Limerick FC, already guaranteed a play-off place, moved to within a point of second place Bray Wanderers with a 6-0 drubbing of bottom-of-the-table Longford Town at Hogan Park, Rathbane, yesterday.
Bray need two points from their game in hand, against Monaghan tomorrow night, to clinch automatic promotion, but must be nervously looking over their shoulders.
Jason O'Connor shrugged off a niggling ankle injury to set Limerick on their way with the opening goal after just four minutes.
Derek Whyte forced home the second on 36 minutes before Howie King killed off Longford with a brace inside a minute mid-way through the second-half.
Substitute Eddie Walsh and Barry Ryan added late goals to complete the rout.
Goals from teenagers Alan Caffrey and David Hudson gave Home Farm/Everton a 2-0 win over St Francis at Baldonnel.
Caffrey pounced to shoot home the rebound after St Francis goalkeeper, Stuart Corcoran, failed to hold Gavin Moore's shot to give Home Farm a 28th minute lead.
Hudson also scored from close-range, but not until the second minute of injury time, after Moore and Mark Gill had combined to set up the attack.
Galway United consigned Monaghan United to having to apply for re-election after beating them 2-0 at Terryland Park on Saturday night.
Captain, Ollie Neary, set Galway up for their comfortable win, before one of their smallest crowds of the season, when heading past John Grace after 19 minutes.
Galway's three Barbadian players then linked up to create a stunning second goal 17 minutes from time. Eric Levine split the Monaghan defence to send Luther Watson away and his cross was volleyed to the net at the back post by Ryan Lucas.
