Eoin Doyle

RTÉ Sport soccer analyst

Unconventional start might be perfect Rovers platform

It's not often you enter week three of a League of Ireland season and the reigning champions are only kicking the ball for the first time. Yet that is exactly where Shamrock Rovers find themselves tonight.

Soccer • 20 Feb

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Strengthened Shels a big test for ring-rusty Hoops

For most League of Ireland supporters, Shelbourne hosting Shamrock Rovers is the standout game of the evening and one that could carry a narrative all season long.

Soccer • 13 Feb

Thank you Troy for saving me from feared boring column

The plan was to jot down a few thoughts throughout the match for what I assumed would be a boring dissection of our performance. How wrong - and happy - I was, writes Eoin Doyle.

Soccer • 14 Nov 25

Cork must score early in bid to give meaning to season

The FAI Cup final is a clash that captures the sport's contradictions: champions against the relegated, top versus bottom - but Cork City don't travel to the Aviva completely without hope for their showdown with Shamrock Rovers.

Soccer • 07 Nov 25

Get fourth and multiply - 3 clubs yearning for Europe

With just two games left in the League of Ireland Premier Division, the battle for fourth place has taken on a level of urgency and importance and kept this league campaign exciting and interesting all the way to the end.

Soccer • 24 Oct 25

Lopes' World Cup heroics a story worth celebrating

Every so often in football, a story emerges that reminds us why we fell in love with the game in the first place, with Pico Lopes' qualification for the World Cup with Cape Verde a story worth celebrating.

Soccer • 17 Oct 25

Irish football has reason to hope, just not in Lisbon

After years of neglect, a funding commitment for our football academies offers much hope in a week where the national team face Portugal, looking to banish the horror of the no-show against Armenia.

Soccer • 10 Oct 25

Government has chance to make a lasting impact on game

Eoin Doyle is hoping next Tuesday's budget announcement will provide a boost to Irish football that will change the landscape of the game with targeted investment.

Soccer • 03 Oct 25

Remarkable champions-elect have answered all questions

Shamrock Rovers have responded to last year's so-called slump by putting the foot down and blowing the rest of the Premier Division away, writes Eoin Doyle.

Soccer • 26 Sep 25

Sligo and Galway face into defining stretch of season

After exiting the FAI Cup in very different circumstances, Sligo Rovers and Galway United must turn their attentions quickly back to the survival battle, writes Eoin Doyle.

Soccer • 19 Sep 25