It is rare indeed when cold, hard numbers offer the warmest antidote to a tragedy.

A special trust fund of €1m has been set up for Liam Miller’s family from the funds generated by last month’s tribute match at Páirc Ui Chaoimh for the late Man Utd and Celtic soccer star.

The success of the Liam Miller tribute match was great to see and I hope that the funds raised will bring some comfort to his family and help them in their future endeavours.

There’s still a few days to be crossed off the calendar but we’ll go out on a limb here and suggest that the first September in living memory without a pair of All-Ireland men’s senior finals at its core will come and go without the sky falling in and the very fabric of the GAA having been ripped asunder.

Lessons will be learned from the traffic management of the Liam Miller tribute match, according to gardaí, following complaints about delays and the public transport provided for Tuesday’s sell-out event at Páirc Uí Chaoimh.

It took a while but, at 52 years young, Denis Irwin finally earned a unique place in the Irish sporting history books by scoring the first ever association football goal at Páirc Uí Chaoimh on Tuesday.

John Delaney has strongly hinted that Croke Park could have a role to play in the bid to host games at the 2030 World Cup.

If it is possible for an event, which mainly consisted of middle-aged men in a state of wheezy exhaustion, to be considered spiritual, then Tuesday’s Liam Miller Tribute match certainly was that, writes Tommy Martin

President Higgins was in Páirc Uí Chaoimh in Cork yesterday afternoon for the Liam Miller tribute football match.

The Irish Examiner in association with the Liam Miller Tribute committee has produced a 56-page match programme ‘Legends for Liam’ with exclusive insights from Sir Alex Ferguson, Martin O’Neill, Roy Keane, Denis Irwin, Graham Barrett, Donal Lenihan and many more, with all proceeds going to the Liam Miller fund.

It’s a mark of the man Liam Miller was that footballing legends most of us only ever saw on telly, travelled to a stadium not known for hosting foreign games, to honour his memory and to raise funds for his bereft family.

It’s a mark of the man Liam Miller was that footballing legends most of us only ever saw on telly, travelled to a stadium not known for hosting foreign games, to honour his memory and to raise funds for his bereft family.

The match programme was titled ‘Legends for Liam’ and the billing certainly wasn’t misleading as some of the most famous sons of Manchester United, Glasgow Celtic, and Irish football came out of retirement to honour the memory of Liam Miller.

Liam Mackey Roy Keane highlighted Liam Miller’s humility in his opening remarks before yesterday’s tribute match kicked off at Páirc Uí Chaoimh.

Five storylines from a special day

Little wonder John Hartson and Stiliyan Petrov initially cut sombre figures during the pre-match formalities at Páirc Uí Chaoimh. It must have crossed their minds that a game like this might have taken place in Glasgow or Birmingham or London, with one of their names on the tickets.

‘Down the park’ was for the hoi polloi, but City Hall was more bourgeois — the second leg of the Liam Miller Tribute event was an evening of glamour for the better known businessmen and professionals of Cork, where black tie was the order of the night.

The fallacy about sport is that it belongs to the young. This is not quite true, though the young often feel that they invented their particular pastime, or that it exists for their enjoyment alone.

Martin O’Neill spoke yesterday with a very real poignancy about the chat he enjoyed with Liam Miller a couple of nights before the Cork man’s passing.

Former Manchester United star Ryan Giggs paid tribute to Liam Miller ahead of yesterday’s tribute game, describing the Cork native as “a quiet lad but talented”.

Yesterday was a special day in the long list of special days that sport has given us. Yesterday brought us together in so many ways.

Manchester United took the win on penalties but it was an unforgettable day for everyone in Pairc Ui Chaoimh as the Liam Miller Tribute Match was a fitting honour for the former United, Celtic and Ireland midfielder.

In what was a special occasion that will live long in the memories of all those that were there, Manchester United defeated the Celtic / Republic of Ireland in a fitting tribute to the late Liam Miller.

Former Manchester United star Ryan Giggs paid tribute to Liam Miller ahead of yesterday’s tribute game, describing the Cork native as “a quiet lad but talented”.

A Co Cork priest who lost his ticket for the Liam Miller tribute match had his prayer answered as a good Samaritan gave him his spare ticket for this afternoon's match.

Alex Ferguson reveals how an 'assured' Liam Miller distracted him from transfer target Vincent Kompany.

Here are the full details of tomorrow's Liam Miller tribute match at Páirc Uí Chaoimh.

Day was dawning by the time Brian Kerr saw the light.

Alex Ferguson has revealed how he was “smitten” with Liam Miller’s midfield intelligence the first time he saw the Cork man play.

Liam Miller made a swift impact at Celtic through his running ability. And when the club won the Scottish Premier Division title in 1998 — stopping fierce rivals Rangers’ 10-in-a-row bid — Miller wasn’t about to forget his old athletics coach back in Kilmurry, Co Cork, dispatching a gesture she would always treasure.

Gardai have encouraged Cork city centre workers to plan their transport to and from work tomorrow in a bid to minimise traffic congestion around the Liam Miller tribute match.

Following BGT he recorded a few songs with a producer and was looking forward to starting work on his own album when he was diagnosed with MS.

The Liam Miller Tribute match will be live on the free to air Virgin Media Three and Virgin Media Sport (platform exclusive channel) tomorrow from 2pm.

Wales manager Ryan Giggs, Rio Ferdinand and Paul Scholes have been confirmed as members of the Manchester United squad for tomorrow's Liam Miller Tribute match at Pairc Ui Chaoimh in Cork.

They have played in some of the most famous venues in the world — but how many of Manchester United’s decorated stars are familiar with the roar that greets a goal at the Blackrock end?

A cycling advocacy group has said a warning that those going to the Liam Miller tribute match should not cycle to Páirc Uí Chaoimh “reflects very poorly” on the stadium.

The Liam Miller tribute match will be televised on the Virgin Media Three channel, the broadcaster has announced.

Gardai in Cork are advising people heading to the Liam Miller Tribute match next week to leave plenty of time to travel.

The 45,000 match-goers attending the Liam Miller tribute match have been urged to use public transport to get to what will be the largest sporting event held at Páirc Uí Chaoimh since its redevelopment.

The Government has again refused to reveal its position on whether it believes Cork County Board can deny non-GAA field sports access to Páirc Uí Chaoimh.

If you missed out on tickets for the Liam Miller tribute match, here's a chance to attend the sold-out game.

The Cork-based company also announced that all sale profits will be donated to the Liam Miller tribute fund.

The President of Ireland, Michael D Higgins, is to attend the sold-out Liam Miller benefit match later this month in Cork.

Sports Minister Shane Ross was urged by members of the public to intervene in the stand-off over the hosting of the Liam Miller tribute match at Páirc Uí Chaoimh — but also received criticism for doing so after he spoke publicly on the matter.