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Alan Reynolds sums up the League of Ireland’s keyboard warriors in just one word - bananas

Smartphone uses can be too smart for their own good on Friday nights

The Sports Hacks Staff
Oct 23, 2026

Cathal Dervan, Editor

A week out from the self imposed Bohemians media ban, Alan Reynolds came out with one of the quotes of the season and where else did he deliver it other than in a media conference ahead of their penultimate game of the season, at home to Shelbourne tonight.

It’s a derby game that will go a long way to deciding if Bohs or Shamrock Rovers take the league crown, a game that the Gypsies must win under the dying Dalymount Park floodlights to stop their great rivals securing a sixth title in seven seasons this evening.

That in itself, the chance to prolong what has been a frustrating season for the stop-start Hoops, is incentive enough to keep the Bohs players and their demanding fans on their toes tonight.

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When the party’s over…

19 October 2026; St Patrick’s Athletic manager Stephen Kenny after the SSE Airtricity Men’s Premier Division match between Derry City and St Patrick’s Athletic at The Ryan McBride Brandywell Stadium in Derry. Photo by Stephen McCarthy/Sportsfile

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