Páirc Uí Rinn has €40k facelift for championship showdown

Cork GAA chiefs have spent close to €40,000 readying Páirc Uí Rinn for Sunday’s Munster SFC semi-final clash — the first championship game to be played at the Boreenmanna Road venue in 16 years.

The establishment of a wheelchair area, the installation of 1,500 seats in the main stand, upgrading both the VIP and press areas, the placing of rubber mats at the entrance to the pitch and the laying of artificial grass in front of either dugout have all been finalised this week ahead of the Cork-Clare fixture.

Sunday’s game is only the second senior provincial championship fixture to be staged at Páirc Uí Rinn since Cork GAA acquired the venue in 1989 — the first being the 1999 Munster football semi-final involving Cork and Limerick.