St Patrick’s Athletic go to town on Dundalk to move top of the table in style

Some of Stephen Kenny’s greatest title triumphs took place at Oriel Park and his St Patrick’s Athletic side took a huge step towards another as Aidan Keena’s first-half double and second-half goals from Ryan Sheridan and Ryan Edmondson saw them sink Dundalk to move top of the SSE Airtricity Premier Division table.

Fresh from their 2-0 win over Shamrock Rovers 72 hours earlier, the Inchicore men doubled that scoreline against the ex-Republic of Ireland manager’s former club to give themselves real hope of a first league title since 2013.