The 32 workers engaged in a sit-in at the Vita Cortex plant in Cork received a boost over the weekend when former Republic of Ireland soccer international Paul McGrath visited the factory less than a day after they attended a fundraising concert held in their honour by musician Christy Moore.

Thirty-two workers on sit-in at the closed Vita Cortex factory in Cork have earned a massive morale boost after Alex Ferguson joined a growing line of supporters.

THE 168-year-old Cork Summer Show will begin another exciting era when it is held at a new venue in Ballincollig on June 20/21.