Cork’s sporting curse continues with narrow defeat

THERE are growing fears that nothing has gone right for Cork in a sporting sense since the visit of a certain royal tourist to the city last May.

Exits from both All-Ireland hurling and football championships before the end of July seemed to provide strong proof of the existence of such a hex on the Rebel County.

Ireland’s leading showjumper, Billy Twomey, from Monkstown in Cork, could be forgiven for sharing in such pessimism after Ireland narrowly missed out on a famous victory in the Nations Cup at the RDS in Ballsbridge yesterday.