O’Sullivan allays stadium fears

CORK County Board chairman Jerry O’Sullivan hopes Páirc Uí Chaoimh’s already-reduced 43,500 capacity won’t be further reduced for next summer’s potential Munster marquee games.

A Sunday newspaper report suggested the size of the venue could be cut to as little as 20,000 or 30,000 based on an initial GAA-commissioned audit — the Slattery Report — by independent health and safety inspectors.

However, the association’s National Infrastructure and Safety Committee (NISC) chairman Seamus McCloy has already clarified there is no agreement regarding the reduction of capacities.