Matty Smith sends Shelbourne on their way to victory over Cork City and fourth in table

A classy Matty Smith goal - his third in four games - helped Shelbourne to a double over Cork City in a game of two halves at Tolka Park.

Jack Moylan added a poacher's second as Shelbourne, unbeaten now in five games, move up to fourth in the table, their highest placing since manager Damien Duff took charge at the start of last season.

A third successive defeat means second-bottom Cork, who lost at home to Shelbourne on St Patrick's Day, remain four points from safety in the relegation play-off place.

Cork manager Colin Healy dropped goalkeeper Jimmy Corcoran following last week’s 3-1 home defeat to Derry City with 18-year-old Daniel Moynihan coming in for his debut between the posts.

That was one of three changes for City, with Darragh Crowley starting in midfield and Tunde Owolabi coming in up top for only his second start of the season.

And City came to play, troubling Shelbourne inside two minutes.

A sloppy Paddy Barrett backpass ran for the alert Ruairi Keating but Conor Kearns positioned himself well to parry his effort out for a corner.

With four changes from their draw with Dundalk last week, injury-and-suspension hit Shelbourne gave first starts of the season to David Toure and Jad Hakiki and struggled to impose their game on the visitors.

It was 20 minutes before the home side penetrated the Cork rearguard, a sublime Barrett pass playing Smith in behind. Moynihan got a fingertip to the drive, even if it was going wide, though incredibly no corner was given.

But it was Kearns who remained the busier goalkeeper in the first half with a terrific double save to thwart Cork on 36 minutes.

First the Shels keeper got down smartly to tip away a glancing header by Keating from Darragh Crowley’s fine cross. Ally Gilchrist pounced