Alonso Edward leads all-star cast at Cork City Sports

It may be slightly thin on top-level Irish talent, but the 66th edition of the Cork City Sports is once again loaded with such a rich of cast of world-class athletes that few will even notice.

In recent days they have been arriving from across the world for tonight’s meeting, which gets under way in the Cork Institute of Technology at 5.15pm.

“It’s the opposite of last year,” says meeting director Joe Hartnett. “In 2016 we had to drag them to Cork, but this year we’re beating them away with a stick.”