A comfortable win for leaders Cork City, which gave a boost to their manager Damien Richardson who was hospitalised during the day with chest pains.
Tests revealed that the popular boss has a lung problem and was detained over night.
His side played well under assistant manager Dave Hill with John O'Flynn, who was denied by some oustanding Chris O'Connor saves in the early stages, sliding Cork in front when he availed of hesitency by the young net minder after 20 minutes.
Centre Back Derek Coughlan made it 2-0, when he rifled home a shot following a Liam Kearney corner after 33 minutes.
The points were secured with 12 minutes remaining, O'Flynn set up Republic of Ireland U21 international Roy O'Donovan, who fired home a fine shot from inside the area.
Cork are still two points clear of Derry with a game in hand as they head for Prague and their UEFA Cup 1st round tie on Thursday night.
