St Patrick’s Athletic 4Cork City 0THERE WAS NO celebratory hat-trick for Mason Melia on his 18th birthday but the St Patrick’s Athletic striker blew out the candle of hope for anyone at Cork City who retained faint belief of a great escape from relegation. With 12 for the season in the Premier Division, Melia is now just one behind overall top scorer Padraig Amond. The first goal conceded on seven minutes saw Redmond power home a Simon Power corner unchallenged and unmarked seven yards out. Now their fate could be sealed by the time they face St Pat’s in the FAI Cup semi-final in a couple of weeks. St Patrick’s Athletic: Joseph Anang; Axel Sjoberg; Joe Redmond (captain), Tom Grivosti, Jason McClelland (Al-Amin Kazeem 67); Simon Power (Simon Power 67), Jamie Lennon (Darren Robinson 74), Jordon Garrick (Brandon Kavanagh 74), Barry Baggley, Kian Leavy; Mason Melia (Conor Carty 63).