Shamrock Rovers have signed Striker Rory Gaffney.
English League 2 side Walsall had the former Limerick front man on loan from Salford City this season.
They released a statement this afternoon to confirm Gaffney was returning to Salford in order to sign for the Hoops.
"I'm really happy to get Rory in," said Hoops manager Stephen Bradley.
"It's something myself and Stephen McPhail have been working on and thankfully we managed to get it done.
"Rory obviously knows about the League from having played in it and watched it from afar over the years. He had another year on his contract left so when I spoke to him he was very interested.
"Rory is a player I know really well having played with him a few years back at Limerick. I think he fits the way we play and fits as a person as well, so he ticks all the right boxes for us.
"Rory will score goals for us, there's no doubt about that. He suits the way we play and he has all the attributes to score goals for us.
"If you look all over the squad there's really strong competition and I think Rory along with Aaron (Greene), Graham (Burke) and Dean (Williams) gives us good options up the top end of the pitch."
Gaffney played 25 times for the Saddlers, scoring once.
The 30-year-old had a better record at Salford where he scored 11 goals in 45 games.
During his time at Limerick he helped them to secure promotion to the Premier Division in 2012, while he hit 14 goals in the top flight in 2014, which helped him secure a move to Cambridge United.
"I'm absolutely delighted to sign to Shamrock Rovers," added Gaffney.
"It kind of happened quickly over the last couple of days but I thought it was just too good an opportunity to turn down.
"I had spoken to the club before I went away to England initially and it was always a team that if I came back to Ireland I wanted to sign for. It's the best club in Ireland.
"If any other club had rang me I wouldn't have been too interested in coming home. It's really just happened in the last three or four days and I was happy to take the chance.
"I watched as many League of Ireland games on television as I could in England. Rovers were nearly always on TV and I saw a couple of the Dublin derbies last year and the games against Dundalk.
"I'd know all the players from the League. I knew the type of player Stephen Bradley was [as a teammate at Limerick] and, from watching Rovers.
"I knew what type of football they were playing. He was a technical player and it's clear to see his teams are a footballing side. I haven't played for too many managers that want to play football like him."
It ends the long pursuit of a striker for Shamrock Rovers who are top of the Premier Division after two matches.
