Michael Duffy collected April's accolade. The Dubliner was key for Stephen Kenny’s men during the month and, as well as helping to keep clean sheets in three games, Hoare

Sligo Rovers announce testimonial for Raff Cretaro

- June 14, 2018 2

Sligo Rovers are to honour one of their greatest servants as they host a testimonial for the legendary Raffaele Cretaro on Saturday 28th July with a 6pm kick-off in the Showgrounds. The opposition will be a Raffaele Cretaro XI made up of some of the best players that have played alongside

Mikey Drennan returns to football to sign for Sligo Rovers

- June 13, 2018 2

Sligo Rovers have announced the signing of striker Mikey Drennan. Drennan left previous club Shamrock Rovers in 2016 due to personal reasons and had played in England with Aston Villa also. Speaking to the official Sligo Website, Drennan said: "It has been with me for the last couple of years about returning to

Preston North End officially sign Graham Burke on three year deal

- June 13, 2018June 13, 2018 1

Preston North End have announced the signing of Shamrock Rovers and Ireland midfielder Graham Burke. Burke has signed a three year deal with Preston and the fee has been announced as undisclosed. The Dubliner will leave Rovers and join up with Preston pre season at the end of the month. Former Leagie of

“A league of our own: How the future of Irish football could lie with our clubs”

- June 13, 2018 2

It's World Cup time again, and as usual we won't be seeing my adopted country Canada participating. And it's a safe bet that we won't see them at the next World Cup either. Canada's lack of success when it comes to the world's favourite game is glaring (at least in the

The neutrals invade Dalymount Park

- June 13, 2018 0

With the Carlisle Grounds and Tolka Park on a week off [Bray lost away in Tallaght Stadium on Saturday night and Shelbourne beat Athlone Town away on Friday night] Blaise and myself had a choice of venues to take in a game as neutrals on the Friday night. The choice

Paddy McCourt joins Derry City as Head of the youth academy

- June 11, 2018 2

Derry City Football Club is delighted to announce that Paddy McCourt has agreed to return to Brandywell in a new role as Head of the club's Youth Academy. The Board of Directors have been working alongside Manager, Kenny Shiels, to identify ways of enhancing and re-structuring the support network for City's