Páirc Uí Chaoimh can begin its life debt-free

The appointment of a stadium manager for the redeveloped Páirc Uí Chaoimh is the next significant step in the venue’s reinvention, one “we have to get right”, says the chair of the Cork County Board’s stadium business committee.

Speaking after the media tour and briefing at the stadium yesterday, former head of Bord Gáis Eireann John Mullins referred to Croke Park stadium director Peter McKenna and Aviva stadium boss Martin Murphy when discussing the new position which will have to be filled at the Leeside venue.

“We’ve drawn up a job description and there have been conversations with a recruitment agency while, as you might expect, a number of people have been in touch and sent in CVs in advance of that happening.