The board of directors of the company intended to manage the affairs of Pairc Ui Chaoimh has yet to meet, almost five months after it was announced.

Tracey Kennedy of Killeagh GAA made history yesterday in Páirc Uí Chaoimh at the Cork County Board convention, becoming the first female chairperson of the board, writes Michael Moynihan.

As the new Páirc Uí Chaoimh half opened last July for the All-Ireland quarter-finals, many would have seen it as an incredible chance to lay down a marker for the future of the GAA in Cork.

Croke Park hierarchy and the Munster Council remain confident Cork GAA will be able to cover the €23m debt resulting from the redevelopment of Páirc Uí Chaoimh, writes Eoghan Cormican.

A 20-acre landbank on the northside of Cork city holds the key to paying off the €23m debt Cork GAA is left with following the redevelopment of Páirc Ui Chaoimh.

Cork GAA chairman Ger Lane has said they are pressing ahead with plans to sell naming rights to the new Páirc Uí Chaoimh – but the existing stadium name will be retained in any deal.

Veteran Cork GAA secretary Frank Murphy will continue in office until December 2018, it has been confirmed.

Cork GAA chairman Ger Lane expressed his disappointment that Kieran Kingston has chosen not to continue as Cork senior hurling manager in 2018 - but said suggestions his decision was related to Kingston having to pay for match tickets was “utter nonsense”.

Cork GAA is mourning the death yesterday at the age of 92 of legendary hurler Willie John Daly, who was the last surviving member of the three-in-a-row team of the 1950s who starred in the attack alongside Christy Ring.

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Cork GAA chairman Ger Lane has given tacit approval to an independent company, featuring current and former inter-county players, which is set to begin a round of US fund-raising initiatives aimed at better resourcing the Cork senior footballers and hurlers.

Cork GAA intends to appoint an overall strength and conditioning co-ordinator to create consistency of approach from development squads to senior teams within the county.

Tracey Kennedy was confirmed last night as the first female chair in Cork GAA history as nominations closed for annual convention without a challenge to her nomination.

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A proposal on the appointment of the next Cork County Board secretary will be circulated to clubs ahead of the next board meeting.

Cork GAA chiefs will tomorrow night begin what chairman Ger Lane hopes will be a quick process to replace Kieran Kingston as county senior hurling manager.

Should either UCC team score a quarter-final victory this weekend, then the disquiet which greeted the hurlers’ surprise win over Midleton last Sunday will swell considerably.

Miniscule club activity during the month of July is behind the Cork proposal to introduce a hurling Super 8s.

It hasn’t always been the way of Cork GAA to sidestep intrigue and personality in the matter of team management appointments, but the absence of both in the speedy confirmation of Ronan McCarthy as the new coach to the senior footballers represents a positive in itself.

All-Ireland winning Cork football manager Conor Counihan has welcomed the appointment of Ronan McCarthy, saying he hopes the Douglas man “gets the time he needs in the new job”.

Naivety is at the heart of the furore about Cork fans bringing the

The Cork County Board has said it “outright condemns” the flying of the Confederate flag in support of the county’s GAA teams, writes Conall Ó Fátharta and Denis Hurley.

The Cork County Board has said it “outright condemns” the flying of the Confederate flag in support of the county’s GAA teams.

If the old Páirc Uí Chaoimh had a snag list, it would have extended to reams but few other GAA stadiums could boast as many excellent vantage points, writes John Fogarty.

It’s taken over €80m, 33,000 tonnes of concrete, 1,500 tonnes of steelwork, some 500 construction workers and about two years — but Ireland’s newest sports stadium has finally been unveiled.

Update 9pm: Check out our gallery of the best images from an historic night at the revamped Páirc Uí Chaoimh stadium in Cork.

This Rugby World Cup bid, you know it’s going to happen, right? 

Quite the week for the Gaelic Players Association (GPA) last week. We don’t mean the launch of their terribly vague three-year strategic plan but how they chose to run it against a GAA event involving an official associate sponsor.

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

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It was hoped the stadium, which will have increased capacity for 45,000 spectators, would be handed back to the GAA next Sunday.

A 19-day delay in the handover of the revamped Páirc Uí Chaoimh GAA stadium in Cork could cost the local economy up to €25m in lost game-day revenue.

Peadar Healy’s failed request to have club championship games called off this weekend has not soured relations between the Cork football management and the county board, according to Ger Lane.