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This International Women’s Day, Dundalk FC is putting the spotlight on a vital part of the club’s future: the development of women’s football at Oriel Park. In a preview of our full interviews that featured in the next issue of the DFC Magazine, on sale at Friday’s match against Waterford, we speak to Women’s Development League manager Phil Cox and captain Aoife Fanning about the progress being made, the standards being set and the belief that women’s football in Dundalk can

Dundalk continued their fine start to the Women’s Development League with a 6-2 win over Drogheda United at Sullivan & Lambe Park on Sunday. Megan O'Connor (Pic: Gerry Scully). Dundalk began brightly and were ahead after six minutes when Megan O’Connor finished from an Alicia Maher assist. The lead was doubled in the 19th minute as Sophie Hanlon found the net, with Dundalk’s strong first-half performance also featuring plenty of threat from the wings and a series of well-work

Picture: Ben McShane/Sportsfile Dundalk FC began life in the new FAI Women’s Development League in emphatic style, powering past Sligo Rovers with six goals after a day that delivered every kind of weather Oriel Park could throw at both teams. In a first half played through wind, rain and bursts of sunshine, Dundalk carried the greater attacking threat and created the clearer chances. Sligo goalkeeper McMahon kept her side in contention with a series of strong saves, most not

Megan O'Connor of Dundalk at the launch of 2026 Women's Development League at the FAI Headquarters in Abbotstown, Dublin. Photo by Stephen McCarthy/Sportsfile A new chapter begins for women’s football at Dundalk FC this weekend, as the club takes to the pitch in the newly established Women’s Development League.  The new league has been endorsed by UEFA as part of their Women’s League Development Fund and sees Dundalk among nine clubs from the LOI Academy Development programme