Result piles further pressure on Jon Daly’s side who are now just two points clear of Drogheda United in ninth
Stephen Walsh’s second-half double gave Galway United’s European hopes a welcome lift but piled further pressure on relegation threatened Dundalk at Oriel Park.
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The Tribesmen should have doubled their lead two minutes later but Jimmy Keohane had what was arguably the miss of the season when he fired over off the crossbar from about eight yards out with the goal at his mercy after Walsh had rounded the goalkeeper. Elsewhere, Shamrock Rovers were 2-1 winners away to Waterford FC with Graham Burke scoring the winner five minutes from time after Cory O’Sullivan’s opener had been cancelled out early in the second half by Christie Pattison.
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