Irish Football

Ahead of their move to Preston North End on Sunday, Sean Maguire and Kevin O’Connor has taken to social media to say goodbye to both Cork City and its supporters. The pair signed off on Thursday with a 1-0 Europa League defeat to AEK Larnaca. they have played a huge role in City’s stellar Premier Divison season thus far. The duo took …

With Darren Randolph and Daryl Murphy both departing the Premier League in the last few days, a number of Irish players in England’s top flight is dwindling. Sunderland and Hull’s relegations saw John O’Shea and Darron Gibson drop out of the league while Aiden McGeady became their teammate after joining from Everton. It is unclear if more will follow suit but …

Bray Wanderers’ problems continued against St. Patrick’s Athletic on Friday night, but there was a brief moment of relief via Gary McCabe. Harry Kenny’s side suffered their third defeat in a row against a backdrop of financial uncertainty and the resignation of chairman Denis O’Connor, but McCabe’s 36th-minute strike had looked like setting them on the path to some sort …

Ireland manager Martin O’Neill has backed Jeff Hendrick to put his recent troubles behind him and return to form. The Burnley midfielder emerged as one of the national side’s better performers in the run-up to Euro 2016, but his form since has been far below the standard he had set for himself. O’Neill believes that the recent assault case against …

Cork City’s defence of the FAI Cup will begin in Bray next month, as the draw for the first round took place in Kilkenny on Friday morning. John Caulfield’s side and Dundalk have contested the last two finals at the Aviva Stadium, and will be the favourites to do so again this November (provided they don’t meet each other before …

Dundalk’s European adventure wasn’t as long as last year and didn’t scale the same heights, but that doesn’t mean that there wasn’t progress of sorts. Where last campaign’s run was made up of twelve games and ended with the greatest European season a League of Ireland team has had, probably ever, this year it was to end after 210 minutes …

Dundalk bowed out of the Champions League on Wednesday night, in an exhausting (physically and mentally) 3-2 aggregate defeat to Rosenborg after extra time in Trondheim. As was the case at Oriel Park in last week’s first leg, Dundalk made the brighter start and took the lead after twelve minutes courtesy of a header from defender Brian Gartland. Indeed, it …

The Bray Wanderers saga took a new turn on Wednesday night as the club confirmed that chairman Denis O’Connor had resigned. In a statement released on Bray Wanderers’ website, O’Connor announced his resignation amidst a backdrop of financial turmoil at the Carlisle Grounds. The statement reads:  “I have resigned my position as Chairman/ Director of Bray Wanderers FC and also as …

In what looks like being a busy summer for Ireland internationals, Glenn Whelan and Daryl Murphy are next in line to leave their respective clubs. The former is further along in his move, with the Telegraph reporting that an agreement between Stoke City and Aston Villa that could rise as high as £1.5m has been truck to take the 33-year-old …

Irish under-21 international Ryan Manning has been rewarded for his fine form at Queens Park Rangers last season with a new contract. The former Galway United midfielder broke into the QPR first team under manager Ian Holloway last December, going on to score one goal in 18 appearances for the Championship side. The 21-year-old also made his first appearance for …