“An ultimate cost of €96m is reliably projected”, says GAA director general Tom Ryan, almost €20m more than originally envisaged and €10m more than suggested by Cork officials in 2018.

At tonight’s Cork County Board meeting, secretary Kevin O’Donovan informed delegates that the executive has agreed repayments to Central Council for money that should have been handed over three years ago.

GAA boffins today finalised the most demanding club fixtures matrix in the GAA - Cork’s county championship schedule.

Borris-Ileigh and Tipperary hurler Dan McCormack has hailed the incredible bond that has seen the club claim a surprise county and provincial double.

There's two senior provincial finals and three All-Ireland ladies finals in store this weekend.

Fans have a choice to make for their pre-Christmas hurling fix as the Co-Op Superstores Munster Hurling League and McGrath Cup fixtures have been confirmed.

Former Galway hurler David Forde has joined new manager Shane O’Neill’s backroom team — as a selector.

GAA director general Tom Ryan has described as “incorrect and premature” comments by Croke Park stadium director Peter McKenna that the final cost of redeveloping Páirc Uí Chaoimh had escalated to €110m.

The venue for the Cork-Roscommon Super 8 fixture on the August Bank Holiday weekend has not yet been confirmed, despite the official GAA website stating that the game will take place at Páirc Uí Chaoimh.

Cork footballer Conor Dennehy’s inter-county season is as good as over, manager Ronan McCarthy has said.

The cost of redeveloping Páirc Uí Chaoimh will not be known for a number of months, stadium board member Michael O’Flynn has confirmed.

You probably know the Páirc Uí Chaoimh playing surface yesterday was the subject of much negative comment, to put it mildly.

The directors of Staid Cois Laoi, the company tasked with running the redeveloped Páirc Uí Chaoimh, will meet in the next fortnight, with Munster rugby games, financial compliance, and naming rights for the stadium expected to feature on the agenda.

Waterford County Board chairman Paddy Joe Ryan has claimed the GAA and the Munster Council “would love to” demolish the Gaelic Grounds and Fitzgerald Stadium.

Cork goalkeeper Anthony Nash insists there’s no lingering bad blood between he and Clare over last year’s Munster final sliotar saga.

The Cork footballers will enjoy a seven-week run-in to their Munster SFC semi-final on June 3.

Páirc Uí Chaoimh stadium director Bob Ryan has cast doubt about the venue being able to host Allianz League double bills in January and February in the future.

Here’s a handy game-by-game guide to the 2018 leagues and championships.

Hundreds of people spent thousands of hours developing and constructing the new Páirc Uí Chaoimh. Here, four of them recount the journey.

Cork County Board have refused to comment amid fears that the cost of the Páirc Uí Chaoimh redevelopment project may rise to €85m.

The Cork County Board will take a sizeable rental income hit after it was yesterday confirmed Páirc Uí Chaoimh would not be ready in time for the senior footballers’ Munster final clash with Kerry on July 2.

Michael Moynihan spoke to selector Pat Ryan about the Rebels’ ‘trepidation’ ahead of tonight’s make-or-break clash with Ger Cunningham’s Dublin.

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More questions than answers did this Cork performance pose, nonetheless, Jimmy Barry-Murphy’s charges remain alive in the hunt for league silverware.

Cork County Board chairman Bob Ryan was forced to launch a vigorous defence of the decision to redevelop Páirc Uí Chaoimh at last night’s county board meeting.

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Such is their unstinting grá for the old grey bowl, I half expected the Cork supporters to arrive with trowels and silver tins yesterday afternoon, ready and waiting at the final whistle to covet a piece of the Ballintemple venue.

Kerry 3-14 Cork 0-13

A decision on the Cork County Board’s planning application to redevelop Páirc Uí Chaoimh is expected within a week.

Cork’s dramatic draw in the All-Ireland final on Sunday has acted like a booster shot to the GAA within the county.

A soccer fortress turned GAA ground, once home to Cork Hibs, presently the secondary venue of the Cork County Board.

REIGNING Cork senior football champions Nemo Rangers will begin the defence of their title on May 7 with a first round tie against Ballincollig in Ovens.

THE Waterford Crystal senior hurling tournament continues this weekend with the four quarter-finals down for decision.

Sarsfields (Cork) 2-15 De La Salle (Waterford) 0-22, (after extra-time)

THE MUNSTER Council of the GAA issued a strongly-worded statement last night disassociating itself from suggestions that a decision made “behind closed doors without the knowledge of the Waterford GAA Executive” was at the root of the controversial proposal to play this year’s Munster hurling final in Cork.

When a player in the mould of Jerry O’Connor lines out at centre-forward, it’s obvious that the game plan will be linked through him, rather than by sending long balls down the middle.

CORK GAA officials admitted last night that their €30m-plus redevelopment plan for a state of the art Páirc Uí Chaoimh was still caught in a planning logjam – and has made little progress in the last 18 months.

CORK hurling boss Denis Walsh has finalised his backroom setup for the 2010 campaign by enlisting the services of former Munster rugby fitness coach Mark McManus and former Cork minor physical trainer Donal Burke.

CORK chairman Jerry O’Sullivan last night admitted that outgoing secretary Frank Murphy ‘will be some act to follow’ when he steps down from the post.