Waterford United and Longford Town are both without a win after cancelling each other out in a keenly contested bottom-of-the-table 0-0 draw at the RSC.
Each side had opportunities to open the scoring in the first half but poor finishing at both ends of the pitch kept the game scoreless.
The best chance of the first period fell to United's James Chambers on 28 minutes when he blazed over the bar from 12 yards following a nice move involving Thomas Hawkins and Gavin Doyle.
Ten minutes later, Alan Kirby skilfully skipped past a United defender out near the right corner flag but his shoulder-high cross was sent inches wide of the far post by Dean Fitzgerald.
Doyle ballooned a half-chance over the bar for the Blues after only 11 minutes and, five minutes before half-time, Paul McCarthy arrived in the Longford goalmouth at speed but failed to connect with an Ian Fraher corner.
Longford's Stephen Gough unleashed a powerful, low drive from 25 yards on 19 minutes but the ball, which seemed goal-bound, ricocheted off defender John Hayes for a corner that was subsequently cleared away by United.
The game really exploded into life ten minutes into the second half when Longford goalkeeper Shay Kelly pulled off the save of the night as he contorted himself to somehow turn a Chambers' blockbuster out for a corner.
Then, on 57 minutes, Hayes twice cleared off the United line
from Dessie Baker before Kenny Browne booted the ball away to safety.
