2008 in Ireland - 2008 League of Ireland, 2008 Shelbourne F.C. Season, Irish Pork Crisis of 2008, 2008 Dundalk F.C. Season (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 34. Chapters: 2008 League of Ireland, 2008 Shelbourne F.C. season, Irish pork crisis of 2008, 2008 Dundalk F.C. season, 2008-2011 Irish financial crisis, Ireland at the 2008 Summer Olympics, 2008 Irish flash floods, 2008 A Championship, Convention on Cluster Munitions, 2008 Racquetball World Championships, 2008-2011 Irish banking crisis, 2008 Setanta Sports Cup, Operation Seabight, Murder of Shane Geoghegan, 2008 ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier, 2008 Piper PA 28 plane crash, Free Education for Everyone, Ger McDonnell, Jamboree 2008, Kerry bog slides, 2008 Tour of Ireland, Ireland at the 2008 Summer Paralympics, List of number-one dance hits of 2008, Patrick Honohan, 2008 Irish Classic, All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship 2008. Excerpt: The 2008 League of Ireland season consisted of both Premier and First Division, as well as the newly introduced 'A' Championship. The season kicked off in March and the 'A' Championship commenced in June. In order to prepare for the 'A' Championship, competing clubs were offered the opportunity to compete in a Shield competition, which began in March. The season was a transitional one in order to reduce the number of clubs in the Premier Division to ten and increase the amount in the First Division to twelve. As a result there was no playoffs with just the three bottom clubs in the Premier Division automatically relegated to the First Division and the First Division champions automatically promoted to the Premier Division. There was a playoff between the bottom placed side in the First Division and an 'A' Championship qualifier to determine who would participate in 2009 in the First Division. Several League of Ireland clubs changed their managers during pre-season. Alan Mathews resigned as manager of recently relegated Longford Town. The First Division club have since promoted Mathews' assistant...