Leeside letdown as Páirc Ui Chaoimh faces delay

Here’s another perspective on the news that broke yesterday about Pairc Ui Chaoimh not being ready to host either of the Munster finals next month.

It means a county senior team, with All-Ireland medallists on board, which scored just one point in an entire half of football, is only the second-biggest crisis to emerge this week on Leeside.

The postponement of the opening of the €80 million redevelopment put Saturday evening’s Munster SFC semi-final display by Cork firmly in the ha’penny place.