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Reds, Coleraine & Swifts into Irish Cup last four

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Cliftonville, Coleraine and Dungannon Swifts all saw off Championship opposition on Saturday to book their places in the Irish Cup semi-finals.

Holders Dungannon saw off H&W Welders 3-0 at Stangmore Park thanks to goals from Steven Scott, Shane McGinty and Kobei Moore as they continue their defence of the trophy.

Cliftonville remained on track for a third successive final appearance as Keevan Hawthorne, Shaun Leppard and Liam McStravick were on target in a 3-0 win against Loughgall at Lakeview Park.

Joel Cooper and substitute Matthew Shevlin were the second-half goalscorers as Coleraine were 2-0 victors over Limavady United at the Showgrounds.

The three sides are joined in the last four by Larne, who defeated Glentoran in a penalty shootout after a 1-1 draw in Friday night.

The semi-final draw has paired Cliftonville with Dungannon in a repeat of last year's decider, while Larne will face Coleraine.

The ties will be played at neutral venues on the weekend of 3-4 April.

Bannsiders banish Limavady

Second-half goals from man-of-the-match Cooper and Shevlin saw Coleraine get past dogged second-tier promotion hopefuls Limavady.

Cooper rifled home his 20th goal of the campaign just after the hour before setting Shevlin up for his 19th of the season with just over 10 minutes remaining.

Dean Jarvis should have done better when well placed by Zane Okoro inside the opening two minutes but the Coleraine defender sliced his volley well wide of the target.

Teenager Senan Devine was proving to be Coleraine's premier attacking threat in the game's early stages and three times in quick succession he was denied by fine saves from Marty Gallagher.

At the other end, John Butcher fired over after a corner had been cleared to him on the edge of the box while Ryan Schofield got down well to gather a Leon Boyd cross.

The deadlock was broken just after the hour. Half-time replacement Ben Wylie fed Cooper, who took a touch before rifling an unstoppable 25-yard shot into the top corner of the net past a helpless Gallagher.

The visitors upped the tempo in the final quarter and Shevlin was denied by a goal line clearance from Tiarnan Boorman, Mark Coyle's follow-up effort also blocked.

The second goal the Bannsiders had been threatening duly arrived 12 minutes from the end.

Reading Tiarnan Boorman's under hit back pass, Cooper got to the ball in front of Gallagher amd rounded the keeper before teeing up Shevlin with a simple finish 12 yards out in front of goal.

Welders could have opened the scoring at Dungannpn after Enomfon Nto ran all the way from his own half into the Swifts' box, but Declan Dunne stood up well to his effort.

Some 10 minutes after that Scott latched onto an excellent long-range pass from Gael Bigirimana and expertly lifted the ball over the onrushing Samuel Safaei and into the net.

Sean McAllister nearly doubled the lead but when he was one-on-one with Samuel Safaei, Welders' keeper made himself big and pulled off a super save. Safaei went on to make several big stops throughout the match.

Around the hour mark, Dungannon grabbed the second goal and gave their visitors a real uphill task.

Paul Doyle saw his goalbound effort somehow cleared off the line by Ewan McCoubrey but from the resultant corner, Leo Alves found McGinty at the back post and he powered his header into the net.

Dungannon kept up the pace for the remainder of the game and Moore well and truly put the game to bed with a very well-taken effort with just over 10 minutes of the game to go.

From outside the area, Moore struck the ball low and found the far corner of the net.

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