City’s fate to be sealed today

IT’S High Noon for Cork City today – if, indeed, the club even survives until then.

Shortly after 11am this morning, the High Court is set to hear an application to wind-up the club on the part of the Revenue Commissioners, a hearing which was adjourned two weeks ago pending the outcome of a takeover bid for the club.

Then, at 1pm, the club licensing committee will begin its final deliberations on the shape of the League of Ireland for the coming season with, as things stand, Cork City’s participation shrouded in uncertainty. And if current owner Tom Coughlan is able to settle with the Revenue in court today – the amount involved is some €115,000 – it could still be as late as this evening before any further clarity emerges, with City’s League of Ireland application set to be the last to go before the licensing committee.