Cork GAA board ordered to pay over €300k for lighting on routes to Páirc Uí Chaoimh

Cork City Council had sought €750,000 while the GAA had claimed €60,000 would be the appropriate amount to pay

Cork City Council had sought €750,000 while the GAA had claimed €60,000 would be the appropriate amount to pay. Picture: Eddie O'Hare

An Bord Pleanála has ruled that the Cork County GAA Board should pay a special contribution of over €300,000 to Cork City Council in relation to the expansion of Páirc Uí Chaoimh – over five times the amount which the sports body believes was the appropriate sum.

However, the sum is also considerably less than the €750,000 which had been sought by the council.