Cork City's Daire O’Connor and the new meaning of playing at home

Daire O’Connor admits it has taken time to adjust to the changes in lifestyle and habits enforced by the coronavirus pandemic. Picture: INPHO/Laszlo Geczo

Whisper it, but Cork City played Ross County behind closed doors the other night.

No, you’re not hallucinating and, more importantly, there was no breach of the FAI’s cessation of football involved. Nor was government advice on quarantine and social distancing placed in any kind of jeopardy.