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Friday passed by without much reflection. Probably because of what has been, rather than what might have been. It was three years to the day since Dundalk took apart BATE Borisov in the Champions League qualifiers, advancing the side to the play-off round and deeper into the heart of big-time football than any Irish club had arguably ever been. Of …

Dundalk FC have appointed Vinny Perth as head coach alongside John Gill as the first-team coach following the departure of Stephen Kenny. Kenny left the Dundalk hot seat after four league wins in five years to take over the U-21 National side, with a view to stepping up into the role of Ireland manager after Euro 2020. Perth had been …

Dundalk manager Stephen Kenny has hit out at the GAA saying “Liam Miller’s family are currently being treated without dignity by the GAA authorities in Cork.” Kenny was speaking in his programme notes ahead of Dundalk’s Europa League second-round game against AEK Larnaca this evening. The Dundalk boss was highly critical of the GAA and outlined how he supported the comments …

We’re set for another bumper weekend of sport.  All Ireland hurling semi-finals, Katie Taylor’s defence of her IBF/WBA titles, the Irish Life Health Track & Field Championships…there is plenty to get your teeth stuck into this weekend. Here, we provide you with everything you need to know for another bumper weekend of Irish sport, in association with the RNLI. Thursday:  …

Oldham's manager is looking forward to working with Patrick McEleney.

Stephen Kenny’s Dundalk side have been the fairy tale story of League of Ireland football over the last three years. They’ve collected every league title available in that time as well as enjoying the most successful and fervently followed European run in recent memory. Unfortunately for the Co Louth side, they have been the victim of their own success. Their outstanding …

Dundalk have announced the signing of former Chelsea player Conor Clifford. The 25-year-old has joined the League of Ireland champions following a spell at non-league Boreham Wood. Clifford captained the Blues to FA Youth Cup success in 2010 and has drawn comparisons to Frank Lampard in the past. The Dublin native previously played for Leicester City and Southend while he …

Daryl Horgan and Andy Boyle could be set for debuts against high profile opposition. Preston North End welcome Arsenal to Deepdale in their third round FA Cup tie and Simon Grayson has hinted that the duo could be in contention to feature. Newstalk reported that the Preston boss will run the rule over the former Dundalk duo in the coming weeks. …

With Dundalk currently flying high in the Europa League, the League of Ireland is enjoying a welcome spell in the limelight. Attention is being attracted from sources previously oblivious to the Irish domestic game. The league’s top young talents are constantly being drawn across the water to English outfits but there are now even clubs from further afield interested in …

Why do we bend over backwards to accommodate the ‘reluctant Irish’? Time after time, every effort is afforded to coax individuals to play for the Republic of Ireland when their heart quite clearly belongs to another land. It’s time we start developing the next Robbie Keane and Damien Duff rather than be preoccupied converting other nation’s also rans. There’s something …

It was telling that as Dundalk celebrated a famous Europa League success against Maccabi Tel Aviv last Thursday night – the first Irish team ever to win a game in the group stage of a European competition – the chief executive of the FAI was nowhere to be seen. Even if John Delaney had made an appearance at Tallaght Stadium, his …

A peculiarly bleak atmosphere lingered in the stands during Dundalk FC’s 1-1 draw with Shamrock Rovers last Tuesday night. Hoops supporters riled the home fans by applauding each of the seemingly endless line of players who hobbled to the touchline and wasted an extra few minutes. Perhaps Dundalk fans have become a little too pampered by success and don’t react …

An underdog in any sport needs to maximise their strengths to increase their chances of success. Dundalk missed a trick against Legia Warsaw and paid the price. Having to play the first leg of their play-off at the Aviva Stadium may have cost them their Champions League dream. That dream is over for at least another year as they crashed out …

On a fantastic night for Irish football, Dundalk claimed their greatest victory without a ball even being kicked. Stephen Kenny’s men remain one step away from European football’s most prestigious tournament but the Dubliner has also perhaps created the most formidable outfit the league has ever seen. The journey they are currently on has been massively beneficial for the whole of …

“United We Stand, Divided We Fall” was the famous slogan of a United States World War II propaganda poster that rallied the American public after the horrific 1942 Japanese attacks on US naval base Pearl Harbor. A total of 2,403 Americans died during the Pearl Harbor bombings and in the aftermath of the harrowing assault, the US embarked on the biggest …

It is a little disturbing to see how little it takes to achieve celebrity status these days. A loud, obnoxious woman laughs while wearing a Star Wars mask goes on to make an appearance on the Ellen Degeneres show. Katie Hopkins makes a very comfortable living by simply being despised. Our reality TV generation makes it easy for talentless individuals …

If it was about redemption for Stephen Kenny, that wasn’t on display. Returning to the club that felt he fell short and to the area of Dublin where he grew up, on the surface, there was a point to be made. But it wasn’t about that. It was about more than him, it was about Irish football. Some detractors abounded outside the ring …