Now for a more positive 5km - Deccie Daly under starters orders for Mercy Hospital

The former Cork City FC captain's virtual 5km challenge is in memory of his mother Lena

Declan Daly, former Cork City FC captain, who, along with his siblings, are urging members of the public to support and participate in a virtual 5k run over the next two weeks in memory of their late mother Lena with proceeds going to the Mercy Hospital Foundation, Cork. He is being encouraged here Micheál Sheridan, CEO, MUH Foundation. Picture: Denis Minihane

As one 5km Covid-19 restriction ends another altogether healthier and more positive 5km is under starters orders.

Over the first two weeks of December, former Cork City defender and captain, Declan Daly, who lifted the league crown in 1993 and the FAI Cup in 1998 is teaming up with his sisters, Geraldine and Paula and brother, Kenneth, a former captain of northside soccer club St Mary’s to take on a virtual 5km challenge to support front-line staff at the Mercy University Hospital and to remember their mother, Lena.