
Sean O'Connor
Writer at Irish Independent
Contributor at Freelance
Sports writer - Irish Independent 🇮🇪 🇦🇺 Get in touch - [email protected] Portfolio below 👇🏻
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6 days ago |
independent.ie | Sean O'Connor
Rovers replace Drogheda United at the top after commanding winStephen Bradley has hailed his Shamrock Rovers side for rising to the top of the Premier Division for the first time this year, admitting that in pre-season he would have taken your two hands off to be sitting top in May. And the Hoops boss has called on his players to kick on from here, sending a warning to the rest of the league that, with his team, “history tells you in the second part of the season we get really strong.”
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6 days ago |
independent.ie | Sean O'Connor
Shamrock Rovers 3 Drogheda United 0Granted, the Premier Division table has proved absurdly congested so far as the season approaches the halfway point. But for the first time this year Shamrock Rovers are at the summit, albeit on goal difference. There is a long, long way to go still, but this weekend they are sitting exactly where they want to be.
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1 week ago |
independent.ie | Owen Breslin |Sean O'Connor |Daniel McDonnell
League of Ireland Preview - May 9League of Ireland Preview - May 9Owen Breslin, Seán O'Connor and Daniel McDonnellToday at 19:09Seán O'Connor and Daniel McDonnell preview Friday’s League of Ireland action as league leaders Drogheda travel to Tallaght to face Shamrock Rovers and champions Shelbourne welcome Stephen Kenny’s St Patrick’s Athletic in the pick of the games.
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1 week ago |
independent.ie | Sean O'Connor
Cork City’s Cathal O’Sullivan will travel to London this weekend for a tour of Crystal Palace’s facilities as the Premier League club hope to win the race to sign the teenage star. Palace and Nottingham Forest are among the clubs tracking the 18-year-old and the Irish Independent understands that the attacker is set to travel to the English capital to be shown around Palace’s facilities this Sunday, with the club also playing fellow London club Spurs in the Premier League that afternoon.
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1 week ago |
independent.ie | Sean O'Connor
Drogheda United boss Kevin Doherty says he takes Stephen Bradley’s claim that the league leaders are using the dark arts to help their cause as a compliment.
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