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Old dog, same trick! 37-year-old Jason Byrne was Bohs' supersub

Bohs move third with a 2-1 win against Limerick.

Updated at 07.50

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JASON BYRNE WAS Bohemians’ match-winner once again as he came off the bench to deny Limerick.

The veteran striker scored five minutes from time — his 217th league goal — as Keith Long’s men went third in the SSE Airtricity League Premier Division.

Bohs took an early lead through an unlikely source when Derek Prendergast headed them in front in the 11th minute — his first goal for the Gypsies.

But a set-piece proved to be the hosts’ undoing as they failed to clear a corner and allowed Dean Clarke to scramble home an equaliser seven minutes after the restart.

Long looked to Byrne with his final roll of the dice, sending him on for the final 13 minutes, and the 37-year-old showed that he hasn’t lost his golden touch, beating Conor O’Donnell to seal the points.

Bohemians: Dean Delany, Derek Pender, Lorcan Fitzgerald, Roberto Lopez, Derek Prendergast, Dave Mulcahy, Robbie Creevy (Keith Buckley 75), Kealan Dillon (Mark Griffin 57), Paddy Kavanagh, Dean Kelly (Jason Byrne 77), Adam Evans.

Limerick: Conor O’Donnell, Sean Harding (Jason Hughes 45), Paudie O’Connor, Robbie Williams, Shane Duggan, Paul O’Conor, Ian Turner, Dean Clarke, Vinny Faherty, Shane Tracy, Darragh Rainsford.

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    Dec 15th 2023, 1:54 PM

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    Dec 15th 2023, 3:36 PM

    @Hibernicus: the man owns and runs a Swiss based company where he is clearly doing pretty well. This is also where he pays tax. I appreciate that might be a difficult concept to wrap your head around when you’ve likely spent your life in the one village.

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    Dec 15th 2023, 5:53 PM

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    Dec 16th 2023, 8:49 PM

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    Dec 15th 2023, 4:29 PM

    As I said to Shane below, we are a tax haven. Tax avoidance is the way of the world. We gratefully accept multiple billions from corporations who base their headquarters here to avoid tax. We can’t have it both ways. People be careful not to fall off their high horses.

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    Dec 15th 2023, 2:59 PM

    Fantastic balanced journalism from the headline down, exactly why I decided to pay for a subscription.

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    Dec 15th 2023, 4:23 PM

    @Shane Griffin: When are you expecting to become one of the smart people?

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    Dec 15th 2023, 4:25 PM

    @Shane Griffin: how do you feel about the fact that Ireland is a tax haven? Do you think we should send back the multiple billions we receive from tax dodging corporations every year???

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