When I was elected chairperson of Cork County Board in late 2017, I expected the role to be a challenging one, and so indeed it has proven.

The GAA will delay, until next week, making a decision on extending the suspension of Gaelic Games activity beyond March 29.

The HSE is considering possible uses for the stadium.

The Cork county board and the Páirc Uí Chaoimh stadium board will jointly make three business-related appointments — the latest step in the coming together of the two bodies.

“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.

Cork County Board secretary Kevin O’Donovan has said the new surface is still “vulnerable” and so, for the moment, neither Cork senior team is permitted to train on the pitch on weeks when they do not have a league fixture.

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.

Camogie Association chief executive, Sinéad McNulty has hailed the partnership with the GAA that has facilitated camogie and football/hurling double-headers over the years and sees two high profile fixtures this weekend as the Littlewoods Ireland Camogie Leagues get underway.

Our writers pick out eight talking points from the opening weekend of Allianz League action.

A couple of important firsts for the Cork footballers on Saturday.

An Adam Cantwell hat-trick decorated fuelled Rochestown’s march to the Corn Uí Mhuirí (Munster Post-Primary Schools Senior Football Championship) semi-finals on the Páirc Uí Chaoimh 4G pitch yesterday.

Your columnist’s phone was pretty busy last week after this paper published the story of Cork GAA’s fluctuating deficit.

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 GAA chairperson Tracey Kennedy is confident the county board can drag itself out of the financial hole in which it currently resides.

Cork GAA chair Tracey Kennedy has insisted that clubs in the county will not be levied to help ease the financial debt hanging over the Board — but she said that everyone must chip in in some way.

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.

The June 6 game in the LIT Gaelic Grounds is likely to be televised live by Sky Sports, with the vast majority of the other nine games again set to be shown by RTÉ.

John Fogarty For the third year in a row, Kilkenny and Dublin will face off in the first round of the Leinster SHC in 2020 while Wexford yet again don’t start their campaign until Round 2.

Cork chairperson Tracey Kennedy says the county won’t be influenced by yesterday’s Munster SFC draw in how they vote on the second tier championship in Páírc Uí Chaoimh next week.

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,

Eoghan Cormican Cork County Board CEO Kevin O’Donovan has vowed there will be no “grandstand appointment” in the coming weeks to fill the vacant senior hurling manager’s post, insisting an “extensive process” will be undertaken to find John Meyler’s successor.

Enjoyment, more so than silverware, is what Keith Ricken wants his U20 footballers to take from this year’s campaign.

In the wake of a call for Cork hurling manager John Meyler to resign, county board chairperson Tracey Kennedy has said she will not be asking anyone to step down, adding that no decision will be taken on who oversees the Cork hurlers in 2020 until the appointment of the county’s first high-performance manager is finalised.

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.

Capacity concerns and Galway and Mayo’s refusal to toss a coin for home advantage meant their All-Ireland SFC Round 4 game was fixed for the LIT Gaelic Grounds this Saturday evening (7pm).

Round 4 of the All-Ireland football qualifiers has pitted Ronan McCarthy's Cork against Laois while Mayo will face Connacht rivals, Galway in the pick of next weekend's clashes .

Eamonn Fitzmaurice (new half length cut) The Munster football final is still important — if not as attractive — for a number of reasons.

Former Kerry manager Éamonn Fitzmaurice has revealed how the Kingdom stole a march on Cork ahead of last year’s Munster final, upsetting Cork boss Ronan McCarthy.

Few if any All-Ireland champions were measured for coffins as much as Tipperary in 1992.

Castlelyons’ Niall O’Leary is the new face in the named Cork team to take on Tipperary in Sunday’s Munster SHC Round 1 clash as John Meyler goes with 13 of the team that were defeated by Limerick in last year’s All-Ireland semi-final.

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.

Eoghan O’Donnell has claimed that the Dublin hurlers have gathered their strongest panel in years as they chase a Championship breakthrough.

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.

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

The GAA has allayed fears that the Páirc Uí Chaoimh pitch won’t be up to scratch for the Munster SHC games in May and insisted it could yet host a number of Allianz League games.

The suspicion throughout Andy McEntee’s three-season reign as Meath manager is that he’s always been just one big win from turning things around.

The Board have raised concerns over player safety and made the decision to move Cork's next home Hurling League game to Páirc Uí Rinn.