Cork board driving on with €70m Páirc Uí Chaoimh plan

The Cork County Board will press on with the planned redevelopment of Páirc Uí Chaoimh, flatly contradicting media reports yesterday that Government funding for the project was being withheld.

Cork GAA officials were surprised by the revelations yesterday that a cost benefit analysis submitted to the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform was deemed “overly optimistic”, and are dismayed that the comments were made public.

The board responded quickly with a statement regarding the report, which states that an initial payment of €10 million has been withheld. The board statement read in part: “No State monies have been withheld from the project and no drawdown of monies has been requested by Cork County Board.