Photos Courtesy of Sportsfile Aidan Keena is the SSE Airtricity/Soccer Writers Ireland Player of the Month for September, reflecting a stellar month personally as his St Patrick’s Athletic side leapt into the title race. His four goals throughout the month, against Shamrock Rovers, a brace against Dundalk and the winner against Sligo, were crucial for the Saints to keep within touching distance of leaders Shamrock Rovers. This is the fourth time for the 27-year-old to land th

Photos Courtesy of Sportsfile SLIGO born John Mahon of Waterford FC is the SSE Airtricity/Soccer Writers Ireland Player of the Month for August. The 26-year-old, experienced centre-half topped the SWI nationwide poll with 58 votes to pip Dundalk’s previous winner, Daryl Horgan with Derry City’s Michael Duffy, another previous winner this season, in third place. Mahon, the former Sligo Rovers defender, has been excellent at the back for the RSC based Suirsiders as their league

Photo Courtesy of Sportsfile GOLDEN BOOT-chasing Tommy Lonergan of Waterford has won the SSE Airtricity/Soccer Writers Ireland Player of the Month award for July. The Dunboyne-born Lonergan continued to spearhead the Blues resurgence and has firmly taken hold of the League's golden boot race with two more goals as well as two assists in July to leave the 22 year-old now ahead by four in the race for the domestic end-of-season Golden Boot award. The in-form striker and ex-Flee

VERSATILE 20 year-old forward Eoin Kenny of Dundalk has been named as the SSE Airtricity Soccer Writers Ireland Player of the month for June. He came out on top of the voting over Harry Wood (Shelbourne) with Kian Leavy of St Patrick’s Athletic in third place. Kenny topped the poll by virtue of more second preference votes after both amassed 32 votes each. With each receiving the same number of first preference votes, the count went to the second preferences with Kenny just r

History has been made with the recent election of RTE Broadcaster Marie Crowe as President of Soccer Writers Ireland where she will lead the body for the next two years. Crowe, who is presenter of RTE Radio 1's Inside Sport and currently fronting RTE's coverage of the 2026 FIFA World Cup, becomes the 34th President and the first female journalist to hold the top position in the Association's 66 year history. In accepting the honour, the versatile broadcaster and journalist pa

Photos Courtesy of Sportsfile DUNDALK club captain, Daryl Horgan has been named SSE Airtricity/Soccer Writers Ireland Player of the Month for May. The Galway native topped the SWI nationwide poll with 60 points to claim the award ahead of second placed Tommy Lonergan of Waterford on 44 points with Bohemians’ Dawson Devoy third on 36 points. Horgan whose earlier domestic career included spells at Salthill Devon, Sligo Rovers and Cork City continued to lead by example wearing t