Cork ready with €2m war-chest

THE CORK County Board is sitting on a €2 million allocation from Croke Park for a GAA centre of excellence in the county, with negotiations on a location for the centre with Cork City Council at a “delicate stage”, it emerged last night.

The disclosure was made at the launch of the final report of the Cork GAA Clubs Forum in the Maryborough House Hotel last night. Forum chairman Tomás Ryan and PRO John Corcoran reported to over 150 club delegates present that they had had a constructive meeting two weeks ago with representatives of the executive of the Cork County Board regarding the development of the GAA in Cork.

At the meeting the forum officers said they had asked about revenue received by Cork County Board from Croke Park arising from rugby and soccer games in GAA headquarters, and were informed that €2m had been received from GAA head office.