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Gavin Cummiskey

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Football Correspondent at Irish Times

Irish Times football correspondent. Train connoisseur.

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  • Behind the scenes at St Patrick’s Athletic’s academy, where the next Mason Melia may already have arrived

    1 week ago | irishtimes.com | Gavin Cummiskey

    It was the St Patrick’s Athletic under-14 coaches Phil Power and Mark Connolly who found him. “Mark rang me one Sunday morning, six years ago now,” says Power. “He was up watching a match in St Francis against Joeys.” Connolly had never seen a better player at the under-11 grade.

  • Premier Division round-up: Moses Dyer double has Galway hot on the heels of Drogheda at the top

    2 weeks ago | irishtimes.com | Gavin Cummiskey

    Premier Division: Galway United 2 [Dyer 68, 70] Drogheda United 1 [Markey 45+1]A quick-fire brace from Moses Dyer put Galway United joint top of the Premier Division on Friday night. Technically, on goal difference, they are second behind the vanquished Drogheda United but try selling that reality to the majority of the 3,537 attendance inside Eamonn Deacy Park. That’s seven goals for Dyer, the journeyman New Zealand international who is shaping into the find of the season.

  • League of Ireland goalscoring rates on rise as strikers like Mipo Odubeko and Moses Dyer hit form

    2 weeks ago | irishtimes.com | Gavin Cummiskey

    Mipo and Moses are heating up. Warren Davis and Owen Elding have also found their groove. And watch out for the lethal Michael Duffy swinging off the left for Derry City. Goals galore in the Premier Division. Mipo Odubeko, the Shelbourne striker, has been sharpening his blades, scoring twice in three matches since Damien Duff left him out of the starting line-up against Bohs earlier this month.

  • Knee injury ends Gavin Bazunu’s loan spell at Standard Liége

    2 weeks ago | irishtimes.com | Gavin Cummiskey

    Gavin Bazunu’s loan spell at Standard Liège has ended prematurely after the Republic of Ireland goalkeeper sustained a knee injury. The 23-year-old has returned to Southampton for treatment on his meniscus cartilage, having made eight appearances for the Belgian side since his return from the ruptured Achilles tendon he sustained in April 2024.

  • FAI chief executive says it would be ‘fantastic’ if Irish person can succeed outgoing chief football officer

    3 weeks ago | irishtimes.com | Gavin Cummiskey

    The FAI chief executive David Courell said it would be “fantastic” if an Irish person can succeed the outgoing chief football officer (CFO) Marc Canham. Canham (42) handed in his notice this week, following a tumultuous three years in Abbotstown. The former England Futsal international plans to return to England by July, where he has opportunities to remain in football administration.

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Gavin Cummiskey
Gavin Cummiskey @Cumoski
3 May 25

Behind the scenes at St Patrick’s Athletic’s academy, where the next Mason Melia may already have arrived https://t.co/aT7Vs23VCN

Gavin Cummiskey
Gavin Cummiskey @Cumoski
25 Apr 25

LOI column on goals. goals galore. https://t.co/uYLEY47FvW

Gavin Cummiskey
Gavin Cummiskey @Cumoski
19 Apr 25

Stephen Bradley on Dermot Desmond's letter to Shamrock Rovers membership: "When a man of that stature and standing speaks, it is important we all listen." https://t.co/44TWK3Vii9