Bohemians were champions while St Patrick's Athletic finished as runners-up.
Bohemians finished the season as champions, winning by a margin of nineteen points.
[2] For the first time in the history of the league the national broadcaster Raidió Teilifís Éireann started showing highlights of every Premier Division game played on its new show Monday Night Soccer.
This replaced eircom League Weekly which had run on TV3 on Monday nights from 2002 to 2007.
Live games were shown by RTÉ, Setanta Sports and TG4's Sacar Beo.