Josef Veselsky, second from right, is presented with the 2016 Special Merit Award from left, Mark McCadden, SWAI President, Ronan Brady, Head of Marketing, SSE Airtricity, Liam Tuohy Junior and Philip Quinn Credit: Sportsfile It was with great sadness that SWI has learned of the passing of Josef Veselsky, Ireland's oldest person at 107, and a former stalwart of Irish football. Veselsky was born in Trnava, a city now in Slovakia, in 1918, just week before the fall of the Austr

World Cup-bound Roberto ‘Pico’ Lopes of Shamrock Rovers and New York-born Kelly Brady scooped the annual SSE Airtricity/Soccer Writers Ireland Personality of the Year awards at Friday’s gala ceremony in Dublin. Lopes, who captained the Hoops to an SSE Airtricity Men's Premier Division and FAI Cup double for the first time since 1987, topped the ballot of football media, ahead of his manager Stephen Bradley and Shelbourne boss Joey O’Brien. Lopes became the first player for fi

Photo courtesy of Sportsfile TUAM-born Rory Gaffney, who was such a huge influence in Shamrock Rovers clinching the double, has been named as the SSE Airtricity/Soccer Writers Ireland Player of the Month for November. The 36-year-old striker netted both goals of Rovers’ 2-0 FAI Cup final win over relegated Cork City to confirm a first Hoops league and Cup double for 38 years. The brace in front of 35,252 fans at the Aviva Stadium in early November was one of his many highligh

Photo Courtesy of Sportsfile SHAMROCK ROVERS midfielder Matt Healy has won his first SSE Airtricity/Soccer Writers Ireland Player of the...