The 2025 League of Ireland campaign resumes tonight and something extraordinary is happening. Once lampooned as a “chicken league” by Eamon Dunphy, the domestic offering is regularly winning headlines and attention. The week of its return has already been quite something – even Dunphy is among the converted. It will conclude Sunday with the biggest crowd at a league game in many decades as Bohemians host Shamrock Rovers at the Aviva Stadium. Bohs, whose team will feature 28-year-old Frenchman Lys Mousset – once a £10 million signing at Sheffield United – pulled off another marketing masterpiece on Wednesday with the…

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