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Coup for Shelbourne as Jarvis returns to Tolka Park

Shelbourne have made a major move in the transfer market by bringing Will Jarvis back to the club from Notts County for an undisclosed fee.

Soccer • 05 Feb

Dublin , Ireland - 31 January 2026; Shamrock Rovers players, from left, Adam Brennan, Danny Grant, Jake Mulraney, and Michael Noonan before the 2026 Men's President's Cup final match between Shamrock Rovers and Derry City at Tallaght Stadium in Dublin. (P

Bradley expects big things from sought-after Noonan

Shamrock Rovers manager Stephen Bradley believes that Michael Noonan is ready to play a big part in the defence of their league title beginning with the game against Dundalk on Friday night as the 17-year-old pledges his future to the Hoops, for the moment at least.

Soccer • 05 Feb

Eoin Doyle: 'I was foolish to doubt them this time last year and I've decided that as long as Stephen Bradley is the manager of Shamrock Rovers, they will most likely always be my favourites for the title'

Unknown Shels signings and Derry surface imponderables

Eoin Doyle casts his eye over each team and predicts where each side will finish ahead of the opening night of the new Premier Division season.

Soccer • 06 Feb

3 August 2025; Shamrock Rovers manager Stephen Bradley and Derry City manager Tiernan Lynch before the SSE Airtricity Men's Premier Division match between Shamrock Rovers and Derry City at Tallaght Stadium in Dublin. Photo by Stephen McCarthy/Sportsfile

League of Ireland: Can anyone halt Rovers' dominance?

The new League of Ireland season kicks off this evening and there's a sense of the domestic game heading in the right direction.

Soccer • 06 Feb

How the LOI is betting on protecting integrity

As a new League of Ireland season dawns, combatting corruption and match-fixing has become a major issue for the domestic game.

Soccer • 06 Feb

Shelbourne head coach Joey O'Brien during the SSE Airtricity Men’s Premier Division, SSE Airtricity Men’s First Division and SSE Airtricity Women’s Premier Division Launch 2026 at Whelan's in Dublin.

Is O'Brien building another title-winning Shels side?

As Joey O'Brien prepares for his first full season in charge at Shelbourne, hopes will be high among the Reds' supporters that he can build on some encouraging trends.

Soccer • 05 Feb

28 January 2026; Padraig Amond of Waterford during the SSE Airtricity Men’s Premier Division, SSE Airtricity Men’s First Division and SSE Airtricity Women’s Premier Division Launch 2026 at Whelan's in Dublin. Photo by Sam Barnes/Sportsfile

Amond having the time of his life as a LOI veteran

Padraig Amond is targeting another good year on the pitch with Waterford after describing his time since returning to Ireland as "the best two years of my life".

Soccer • 03 Feb

Soccer Podcast: Our big 2026 Premier Division preview

The new season of the SSE Airtricity Premier Division is just days away, so the RTE Soccer Podcast is back with a bang. Standing in for Raf Diallo is presenter/pundit (he can't decide) Alan Cawley, who is putting the questions to Graham Gartland and Richie Towell (and answering some of them himself)

Soccer • 02 Feb

Stephen Kenny at the launch of the 2026 SSE Airtricity Men’s Premier Division

Kenny intent on making new-look Pat's more durable

St Patrick's Athletic manager Stephen Kenny explains why the signings he has made ahead of the new SSE Airtricity Men's Premier Division season can address shortcomings in athleticism and physicality that he felt undermined his side in 2025.

Soccer • 04 Feb

31 January 2026; James McClean of Derry City celebrates after the 2026 Men's President's Cup final match between Shamrock Rovers and Derry City at Tallaght Stadium in Dublin. Photo by Stephen McCarthy/Sportsfile

McClean says new-look Derry have 'bigger aspirations'

It was the perfect Derry City return for James McClean at Tallaght Stadium on Saturday evening: a hard-earned victory at the home of the reigning champions, plus a piece of silverware to lift at the end of it.

Soccer • 01 Feb

31 January 2026; James McClean, left, and Patrick McClean of Derry City pose with the FAI President's Cup after victory in the 2026 Men's President's Cup final match between Shamrock Rovers and Derry City at Tallaght Stadium in Dublin. Photo by Stephen Mc

Derry down Hoops as Candystripes' new signings impress

With many of their new signings very much to the fore, Derry City threw down a marker for the season ahead as a goal from Darragh Markey brought the President's Cup back to Foyleside.

Soccer • 31 Jan

The President of Ireland Catherine Connolly receives FAI President's Cup representatives Derry City's Dipo Akinyemi and Shamrock Rovers captain Roberto Lopes, right, at Áras an Uachtaráin in Dublin. On Saturday 31st January, last season’s SSE Airtricity M

President's Cup: Hoops and Derry set for curtain-raiser

The curtain on the new SSE Airtricity Men's Premier Division campaign raises this evening, with an opportunity to see just how two of the division's title fancies are shaping up.

Soccer • 31 Jan

EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND - JANUARY 29: New Hibernian signing Owen Elding at the Hibernian Training Centre, on January 29, 2025, in Edinburgh, Scotland. (Photo by Ross Parker/SNS Group via Getty Images)

Elding's move from Sligo to Hibernian confirmed

Owen Elding's move from Sligo Rovers to Hibernian FC has been confirmed with the teenager signing a four-and-a-half year deal with the Scottish Premiership outfit.

Soccer • 29 Jan

Shamrock Rovers head coach James O'Callaghan and Ella Kelly during the SSE Airtricity Men’s Premier Division, SSE Airtricity Men’s First Division and SSE Airtricity Women’s Premier Division Launch 2026 at Whelan's in Dublin.

'It's just that lack of ambition for our own league'

Shamrock Rovers' new women's manager James O'Callaghan has called for more ambition in order to move the domestic league towards a professional footing.

Soccer • 29 Jan

Vinnie Leonard of Republic of Ireland before the FIFA Under-17 World Cup Group J match between Republic of Ireland and Paraguay at Aspire Zone in Doha, Qatar.

Kilduff: 'A lot going on' amid huge interest in Leonard

Dundalk manager Ciarán Kilduff speaks to RTÉ Sport's Raf Diallo about the interest in teenage defender Vinnie Leonard from overseas clubs, the return to the Premier Division and why he opted to stay at Oriel Park after the uncertainty around the club following their successful promotion campaign.

Soccer • 28 Jan

Owen Elding of Sligo Rovers after the SSE Airtricity Men's Premier Division match between Shamrock Rovers and Sligo Rovers at Tallaght Stadium in Dublin.

Russell: Hibs-bound Elding's exit was 'inevitable'

Sligo Rovers manager John Russell speaks to RTÉ Sport's Raf Diallo at the launch of the new season in League of Ireland.

Soccer • 28 Jan

Shamrock Rovers manager Stephen Bradley celebrates after the UEFA Conference League 2025/26 league phase match between Shamrock Rovers and Hamrun Spartans at Tallaght Stadium in Dublin.

Bradley braced for LOI battle with hungry chasing pack

Another year, another SSE Airtricity Men's Premier Division campaign, and once again Shamrock Rovers are the team everyone else is aiming to dethrone.

Soccer • 28 Jan

27 January 2026; Bohemians new loan signing Senan Mullen poses for a portrait during his unveiling at Dalymount Park in Dublin. Photo by Shauna Clinton/Sportsfile

Torino's Mullen joins Bohemians in loan deal

Bohemians have bolstered their defensive options ahead of the new season by securing the services of Torino's Senan Mullen on a season-long loan deal.

Soccer • 28 Jan

15 August 2025; Owen Elding of Sligo Rovers celebrates at the final whistle of the Sports Direct Men’s FAI Cup third round match between Bohemians and Sligo Rovers at Dalymount Park in Dublin. Photo by Stephen McCarthy/Sportsfile

Sligo Rovers striker Elding set to join Hibernian

Sligo Rovers striker Owen Elding looks set to join Scottish Premiership side Hibernian this week.

Soccer • 27 Jan

8 August 2025; Derry City manager Tiernan Lynch during the SSE Airtricity Men's Premier Division match between Derry City and Cork City at The Ryan McBride Brandywell Stadium in Derry. Photo by Ramsey Cardy/Sportsfile

LOI transfers: Dos Santos becomes latest Derry recruit

Portuguese winger Kevin dos Santos has become the latest recruit at big-spending Derry City, joining the club on a two-year deal from Atletico Ottawa.

Soccer • 26 Jan

Shamrock Rovers new signing Ellen Molloy poses for a portrait during her unveiling at Tallaght Stadium in Dublin

Molloy signs for Hoops, Carusa returns to Denmark

Republic of Ireland striker Kyra Carusa is back at Danish club HB Koge, while her fellow international Ellen Molloy has made an eye-catching move to Shamrock Rovers.

Soccer • 23 Jan

6 June 2025; League of Ireland director Mark Scanlon before the international friendly match between Republic of Ireland and Senegal at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin. Photo by Ben McShane/Sportsfile

€5m gambled per game sees LOI take awareness action

League of Ireland director Mark Scanlon has said it is more important than ever to have gambling safety awareness after it was revealed €5 million is traded on every single Premier Division match worldwide.

Soccer • 22 Jan

22 January 2026; Bohemians new signing Sadou Diallo poses for a portrait during his unveiling at Dalymount Park in Dublin. Photo by Ben McShane/Sportsfile

LOI transfers: Diallo joins Bohemians from Derry City

Sadou Diallo has become Bohemians' sixth signing ahead of the new season, with the midfielder arriving from Derry City after three and a half years at the Brandywell.

Soccer • 22 Jan