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Fri 03 Mar 2007Officials move to avoid turmoil  League of Ireland:League of Ireland officials will meet this morning to discuss how to resolve the growing problems being encountered by clubs in relation to the registration of players who have played for two other teams since July 1st of last year.Because of the different timing of the international and Irish seasons, more than 40 players, including Waterford's Ray Scully, Bray's Alan Cawley and Peter Hynes of Derry City, are now believed to be ineligible under Fifa rules to play this evening for the league clubs they joined during recent weeks.