Premier Division: Derry City 4 (Duffy 58, 75, 94, Akinyemi 91) Waterford 2 (Voilas 19, Lonergan pen 51)MICHAEL Duffy bagged a second-half hat-trick to spare Derry City's blushes against Waterford at Brandywell. Tiernan Lynch's side trailed by a 2-0 deficit after a first-half tap-in from Jorgen Voilas and a 51st-minute penalty from Tommy Lonergan. Waterford broke the deadlock in the 19th minute following a mix-up involving Fleming and Beach in the Derry defence. It went from bad to worse for Derry as Adam O'Reilly brought down Lonergan for a penalty kick six minutes after the break. Derry needed a lifeline and who else but Duffy stepped up to head Thomas' cross past McMullan, reducing the deficit in the 58th minute.

Source: Irish Examiner February 28, 2026 10:14 UTC