While a backlash may have been expected at last night’s Cork County Board meeting at Páirc Uí Chaoimh, relations between the executive and club delegates were cordial.

The level of debt facing Cork GAA as a result of the Páirc Uí Chaoimh redevelopment will be €30m, Freemount delegate John O’Flynn has claimed.

Cork senior hurling manager Kieran Kingston has described the new Páirc Uí Chaoimh playing surface as “amazing”.

Páirc Uí Chaoimh is expected to provide a surplus from 2020 on, while the controversial playing surface is now fit for purpose and has been guaranteed for five years.

There are no plans to install HawkEye at Páirc Uí Chaoimh, Cork chairperson Tracey Kennedy has revealed.

The company overseeing the replacement of the pitch at Páirc Uí Chaoimh have expressed delight at the progress of the work.

Negotiations to play a ground-breaking Guinness PRO14 rugby clash between Munster and Leinster at Páirc Ui Chaoimh this Christmas are at an advanced though delicate stage,

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.

Age is just a number for Rod Stewart. 74 years of age, he took the Páirc Uí Chaoimh stage with the gusto and presence of a man half his age.

Cork County Board chairperson Tracey Kennedy has said the Páirc Uí Chaoimh playing surface is match-ready for the clash of Cork and Tipperary on Sunday, May 12.

There's great news today for fans of legendary performer Rod Stewart who missed out on tickets to his upcoming Cork show.

Cork chairperson Tracey Kennedy has allayed clubs’ fears that they will be asked to pay for the cost of Páirc Uí Chaoimh. And says she would personally welcome Munster rugby in the stadium.

In an exclusive interview, the Cork GAA chairperson reflects on a nightmare six months.

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

In 2018 the Cork economy benefited financially by € 60m with the three Ed Sheeran concerts that took place in Páirc Uí Chaoimh.

At Sunday’s NHL game between Limerick and Cork in the Gaelic Grounds, a TV camera was perched at the Ennis Road end. Every time that angle was used, you could clearly see the stands of Thomond Park less than a mile away in the distance.

Cork county board delegates have said the pitch replacement at Páirc Uí Chaoimh must be done properly so that the playing surface becomes a non-issue in the years ahead.

Croke Park stadium director Peter McKenna has been accused of causing “unforgivable reputational damage” to high-ranking Cork GAA officials after Páirc Uí Chaoimh board member Michael O’Flynn last night said there was “no basis” to the €110m figure put out by McKenna in relation to the cost of redeveloping the stadium.

So, not even two years after triumphantly opening its gates and receiving the bishop’s blessing, it turns out the new Páirc Uí Chaoimh is already somewhat cursed and in need of a bit of a revamp and a relaunch.

A new pitch will be laid at Páirc Uí Chaoimh following the completion of this year’s Munster senior hurling and football championships.

Denis Coughlan has played more games at Páirc Uí Chaoimh than he cares to remember, in both football and hurling.

Cork GAA chief executive Kevin O’Donovan has tonight suggested he is confident the €95.8m estimated as the final cost for the redevelopment of Páirc Uí Chaoimh will be the final figure.

Tonight's Allianz Hurling League clash with Clare was moved to Pairc Ui Rinn after the pitch was deemed unplayable after the league double-header two weeks ago.

The bill to replace and maintain a new pitch at Páirc Uí Chaoimh could be as much as €2m, it has emerged.

There is good news and bad this week about the revamp at Páirc Uí Chaoimh.

The comments were probably lost in the kerfuffle over GAA ticket prices and attendance figures, but they’re worth revisiting now given the statement this week on Páirc Uí Chaoimh’s redevelopment costs.

The revised cost of Páirc Uí Chaoimh’s reconstruction has been estimated at €95.8million, which includes required work on the playing surface.

Cork hurling manager John Meyler has called for artificial pitches to be installed at major GAA stadiums after problems with the Páirc Uí Chaoimh surface.

Yesterday’s news that Cork will play their next NHL Division 1A game in Páirc Uí Rinn rather than Páirc Uí Chaoimh is good news for players but it also raises many questions.

Cork County Board chairperson Tracey Kennedy is confident the playing surface at the revamped Páirc Uí Chaoimh will be ready for the rigours of the championship.

I agree with GAA director general Tom Ryan who said that the association felt “bullied” into hosting the Liam Miller tribute match which was held in Cork’s Páirc Uí Chaoimh in September — ‘GAA ‘felt bullied’ into hosting charity match’ (Irish Examiner, January 31).

GAA director general Tom Ryan has made it clear it will be Cork’s responsibility and not those of other counties to make up the major overrun on the Páirc Uí Chaoimh redevelopment.

GAA director general Tom Ryan has claimed the organisation’s authorities felt they were “bullied” into hosting the Liam Miller Tribute Game in Páirc Uí Chaoimh last summer.

For the second season in a row, the prospect of a first-ever Heineken Champions Cup final between Munster and Leinster remains a live prospect with the provinces on opposite sides of the quarter- and semi-final draws, writes Donal Lenihan

All-Star Doireann O’Sullivan has hailed the historic agreement that will see Cork’s Ladies footballers play in Páirc Uí Chaoimh for the first time.

Michelle McAleer, former Head of Finance, Human Resources, and Business Development with the Ulster Council of the GAA, is being strongly linked with a move to a similar role with the Cork GAA.

GAA President John Horan and Cork County Board chairperson Tracey Kennedy issued a brief joint statement last night regarding Páirc Uí Chaoimh’s redevelopment and expressed optimism about the future of the stadium.

GAA President John Horan and Cork County Board chairperson Tracey Kennedy issued a brief joint statement today regarding Páirc Uí Chaoimh.

Budget overruns on public projects are so common that any development delivered on time and under budget provokes the surprise that greeted Vercingetorix’s Gauls’ victory over Julius Caesar at Alesia in September 52BC.

Cork GAA chair Tracey Kennedy has claimed that the mountainous spending overrun on Pairc Ui Chaoimh will have no impact on the day-to-day running of Cork GAA.

If you were a Cork club delegate going to tonight’s annual GAA convention at Páirc Uí Chaoimh, what questions would you ask based on the revelations in yesterday’s Irish Examiner?

Michael Moynihan looks at five takeaways from today's revelations on the ongoing financial difficulties at Páirc Uí Chaoimh.

Croke Park stadium director Peter McKenna says the cost of redeveloping Páirc Uí Chaoimh has escalated to an eye-watering total of €110 million, almost €25m higher than the €86 million total estimated following the completion of works last year.