Full time: Cork City 1-3 Shelbourne

The fourth official has indicated there will be a minimum of three additional minutes.

Shelbourne sub: Ella O'Connell replaces Noelle Murray

Cork City break forward but Niamh O'Donohue's shot is wasteful.

Cork City sub: Laura Shine and Abby McCarthy are replaced by Kate O\'Donovan and Kristen Sample.

Shelbourne clear their lines this time.

Corner to Cork City is headed away but the rebound finds O'Brien whose shot is superbly saved by Budden.

Shelbourne looked to have been through on goal once more but last ditch defending by Tiffney Taylor comes to City's aid.

Cork City sub: Laura Singleton replaces Rachel O'Regan

Another corner by Shelbourne is wasted, this time by Leah Doyle.

Shelbourne sub: Taylor White replaces Jessica Ziu

Play is back underway.

The match is halted once more for a water break.

The following corner is again poor and Cork clear their lines.

A decent ball over the top plays in Jess Ziu in front of goal but another double save from McCarthy keeps Shelbourne from going further in front.

A decent ball over the top plays in Jess Ziu in front of goal but another double save from McCarthy keeps Shelbourne from going further in front.

Ciara Grant goes through on goal after being played in behind the City defence but the goalscorer is ruled offside.

Shelbourne subs: Abbie Larkin and Leah Doyle replace Alex Kavanagh and Chloe Mustaki

Murray's corner is headed away and a poor shot results in a goal kick.

Murray has an effort from the left of the box that is again well saved by McCarthy.

Shelbourne have struggled at the start of this second half for momentum and have let Cork back into the contest.

Whelan and Ziu play an emphatic one-two with the striker going through on goal once more but McCarthy stood tall.

Cork City look a lot more comfortable on the ball in this half.

Cork City subs: Rachel O’Regan and Tiffney Taylor replace Ciara McNamara and Niamh O'Donohue

GOAL! Cork City are back in the game through a brilliant goal by Nathalie O’Brien whose attempted cross from the left flies into the back of the net catching Amanda Budden off guard.

We're back underway.

Half time: Cork City 0-3 Shelbourne

The fourth official has indicated there will be a minimum of one additional minute to be played.

GOAL! Ciara Grant gets on the scoresheet after she was picked out by an excellent pass from Kavanagh, and Grant's delicate touch and powerful finish extends the visitors lead.

Cork continue to struggle to get out of their own half, let alone threaten the Shelbourne goal.

Noelle Murray has a shot on goal that she doesn't quite connect with but the one way traffic continues.

A poor clearance from Burke leads to Ziu running at the City defence and she pulls the ball back to Whelan whose strike is just wide of the goal.

Half an hour into the contest and the visitors are in complete control.

Play has resumed.

The game is halted due to a water break, much to the relief of Cork.

GOAL! Noelle Murray doubles Shelbourne's lead as her outside the box shot is poorly dealt with by McCarthy who palms the ball into her own net.

Whelan goes through on goal once more after being played in by Ziu but this time McCarthy comes to Cork's rescue with a smart stop in another one on one situation.

GOAL! Emily Whelan breaks the deadlock assisted by a lofted through ball by Alex Kavanagh that allowed the striker to slot the ball past McCarthy, for her eighth goal of the season.

The end to end action continues as both sides look lively on the counterattack.

Rachel Graham has a shot from outside the box that McCarthy holds well.

Play has resumed.

A break in play as Natalie O'Brien is down.

Corner to Shelbourne is played short and the eventual cross evades everyone.

Brilliant double save by Abby McCarthy as Noelle Murray plays a lovely through ball to Emily Whelan, who is in on goal one on one but McCarthy comes out on top.

Good link up play continues between Ziu and Murray, with the striker having a shot on the half volley that narrowly flies wide of the goal.

Rachel Graham puts a good ball into the box but the Shelbourne attackers get in each other way and can't connect to the cross.

End to end action here at Turner's Cross!

A bit of ping pong in the Shelbourne box and the ball falls to Sarah McKevitt whose shot on goal finds the side netting.

Ziu scores for Shelbourne but the midfielder is ruled offside after being played through by Noelle Murray.

Ciara Grant hits a first time ball that doesn't quite reach Jessica Ziu but the midfielder collects the ball and squares it Noelle Murray and her effort is just wide of the target.

Early shot from Dring sails wide and Budden collects.

We're underway.

The two teams last met in June, in which Shelbourne ran out 1-0 winners at Tolka Park, courtesy of Noelle Murray’s first half goal.

On the other hand, Cork have endured a difficult campaign and lie in seventh just two points above bottom side Athlone. Cork have struggled in front of goal, scoring the joint fewest goals in the division.

Visitors Shelbourne lie in second place on just goal difference as they are level on points with league leaders Peamount United. Although their title rivals do have a game in hand on Peamount, which means every game is a must win, going into the business end of the season.

The weather in Cork is currently 18 degrees Celsius, with a wind of six mph, humidity levels at 73% and a very small chance of rain at just 1%.

Hello and welcome to Final Whistle's coverage of today's Women's National League clash between struggling Cork City and title fighting Shelbourne.