 Hawkins found himself without a club three weeks before the start of the 2011 season after Sporting Fingal cancelled all their players contracts and later folded.Two days after Sporting Fingal folded Hawkins followed his former teammate Greg Bolger and signed a one-year deal with Dundalk.On 13 January 2012 Hawkins signed for the League of Ireland Champions, and his fifth Dublin club, as a player-coach