The temptation might be to rubberneck at the car crash on the other side of the street. But that comes with the danger of distraction.

Which is precisely why Celtic will continue to plant their feet to the floor as Brendan Rodgers drives them towards yet another domestic treble. Adam Idah said as much after making an emotional homecoming to the town where he grew up as a kid.

The Republic of Ireland international was playing the part of the poster boy at the launch of a summer friendly between Celtic and Cork City - a match which will be staged at SuperValu Páirc Uí Chaoimh - the local home of hurling - on July 8. But, for the time being, his focus remains locked on the big push towards silverware back in Glasgow, where city rivals Rangers have seen their title hopes go up in smoke while also crashing out of the Scottish Cup under Philippe Clement.

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The beleaguered Belgian has been sacked and replaced by interim boss Barry Ferguson but the Ibrox side still slumped to another defeat at home to Motherwell on Saturday, a result which allowed Celtic to open up a massive 16 point gap at the top of the table with a win over St Mirren later that day. In other words, the champions are home and hosed already in the league as they prepare to face Hibs for a place in the Scottish Cup semis this weekend.

And Idah is adamant that complacency will not get in their way no matter what carnage might be unfolding on the other side of town. “The aim is to do what we've been doing all season - working hard and staying focused. We’ll take each game as it comes and hopefully finish the season on a high,” Idah said at the official launch of the first ever Páirc Uí Chaoimh Super Cup. And that means rubbernecking must be avoided at all costs.

Asked if there is a danger of complacency creeping in he went on: “Yeah, it can be dangerous but I think that's why Celtic are so successful. I think we’re great at focusing on what we do. I think you can see throughout this season we've worked really hard and we don't look too much into anything going on elsewhere.

“We focus on ourselves a lot and, like I said, we take each game as it comes. We're not looking at the league table. We want to do what we want to do and that's to finish at the top of the table at the end of the day. So, yeah, we focus on ourselves and not on everyone else.”

With that in mind, manager Rodgers described the win over St Mirren on Saturday night as a ‘defining’ moment in this season’s campaign. And Idah completely agrees.

He said: “The game the other day was a tough game. St Mirren are a really tough side. They're very physical and the pitch wasn't great, so we probably couldn't play our best football. The manager was right, it was a defining moment. To get a result like that there is great. The first half was really tough. To be fair to the boys that came on in the second half, they did brilliantly and won us the game.”

Hibs, however, are likely to offer up another stern test of Celtic’s resolve when they roll into Parkhead on Saturday, still on a high after Sunday’s derby win over Hearts. The bad news for David Gray and his players is that they’re now standing directly in between Celtic’s juggernaut and a return to Hampden. Worse still, they are not being taken lightly after having the temerity to topple Celtic only a week or so ago at Easter Road.

Idah went on: “They're up there as one of the best teams in the country at the moment. “There's no doubt that Hibs are a fantastic team. They've won so many games now and they're a really good side. We didn't have a great game when we played them last time. We were poor in that game and we know ourselves that we can be a lot better. The game now coming up will be an exciting one and we are ready for it.”

It’s all set up for the perfect ending to the perfect campaign now that Idah has a return to his home town on the cards as a possible treble winner. The man who scored the winner in last season’s Scottish Cup Final win over Rangers said: “I'm really looking forward to it. How it ended last season was probably one of the best moments I've had in my career. It's an exciting one for me.

“And now we have this friendly to look forward to as well. I haven’t played in Cork since I was 15 and didn't think I'd ever come back and play here. So to come back in the summer is going to be brilliant. Everyone's really looking forward to it. It will be amazing. There's obviously a massive Celtic fan base in Cork so it'll be like a home game.

“It'll be really cool to have the Cork fans and the Celtic fans. It'll be a bit of a strange one because I think everyone will be supporting both sides. But it'll be a fantastic day. I still support Cork City, they were obviously my team growing up, so it's exciting.”