The Offaly man goes into the weekend just three shots off the top of the leaderboard.
Offaly's Shane Lowry and Rory McIlroy are in a tie for second after day two at the DP World Tour Championship in Dubai.
They're three shots behind leader Nicolai Hojgaard of Denmark in Dubai, who sits on 12 under par.
Tom McKibbin will go into the weekend at four-under-par after signing for a round of 70 today.
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