Neale Fenn’s fledglings at Cork City ready to take flight

FEW players encapsulate the reality of radical change at Cork City quite like Daire O’Connor.

After a period of steep decline which saw the double winners of 2017 turn relegation battlers in 2019 — and a host of established names follow manager John Caulfield and his assistant and successor John Cotter out the door — the talented winger finds himself in the unlikely position, after little more than a year with the club, of being something like a senior pro in a dressing room which cuts a strikingly youthful profile ahead of the new season.