| Season: | 2024 |
| Dates: | 16 February 2024 – 1 November 2024 |
| Competition: | League of Ireland Premier Division |
| Continentalcup1: | Champions League |
| Continentalcup2: | Conference League |
| Matches: | 34 |
| Total Goals: | 73 |
| League Topscorer: | Patrick Hoban (9 goals) |
| Highest Scoring: | Waterford 4–2 Drogheda United |
| Biggest Home Win: | Shamrock Rovers 4–0 Drogheda United |
| Biggest Away Win: | Dundalk 0–5 Sligo Rovers |
| Longest Wins: | Shelbourne |
| Longest Unbeaten: | Shelbourne |
| Longest Winless: | Dundalk |
| Longest Losses: | Dundalk St. Patrick's Athletic |
| Highest Attendance: | 10,094 Shamrock Rovers 3–1 Bohemian F.C. [1] |
| Lowest Attendance: | |
| Prevseason: | 2023 |
| Nextseason: | 2025 |
The 2024 League of Ireland Premier Division, known as the SSE Airtricity Men's Premier Division for sponsorship reasons,[2] is the 40th season of the League of Ireland Premier Division, the top Irish league for association football clubs since its establishment in 1985.
The competition began on 16 February 2024 and will conclude on 1 November 2024.[3] [4] [5] [6]
The league consisted of ten teams – the top eight teams from the previous season and two teams promoted from the First Division. The promoted teams were the 2023 League of Ireland First Division winners Galway United (after a top flight absence of six years)[7] and play-off winners Waterford (after being absent from the top flight for two years).[8] They replaced UCD (relegated after two consecutive seasons in the top flight) and Cork City (who spent just one season back in the top flight before being relegated following their loss to Waterford).[8] Shamrock Rovers entered the season as defending champions after winning their twenty-first title during the previous season.[9]
| Team | Location | Stadium | Capacity | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4,500 | ||||
| 3,700 | ||||
| 3,500 | ||||
| 4,500 | ||||
| 5,000 | ||||
| 10,500 | ||||
| 5,700 | ||||
| 3,873 | ||||
| 5,340 | ||||
| 5,160 |
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| Team | Manager | Captain | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bohemians |  Alan Reynolds | Keith Buckley | O'Neills | Des Kelly Interiors | |
| Derry City | Ruaidhrí Higgins | Patrick McEleney | O'Neills | Diamond Corrugated | |
| Drogheda United | Kevin Doherty | Gary Deegan | Erreà | Drogheda Credit Union | |
| Dundalk | Jon Daly | John Mountney | Playr-Fit | 888casino | |
| Galway United | John Caulfield | Conor McCormack | O'Neills | Comer Property Management | |
| Shamrock Rovers | Stephen Bradley |  Roberto Lopes | Umbro | MASCOT Workwear | |
| Shelbourne | Damien Duff | Mark Coyle | O'Neills | Realtor Global (home) - One Coat Roof Seal (away/third) | |
| Sligo Rovers | John Russell | Niall Morahan | Joma | Avant Money | |
| St Patrick's Athletic | Stephen Kenny | Joe Redmond | Umbro | Manguard Plus | |
| Waterford | Keith Long | Barry Baggley | New Balance | DG Foods |
| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bohemians | Declan Devine | Sacked | 10 March 2024 | 7th | Derek Pender (interim) | 10 March 2024 |
| Derek Pender (interim) | End of interim spell | 26 March 2024 | 6th | Alan Reynolds | 26 March 2024 | |
| Dundalk | Stephen O'Donnell | Sacked | 8 April 2024 | 10th | Liam Burns & Brian Gartland (interim) | 8 April 2024 |
| End of interim spell | 20 April 2024 | Noel King | 20 April 2024 | |||
| St Patrick's Athletic | Jon Daly | Sacked | 7 May 2024 | 7th | Seán O'Connor (interim) | 7 May 2024 |
| Dundalk | Noel King | Resigned | 15 May 2024 | 10th | Liam Burns (interim) | 15 May 2024 |
| St Patrick's Athletic | Seán O'Connor (interim) | End of interim spell | 16 May 2024 | 7th | Stephen Kenny | 16 May 2024 |
| Dundalk | Liam Burns (interim) | 23 May 2024 | 10th | Jon Daly | 23 May 2024 |
Teams play each other four times (twice at home and twice away).
The ninth-placed team qualify for a play-off alongside the second, third, fourth, and fifth-placed teams from the 2024 League of Ireland First Division.
The First Division teams contest the quarter and semi-finals. The quarter-finals will be held over two legs, with the second-placed team facing the fifth-placed team and the third-placed team facing the fourth-placed team. The quarter-final winners then contest the semi-finals, with the winners ultimately facing the ninth-placed League of Ireland Premier Division team for the final place in the 2025 League of Ireland Premier Division.