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Cork City bring in former Man United academy goalkeeper on loan

Ollie Byrne joins from National League side Altrincham FC.

CORK CITY HAVE brought in English goalkeeper Ollie Byrne on loan as they look to add further depth between the sticks.

Byrne joins from National League side Altrincham FC, pending international clearance, and will look to challenge Jimmy Corcoran for the number one spot.

The 25-year-old was previously on the books at Manchester United’s academy — where he lined out alongside Marcus Rashford, Timothy Fosu-Mensah and Axel Tuanzebe for the U18s — and also had underage spells at both Cardiff City and Blackburn Rovers.

He spent two-and-a-half seasons with Connah’s Quay Nomads in Wales’s Cymru Premier, where he won two league titles, before joining Altrincham in the summer of 2022.

“We are very pleased to get Ollie on board for the rest of the season,” City sporting director Liam Buckley said.

“He will add competition to our squad and I feel he is a very good signing for us. He brings a good bit of experience to the squad and I am looking forward to working with him.”

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    Dec 17th 2016, 8:00 PM

    Adam Byrne is a try scoring machine.

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    Dec 17th 2016, 8:29 PM

    @Gary: Definitely. Superb player.

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    Dec 17th 2016, 8:54 PM

    Furlong is a beast.

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    Dec 17th 2016, 8:35 PM

    Bonus point in the bag …nice

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    Dec 17th 2016, 9:37 PM

    What an embarrassing capitulation by Northampton. Brilliant by Leinster though. Good times

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    Dec 17th 2016, 8:30 PM

    Leinster have had some sloppy moments but also some brilliant ones which have yielded some trys thankfully. Let’s hope we can finish off Northampton in the second half.

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    Dec 17th 2016, 9:19 PM

    Leinster cruising! whos their biggest challenge this season to win the cup!? apart from their Irish counterparts ;)

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    Dec 17th 2016, 9:27 PM

    @Paul Quigley: Sarries I would say.

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    Dec 17th 2016, 9:33 PM

    Leinster are a serious team..and have great strength in depth..apart from Micheal Bent..young Porter shud be getting game time

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    Dec 18th 2016, 3:42 PM

    The Leinster scrum destroyed theirs with bent in the front row. May not be international standard but he is very valuable to the Leinster squad. Gets too much stick
    Porter is a prospect but I’d imagine bent would eat him now. Porter has strength but a lot of technique to learn

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    Dec 17th 2016, 9:38 PM

    Too bloody easy. What a team.

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    Dec 17th 2016, 9:23 PM

    Gruesome Saints.

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    Dec 17th 2016, 9:38 PM

    Impressive win

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    Dec 17th 2016, 8:29 PM

    Luke McGrath is so poor tonight…

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