Cork players stranded by bus row

THE chairman of Cork City yesterday claimed “an unfortunate blip” led to an embarrassing incident which left Dublin-bound players stranded for nearly two hours after a bus company owed over €2,000 by the club refused to take them to last night’s League of Ireland Premier Division clash with St Pat’s.

The City players assembled at Silversprings Moran Hotel yesterday for an 11.45am departure but the bus driver refused to let them on until the company, Kearney’s, were paid more than €2,000 owed by the club for previous trips.

Team captain Dan Murray was forced to phone Cork’s 96fm where he made an on-air appeal for help and after sympathetic donors stumped up, Cork City chairman, Tom Coughlan, agreed to settle the outstanding bill with the company.