Dan McDonnell after Waterford Utdv Shamrock Rovers "Understand that Shamrock Rovers have reported that a home fan aimed a racist comment at teenage sub Victor Ozhianvuna before the game. Matter is being investigated by relevant authorities"
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Damien Duff serving his touchline ban
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Stuart Byrne on sportmanship: "Derry won a corner and I was marking Hegarty. Just before the corner he boxed me 3/4 times in the head. I was dazed for the last 10 minutes. Although he punched the head off me I had nothing but admiration for him. He found a way to get me. I didn’t complain."
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TG4 expand their coverage of women’s football with additional Women’s FAI Cup games added to their live TV schedule
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FAI and RTE announce biggest ever broadcast agreement for Sports Direct Men’s FAI Cup delivering 13 games over two years
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Cork interim manager Liam Kearney on Tim Clancy's resignation: “It was a surprise to all of us [...] we tried to get him to have a think, sleep on it, but he felt quite strongly at the time so we respect everything that he’s done. The new manager definitely needs to be based in Cork"
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‘The games are mad, the fans are mad in this league’ – New Zealand striker Moses Dyer wins POTM award for Galway United
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Stephen Kenny: "The game was played on, Shelbourne played on and the rest is history. There's no rules anymore, there's no sportsmanship at all it doesn't exist now. It's a big change for me coming in... Sportsmanship is dead and gone. It's with O'Leary in the grave"
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Irish clubs would gain six-figure fees from proposed UEC plan on player development. Based on figures compiled by UEC, UCD’s feeding players into the first team from their academy would net the club €404,796, while Shamrock Rovers would get €138k (Pats and Bohs much lower)
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Stephen Kenny suggests lack of proven league winners in his squad could explain inability to see out games: "We brought Hoare in but he’s the only one...we’ve got some amazing characters, Redmond, Jamie Lennon and people like that, they’re bobbling along but it’s not a good goal to concede either."
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15 games in. How are you feeling about your team's season so far?
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Stephen Bradley wary of Drogs dark arts ahead of Friday's match: "They’ve been very good at what they’re doing. They must have the most fouls in the league, they're very clever. They hit the deck at every opportunity. They get free kicks which gives them the opportunity to put the ball in the box"
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Duff rips Bradley over ‘lack of respect’ claim & tells why he snubbed handshake: "I think since Stephen got invited down to the Dáil, he seems to think he can comment on everything at the minute."
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Stephen Breen on X: BREAKING - The father of rising Irish football star Michael Noonan has been found guilty of possession of €2,769,000 worth of heroin with intent to supply in 2020.
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Shelbourne strongly considering Aviva Stadium as venue for derby clash with Shamrock Rovers next month
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‘History repeats itself and you do worry about reckless spending if an owner pulls the plug’ – Sligo boss John Russell
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Hallgrimsson encouraged by LOI: "I'm not ruling out that there will be [call-ups] in June but because we failed to do the May camp, it's less likely. There are really good young players and I'm really happy with how many teams are playing young, talented players."
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Ian Ryan set to be named Athlone Town manager but deal for new sporting director may not be done in time for press conference tomorrow.
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Mad scenes between Larne and Glentoran. Ex Bohs man Dylan Connolly raced from the bench at full time hitting a Larne player to set it all off. 5 red cards
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Tim Clancy bemoans moment of madness as Cork let victory slip "We get ahead in the game, which probably was against the run of play and it’s just a moment of madness from young Josh. He comes on, sets the goal up just brilliantly, then he just gets involved in nonsense and gets sent off"
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Third of the way through the season and 3 points separate 1st and 7th. What a league
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‘I grew up down the road from Tallaght Stadium’ – Shelbourne’s Mipo Odubeko on being a ball boy for Shamrock Rovers
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Four confirmed live games for May on VM2
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Bohs derby hero Rhys Brennan: 'I can't work, I'm not a grafter, so football is all I have'
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Niall Quinn calls for Irish soccer to be given its ‘fair share’ of money from betting levy funds
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