John Caulfield’s ‘special’ Cork City open gap to champions

Cork City 2 - Dundalk 1: Six points clear after six games is hardly daylight, but Cork City are certainly going to take stopping in the Premier Division title race this season.

For once it wasn’t Seanie Maguire doing the damage as Karl Sheppard’s first-half double saw City to a hard-fought but deserved 2-1 victory over their great rivals Dundalk on Saturday.

After a week where the tragic death of Ryan McBride stunned the Irish sporting world, the reaction to the Derry Cty skipper’s passing revealed so much of what the League of Ireland can be proud of.