Comment: Will this be the final time Cork City celebrates a First Division title?

So far, the club, which has implemented a "back to basic" mantra appears to have made a good start building for a brighter, top-flight future.

What seemed an inevitability for so long is finally official. Cork City Football Club; First Division Champions for 2024. Pic: David Fitzgerald/Sportsfile

What seemed an inevitability for so long is finally official. Cork City Football Club; First Division Champions for 2024.

It’s the second time in three years that the Rebel Army have finished top of the second tier and in comparison to their triumph in 2022, the celebrations are unlikely to be as boisterous.