Irish soccer round-up:Two well taken goal from their talisman Raffaele Cretaro greatly boosted Sligo's hopes of avoiding relegation as they dragged St. Patrick's right back into the mix at the bottom with a 2-0 win at Richmond Park.

St. Patrick’s would have hoped to build on new boss Peter Mahon’s first win at Bray last week, knowing that another victory here would give them an eight point cushion over the play-off places.

But Cretaro’s brace means Sligo leapfrog Drogheda to go third from bottom. And though they remain in the play-off places, they are now just three points behind St. Patrick’s with six games to play.

Cork City boosted their hopes of securing a place in next seasons Europa League when they defeated an injury-hit Derry side 2-0 at Turners Cross to overtake the Candystripes into third place.

The opening goal came via the penalty spot in the 19th minute. Guntars Silagailis was fouled by Derry defender James McLean and Faz Kuduzovic finished emphatically from the resultant spot kick.

Cork doubled their lead five minutes later, Kuduzovic turning provider on this occasion. The Bosnian striker drilled the ball across the face of Gerard Dohertys goal and former Derry winger Billy Dennehy tucked it home at the far post to put the home side 2-0 in front.

Bohemians remain in control of Setanta Cup Group Two despite being held to a scoreless draw by Coleraine this evening.

Having relinquished their grip on the eircom League last weekend, Bohs’ manager Pat Fenlon made sweeping changes but his side were unable to convert their pressure into points at Dalymount Park

Glen Crowe, Neale Fenn, Gary Deegan, and Killian Brennan all passed up chances to grab the winner as Coleraine put up a stubborn resistance.